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Just got back from Pamporovo. Four of us skiied together for 6 days. (minus lessons as we are different levels) Our favourite food spot was at the bottom of the four man chair - lift 2. A small shack with 6 tables selling jacket potatoes. Yum yum yum! Pavel runs around like mad making sure you have the fastest service so you can get back on the slopes as soon as poss. The jacket potato servings were huge (two or three per serving) and you had a choice of toppings. The hot chocolate was excellent. And the pancakes came with a variety of toppings. Once we discovered Pavel we came back everyday. Much cheaper than other midstation or higher places we came across and the food was healthy and good. We averaged about 10 lev each for the above each day. (As opposed to quite a bit more up the mountain.) You can get cheaper food at the bottom but the snow wasn't the best to get there. (Pancakes for 2.99 lev) But potato Pavel always smiled and was so friendly and helpful. We just kept going back. Off the mountain we fell in love with the BBQ at the Mourgavets. Talk about good food. So much on the menu to choose from and really delicious. Service was good. We ate there three times and were very pleased each time. The lamb was a favourite with the group as was the woodman's steak. Personally I loved their garlic bread and all the starters. A really good quality meal for about £10 each. And that was loads of food. You could eat more cheaply there if you wanted to. Enjoy!

Not wanting to sound discouraging (we had a fab holiday) but the snow conditions are the worst I have seen in 27 yrs of skiing around the world. Overnight the snow froze making it scraped off frozen crust for the first hour or so. By 11 it had warmed up and was starting to turn to slush. By two you had mashed potatoes (think chunky snow) that was prime for knee tearing. So - we saw quite a few people with wrists or legs bandaged. The coverage is minimal and lots of mud below the midstation. We skiied mostly 4, 5 and then a red run off the top. Snow held to mid station just fine. You are definitely much better off if you can avoid the most popular runs. (Green and some blue.) The wall was ok on Friday but getting a bit scraped. They really do need snow but you can have fun and ski a lot as it is now. Just be prepared to queue on number 2 lift as the whole mountain is not open.