1600 Raki Ba Raki Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Rakadiko Meze Locals 1600 Raki Ba Raki Rethymno Old Town $$ A modern rakadiko where locals actually eat
Alana Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Courtyard Modern Garden Alana Rethymno Old Town $$$ Modern Mediterranean in a flower-filled courtyard
Apiri Greek Eatery Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen All Day Levantine Accents Bistro Apiri Greek Eatery City Centre $$ All-day Greek bistro blending Hellenic and Levantine flavours
Arismari Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Clay Pot Coals Plane Tree Square Own Butcher Arismari Gavalochori (Apokoronas) $$ Clay-pot-over-coals taverna under the plane tree in Gavalochori
Avli Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Courtyard Fine Dining Wine Cellar Avli Rethymno Old Town $$$$ Creative Cretan dining in a Venetian courtyard
Bakaliko Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Village square Meze Local wine Bakaliko Archanes $$ Grocer-meze-room on the restored square of Archanes
Castelo Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Old Town Core Stone And Greenery Wine Castelo Rethymno Old Town $$$ Stone-and-greenery room in the old-town lanes
Dounias (Ntounias) Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Open Fire Only Own Farm Clay Pot Dounias (Ntounias) Drakona (Keramia) $$ Wood-fire farm taverna cooking only over fire from its own land
Glossitses Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Market Driven Intimate Chef Owned Glossitses Kastelli / Old Harbour edge $$ Tiny market-driven kitchen, the chef's daily haul is the menu
Ippokampos Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Seafood Ouzeri Local institution Ippokampos Venetian Harbour & Walls (Heraklion) $$ The locals' seafood ouzeri by the Venetian port
Maiami Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Art Filled Winemaker Owned Farm To Table Maiami Koum Kapi (Chania) $$$ Art-deco brasserie and ceramic studio with its own winery on the Koum Kapi seafront
Parasia Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Antikristo Open Fire Stone Farmhouse Parasia Tsikoliana / Vamos (Apokoronas) $$ Antikristo over open fire in a 200-year-old stone building near Vamos
Salis Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Natural And Fine Wine Sommelier Owned Convivial Salis Topanas $$$ Sommelier-owned Cretan room with a world-class wine cellar
Steria (Sterja) Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Fire Cooking Zero Waste Small Plates Steria (Sterja) Splantzia $$$ Fire, Cretan produce and a zero-waste kitchen on Splantzia square
Sterna of Bloumosifis Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Stone Oven Village Institution Olive Oil Cooking Sterna of Bloumosifis Vamos (Apokoronas) $$ Stone-oven Cretan institution in the centre of Vamos
Thalassografia Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Clifftop Sea View Sunset Thalassografia Rethymno Old Town $$ Cliffside Cretan plates beneath the Fortezza
To Maridaki Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Locals' favourite Fresh catch Lively To Maridaki Splantzia $$ The Splantzia seafood mezedopoleio locals queue for
To Pigadi Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Courtyard Historic Building Cretan To Pigadi Rethymno Old Town $$$ Cretan cooking around a 16th-century well
Veneto Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Vergleichen Historic Building Wine Cellar Courtyard Veneto Restaurant Rethymno Old Town $$$ Creative Cretan inside a 15th-century monastery