The one advantage about Goa when it comes to eating out is the wide range of global cuisines thecosmopolitan state offers. The very range of cuisines available in this coastal state can compete with the best of cities in India. Take Italian food for example. There are scores of restaurants in Goa which offer quality Italian food, whether in fine dining or eating at some nice earthy joints. Below we list some of the more popular Italian restaurants in the state, where you can get your appetite for pastas or pizzas satiated.
Baba's Wood Cafe
Baba's Wood Cafe is an Italian restaurant which specialises in traditional pizzas, pasta andhomemade gelato. The café also houses a fancy art and lifestyle boutique.
Miramar - Panaji
9168804018, 9823714098
My Place
Tucked away in Chapora, is My Place, an Italian restaurant which is known for its authentic Italian
food and is known to serve some lipsmacking ravioli.
Chapora
9767020138
Basilico
Basilico in Anjuna also offers a wide range of Italian food right from pastas to pastries to raviolis,
pizzas, gnocchis to salads. Patrons of this restaurant claim the food has a touch of home to it. No
wonder they are known for their repeat clientele, always a compliment for any restaurant. The desserts like the torta di ricotta, mousse au chocolate, tiramisu and creame brulee are also to die for
Anjuna
09822104817
Da Tita
Eating at this cosy Italian restaurant in Majorda is like eating at home itself, such is the comfort level
of the food at Da Tita. You may choose from their variety of pizzas to parma ham or salads, the taste
lingers in the mouth, long after you’ve headed back home.
Majorda
0832 2791885
Ciao Bella Restaurant
Ciao Bella at Vagator is a restaurant started by two Italian gents. Their purpose? To serve traditional
Italian dishes alone. And did their purpose and agenda pay off? Well, their repeat customers seem to
think so.
Vagator
9765718373
Da Luigi, Park Hyatt Goa
If you want to notch it up a bit and eat Italian food in a sanitised five star environment, try the Da
Luigi at the Park Hyatt in South Goa which is known for their gourmet menu.
Cansaulim.
08322721234
Sahakari Spice Farm
Sahakari Spice Farm is situated amidst lush green surroundings at Curti, Ponda taluka which is very popular amongst tourists for its rich cultural heritage and magnificently designed places of worship.It is located on the main Ponda Belgaum Highway. A place of relaxation under the dense forest cover, an aroma of a variety of genuine spices coming from the trees grown around the farm, sumptuous lunch in traditional Goan style and other modes of entertainment are available at the Spice Farm. The skoppy terrains are covered with cashewnut trees.The farm is used to dissipate knowledge about the different spices and their medicinal values to the foreign as well as local visitors who since time immemorial are visiting India in search of spices and trading with Indians in different varieties of spices. Accessed via a bamboo bridge, around 5km north of Ponda, this is one of the most popular farms with tour groups and visitors. An entertaining 45-minute tour of the spice plantation is followed by a banana-leaf buffet lunch. Elephant rides/bathings are available for an extra Rs700. It is a good two hour plus drive from Panaji but is definitely worth a visit.
