The Well of the Turk Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Hidden alley Courtyard Spice Led The Well of the Turk Splantzia $$ Greek-Levantine cooking down a Splantzia alley with a steam-bath well Stessa categoria
Merastri Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Locals' favourite Homely Award Winning Merastri Old Town $$ Gourmet-awarded Cretan home cooking in a century-old house Stessa categoria
Glossitses Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Market Driven Intimate Chef Owned Glossitses Kastelli / Old Harbour edge $$ Tiny market-driven kitchen, the chef's daily haul is the menu Stessa categoria
Kouzina E.P.E. Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Modern Cretan Intimate Wine Led Kouzina E.P.E. Splantzia $$ Forgotten Cretan recipes reworked for the modern table Stessa categoria
Athali Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Family Run Open Flame Year Round Athali Old Town $$ Mansion-style Cretan cuisine a block from Peskesi Stessa categoria
Parasties Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Historic building Hot Brick cooking Old School Parasties Old Town $$ Cretan cooking on hot bricks in a 1900 old-town house Stessa categoria
Erganos Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Fireplace Locals' clientele Rustic Erganos Old Town $$ Fireplace-warm Cretan taverna for a local clientele Stessa categoria
Tholos Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Ruins Open Air Atmospheric Tholos Topanas / Kastelli $$ Cretan cooking inside Venetian-Ottoman ruins, open to the sky Stessa categoria
The Walls Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Gastrobistro Creative Cuisine Neoclassical The Walls City Centre / Walls $$$ Chef Maniadakis's gastrobistro by the Venetian fortifications Stessa categoria
To Maridaki Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Locals' favourite Fresh catch Lively To Maridaki Splantzia $$ The Splantzia seafood mezedopoleio locals queue for Stessa categoria
Steria (Sterja) Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Fire Cooking Zero Waste Small Plates Steria (Sterja) Splantzia $$$ Fire, Cretan produce and a zero-waste kitchen on Splantzia square Stessa categoria
Thalassino Ageri Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Seaside Industrial heritage Sunset Thalassino Ageri Tabakaria $$$ 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
Bakaliko Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Village square Meze Local wine Bakaliko Archanes $$ Grocer-meze-room on the restored square of Archanes Stessa categoria
Oinoa Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Wine Led Intimate Terrace Oinoa Topanas $$$ Intimate wine bistro on Theotokopoulou with one of Chania's best lists 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