Glossitses Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Market Driven Intimate Chef Owned Glossitses Kastelli / Old Harbour edge $$ Tiny market-driven kitchen, the chef's daily haul is the menu Stessa categoria
Tholos Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Ruins Open Air Atmospheric Tholos Topanas / Kastelli $$ Cretan cooking inside Venetian-Ottoman ruins, open to the sky Stessa categoria
To Maridaki Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Locals' favourite Fresh catch Lively To Maridaki Splantzia $$ The Splantzia seafood mezedopoleio locals queue for Stessa categoria
Bakaliko Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Village square Meze Local wine Bakaliko Archanes $$ Grocer-meze-room on the restored square of Archanes Stessa categoria
Dounias (Ntounias) Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Open Fire Only Own Farm Clay Pot Dounias (Ntounias) Drakona (Keramia) $$ Wood-fire farm taverna cooking only over fire from its own land Stessa categoria
Sterna of Bloumosifis Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Stone Oven Village Institution Olive Oil Cooking Sterna of Bloumosifis Vamos (Apokoronas) $$ Stone-oven Cretan institution in the centre of Vamos Stessa categoria
Arismari Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Clay Pot Coals Plane Tree Square Own Butcher Arismari Gavalochori (Apokoronas) $$ Clay-pot-over-coals taverna under the plane tree in Gavalochori Stessa categoria
Parasia Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Antikristo Open Fire Stone Farmhouse Parasia Tsikoliana / Vamos (Apokoronas) $$ Antikristo over open fire in a 200-year-old stone building near Vamos Stessa categoria
Maiami Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Art Filled Winemaker Owned Farm To Table Maiami Koum Kapi (Chania) $$$ Art-deco brasserie and ceramic studio with its own winery on the Koum Kapi seafront Stessa categoria
Ippokampos Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Seafood Ouzeri Local institution Ippokampos Venetian Harbour & Walls (Heraklion) $$ The locals' seafood ouzeri by the Venetian port Stessa categoria