Rethymno

As you may already know Cretan cuisine is popular worldwide for its tasteful food made from pure Cretan products, our olive oil, cheeses and many more. We have selected the best restaurants, taverns, bars and beach bars, etc. where you can enjoy the authentic Cretan cuisine.

Prima Plora: Probably the best restaurant in Crete, if you ask a Local where to eat, is the first he will recommend. The setting is absolutely beautiful and very romantic. Views stretching along Rethymno city and out to sea. The food is extraordinary!!!   

Cavo Bar & Restaurant: Brand new Bar -Restaurant, probably in the best location of Rethymno city! Enjoy cool drinks, incredible cocktails & amazingly tasteful food!! All this together with unique sounds.. 

7 Thalasses Restaurant: Enjoy fresh fish and many more together with amazing sea and City views!

Avli Restaurant - Enoteca Wine bar: Avli Restaurant and Enoteca wine bar, both housed in a Venetian mansion, offering luxurious environment. Avli offers high quality Cretan and Mediterranean cuisine. Enoteca offers you a selection of more than 460 different wine labels, to enjoy along with jazz sounds.

Petite Fleur Restaurant: Contemporary bistro & bar with front cooking or open kitchen on the beachfront of Rethymno. All food is fresh, homemade & high quality.

Taverna Zisis: Any Greek living in rethymno will tell you to go to this place. A traditional tavern since 1972, offering Cretan cuisine based on recipes from the grandmother of the owner, in a very good value for money. You can choose between 35 to 40 different dishes of meat, fish, and vegetables, all prepared with fresh products. The tavern provides the customers with parking and an organized area specially designed for children to play.They also provide the take away service.   

Poliou House Tavern: A traditional courtyard house, sensitively restored, that also contains a wonderful museum of Cretan life. Excellent food cooked in the traditional way, good service from a family team, and on Friday nights a genuinely superb band and dance group with a wide repertoire of Cretan and Greek music and dance.Everything about this place speaks of the family's passion for their Cretan heritage and their desire to share it with their guests.

Porto Parasiris: Porto Parasiris is the best restaurant in Panormo. The owner is passionate about his family recipes in his family-run restaurant. The majority of the meat and vegetables are his own produce and are always fresh and tasty. A total recommendation!!! 

Vivliothiki Coffee & drinks (Breakfast & Brunch): Best coffee place to have BREAKFAST and BRUNCH  in Rethymno. Vivliothiki cafe, offers really good quality coffee and drinks, together with a wide selection of breakfast and brunch dishes to choose from. Try  sweet pancakes , pancakes with egg, French breakfast , American breakfast, omelets, cakes, etc.

KÁI seaside Flavours: All day beach bar located in Rethymno’s sandy beach. Amazing tastes, Cool Cocktails & good music in a very relaxed environment