Valia Restaurant & Souvlaki — Restaurant in Larnaca

How does one recognize a good restaurant? It's neither the exterior design, nor the interior. It's both the omni present guest crowd and the tireless staff. The latter is always running back and forth between tables and constantly serving some of the best food in Larnaka. In mid-October, at the end of the season. In an small back alley adjacent to the main boulevard stretching along the coastline of Larnaka, behind the big beach front restaurants, hotels and apartment buildings. So what's the catch? Besides being really cheap... Well nothing actually. The food is excellent, the menu is comprised of mostly local food, the restrooms are clean and the staff is lovely and some of the clientele is made up from returning guests. Bottom line, this is what makes a...

Under average food taste when you compare what you normally get in Larnaca. Me and my wife both had a Cheeseburger with Frites. The bread was dry and the frites were soft and unbaked.

Untasty in general.

The price is less expensive than the average in Larnaca, so I guess you get what you pay for.

Or maybe even not...

EDIT: I see it has many positive reviews. I forgot to mention that we were there around 1PM which isn't quite the normal time you get out to eat here in Larnaca, so I guess my review had something to do with this. But still, you need to be 'prepared' at any point in day or night for your...

OK let's keep this secret, really crap, ok lying this place is WOW, quality good, cost really cheap in comparison to the restaurants on the front (note not the main reason for recommending this place), service great. The Sheftalia was really up there, possibly one the best in a long time. We have a good choice of wines, so my wife tells me, I hate to say this, but I really recommend this place, good down to earth harty size meals, just hope that we can get a table in...