Erganos Restaurant Restaurant Compare Fireplace Locals' clientele Rustic Erganos Old Town $$ Fireplace-warm Cretan taverna for a local clientele Same category
Merastri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Locals' favourite Homely Award Winning Merastri Old Town $$ Gourmet-awarded Cretan home cooking in a century-old house Same category
Parasties Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic building Hot Brick cooking Old School Parasties Old Town $$ Cretan cooking on hot bricks in a 1900 old-town house Same category
Tholos Restaurant Restaurant Compare Ruins Open Air Atmospheric Tholos Topanas / Kastelli $$ Cretan cooking inside Venetian-Ottoman ruins, open to the sky Same category
Tamam Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic hammam Candlelit Vaulted stone Tamam Splantzia $$ Cretan-Ottoman cooking in a 600-year-old hammam off Splantzia Same category
Kouzina E.P.E. Restaurant Restaurant Compare Modern Cretan Intimate Wine Led Kouzina E.P.E. Splantzia $$ Forgotten Cretan recipes reworked for the modern table Same category
The Well of the Turk Restaurant Restaurant Compare Hidden alley Courtyard Spice Led The Well of the Turk Splantzia $$ Greek-Levantine cooking down a Splantzia alley with a steam-bath well Same category
Parasia Restaurant Restaurant Compare Antikristo Open Fire Stone Farmhouse Parasia Tsikoliana / Vamos (Apokoronas) $$ Antikristo over open fire in a 200-year-old stone building near Vamos Same category
Glossitses Restaurant Restaurant Compare Market Driven Intimate Chef Owned Glossitses Kastelli / Old Harbour edge $$ Tiny market-driven kitchen, the chef's daily haul is the menu Same category
Peskesi Restaurant Restaurant Compare Farm To Table Restored mansion Chef Driven Peskesi Old Town $$$ Heraklion's farm-to-table temple of authentic Cretan cuisine Same category
Apiri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Modern Greek Design Led Chef Driven Apiri Old Town $$$ Contemporary Greek tasting cooking in a sculpted old-town room Same category
To Pigadi Restaurant Restaurant Compare Courtyard Historic Building Cretan To Pigadi Rethymno Old Town $$$ Cretan cooking around a 16th-century well Same category
To Maridaki Restaurant Restaurant Compare Locals' favourite Fresh catch Lively To Maridaki Splantzia $$ The Splantzia seafood mezedopoleio locals queue for Same category
Thalassino Ageri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Seaside Industrial heritage Sunset Thalassino Ageri Tabakaria $$$ Sunset seafood among the Tabakaria tanneries Same category
Bakaliko Restaurant Restaurant Compare Village square Meze Local wine Bakaliko Archanes $$ Grocer-meze-room on the restored square of Archanes Same category
Dounias (Ntounias) Restaurant Restaurant Compare Open Fire Only Own Farm Clay Pot Dounias (Ntounias) Drakona (Keramia) $$ Wood-fire farm taverna cooking only over fire from its own land Same category
Sterna of Bloumosifis Restaurant Restaurant Compare Stone Oven Village Institution Olive Oil Cooking Sterna of Bloumosifis Vamos (Apokoronas) $$ Stone-oven Cretan institution in the centre of Vamos Same category
Arismari Restaurant Restaurant Compare Clay Pot Coals Plane Tree Square Own Butcher Arismari Gavalochori (Apokoronas) $$ Clay-pot-over-coals taverna under the plane tree in Gavalochori Same category
Maiami Restaurant Restaurant Compare Art Filled Winemaker Owned Farm To Table Maiami Koum Kapi (Chania) $$$ Art-deco brasserie and ceramic studio with its own winery on the Koum Kapi seafront Same category
Ippokampos Restaurant Restaurant Compare Seafood Ouzeri Local institution Ippokampos Venetian Harbour & Walls (Heraklion) $$ The locals' seafood ouzeri by the Venetian port Same category