Oinoa Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Wine Led Intimate Terrace Oinoa Topanas $$$ Intimate wine bistro on Theotokopoulou with one of Chania's best lists Stessa categoria
Serenissima Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Chef Driven Tasting Menu Venetian Manor Serenissima Topanas $$$ French-trained chef's modern Cretan tasting room in a Venetian manor Stessa categoria
Thalassino Ageri Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Seaside Industrial heritage Sunset Thalassino Ageri Tabakaria $$$ Sunset seafood among the Tabakaria tanneries Stessa categoria
Peskesi Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Farm To Table Restored mansion Chef Driven Peskesi Old Town $$$ Heraklion's farm-to-table temple of authentic Cretan cuisine Stessa categoria
Apiri Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Modern Greek Design Led Chef Driven Apiri Old Town $$$ Contemporary Greek tasting cooking in a sculpted old-town room Stessa categoria
Maiami Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Art Filled Winemaker Owned Farm To Table Maiami Koum Kapi (Chania) $$$ Art-deco brasserie and ceramic studio with its own winery on the Koum Kapi seafront Stessa categoria
Periplous Seaside Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Chef Driven Seafront Design Led Periplous Seaside Tabakaria & Halepa (Chania) $$$ Chef Saridakis's modern Cretan ode to fish Stessa categoria
Veneto Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Historic Building Wine Cellar Courtyard Veneto Restaurant Rethymno Old Town $$$ Creative Cretan inside a 15th-century monastery Stessa categoria
Lemonokipos Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Garden Lemon Trees Wine Lemonokipos Rethymno Old Town $$$ Cretan cooking under a canopy of lemon trees Stessa categoria
Castelo Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Old Town Core Stone And Greenery Wine Castelo Rethymno Old Town $$$ Stone-and-greenery room in the old-town lanes Stessa categoria
To Pigadi Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Courtyard Historic Building Cretan To Pigadi Rethymno Old Town $$$ Cretan cooking around a 16th-century well Stessa categoria
Alana Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Courtyard Modern Garden Alana Rethymno Old Town $$$ Modern Mediterranean in a flower-filled courtyard Stessa categoria
Steria (Sterja) Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Fire Cooking Zero Waste Small Plates Steria (Sterja) Splantzia $$$ Fire, Cretan produce and a zero-waste kitchen on Splantzia square Stessa categoria
The Walls Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Gastrobistro Creative Cuisine Neoclassical The Walls City Centre / Walls $$$ Chef Maniadakis's gastrobistro by the Venetian fortifications Stessa categoria
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
Tamam Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Historic hammam Candlelit Vaulted stone Tamam Splantzia $$ Cretan-Ottoman cooking in a 600-year-old hammam off Splantzia Stessa categoria
Kouzina E.P.E. Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Modern Cretan Intimate Wine Led Kouzina E.P.E. Splantzia $$ Forgotten Cretan recipes reworked for the modern table Stessa categoria
The Well of the Turk Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Hidden alley Courtyard Spice Led The Well of the Turk Splantzia $$ Greek-Levantine cooking down a Splantzia alley with a steam-bath well Stessa categoria
To Maridaki Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Locals' favourite Fresh catch Lively To Maridaki Splantzia $$ The Splantzia seafood mezedopoleio locals queue for Stessa categoria