MY wife and I have been going to the Olive Tree, on Copson Street, for something like two years now. We can't believe how lucky we are to have it more or less on our doorstep together with the better known Don Antonio's on Wilmslow Road and Lemongrass, also on Copson Street.

It is a Greek restaurant that produces dishes, so I am told, that are more biased to mainland Greece rather than the usual Greek Cypriot cooking.

It is run by Basilios. The food is outstanding and the service is friendly. The ambience is chilled Mediterranean and everyone we have taken there has loved it.

Typical starters include my favourite, Greek-style fried aubergine with tzatziki, spicy garlic king prawns and spicy pork or chicken kebabs.

Typical main courses include chargrilled sea bream or sea bass, both of which come with Greek-style oven potatoes and fresh vegetables, and king prawns in a tomato and feta sauce.

There is a large variety of meat dishes, both from the chargrill and the oven, including, I am told as I don't eat meat, an amazing stifado.

The most expensive main course is the sea bream, but that comes at a very reasonable é12.50. Although most main courses are in the é7.50 to é11 range.

The sweets, if you can manage one, include a delightful baklava.

The wines are excellent and comprise several from mainland Greece and a particularly full bodied one from Kefalonia.

There is also bottled Mythos lager from mainland Greece, together with the obligatory Keo from Cyprus.

To finish off, if you like your brandy, then they have a lovely seven star Metaxa.