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IDEAL Cafe & Snack Bar

Restaurant

👍 Nice cafe on the harbour side with lovely views of the sea. The food is good and the portions are quite large, so it's good value for money. People often mention good, friendly, staff, service,


Address

QC47+6HW, Poseidonos Ave, Paphos 8041, Cyprus

Website

www.facebook.com

Rating on Google Maps

3.00 (226 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Saturday: 9 am to 9:30 pm
  • Sunday: 9 am to 9:30 pm
  • Monday: (New Year's Day), 9 am to 9:30 pm, Hours might differ
  • Tuesday: 9 am to 9:30 pm
  • Wednesday: 9 am to 9:30 pm
  • Thursday: 9 am to 9:30 pm
  • Friday: 9 am to 9:30 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (10) friendly (8) staff (8) service (8)
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  • 4/5 Georgina B. 6 years ago on Google
    Nice cafe on the harbour side with lovely views of the sea. The food is good and the portions are quite large, so it's good value for money.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Sean B. 6 years ago on Google
    Nice friendly staff and good verity of cocktails happy hour Bulgarian punch is a good recommendation. Food looked nice but we didn't eat
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jackie P. 6 years ago on Google
    Had a lovely meal here. Food plenty full and fresh. Well worth a visit
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 brian m. 5 years ago on Google
    Just stopped off for a coffee (once I'd reminded myself that it was a bit early for a long island iced tea), but there is a decent breakfast menu (as well as other meals) which is ridiculously inexpensive, especially given the location by the harbour. Cakes and desserts looked tempting in the fridge. It's nothing fancy and the service was a little slow ( not so slow as to worry me particularly). Great place for a snack, a drink, or an inexpensive meal.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Kristína P. 7 months ago on Google
    Quite good restaurant in Paphos Harbour. One of the waiters was such an amazing person, the rest of staff was not so friendly. Food&drinks are not worth for the prices. It was ok, but there are plenty of better restaurants and bars in this area.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Colin J. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice and clean, staff were helpful. No waiting as it was early. There is no rush for you to leave and the views of the harbour are fantastic. Meal arrived reasonably soon after we ordered and was cooked to perfection. A great place to stop and rest from the shade.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Angela O. 2 years ago on Google
    Stopped here for a quick bite, but we weren't impressed with the service. Food was average for the price but the service it was not existence. We have ordered a toasted sandwich and an omelet but after more than 25 minutes waiting time I had to go to track down the waitress, only to find her seating at the back with the owners having a cigarette. After we received our food which we could see that it was seating around for a while, we had to finish our food in less than 10 minutes as we had an appointment to get to. Location is the good thing about this place. I will avoid it next time I'm in Paphos.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Iain H. 5 months ago on Google
    Great wee restaurant and even better service. Hats off to the waiters. Portions were just right as in other places we were heading towards American volumes.

  • 4/5 Sharon G. 9 months ago on Google
    Enjoyed our meal. Loved the calamari & the gyros. Waiter was extremely friendly. However was not impressed how the boss/manager spoke to the staff.

  • 5/5 Tomáš N. 9 months ago on Google
    Perfect meal, perfect service, Amazing owner, Amazing cooks Woow best restaurant in Pafos 👌😊👍👍

  • 1/5 Henry S. 5 months ago on Google
    Sorry, but this cannot be repeated. The so-called "fresh" orange juice at 4 euros per glass comes from a cheap carton. The pita gyros is too hard and is tasteless. The fries are greasy. You will never see us here again, a major disappointment. In my opinion, this place should either hire a new chef or close down. The one star is for the friendly waiter....

  • 5/5 Mischa van M. 6 months ago on Google
    I had the gyros menu as advertised on the street ad column (not on the menu). It was delicious and well proportioned. I'm not really into salad/veggies so I ordered it without the green stuff. When we got our food the elderly owner saw the missing salad thought that it was forgotten and brought us a specially made dish with extra salad to compensate. (we didn't have the nerve to tell him it wasn't needed, it was such a nice gesture of his hospitality)

  • 4/5 lyndsey c. 4 years ago on Google
    Lovely little place to sit and chill & take in the view. Staff friendly and attentive

  • 5/5 Wiktoria D. 1 year ago on Google
    I don't understand these negative comments. Food was good and price wasn't high. And people working there were so friendly and kind. They are doing great :)

  • 1/5 Vincze Z. 1 year ago on Google
    The food wasn’t right. The women who is the owner of the place was nice, but the waiters were grumpy, did not get our order right, the chicken alfredo wasn’t as discribed, we didn’t even got the ordered Pestro although they billed it for us. REALLLLLLLLY not recommend it!

  • 5/5 Katarzyna R. 1 year ago on Google
    I really recommend this restaurant. Taste food for good price and so kind and friendly service. The view on the ocean is also awesome.

  • 1/5 Ben S. 1 year ago on Google
    Would give it a 5 star rating if it was for the entertainment factor! watching all the staff argue and the lady behind the bar getting more and more angry was fantastically funny. The waitress we had tried 3 times to get our drink order correct, even though she was writing it down? Bizarre! On the 3rd attempt of ordering she got it spot on! But then still managed to bring the incorrect order to our table! Drinks were ok, nothing special. We were going to order food but only had 1 day of the holiday left! Definitely worth a visit to see how a restaurant should not be run, fantastically funny though!

  • 5/5 Phil W. 1 year ago on Google
    Great cafe/bar. Been a couple of times,good food,good service and well priced. Friendly staff.

  • 3/5 Nat K. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice view. Not so cheap. For A ONE small CREPE with banana and chocolate I paid a 9€, when 2 minutes away (day before)in other place I ate 2 big crepes for 6€ :/

  • 1/5 Kobiety A. 6 years ago on Google
    So far, worst ecperience on the island. We ordered a moussaka and mix with chicken and pork. After extremely long waiting time we received lukewarm tasteless mousaka and chewy meet with yesterday fries. Ugh. Not recommended to anyone.

  • 1/5 Paul J. 2 years ago on Google
    Worst kebab ever no taste chips not cooked the old waiter is miserable as sin dont waste your time coming here

  • 3/5 Itai B. 6 years ago on Google
    The owner and the staff are realy nice.

  • 2/5 Alexander S. 6 years ago on Google
    Our worst cyprus lunch happened here. Prosciutto pizza is filled with usual ham and salty mushrooms (no prosciutto at all) Awful.

  • 2/5 chloe p. 5 years ago on Google
    Slow food service but great food

  • 4/5 Lois L. 5 years ago on Google
    Very pleasant, friendly staff. Comfortable outside seating in both sun and shade.


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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