Yummy Greek food, inspiring chefs, unique surroundings, dinners under the stars…Here are the Best Restaurants in Santorini! (spoiler alert: they are all 1000s better in reality than any pictures you’ve seen…)
You have probably heard all the good things about Greek food. It’s time to taste the real thing this year, and Santorini is probably the best place to have a truly unique Greek food experience! It’s by far one of the best things to do in Santorini.If you are in love with Greek food and you are interested in learning more, you can always take this amazing Santorini Cookery Class and Wine Tasting Tour.
So….what are the restaurants that stand out from the crowd because of their food or location?
Yes, Santorini can be a tourist trap sometimes (especially in July, August and September but my list of restaurants makes no compromises and each one on the list will give you an unforgettable experience.To be honest, this applies to the Mykonos restaurants as well, as they also tend to be very expensive in the high season. I have personally been to almost all of the,m and in many cases, I even know the owners and the staff. This list includes everything: street food, fine dining, greasy BBQ places, and amazing seafood tavernas.
These are the best restaurants on the island! This is the crème de la crème…
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1. Selini Restaurant (Pyrgos)
2. AKTAION (Firostefani)
3. Metaxy Mas (Pyrgos)
4. Naoussa Restaurant (Fira)
5. Nikolas Taverna (Fira)
This is one of my personal favourites. Nothing fancy about it. One of the oldest tavernas on the island. Truly yummy Greek authentic food and very easy to find it in Fira. Just ask any local and they will direct you. Chances are that you will find it by yourself while wandering in the small streets of Fira. Yummy traditional Greek food! It can get very crowded, though.
Reserve your table in this number: +30-22860-24550 (yes…Nikolas has no website. Nikolas needs no internet. Nikolas is the real thing!)
or visit their Facebook page for more info (you will be very lucky if anyone ever responds though…)
6. Argo Restaurant (Fira)
Awesome Greek food with incredible views! There are some other restaurants at Fira with even better views but this one has one of the best food in our opinion. What else do you need?
7. Katina’s Taverna (Ammoudi)
Best sea food and fish onthe island, hands down! Greeks favourite taverna for seafood in Santorini too! And that says a lot! Unfortunately no reservations can be made… (but to be fair you only need them in August probably)
8. Remvi Restaurant (Firostefani)
9. Anemoloos Restaurant (Exo Gonia)
10. The Athenian House (Imerovigli)
11. Aroma Avlis Restaurant (Exo Gonia)
Aroma Avlis is a relatively very new addition to the restaurants map of Santorini and it is basically the restaurant of one of the Best Wineries of Santorini : “Artemis Karamolegos Winery” . It offers a lovely terrace with views to the vineyards of the winery. The food is really good in this one and it balances very well between Greek traditional cuisine and modern fusion tastes. Plus…you will be tasting the great wines of the Karamolegos Winery!
12. Feggera Restaurant (Megalochori)
Feggera Restaurant is one of a kind. It’s a great team of young and enthusiastic people at a lovely terrace in Megalochori. The great thing about them is that they also offer some amazing Greek cooking classes which are really fun! But the food and the ambiance is also very cosy. Feggera Restaurant has an amazing ambiance and the Greek cooking classes at are real fun !
13. To Pinakio Restaurant (Kamari)
“To Pinakio” is not just a restaurant. The big difference is basically that you will also listen to amazing live Greek music! It’s also not uncommon that musicians sit on the same tables with the people who eat and all sing Greek songs and have fun in such an unpretentious, cosy and relaxed environment. It’s not a coincidence that you will see mainly Greeks and locals hanging out at Pinakio… ???? Such a cosy place…with Greek live music!
14. To Psaraki (Vlychada)
“To Psaraki” (in Greek = the little fishy fish!) was created by very 2 passionate people in Vlychada with the main purpose of offering simple, authentic Greek seafood and fish. This is possibly some of the best seafood and fresh fish you can find in Santorini. Also, the unique views to the lovely Vlychada port are really cute. You may want to visit this place more than once…trust us…
15. Lauda Restaurant at Andronis Boutique Hotel (Oia)
An amazing swimming pool, international and Greek chefs, lounge live music and amazing caldera views. “Lauda Restarunat” at Andronis Boutique Hotel is Greek fine dining at its best. Undoubtedly one of the best, finest and most impressive restaurants not only in Santorini and Greece but all over the world. An experience you don’t get to have very often…
16. Kapari Wine Restaurant (Imerovigli)
Kapari WIne Resrtaurant is part of the Kapari Natural Resort at Imerovigli and it is in a very cosy and romantic setup with a very cure little balcony overlooking the cladera and the volcano. The food is really nice and the service is also really friendly. Definitely an unforgettable and very romantic experience.
17. Melitini (Imerovigli)
18. Pitogyros (Oia)
You don’t need to contact or reserve anything at Pitogyros. Just show up there hungry. That’ll do! But in case you want to find them here is their website.
19. Katharos Lounge (Katharos)
20. Onar Restaurant (at Imerovigli)
The amazing views of Onar is not the only thing that will surprise you because you’ll be amazed of how good the food actually is.
Onar is at a marvellous location (not a fact for Santorini restaurants, right?:) but it’s been one of the best restaurants in Imerovigli for many years so it deserves to be here. The food here is creative and it will surprise you! And seriously…look at these views…!
Contact them here.21. Tranquillo Bar Restaurant (in Perissa)
22. Ladokolla (at Fira)
Ladokolla is not a fancy place. It has no views and no charm at all. BUT…it’s one of the places that you want to visit if you are starving. We hope you know what we mean…. It’s an amazing traditional BBQ place (with even some fish or seafood options but seafood is never in our mind when we are thinking of Ladokolla, to be honest…).
23. Avocado Restaurant (at Imerovigli)
Avocado is another cutie pie ???? No views again here, but lovely staff and great food that makes a dinner there very special. Seriously, the food at Avocado Restaurant is possibly the best value for money food you will ever have in Santorini. It’s seriously amazing for what you pay!
So…there you have them! You won’t be disappointed at any of these, but this doesn’t mean you won’t find other restaurants all over the island that cannot serve you equally great food with equally good views or surroundings.
Greek food is amazing, and it will be one of the things that you will enjoy the most on your trip to Greece or the Greek islands. There is no doubt about it.
