Restaurants in Greece
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Diktina
This place has had an upmarket facelift and looks more like a city restaurant than a fish taverna but it has sea views and a range of reliable fish dishes.
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Sarri's
Tucked away in the back streets, Sarri's is a good spot for breakfast, lunch or dinner on the shady garden terrace. Check the daily specials board.
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Othonas
The touristy-on-the-outside but decent Othonas is recommended for traditional Cretan food. It's a member of Concred and uses quality produce.
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Dionysos Fiesta
Take a break at Dionysos Fiesta, specialising in local dishes, including an omelette made with artichokes and Karpathian sausages.
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Michelas
Near the meat section of the food market, this place has been serving great fresh, and cheap traditional cuisine for 75 years.
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To Steki tou Garbi
A good traditional grill house just around the corner from Koundouris Travel in Kastro.
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Taverna Tasso
Usually packed, offering tasty mezedhes, fresh fish and lobster.
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Porto Restaurant
Opposite the waterfront plateia, this excellent family eatery serves up reliable mayirefta like veggie mousakas(sliced eggplant arranged in layers and baked), lamb with pasta and baked cod.
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O Diavlos
What first attracts the eye in this unique ouzerie set in a lofty, wood-beamed building is the artwork lining the walls. Monthly exhibits show off local artist's works, which diners can purchase; might the next Theophilos be discovered here? However, aside from being an art lover, Diavlos owner Panayiotis Molyviatis crafts what might just be the most satisfying and nourishing mezedhes in all of Lesvos.
Local specialities include giouslemes (a crunchy cheese pie) and sfongatoa (a sort of oven-baked cake made of zucchini, egg, onion and cheese). Try also the Turkish-flavoured beef kebabs on pita bread with onions and yiaourtlou kebab (Greek yogurt). Music ranges from…
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Kafeneio
Just above the small square you'll probably see local black-clad gents under the mulberry tree of the old-style Kafeneio, where apart from the local myzithropita (cheese pie) with honey you can normally get a basic meal like local sausage, or on weekends traditional wild goat or lamb tsigariasto or vrasto (boiled), charged by the kilo. And lots of raki.
For a glimpse of traditional Sfakian village life, it is worth veering right off the main road to arrive at a small square flanked by four kafeneia and statues of local resistance heroes.
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Myrsini
Myrsini serves up hearty portions of authentic Cretan dishes for Thessasloniki's boisterous young hedonists. The food is delicious and healthy, from rusks topped with tomato, Cretan olive oil and soft cheese (dakos) and flavourful wild greens (horta) to roast rabbit, pork and - crucially - mizithropitakia (flaky filo triangles with sweet mizithra cheese).
Décor is simple, with worn wood floors and traditional accoutrements. Violin and bouzouki music from Greece's best island plays on in the background.
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Psarotaverna tis Kyra Dimitras
Although Kyra (Ms) Dimitra's Armenian grandfather originally came to Alexandroupoli for railroad work in 1875, from 1915 the family business became this little blue-and-white taverna. Choose from the daily catch, set out on ice at the front; tsipoura (golden bream) is tasty, while a plateful of crunchy koutsomoura makes for a scrumptious lunch. Come in summer, when the amiable Kyra Dimitra might bring you a plate of ripe watermelon for a complimentary dessert.
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Marco Polo
You mightn't know about this seriously select dining locale if you didn't read it here. Original Graeco-Italian creations include pork with balsamic vinegar, rocket and sliced parmesan cheese, pork fillet with manouri cheese (a creamier and unsalted version of feta) and fig jam, or Santorini fava lentils with caramelised onions with a sweet wine sauce and mint. Select, but palate-pleasing wine list. Dining at its best in a palm tree caressed courtyard.
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Kali Kardia Taverna
Kournas is a traditional village of white-washed houses, a few stone homes and a couple of kafeneia. You can get a delicious meal at the Kali Kardia Taverna on the main street. Owner Kostas Agapinakis is known for his award-winning sausages, excellent apaki (smoked pork) and meats cooked on the grill outside the taverna. If you are lucky you might get to try his delicious galaktoboureko (custard pastry) while it is still warm.
