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Restaurante MENA : Wonderful position situate right on the rocks at the end of the Las Rotas road (go over Jávea / Montgó road to Denia and turn hard right at bottom roundabout). It was toxically xenophobic, expensive and with bad muzak….. but we hear it’s under new management so certainly worth a try…Tel : 96 578.0943 / f. evenings / http://mena.restaurantesok. com/aquiok/detallrest. jsp?id=547&prov=Alicante ...or drive on a little further and there’s another good restaurant (Ca Nano: 96 643 0905) right at the end on the right. Restaurante SUR (at GRANADELLA BEACH) : ...at the beautiful Granadella creek (down off the Cabo de la Nao and the No.1 beach of the Marina Alta); certainly the best fish restaurant in Jávea (they own their own boat and sometimes have an extraordinary variety !). Our absolute favourite for fish and a beautiful location. Sensational puds ! Highly rated (7½/10) in Spain’s Gastronomía Guide. Best to book. 96 577.1612 / July/Aug daily 10-22h / otherwise open lunch only (closed mid-Dec - end Feb). http://www. restaurantesur.com/ FISH ITEM (retail) ! Outside the Ermita supermarket (by the little church on the Jávea to Jesús Pobre road) at 10:00h on a Saturday morning is to be found an enterprising Dutchman (Arjen) who is selling fresh martjes, smoked eel, roll-mops, smoked mackerel, buckling (a herring smoked whole – as opposed to kippers which are smoked flat), smoked trout and potted shrimps ……. There are no further frozen HERRINGS for the moment due to change of supplier in Holland.