Milk Bar

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MILK BAR. LIMASSOL.

Tel.25 354100

On a blazing hot lunch time, we took a trip to the Milk Bar for lunch in central Limassol. We were keen to try this, as we have had a number of readers ask GC to review somewhere to go for lunch that is not a kebab, or does not really need you to drive across town. So after some lunch time analysis of the local eateries we decided to give the Milk Bar a try.

If you are not aware where it is, you can find it on Makarios Avenue about 200 meters up from St Nicholas roundabout, with parking by Marks and Spencer. Usually sitting outside in the middle of summer can be an incredibly uncomfortable experience, however eating at Milk Bar is kept relatively cool with an abundance of aircons and fans in the outside area.

When you walk in it has nice a bright feeling to it, with a clean and elegant design where you know that the menu will also follow this. What I liked about the menu is that you are not overloaded with many choices, which quite often just seem to appear on the menu to fill up space. At first glance it does appear to be a little breakfast heavy, but in these increasingly hot days sometimes you need the lighter food so you can function when you get back to work. If you are looking at knocking back a pork chop at lunch time and attempting to be a profitable unit of your organisation in the afternoon, I wish you good luck!

We asked why it is more inclined to go for these types of dishes, and we found out that it could be best described as a boulangerie that specializes in breakfast, lunch and light meals which is fair enough when you see the reason for the patrons visiting and the heat etc.

On this occasion I had the chicken wraps, which just about beat the smoked salmon bagel which, based upon someone at the other table eating it looked to be bursting with flavour. When the wraps arrived on a wooden platter accompanied with french fries, visually it looked very good. What can be a dish that is easy to mess up, I received a decent sized platter of food that was happily matched by the food quality and taste.

You can also order from a huge selection of drinks, from the now fashionable matcha to their famous Martin & Louis milkshake along with a huge selection of tea’s, smoothies and turmeric based latte’s.

It is well worth a visit with colleagues or if you are looking to have an informal meeting as you can easily hear yourself speak. The service is very prompt, so if you are time restricted this is not an issue of you having to wait and then get indigestion by shovelling the food into your face. Moreover, the happy smiling faces of the waiting staff who are incredibly knowledgeable of their menu were great, and could cater for your every need.