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