Melia Cayo Coco Hotel Review - The Food

Now I didn't take any photos of the food - it's not the done thing is it? There's four restaurants in the Melia Cayo Coco Hotel. A buffet restaurant, an "International" Restaurant, a grill and an Italian.

Now you'll be having breakfast at the buffet restaurant which is behind the bar. It's a huge dining room with hot plates in the middle. You can choose from the usual fried stuff (why don't international restaurants have Danish bacon :-( ); fantastically fresh fruit; bread, cheese, ham and pancakes. To be honest I loved breakfast. We'd sit outside by the pool and enjoy the weather.

We'd often have lunch there too, so you'd get the usual stuff, you could usually choose from chicken or pork as well as fresh fruit, oh and bread cheese and ham. There was also an area where you could get some meat cooked to order.

And you'd spend at least 4/7 nights at the buffet again, where you'll have much the same food that was available at lunch time. But you can get nice food made to order again. The thing is, if you love puddings, you won't be upset - they had loads of nice cakes and the icecream was to die for (not litterly!).

Again the waiter service was fantastic! Really friendly and helpful. Try and sit outside if you can at night.

Another restaurant we tried was the International one. This was a lovely restaurant set in the lagoon and decorated nicely - but you could tell it was coming to the end of the season as it was starting to get a bid frayed at the edges.

The music was great, they had soft guitar music playing in the background. It was fairly hot that night, but it was very enjoyable as the food was nice. The menu may have been fairly limited, but it more than made up for by the ambiance.

I've added one of the Melia Cayo Coco Hotel's photos of the restaurant so you can get a better idea of what it was like. As its on the lagoon make sure that you take mozzie spray if you're going later on in the season. If you're going peak season you should be ok.

The Italian restaurant was next to the pool and also had a limited budget, but it was nice and intimate. The starter was basically a buffet affair. But again I liked it. For the main meal you can basically choose from Pizza or Pasta (no surprise there). But again there wasn't a great deal of choice, but the food I liked. There was also some very nice puddings.

Over all the Italian Restaurant was a nice change from the buffet. The views over the pool on the one side and the sea on the other made it a relaxing meal.

There was also a grill restaurant a bit closer to the beach. We only went there for lunch once but heard the food was nice. Our friends had onion rings and steak I think. Its an open-air restaurant so if you wanted to get out of the heat then I'd try the Italian. But if you wanted to hear the sea lapping on to the beach then the grill is for you.

I forgot, there was a 24 hour bar where you could get tuna and cheese & ham toasted sandwiches, burgers, chips etc. You could find this right next to the pool and below the Italian restaurant. This was handy if you felt peckish between meals or just wanted to sit at the bar and watch people swim by in the pool.