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residents of Montgó. Superb meat is their speciality. Visited recently. Marvellous AVAN (Duero) at €18. Attentive & very friendly service. Food delicious. Best to book. 96 646.1338 / www.pizzeriapepa.com Restaurante LUNGO MARE (Jávea,  Arenal beach front): Italian restaurant – appetisingly large portions (some can be shared !). No muzak (bravo !) and friendly service.  Often fairly full so perhaps better to book.  Every aspect of this restaurant has improved, over our last visit, and 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. Mostly muzak-free.  Menudel-día €18. 96 579 3620 / open daily rtemezquidaxabia@hotmail. com   www.restaurantemezquida. com/ Restaurante MONTGÓ: 2-3kms along Jávea-Jesús Pobre road (on left, with large stone tablet outside).  Amazing choice/ value/  quantity/ quality & well presented.  Excellent fish ‘n’ chi ps (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. 96 579.5020 / f. Thurs. Restorante PIRI - PIRI Exc / imaginative (copious) tapas. Widely praised and popular with residents.  On the port’s pedestrianised sea-front, leading from the bridge. Arrive early for lunch, but best to book.  Excellent Menus-del-día €11.50 (w/ends €14.50). Charming host  & very professional - one of our favourites. Shares jazz with neighbour Colima on Thurs. 96 579 4745 barpiripiri@ hotmail.com f. Sun.pm & Mon. Restaurante PIZZERIA PEPA (Jávea: Arenal beach front, nr. middle).  Spanish; excellent value, swift service. Pizza takeaway.  VERY efficient, popular with good atmosphere;  muzak low; must book ! Menu-del-día €16. The best quick-service “family” restaurant at the beach. But beware when ordering water : bottle arrived at the table opened and was charged at €2.90 - both unacceptable. 96 579.2572 / open daily http://www.pizzeriapepa.com Restaurante EL SECRETO del TOMATE : Ctra. Jávea-Gata Km4 (on left side approaching the crematorium). Owner Kiko (lawyer from Valencia)….Good reports. From 22:00h onwards is packed with Spaniards who have already discovered it. Praised for extensive use of his home grown herbs, veg. garden & excellent meats on the garden grill. Await comments, please. 96 646 2646 / Mob. [phone] elsecretodeltomate@ gmail.com Restaurante LA TAGLIATELLA Arenal beach front: Another elegant looking Italian restaurant, close to Lungo Mare, but with dark 19thC décor.  Reports (4) have commented upon poor service and high prices. We hope for a change to this situation. 96 647.2984 / www.latagliatella.es / 7/7