Javea Grapevine Issue 173 - 2015 | Page 72

| Jávea Grapevine No.173 2015 Family €20 - 30 air-conditioned dining room. During their recent visit the Southampton Uni Symphony Orch. spent the whole afternoon here and all spoke very highly of how well they’d been looked after. If you, or your relatives, do not have a swimming pool here is a place to have lunch and spend the afternoon (with the grandchildren ?). The dining area is large enough for social functions yet still acceptable for more intimate dining. Menu-del-dia €11. Easy parking. A good addition to the list. Tel: 96 579.0765 / E-mail: [email protected] / www. restauranteamanecer.es   AUSTRIACO – Café & Bakery (Jávea; Arenal beach front).  This excellent bakery continues to offer their superb bread/croissants & gâteaux from 07:00h daily.  (also served at their café. Tel : 96 647.1004 / open daily / Another source of very excellent bread is the (expensivelypriced, muzak-infested) Saladar Supermarket. Also visit “Le Parisien” coffee bar (next to the Deutsche Bank – even worse muzak !) and the British Bakery opposite.  AND NOW ….. see LA BAGUETTE (new entry this month).   Restaurante AZORIN :  Jávea Port (in street behind Napoli). Superb fish “a la plancha” (especially sole) /chicken & chips. Menu del dia €9. Kids love it. Tel : 96 579.4495 / f. Sat.   CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP: Restaurante BACCHUS (Jávea) : Pinosol-Cansalades road. Wonderful quality. Delightful new owners (Milena & Hector) have retained the charm of this restaurant AND you are still able to cook your excellent steak on stone (or have their Fondue). Must book. Menus-del-día from €18 (W/ends €18).  Tel : 96 647.3096 / f. Mon. Tel: 96 647.3096 / www.infocostablanca. com/bacchus / Restaurante L’ÉCHALOTTE : Jávea Costa Nova, beside the tennis club just before the La Guardia cross roads. International cuisine of excellent quality with covered terrace behind. Good parking. 96 647.3364 Restaurante EL GAUCHO (formerly Las Brisias on the Jesús Pobre road). This restaurant has gained many plaudits under the management of the excellent Pizzeria Pepa (at Arenal) and offers an especially worthwhile and attractive restaurant (& terrace) especially for the residents of Montgó. Superb meat is their speciality. Visited recently. Marvellous AVAN (Duero) at €18. Attentive & very friendly service. Food delicious. Best to book. Tel: 96 646.1338 / www.pizzeriapepa.com Restaurante LUNGO MARE (Jávea, Arenal beach front) : Italian restaurant - beware large portions (some can be shared !) and, also, the muzak can be bad !  Often fairly full so perhaps better to book.  In spite of hot competition next door recent reports have not been as good as previously ! 96 647.1196  / open daily http://www.verema.com/ restaurantes/46085-lungo-mare-javea Restaurante MEZQUIDA : Main road from Jávea old town towards Arenal, on right, just before the SuperCor/ Iceland roundabout but after Sol-Mar offices.  Pleasant terrace and good ambience. Popular Spanish ‘family’ restaurant. Serves best Arroz negro (a delicious rice and squid dish) that we know.  Superb meat. Mostly muzak-free.  Menu-del-día €18. 96 579.3620 / open daily / E-mail: [email protected] / www.restaurantemezquida.com/   Restaurante MONTGÓ : 2-3kms along Jávea-Jesús Pobre road (on left, with large stone tablet outside).  A mazing choice/ value/ quantity/ quality & well presented.  Excellent fish ‘n’ chips (with Azorin in the puerto).  Menu-del-día €11.50.  We remind readers of the slightly more up-market ALMENDROS restaurant (slow service) on the opposite side of the road and for which there have, quite recently, been some good reports. Tel : 96 579.5020 / f. Thurs. Restaurante PIRI-PIRI : Excellent/ imaginative (copious) ‘tapas’. Widely praised and popular  On the port’s pedestrianised sea-front, leading