Restaurant review: Welcoming traditional Cyprus food on a cold night

Minutes before we walked into Gourmet Taverna, we had tasted disappointment elsewhere, having visited a different, much-hyped restaurant, only to find out that the only seating they had available was as comfortable and well-situated as a granite park bench in a supermarket parking lot. Back out into the wind and rain we went, in search of something better.

Mercifully, it did not take long. A short walk brought us outside the quaint Gourmet tavern, where we perused the menu and chatted with the host.