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