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ods. The 24 rooms are a little tired but the setting is lovely, in a quiet cul-de-sac close to the
busy bus stand.
The
hotel has a swimming pool and slightly expensive restaurant and bar.
24hr reception.
F$120
Riverview Private Hotel
Nadawa St 881 1367.
Pleasant house overlooking the river a
15min walk north of town past the police station. The spacious dorm room has five single
beds and a private
balc
ony but
the p
rivate rooms are a bit poky, with dingy bathrooms and no
hot water. Dorms
F$30
; rooms
F$80
EATING AND DRINKING
Colonial Arms
Grand Eastern Hotel, Gibson St 881 1022.
If you're after decent European
cuisine this is the only place to go, with salads and beef burgers at lunch and a full mixed grill,
steaks and pizzas at dinner (mains F$25-35).
Daily 7-9.30am, 11.30am-2pm & 4-10pm.
Oriental Bar and Restaurant
Jaduram St.
Labasa's best place to eat out, this a/c Chinese
restaurant has pleasant decor and background music and serves over two hundred dishes,
from
chilli taufu
(F$8) to pizzas (F$10). It's also a popular bar, with beer served by the jug.
Come early at lunchtime to get one of the window tables overlooking the bus stand.
Mon-Sat
10am-3pm & 6.30-10pm, Sun 6.30-10pm.
Shalom Restaurant
9 Jaduram St 995 2638.
Just beyond the bus station, this little place
is one of many serving curries, chop suey and snacks such as
dalo
chips. With mains cost-
ing from F$6.50, it's cheap and cheerful, and the hand-painted signs and bright benches and
tables make for an endearing interior.
Daily 10am-8pm.
DIRECTORY
Banks
ANZ, corner of Nasekula Rd and Gibson St (Mon 9.30am-4pm, Tue-Fri 9am-4pm);
Westpac, corner of Nasekula Rd and Sangam Ave (Mon-Thurs 9.30am-3pm, Fri
9.30am-4pm). Both have ATMs.
Doctors
Singh's Medical Centre, Reddy Lane (Mon-Fri 8am-4pm & Sat 8am-noon; 881
3824).
Hospital
Northern District Hospital, off Siberia Rd on the east side of the river (open 24hr;
881 1444).
Internet access
Govinda's on Nasekula Rd next to Pacific Sun has twelve terminals and
serves coffee (Mon-Sat 8am-5.45pm).
Pharmacy
My Chemist, 5 Nasekula Rd (Mon-Thurs 8am-6pm, Fri 8am-7pm, Sat
8am-3pm, Sun 9.30-11am; 881 4611).
Police
Nadawa St (open 24hr; 881 1222).
Post office
Nasekula Rd (Mon-Fri 7.30am-4.30pm, Sat 8am-noon).
