Guidebook for North Goa
Food Scene
Wonderful clay-oven, wood-fired pizza's and lip-smacking Strudel.
8 locals recommend
Saraya Restaurant - Ecostay, Art Cafe and Art Gallery in Goa
64 Chogm RdWonderful clay-oven, wood-fired pizza's and lip-smacking Strudel.
Inspirations
Good beef croquette and puffs, as well as pork pies.
The Bengali food is delicious, the portions generous and I do enjoy the interesting twist of French cuisine.
19 locals recommend
Mustard
Anjuna Mapusa RoadThe Bengali food is delicious, the portions generous and I do enjoy the interesting twist of French cuisine.
A tasty, very satisfying, vegetarian and goan fish thali. At a 120/- for a regular fish thaali this place is bang for the buck. Please note: Thaali only available for lunch Monday-Saturday.
Bhojan
Chogm RoadA tasty, very satisfying, vegetarian and goan fish thali. At a 120/- for a regular fish thaali this place is bang for the buck. Please note: Thaali only available for lunch Monday-Saturday.
A 20 minute drive (max) away but recurring favorite for breakfast/brunch/lunch. They do a good english breakfast and affogato and have a selections of salads and dessert.
Emily is a wonderful baker. Consider ordering a cake from here (needs advance notice) if you are celebrating a special occasion.
7 locals recommend
Café de Goa
Chogm RoadA 20 minute drive (max) away but recurring favorite for breakfast/brunch/lunch. They do a good english breakfast and affogato and have a selections of salads and dessert.
Emily is a wonderful baker. Consider ordering a cake from here (needs advance notice) if you are celebrating a special occasion.
Kerala cuisine. Open year-round.
Great selection of vegetarian options on the menu (including an extensive non-vegetarian spread) and dessert.
Call early to reserve a table during the Monsoon.
Closed on Monday.
167 locals recommend
Gunpowder
No. 6 Anjuna Mapusa RdKerala cuisine. Open year-round.
Great selection of vegetarian options on the menu (including an extensive non-vegetarian spread) and dessert.
Call early to reserve a table during the Monsoon.
Closed on Monday.
Drinks & Nightlife
I often walk here for a post-movie-drink with friends. Great snacks and a full bar menu.
33 locals recommend
The Black Sheep Bistro
Doctor Braganza Pereira RoadI often walk here for a post-movie-drink with friends. Great snacks and a full bar menu.
Cantare
Great live jazz-music nights and cocktails and ambiance.
Arts & Culture
Check out their website to get the latest gallery and weekly movie screenings. Visit this old restored Goan house anyway to sit with a book or work on your laptop (or do both) at their beautiful courtyard café.
8 locals recommend
Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts
Check out their website to get the latest gallery and weekly movie screenings. Visit this old restored Goan house anyway to sit with a book or work on your laptop (or do both) at their beautiful courtyard café.
Museum of Goa
Look them up for the many drop-in workshops they have year- round.
In the historical Fointainhas district of Panjim, the gallery is delight, as is walking in this area.
Gallery Gitanjali
E-212 Rua 31 de JaneiroIn the historical Fointainhas district of Panjim, the gallery is delight, as is walking in this area.
Sightseeing
Reis Magos Fort
Nerul - Reis Margos RoadShopping
Delightful selection of crockery, decor and furniture too!
Freedom Tree - Designer Furniture & Home Decor Store in Goa
Chogm RoadDelightful selection of crockery, decor and furniture too!
A variety of things from clothes and trinkets, to books, both new and second-hand, beautifully laid-out.
7 locals recommend
People Tree Design Studio & Store
Calangute - Anjuna RoadA variety of things from clothes and trinkets, to books, both new and second-hand, beautifully laid-out.
Essentials
Closed on Sundays.
Their dry cleaning chemicals can be smelt for a day or two after receiving them. People with sensitivities be warned.
PRINCE DRYCLEANERS
National Highway 66Closed on Sundays.
Their dry cleaning chemicals can be smelt for a day or two after receiving them. People with sensitivities be warned.
I particularly enjoy their acupressure foot massage, which is completed with a shoulder and neck massage.
Visit on a Monday for huge discounts of some of their packages.
Waterleaf Salon and Wellnesss
I particularly enjoy their acupressure foot massage, which is completed with a shoulder and neck massage.
Visit on a Monday for huge discounts of some of their packages.
HDFC Bank ATM
ICICI Bank ATM - Pilerne Branch
Entertainment & Activities
I enjoy going to this movie theatre specifically because it is just off the main boulevard along the Mandovi river in a building behind a graceful old-Panjim structure. The charm of it all keeps me from going to the one in the mall much closer to home.
32 locals recommend
INOX Goa
Dayanand Bandodkar MargI enjoy going to this movie theatre specifically because it is just off the main boulevard along the Mandovi river in a building behind a graceful old-Panjim structure. The charm of it all keeps me from going to the one in the mall much closer to home.