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coffee/cake shop). A new venture by two Italians with substantial dishes & tapas (€3 - €10) - on site and to take away. Excellent carbonara & real pizzas made to your order !!! 662 576308 / massimilianocarletti@ live.it we know of.  Superb meat (take your own Bearnaise, Redcurrant, Mint or Horseradish sauces !). Large shaded terrace. Mostly muzak-free.  Menu- del-día €18. 96 579.3620 / open daily / [email protected]  www.restaurantemezquida.com Rte LUNGO MARE (Jávea, Arenal beach front) : Italian restaurant – appetizingly large portions (some can be shared !). Low muzak (bravo !) and very good & friendly service.  Often fairly full (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 ! Tel : 96 647.1196  / open daily E-mail: [email protected] / www.lapiemontesa.com Restaurante 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 c. €12.50.  96 579.5020 / f.Thur. http://restaurantemontgo.es/ We remind readers of the slightly more up-market establishment across the road …. Closed in December until mid January. 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 Restaurante LOS ALMENDROS del MONTGÓ : directly opposite the above and for which there have recently been some very good reports. Stylish service - but a little slow when it is full ! Tel : 96 579.0104 / f. Wed. www.losalmendrosdelmontgo.com/?lang=en