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Los Gurullos

Posted Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Posted: 10:01@08.03.07
(Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note. This restaurant is now Il Osteria, a very good italian restaurant.)
Los Gurullos, Mojacar
Los Gurullos is a small restaurant, on your right as you descend the hill towards Mojacar playa, in front of the rug shop and just before the petrol [...]

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Orsoca

Posted Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

Updated 4th August 2008: It’s reopened! Find out what I think about Orsoca Turre here.
Updated 13th April 2008: Upon my return from the UK, I notice that the Orsoca seems to have closed! Can’t say I’ll miss it’s current incarnation. What will it be next?
Posted: 12:12@06.03.07
Restaurante Orsoca
Many years ago, this was a family run restaurant, [...]

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Bollywood Indian

Posted Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Posted: 12:50@11.02.07
(Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note. No idea what it’s like now.)
Bollywood Indian Restaurant, Mojacar
It was a mild yet blustery February evening when I met up with my brother and his girlfriend for a meal. Deciding that I´d had far too much red meat this week [...]

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Candela

Posted Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Posted: 09:44@05.12.06
(Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note.)
Candela Bar & Restaurant
Carboneras
First of all, a small disclaimer. There could be some conflict of interest here, as I very nearly brought this restaurant for the current owner. I didn´t, mainly due to already being over committed on the work front [...]

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Loma Blanca

Posted Friday, November 3rd, 2006

Posted: 11:13@03.11.06
(Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note. But it’s still a bloody good restaurant!)
Restaurante Loma Blanca
Turre
Quality watch!
Updated: 1st Aug, 07
The original review was posted in September 2006. Well, since then I´m please to say that it continues to delight. Just last night we had the “Lechazo al [...]

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La Cantina Mexican

Posted Friday, November 3rd, 2006

Posted: 07:20@03.11.06
(Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note.)
Here is a later review (posted 10th Sept 2008) on La Cantina Mexican Restaurant Mojacar Playa.
La Cantina
Mexican Bar & Restaurant
The trouble with Mexican food is that it´s not so much a cuisine, as it is a mixture of the same four [...]

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Los Limoneros

Posted Friday, September 29th, 2006

Posted: 14:10@29.09.06
(Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note. The restaurant has just changed hands - March 2008)
Los Limoneros
Jardines de Agua,
Cortijo Grande,
Turre
Terrible confession to make here - I´d been promising myself that I´d pop in here ever since I´d heard that it had reopened at the beginning of the [...]

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Taj Indian, Turre

Posted Monday, July 17th, 2006

Posted: 08:39@17.07.06
I always had great hopes of this one when it opened. Nice decor, comfortable settings, and initially good food. I went there, and I used to be happy. Not ecstatic, but fairly satisfied as I burped my way home.
It was always a bugger that they didn´t do takeaways. Eventually, they started doing them, but [...]

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Rodriguez Restaurant, Turre

Posted Sunday, July 16th, 2006

Posted: 14:35@16.07.06
(Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note.)
This used to be a mediocre restaurant and bar, until a couple of years ago it was taken over by some Russians, who opened Turres first Russian / Lithuanian / Peruvian bar. I was there late last year, for a Larios [...]

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El Mar, La Mar

Posted Monday, July 10th, 2006

Posted: 09:18@10.07.06
Originally posted in July 2006. (Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note. Comments below were from the old version of my blog which I copied over. This review was originally posted in July 2006. I am assured that this restaurant has been revamped since then. This review [...]

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