Javea Grapevine Issue No. 172 - 2014 | Page 119

NEW ADDITIONS Restaurante LA CALETA : Avda. Ultramar 114, Jávea.  A delightfully positioned FISH restaurant.  Facing the sea at Arenal, take the coastal road to the right not quite all the way to the end (Cala Blanca) - be sure to keep the sea on your left at all times and you will find the restaurant on the left side, over a white wall and situate right on the rocks by the water. Does one need to say more of such a location ?  Well ..... excellent fish good service – BUT it is not cheap and you must book (at weekends at least 24 hours in advance).  Plenty of shade and NO MUZAK - just listen to the sea !!  Tel: [phone]  : Open 24/7, March - end September : 10:30 - 23:00h (kitchen open 12:00-16:00h & 19:30 - 22:45h) Restaurante LA CANTINA DE JAVEA : Situated right in front of the fishing fleet of Jávea’s port (on the ground floor right around the back – left side - of the one storey building by the fishing boats). Clientele is very Spanish. They are often very busy so you must go early (say 12:30h). Very good prices. Their fish menus consist of the catches of the day. They are serving all day long (and even after the cinema). Tel: [phone] / open tlj : 7/7. Restaurante SUR :  ...at the beautiful Granadella creek (down off the Cabo de la Nao and the No.1 beach of the Marina Alta);  certainly the best fish restaurant in Jávea (they own their own boat!).  Our absolute favourite for fish and a beautiful location.  Sensational puds !  Highly rated in Spain’s Gastronomía Guide.  Best to book. Tel : [phone]  /  July/Aug daily 10-23h  /  otherwise open  lunch only (closed mid-Dec - end Feb).  http://www.restaurantesur.com/   Restaurante MENA:   Wonderful position on the rocks at the end of the Las Rotas road (go over Jávea / Montgó road to Denia and turn hard right at bottom roundabout.   It was expensive with bad muzak. It also used to be xenophobic but we hear it’s under new management so certainly worth a try…. or drive on a little further and there’s another good restaurant on the right.  96 578.0943 / f. evenings  /  http:// mena.restaurantesok.com/aquiok/ detallrest.jsp?id=547&prov=Alicante AND ANOTHER EXCEPTIONAL (FISH) ITEM (retail) ! Outside the Ermita supermarket (by the little church on the Jávea to Jesús Pobre road) at 10:00h on a Saturday morning is to be found an enterprising Dutchman (Arjen) who is selling fresh martjes, smoked eel, rollmops, smoked mackerel, buckling (a herring smoked whole – as opposed to kippers which are smoked flat), smoked trout and potted shrimps ……. AND (only to o rder) fresh/frozen HERRINGS (mostly with their roes – and at €1.25 each). When did you last enjoy a fresh herring ? Surely the most marvellous of fishes ? Orders to : 667 997300 (every Sat. morning from 10:00h) or [email protected] [ and inside this supermarket, at Xavi’s excellent meat counter, can be found the very best STILTON in the area ]. Arjen is in MORAIRA on Thursdays 10 - 14h at Tabaira – Palco. INCODNITO < Fish ‘n’ Chips  > Jávea, Arenal beach, on main car park.  It is not usual for such an establishment to find its way onto this list but it has proved to be very reliable with both fresh fish and chips of excellent quality.  96 577.0068 / f. Sunday.   BOOKING: Good restaurants are busy; best to book. f. = fermé = Day closed (if known) PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES - IT HELPS EVERYONE E & O E : 2014-0827 © 2014  J.G. DEACON NOISE ANNOYS : John Deacon interviewed by RTN on noise (and the scourge of muzak in restaurants and shops) : www.roundtownnews.com/ rtn-newsflash/item/44154-noise-annoys. html The Grapevine Issue 172 2014| New Additions and More