Athali Restaurant Restaurant Comparar Family Run Open Flame Year Round Athali Old Town $$ Mansion-style Cretan cuisine a block from Peskesi Mesma categoria
Dounias (Ntounias) Restaurant Restaurant Comparar Open Fire Only Own Farm Clay Pot Dounias (Ntounias) Drakona (Keramia) $$ 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
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
The Well of the Turk Restaurant Restaurant Comparar Hidden alley Courtyard Spice Led The Well of the Turk Splantzia $$ Greek-Levantine cooking down a Splantzia alley with a steam-bath well Mesma categoria
To Maridaki Restaurant Restaurant Comparar Locals' favourite Fresh catch Lively To Maridaki Splantzia $$ The Splantzia seafood mezedopoleio locals queue for Mesma categoria
Merastri Restaurant Restaurant Comparar Locals' favourite Homely Award Winning Merastri Old Town $$ Gourmet-awarded Cretan home cooking in a century-old house Mesma categoria
Parasties Restaurant Restaurant Comparar Historic building Hot Brick cooking Old School Parasties Old Town $$ Cretan cooking on hot bricks in a 1900 old-town house Mesma categoria
Erganos Restaurant Restaurant Comparar Fireplace Locals' clientele Rustic Erganos Old Town $$ Fireplace-warm Cretan taverna for a local clientele Mesma categoria
Bakaliko Restaurant Restaurant Comparar Village square Meze Local wine Bakaliko Archanes $$ Grocer-meze-room on the restored square of Archanes Mesma categoria
Ippokampos Restaurant Restaurant Comparar Seafood Ouzeri Local institution Ippokampos Venetian Harbour & Walls (Heraklion) $$ The locals' seafood ouzeri by the Venetian port Mesma categoria
1600 Raki Ba Raki Restaurant Restaurant Comparar Rakadiko Meze Locals 1600 Raki Ba Raki Rethymno Old Town $$ A modern rakadiko where locals actually eat Mesma categoria
Thalassografia Restaurant Restaurant Comparar Clifftop Sea View Sunset Thalassografia Rethymno Old Town $$ Cliffside Cretan plates beneath the Fortezza Mesma categoria
Glossitses Restaurant Restaurant Comparar Market Driven Intimate Chef Owned Glossitses Kastelli / Old Harbour edge $$ 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 $$ Cretan cooking inside Venetian-Ottoman ruins, open to the sky Mesma categoria
Apiri Greek Eatery Restaurant Restaurant Comparar All Day Levantine Accents Bistro Apiri Greek Eatery City Centre $$ All-day Greek bistro blending Hellenic and Levantine flavours Mesma categoria
Thalassino Ageri Restaurant Restaurant Comparar Seaside Industrial heritage Sunset Thalassino Ageri Tabakaria $$$ Sunset seafood among the Tabakaria tanneries Mesma categoria
Peskesi Restaurant Restaurant Comparar Farm To Table Restored mansion Chef Driven Peskesi Old Town $$$ Heraklion's farm-to-table temple of authentic Cretan cuisine Mesma categoria