Restaurant in Crete

A modern rakadiko where locals actually eat

Modern Mediterranean in a flower-filled courtyard

All-day Greek bistro blending Hellenic and Levantine flavours

Clay-pot-over-coals taverna under the plane tree in Gavalochori

Creative Cretan dining in a Venetian courtyard

Grocer-meze-room on the restored square of Archanes

Stone-and-greenery room in the old-town lanes

Wood-fire farm taverna cooking only over fire from its own land

Tiny market-driven kitchen, the chef's daily haul is the menu

The locals' seafood ouzeri by the Venetian port

Art-deco brasserie and ceramic studio with its own winery on the Koum Kapi seafront

Antikristo over open fire in a 200-year-old stone building near Vamos

Sommelier-owned Cretan room with a world-class wine cellar

Fire, Cretan produce and a zero-waste kitchen on Splantzia square

Stone-oven Cretan institution in the centre of Vamos

Cliffside Cretan plates beneath the Fortezza

The Splantzia seafood mezedopoleio locals queue for

Creative Cretan inside a 15th-century monastery