Anjuna has everything from beach shacks to garden cafés. Among restaurants near Anjuna Beach, Café Cotinga at The Tamarind is a multi-cuisine restaurant set in a 200-year-old Goan-Portuguese building with courtyard and garden seating. It is open to everyone, not only hotel guests, from 8:30 AM to 11:00 PM all year round.
Anjuna's dining leans Goan, seafood and international. Café Cotinga is one of the multi-cuisine restaurants in North Goa covering all of it — Goan and Indian dishes, Italian and Chinese, fresh seafood, signature pastas and pizzas. The tandoori dishes, butter chicken and mutton seekh kababs are the best known orders.
Yes. Café Cotinga is open to walk-in diners as well as hotel guests, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner all year round. Even the daily buffet breakfast is open to all. Timings are 8:30 AM to 11:00 PM, and reservations are advised for dinner and for Wednesday evenings.
For guests looking at fine dining restaurants in North Goa, Café Cotinga offers a four-seater table set inside a decorative outdoor birdcage, plus secluded garden tables among the greenery. Candlelight dinner setups can be arranged on request, and selected stay packages include a complimentary cage dining experience with decoration.
The in-house bakery is why many guests rate it among the best cafés near North Goa beaches. The signature banoffee pie, chocolate ecstasy cake and apple crumble with ice cream are the most ordered, alongside freshly baked breads and cupcakes. Café Cotinga also serves Illy coffee, fresh Tamarind Tea, juices and shakes.
Yes. The multi-cuisine menu covers extensive vegetarian Indian, Italian and Chinese dishes, and Café Cotinga is set up for families — baby high chairs, a dedicated baby menu and a wheelchair are available. The garden and courtyard layout makes it easy to move around with prams.
The Mad Hatter is an Alice in Wonderland themed bar with black and white interiors, accessible from every corner of the property, with both indoor and outdoor bars serving wines, scotch and cocktails. Wednesday evenings feature live music — one of the busiest nights, so book ahead. Large screens show live sports.
Yes. Café Cotinga offers free home delivery and takeaway, and is listed on Swiggy and Zomato for online ordering. Credit cards are accepted, and ample parking including valet parking is available for diners. The restaurant sits within The Tamarind, opposite St Michael's Church in Anjuna.
Mumbai, India
“Wow!!!”
This place has such good food that we ended up eating here many times during our stay. We mostly tried Italian & Chinese dishes & they were really great. Good selection of Mocktails too. I will definitely go back for more next time.
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“Memorable and outstanding”
We stayed at the Tamarind and ate at their restaurant , Cotinga Cafe most of the time. They were always accommodating and made excellent dishes to suit the children's tastes. Pizza and Indian tandoori were my favourites.
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