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(in spite of quite high prices) so perhaps better to book.  Every aspect of this restaurant has improved over our last visit. We now recommend it again ! 96 647.1196  / open daily [email protected] / www. lapiemontesa.com Restaurante MEZQUIDA  : Main road from Jávea old town towards Arenal, on right side, just before the SuperCor/Iceland roundabout but after Sol-Mar offices.  Pleasant terrace and good ambience. Very popular Spanish ‘family’ restaurant. Serves the best Arroz negro (a delicious rice and squid dish) that we know of.  Superb meat (take your own Bearnaise or horseradish !). Large shaded terrace. Mostly muzak- free.  Menu-del-día €18. 96 579.3620 / open daily / E-mail: [email protected]  www.restaurantemezquida.com Rte MONTGÓ: 2-3kms along Jávea-Jesús Pobre road (on left, with large stone tablet outside).  Amazing choice, good value both for quantity/quality & well presented.  Excellent fish ‘n’ chips (along with Azorin in the puerto).  Menu-del-día ?€11.50.  96 579.5020 / f.Thur. http:// restaurantemontgo.es/ Rte LOS ALMENDROS del MONTGÓ : directly opposite the above and for which there have recently been some very good reports. Stylish and good service. 96 579.0104 / f. Wed. www. losalmendrosdelmontgo. com/?lang=en Restaurante PIRI-PIRI : Excellent/imaginative (copious) ‘tapas’. Widely praised and popular with residents.  On the port’s pedestrianised sea-front, leading from the bridge. Arrive early for