Mykonos - Solymar

Summer 2007
Frank's view
'Best of the beach bars.'

The day we dropped in to Solymar, the restaurant, bar and beach…infact, the whole shebang, had been taken over by Veuve Cliquot.

“Wow”, I hear you say. “Lots of free champers for all…or at the very least cheap champagne.”

Staggeringly…not a bit of it.

There were lots of bottles of Veuve Cliquot scattered around but no one was making any attempt to either distribute or sell it and absolutely no one was drinking it.

Champagne in Mykonos is expensive, at as much as 150 euros a bottle in an ordinary beach bar, so, despite the abundance of gold Rolex, it didn’t look as if there were going to be many takers for Veuve’s extravagant promotion.

Solymar came highly recommended by everyone we spoke to.  Its location is at the far end of the beach, with a small windy track separating the bar from the beach.

The restaurant was packed and so was the bar. Veuve Cliquot arranged for a young cellist to plug her very snazzy electric cello “stick” into the disco. She performed a kind of Morrocan / rock fusion with a pounding backing track and it was quite an extraordinary sight to watch the waiters, laden with huge trays of plates, negotiate past her gyrating form.

Although the food is the same food served virtually everywhere in Mykonos, (pasta, spaghetti, seafood and lobster, steak, salads etc), the vibe and the ambience make it taste that much better.  The bar was full of people ordering everything from neat Black Label whisky on the rocks, to fresh strawberry milkshakes.

It became more and more busy as the afternoon progressed. For a late lunch, Solymar is very much a happening place.


Solymar
Kalo Livada

Mykonos

 

http://www.solymar.gr
"Lots of free champers for all? Staggeringly, not a bit of it!"



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