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Fabulous meal, good service and attentive staff. especially thanks to pepi, dimitris and i.e. the cabbage rolls were delicious. the main thing, pork-talloin and rabbit ragout met the place. highly recommended.

Fantastic food, and lovely people. Don’t be put off if it looks quiet there’s a lovely terrace at the back!

Fantastic, innovative Cretan cuisine in a beautiful restored villa. Definitely get the omelet. Portions are huge and delicious. Staff is very attentive, knowledgeable and friendly. Wine list is great. Ask for a table on the back terrace for an amazing view of sunset.

I had a pleasant dinning experience of this restaurant. In the middle of the ruin town, this is one of the nicest looking romantic restaurants with nice ambiance. Sitting in the restaurant with welcoming friendly staff, the service from Nicos was fine. As to the value of the service, we indeed enjoy the big dishes for a very reasonable price. First 3 courses were just perfect and wonderful! And for main course, some improvement can be made with the octopus, the olive source was yet about to bring the best flavour of the octopus, suggest to use something a bit sour and aromatic flavour, even charcoal grill would be nice. Never the less, I still recommend to come and try this restaurant although Peskesi was the most popular one around, but this restaurant has potential to compete with a bit more improvement and experiment of the fresh taste of Greece!

The setting is beautiful and the food tastes good in general. What was weird is some of the portion sizes. The gyros appetizer was huge, while the octopus main was tiny. It would not have been enough to fill me up on its own, even for lunch, although it was absolutely delicious. We also had the goat risotto but were a little shocked and disappointed to literally get a bowl of risotto rice with nothing in it but two chunks goat meat, still attached to the bone. It looked so boring and plain that I didn't even take a picture of it. The flavor was bland as well. But then again that portion size was huge compared to the octopus, way too much to finish, especially since there were so little different flavors and ingredients in it. We got two free desserts: watermelon and delicious chocolate ice cream, both extremely welcome on a hot summer day, and quite surprising as we were only there for lunch. Overall, a bit expensive given our experience.