Aigaion House — Restaurant in Nicosia

Located in a very nice restored old Nicosia mansion, the location and atmosphere are excellent, cosy like a traditional tavern yet sophisticated. The food is good but in some cases overrated, and everything is seriously overpriced. You get a really tiny plate of fried “poulles”, which are a local type of sweet potatoes, fried and served like french fries just with some salt, and pay 15 euros, with the excuse that poulles are hard to find and expensive. Which would be ok let’s say, as long as they put some inspiration and craft in preparing a plate with poulles, instead of treating and serving them just as they were plain fried potatoes. Risotto with fungi was ok but nothing special, seftalies are good but 3 euros a piece is way too much. Wine list is ok, we expected to see local wines more reasonably priced. You can enjoy cypriot and greek cuisine in many more restaurants in Nicosia with similar or better quality but more...

I wanted to try this tavern for some time, and to be fair, it is in a stunning building, with a beautiful courtyard with a lot of potential. It really could be a unique leading gem in the heart of the old town of Nicosia. The setting in the historic wrap around home is perfect, one you really could take advantage of. However, the prices are surprisingly steep for the city, and for what you get - albeit nice food. It designed to be a la cart but with shared plates. I prefer either a la cart with each to their own, or meze style when sharing - or at least bigger and easier to share portions / meals and lower prices to make it more appealing. We enjoyed our night, but it didn't leave me feeling like I would hurry back unless something changed. It is just well priced out of my budget, even for a fancy...

AVOID AVOID !! Its is my first time that i am rating a restaurant 1 star but i have never experienced so much rude behaviour from a restaurant manager. Because we had a small birthday ballon the manager of the restaurant with a rude and ironic attitude he warned us to leave them immediately because we were ruining the image of the restaurant and this the policy of the restaurant. Luckily we didn’t brought a birthday cake i do not want to image what behaviour we will have faced. The restaurant generally is very overpriced , very small portions and nothing special. The only good is kolokythokeftedes and chips. Never again i DO NOT RECOMMEND IT!!! AVOID AVOID!! They are very nice restaurant around the area...