Our favourites are

Hotel - Silver Sands, Candolim

Restaurant - Stonehouse, Inferno

Bar - Teama

Shack - Bonos

Food - Butter Chicken and Cheese Nan

Drink - Kings

Best Tip - Go open-minded and enjoy!

OK ours are

Hotel, Highland Beach - ok bar staff can be a little slow, but room boys/porters are superb.

Restaurant - After Seven for a treat night, Casa Sea Shell for budget.

Bar - Used to be Valerios or Pool shack at the Osbourne, but now Bar at end of Highland Beach road....cannot remember name.

Shack - Spottys or Frank Zappa's

Food - Butter Chicken, Cheese & Garlic Naan

Drink - Kings and Honeybee

Non Alcoholic - Fresh lime soda, half and half

Best Tip - Go with an open mind and make some friends, they will help you enjoy it better.

Enjoy

Al

hi this is a tough call but these are our favs.
1.hotel-marinha dourada
2.restaurants-allspice(arpora)kimfaa(chinese)
3.shack-big bannana
4.bars-mayonna bar(baga creek)mojo`s(arpora)
5.fav.food-anything from allspice
6.fav.drinks kingfisher,romonov,honeybee,best pinacolada(nicks place arpora)
7.best tip-happy hour at nicks place,3large kingfisher 90 rups,2 4 1 cocktails,
relax and enjoy all that goa has to offer

Haven't been for 3 years BUT could I suggest Leilas for breakfast.? On way to Baga Beach from M.D. The best way to start the day.

1.Hotel... have our own house but the Marinha Dourada gets my vote for better than the norm.
2.Restaurants..most of them but Kim Faa always good for chinese and East meets West value in a nice setting
3.Shack.. again most of them ,Big Bannana, TGI, Shinning Star are special to me
4.Bar... has to be the Red Lion for relaxing and watching.
5.Food..King fish or Tiger Prawns in fact most sea food also Goan or indian
6.Drink..Honey Bee for me , pinacolada for her indoors
7.Tip....Give it 24 hours, relax and enjoy

Our favourites are...
1.hotel-Ronil Beach Resort
2.restaurants-East Meets West, Kim Faa, Bomra
3.shack-Golden Eagle, La Plage
4.bars-the fridge in my room
5.fav.food-Chicken Xacuti & Dhal Fry
6.fav.drinks - Romanov vodka & tonic, coffee liqueur on ice
7.best tip-relax and enjoy

Restraurants...breakfast..Plaintain leaf ....massala dhosa .......lunch..Chocolate in Candolim ....evening meal..anywhere

Bar...anywhere we care to loiter

Shack...definatly The Bistro at Baga

Local Drink ...water during the day and after 7pm..honeybee

Goan food...Goan prawn curry

Best tip..get off the plane,chill out and enjoy Goan time :

Liz

any more to add now the season is over?

hotel....osborne or the nizmar purely for there location

restuarant....for indian food the vrundavan, calangute
night out...souymans kitchen,calangute/candolim rd, ticks all the boxes

shack...the dommat..calangute beach ..family run very friendly,good food

food...tandoori chicken with a mint naan at the vrundavan,always my first night

bar....the public bar calangute...ideal chill,chat,and watch the world go by

drink....daytime..water...limca...or shandy made with limca and kings
nightime...kings,kingfisher,blue riband gin and tonic

tip...take a torch,get out and about see and feel india not the hotel pool