Food & Drink!
Apr 29th 2012 | 1:14 am
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Forget the wine Steve as its invariably not very good in restaurants here unless you go to a very expensive hotel restaurant. We live in Siolim and have a choice of several good local restaurants in the village, Flavorz, Anancios, Farias Cuisine, Dreamland where you can eat good basic food for a very small price and then Mapusa where there is Satwahera Hotel and Stomach. We like going to where the locals eat unless it is for a very special ocassion. Where do you live in Spain? We live in a small village just north of Marbella in the mountains..only twenty minutes from the coast.
Apr 29th 2012 | 3:58 am
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From: Noni the Indian Goan Beach Mulberry
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http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTop...dolim_Goa.html
some prices for food and drink in this thread !
some prices for food and drink in this thread !
Apr 29th 2012 | 4:08 am
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Monica's Shack has always had an excellent reputation.
Has anybody been to Monica's new restaurant - which is between the Kingfisher Villa and Santana Hotel?
Has anybody been to Monica's new restaurant - which is between the Kingfisher Villa and Santana Hotel?
Apr 29th 2012 | 12:01 pm
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Yes all the places I mentioned are typical Goan local restaurants which includes the adjective grubby but in the main the food is OK and cheap. I have only had bad stomch after eating once this year and that was at La Plage..our French friends took us there and what a rip off for a stomach ache!
Apr 29th 2012 | 6:35 pm
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Yes all the places I mentioned are typical Goan local restaurants which includes the adjective grubby but in the main the food is OK and cheap. I have only had bad stomch after eating once this year and that was at La Plage..our French friends took us there and what a rip off for a stomach ache!
Apr 30th 2012 | 12:03 am
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I'm surprised at the comments for La Plage, anytime I have been its been great. Yes its a bit more expensive than 'local' places, but still good value for the quaility in my opinion. It's been a couple of years since I was there right enough
Apr 30th 2012 | 1:00 am
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Its very expensive compared with local places, no ambience and the food is not that great compared with a proper French restaurant. Everyone has different experiences of restaurants here but in the main local Goan places are better value for money if not that neat and tidy. Anands fish restaurant is great between Siolim and Arpora..
Apr 30th 2012 | 2:57 am
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Its very expensive compared with local places, no ambience and the food is not that great compared with a proper French restaurant. Everyone has different experiences of restaurants here but in the main local Goan places are better value for money if not that neat and tidy. Anands fish restaurant is great between Siolim and Arpora..
It`s always heaving!
May 1st 2012 | 6:10 pm
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Its very expensive compared with local places, no ambience and the food is not that great compared with a proper French restaurant. Everyone has different experiences of restaurants here but in the main local Goan places are better value for money if not that neat and tidy. Anands fish restaurant is great between Siolim and Arpora..
Davie.
May 1st 2012 | 9:05 pm
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If your asking about Anands its on the piece of road that runs from Bobby`s bar crossroads ( left goes to Anjuna petrol pump) and the next crossroads heading towards Siolim. Its on the left hand side just before the wood yard and is closed on a Monday.
May 3rd 2012 | 5:52 am
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Florentines still gets my No. 1 vote for best value authentic Goan food.
Will have to try out some of the Mapusa places that have been mentioned (most places there are quite off-putting from outside), so far have only tried Satyahera (good, and good value) and Xavier's (my favourite haven from the heat and mess of the market).
AndyD 8-)â†
May 3rd 2012 | 9:10 pm
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Why cant Tesco open a branch in Calingut ? They have them in Thailand all over the place.
May 5th 2012 | 12:51 pm
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We live here because we like and prefer life without large supermarket chains like Tescos. We do not even use Newtons as its far more expensive than other shops. I expect the day will come when there will be large supermarkets and out of town shopping centres but hopefully we will be long gone by then.