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Iliomanolis
It's worth the drive through the spectacular Kotsifou Gorge to eat hearty home-style Cretan food in the village of Kanevos, in a lovely setting with the gorge on one side and a forest on the other. This place is renowned for its excellent food, and Maria is happy to show you the tempting array of pots in the kitchen (between 20 and 25 dishes each day). The meat is mostly their own produce and they sell their own wine, olive oil and raki.
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Gargadoros
This stylish restaurant opposite a relatively quiet beach on the way to Almyros is a recent and promising addition to Agios Nikolaos' dining scene. It's light and cheery with colourful chairs and tables and a relaxed feel. The food is well executed, with modern takes on traditional dishes and emphasis on Greek and Mediterranean flavours. It's a longish walk from town along the beach front (there's a path).
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1900 Café Restaurant
If you want to wow a date - or simply enjoy a really good Italian meal - this is the place to come. Genial owner Miltos Miltiadis provides a warm welcome at this restored, two-floor mansion, a living lesson in style with thick-painted crimson walls, Latin music, worn wood floors and soft light. Everything is good, from the penne and parmesan to Portobello mushrooms with mavrodafni wine sauce.
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Nireas
Another back-street beauty, Nireas is nominally a fish restaurant but still covers the full gamut of dishes. The mydia ahnista (steamed mussels) in a rich flavoursome broth are worth particular mention, as are the skillet-seared mydia saganaki (mussels with tomato and feta cheese). Eat mezes (appetiser) style if you can. The locale is quiet and relaxing.
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Mythos
Even the waiter tells you this romantic place has a woman's touch: flowers, petunias and shrubs create a beautiful oasis outside, Mediterranean antiques, lamps and other surprises adorn the inside (thanks to the female owner-decorator). And that's before you've even reached her essence - try the mythos pie (containing chicken, feta and fresh vegetables) and chocolate soufflé.
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Third Eye
It's not just vegetarians who flock to the Third Eye, just inland from Pahia Ammos. Crete's only vegetarian restaurant has an eclectic menu of curries, salads, pastas and Greek and Asian dishes, much of it made from the family farm's organic produce. There is often live music on Saturdays. They also have good budget rooms and apartments upstairs with air-con, fridge and balconies.
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Kourites
Some of the best Cretan cuisine around is served at Kourites, including vegetarian delights such as artichokes. Try some of the dishes cooked in the wood oven - the suckling pig with baked potatoes is delicious. There are simple rooms above the taverna with small balconies (single/double including breakfast around €25/around €35) and you can have free use of the bicycles.
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Mezedopoleion Palaio Petrino
The only reason to lament Chios' wonderfully warm weather, perhaps, is that diners never have to sit indoors and enjoy the Palaio Petrino's splendidly painted interior. No matter, the food is good enough to enjoy inside or out. Try the tyrokafteri (spicy cheese dip) and ktapodi krasato (octopus in wine sauce) with some hearty Northern Aegean wine.
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Thea
With a waterside location near the Antiparos ferry quay at Pounta, echoes of old Greece and Asia Minor hang in the air at this great restaurant. Mains include Cappadocian lamb with apricots, or beef with quinces, rice and plums. There are over 450 different vintages kept in a wine room-cum-bar, which even has a glass floor with bottles nestling beneath your feet.
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Vasilenas
This classic Piraeus tavern has been spruced up and the menu modernised, but the third generation now running the show maintains much of the family tradition and well-deserved reputation for good-value, delicious seafood. You can’t go wrong with the generous set menu (€34) and there’s also à la carte dining (and a few meat dishes) on the shady terrace in summer.
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Lemoni kai Prasino Piperi
The poshest place in town, this upstairs restaurant has great waterfront views and even better food, especially the Italian dishes. Try the simple yet exquisite tomato and mozzarella salad and tagliatelle amatriciana or tagliatelle alfredo with salmon. As expected, the wine list is deep; the Mexican offerings, however, remain somewhat of an unknown commodity.
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