JAM

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JAM - OLD PORT HOTEL. LIMASSOL. CYPRUS. Address: 7-9 Dimitri Mitropoulou Limassol, Cyprus

Website: www,oldporthotel.com.cy

Set in the chic Old Port Hotel, Jam can be found in one of the liveliest parts of Limassol, next to the Old Port and Medieval Castle. Best described as an elegant looking bar restaurant that comes to life after 6 pm, that’s not to say that you should not visit to eat during the day, as the food is lovingly prepared along with the it being great value for money.

The building embraces a fusion of modern rustic decor and architecture which this area has now become synonymous with. The old town of Limassol has seen some huge improvements over the past 5 years, with many buildings keeping their original features, yet having the proprietors own interpretation on the interior design.

We arrived just after 6 pm when Jam comes alive with music, to which normally an establishment of a similar ilk would play that sort of hushed jazz music that makes me question my life choices. Happily they didn’t!

Sitting down post work in the hot city, we only ate light with more of a focus paid to the Gin based cocktails. We were served by the impeccably attired waiting staff, who were

Prior to going to Jam, the Old Port Hotel website states that it is ‘the beating heart where guests and locals mingle’ did leave me falling into a kind of travel based PTSD.

From my previous experiences when travelling for previous employers, the spite filled office drone whose role it is to book the accommodation, would often put me in a hotel proclaiming a similar ambience for the weary traveller. If ever there was a solid case of false advertising, these establishments ticked every box!

Moreover, have you ever stopped to think which locals would frequent a hotel bar when they have the whole city to choose from? From my extensive knowledge it is only trainee serial killers, and ladies offering ‘services’ to people travelling away from home.

On this occasion I was incredibly happy to see that the moniker was true with plenty of people coming for a drink after work, along with a healthy number of tourists enjoying the food and drinks whilst consulting the brilliant waiting staff on where they should head off to in the bright lights of Limassol.

We stay there for a couple more drinks, then we pay the bill with that familiar post works drink buzz feeling of wishing you had ate a little more and maybe drunk a little less.

It is well worth a visit to undertake the local sport of people watching, talk about everything and nothing whilst drinking a selection of cocktails skilfully crafted by their mixologists.