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The Old House

Great authentic Bulgarian atmosphere. Traditional dress and made to feel welcome. Food great and service excellent. We had booked (as very busy with it being new year holiday – very busy in BG) but would not have got in if we hadn't booked.

Family of 5 eating. Children – 1 x pizza margharita – 1 x kids lasagne 1 x pork ribs. Adult 1 x grilled trout, 1 x chicken skewer with chips. 3 x soft drinks, 1 x 1litre house red wine. 3 x pancakes with chocoatet and 1 x chocolate cake - can't find receipt - around 90 Lev

Markony Hotel

Had lunch here. Excellent service and food great – right at Ski centre 2 and very reasonably priced. It is where the ski instructors eat their lunch (which says it all doesn't it?) Thoroughly recommended.

1 x omlette 1 x half roast chicken, 1 childs baked beans on toasted buns, 1 x childs pizza 1 x chips, plus 4 x soft drinks - around 27 lev

The Snezhanka Mehana

wonderful service – waiter (Peter) couldn't do enough for us and spoke excellent english. Live entertainment was good standard and involved the children – lovely family atmosphere and excellent value for money.

2 x kids chicken skewer, 1 x kids chicken 2 skewers, 1 x mixed grilled meats & grilled assorted veg for 2 persons, 3 x soft drinks, 1 x 1 litre house red, 2 x pancakes with chocolate 1 x yoghurt with blueberries. – 65.80 Lev


The Belfry (Chanove 2)

After meeting the bloke outside on 4 or 5 ocasions we decided to give it a go. We ate here last year and had an OK meal although spoilt by it being a kareoke evening and there being a school party in singing 'Alice, who the **** is Alice' which is great – except when you have a 9 and a 6 yr old who think swear words are really great to repeat on the slopes the next day!!

So, giving it a second chance, we sat down and were promptly met with a power cut. OK this was not the staff's fault and it only lasted 10 mins or so. We placed our order and got drinks promptly.

Child 1 x pizza margharita arrived pronptly as did 1 x child chicken nuggets. 10Mins later I got my weiner schnitzel and that was it. My hubby got his food 40 minutes after mine and my 4 yr old got her sausages 40 mins after mine. My roasted veg arrived even after this – and long after I'd finished my meal so I waived them away and said 'no thanks, I've finished'. We paid for what we had eaten and left without asking for the bill. We stopped to talk to the man outside who had enticed us in and explained all the problems to him but it had spoilt our night over all. They were not busy, there was one waiter with glasses who seemed to be running around doing all the work and the rest were stood around chatting. Very disappointed and would not recommend at all!! We added up the bill manually – it came to well over 100 levs, we left 90 and walked out – we felt that was fair and more than covered the cost of our meals. No none came running after us.

Barbecue restaurant – Hotel Mourgavets

Great night – service second to none and food excellent. We had a pizza margharita, cucumber salad, 2 plates of chips, a maw maw (hotch potch) – which was like a ratatouille but without the courgettes, 2 x grilled trout. 3 x soft drinks, 1 x litre house red wine. 88 levs.

Live band playing – all superbe instrumentalists – violinist, clarinet player, mandolin player as well as keyboard and 2 x female vocalists. Half way through the evening the music stopped and there was a man doing walking on hot coals on the floor – great entertainment, well received and a very good value for money night out. Very child friendly – kids are greeted warmly whereever we go.

Evrika (Eurika)
I mentioned this on a previous post as being a lovely place to eat - set back. Family run, small and friendly with much lower prices than some of the others. Sadly this was not open at all this year while we were there.

China Toni
At the bottom of the green Malina ski run, right beside the 3 man chair (lift 5) - great food, fantastic services and I very friendly staff. They must see hundreds of people every year - yet remembered us (by name) from our visit last year! We ate there on 3 separate occasions - 5 of us having lunch - normally came to around 60 lev.