The Seven St. Georges is a restaurant that comes up on multiple lists of the best restaurants in Paphos. Checking it out was a definite no-brainer.
Bonus: they don’t actually have a menu. Instead, they just bring you an assortment of dishes for one flat fee, and you can just keep eating until you’ve had enough. I don’t have a ton of time in Paphos, so this was an efficient way to try a variety of local dishes.
I showed up at just before 1:00 PM on a weekday, and the place was a complete ghost town. I was literally the only one there. Normally, that would be my cue to leave; if you want to avoid mediocre meals and/or stomach distress while travelling, avoiding restaurants that aren’t crowded with locals is a good rule of thumb.
In this case, however, I had walked pretty far to get there, I was quite hungry, and I didn’t have a back-up option. So I rolled the dice.
I was able to try several things. I’ll go through it quickly. First up was a plate consisting of herbed yogurt, hummus, some kind of eggplant/mushroom concoction, coleslaw, potato salad, artichoke, cheese, and head cheese. There was also some bread, and a very simple salad.
Nothing here particularly blew me away, but it was all solid — in particular, the eggplant/mushroom thing was packed with flavour, and the head cheese was porky and satisfying.
Up next was something the waitress called bacon, though it tasted more like a pork chop to me. It was pretty good — the herby/crunchy exterior was really tasty, though the meat itself was a bit dry.
This also came with some couscous, which had a one-note tomato flavour, but was mostly fine.
Next was rabbit. This was my least favourite dish of the day. The flavour was okay, but it was insanely dry.
There was also this bowl of fried beans (fava beans, I think). This would have been pretty tasty, but the way they were fried gave them a slightly leathery skin that was a bit tougher than it should have been.
Up next: meat pie. Nothing about this stood out, though the flaky crust was quite nice.
Finally, the last dish, and my favourite of the bunch: braised goat with potatoes. I wish this had come earlier, because at this point I was profoundly full, which put a bit of a damper on my enthusiasm. Still, it was really tasty — some of the pieces were a bit dry (that seemed to be a theme here), but mostly they were tender and absolutely packed with flavour. The fat, in particular, was melt-in-your-mouth tender. It was pretty great.
And that was that. I’m not sure if there was anything else to try, or if they would have started repeating dishes at this point, but I had to throw in the towel. It was a lot of food. The restaurant is essentially a buffet, both in quality and quantity.
Still, though the food may not exactly be mind-blowing, it was nice to be able to try a bunch of dishes in one sitting.
Location: Anthipolochagou Georgiou Savva, Yeroskipou
How to find it: It’s kind of in the middle of nowhere, but once you get there it’s hard to miss.