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Iconic Santorini is renowned for its laid-back tavernas that offer an honest dining experience with captivating views and unique atmospheres. In addition to the more gourmand restaurants that offer fine dining, fun dining, modern Greek cuisine, ethnic fusion, and comfort cuisine, these tavernas embody the carefree simplicity of the Greek islands and can provide unrivaled moments of laid-back dining by the waves.

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Their menus feature local, seasonal recipes made with pure ingredients, such as Santorini’s famous fava beans, juicy cherry tomatoes, and the island’s indigenous white eggplants. Diners can enjoy traditional and creative dishes, as well as fresh fish infused with the scent of the Aegean Sea.

For those seeking the best dining experiences in Santorini, we have meticulously selected five tavernas that are sure to entice. Each one offers a unique blend of local flavors and breathtaking views, creating a truly memorable dining experience.

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Spilia tou Nikola

Spilia Tou Nikola is located at Akrotiri, close to the island’s archaeological sites. The small cave-like spot, built by founder Nikolas for himself and his boat, quickly became a hangout for his friends, treated to kitchen delicacies and good wine. In 1967, the small space turned ‘professional’, transforming into a taverna. Its reach expanded to also include people working at the area’s amazing bronze age excavations. 

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old-style moussaka/ Photo: Spilia tou Nikola

Now, 55 years and three generations on, the place’s appeal has continued to grow, regulars appreciating the eatery’s superb home-style cooking. The cave-like interior keeps cool in the summer, while the veranda over the beach pebbles is perfect for a late afternoon and evening dining with the sound track of the sea in the background. Current owner Minas Alefragis continues to serve up homemade wine and traditional cuisine, based on organic and seasonal goods – fruit, vegetables and livestock – all hailing from the taverna’s big farm.

Its extensive menu includes many Santorinian dishes, including a revised fava recipe made with sautéed fava beans, onion, caper and cherry tomatoes; as well as grilled white eggplant; tomato fritters with cod; garlic spaghetti; lamb stew; and old-style moussaka, which, as the spot’s personnel notes, “offers all the island’s flavours in one dish.” 

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The menu also includes favourite dishes from other parts of Greece such as stuffed tomatoes, spicy soutzoukakia (meatballs in tomato sauce), as well as juicy biftekia, charcoal-grilled beef and pork mince patties with spices. Fish and seafood enthusiasts also have plenty to choose from. The grilled calamari stuffed with rice, vegetables, feta, and calamari pieces is delicious, while the seafood spaghetti with tomato-based sauce including basil and a generous splash of ouzo touch is unbeatable. Most days the catch of the day will include scorpion fish, dusky grouper, saddled seabream and lobster. The tavernas unrivalled food, superb view and authentic hospitality are bound to also make you one of the ever increasing group of friends attracted to ‘Spilia Tou Nikola’.

Address: Akrotiri, 847 00 Phone: +30 22860 82303 Website: www.nikolascave.gr

Ammoudi Fish Taverna

Ammoudi Fish Taverna is a stylish eatery located in the picturesque port of Ammoudi in the charming town of Oia. Launched in 2013, the taverna is run by the Karamanos family and has three levels of dining areas all overlooking Ammoudi Bay.

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Photo: Anna Tasioula
Photo: Ammoudi Fish Tavern

Standout dishes include the crispy eggplants with feta mousse and refreshing salads, such as the prawn salad with orange, avocado, shimeji mushrooms, curly kale, and the classic Greek salad with juicy local cherry tomatoes and niotiko skotyri cheese. The taverna’s refrigerated fish display case features the day’s catch and usually included golden grouper, dusky grouper, striped red mullet, lobster, slipper lobster, crayfish, and prawns.

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Photo: Anna Tasioula

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Address: Ammoudi Bay, Oia, 847 02 Phone: +30 22860 72298 Website: www.ammoudisantorini.com

Fratzeskos Fish Taverna

Fratzeskos Fish Taverna, located in the picturesque seaside village of Perissa, has been run by the Katsipis family since 2006. The taverna is named after the father of the current owner, Ypatios Katsipis, and offers a serene dining experience overlooking the Aegean Sea.

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Photo: Anna Tasioula
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Photo: Anna Tasioula
Scorpion fish/ Photo: Anna Tasioula

The taverna also offers a well-curated list of beers, wines, ouzo, and tsipouro to accompany your meal, making it the perfect place to come and enjoy the traditional hospitality of a Greek family-run taverna. With its unrivaled freshness, traditional recipes, pure-tasting dishes, and stunning location, Fratzeskos Fish Taverna is a great spot not to be missed.

Address: Perissa, Thira 847 03 Phone: +30 22860 83488 Website: www.facebook.com/fishtavernfrageskos

Ta Dichtia

Ta Dichtia is located at Perivolo, widely regarded as Santorini’s finest beach. Its owner, Mihalis Troulakis, born in Crete and raised in Athens, first visited the island to see friends, but that trip prompted him to decide to stay. In 1988, he founded his renowned fish taverna. “At the time, there was no road in front of the shop, it was just a beach area,” the eatery’s founder recalled. Its décor is stylish and, at the same time, simple. Ta Dichtia offers a sensational view of the famous black-sand Perivoli beach with beautiful blue waters.

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juicy cuttlefish with pligouri/ Photo: Ta Dichtia

The taverna’s traditional menu, based on local as well as Cretan goods, offers Santorini culinary delights, focused on fish and seafood. Its exceptional fava, aromatic tomato fritters, and superb smokey eggplant salad are just some of the delicious appetizers on offer. Two different types of homemade pies served here, one with sundried cherry tomatoes, cheese and olives, the other, a fish pie with fresh fish, carrot, onion and zucchini, are both amazing. The tasty seafood meze dishes include cuttlefish with pligouri (bulgur wheat) cooked in cuttlefish ink, or a spicy bekri meze mix with calamari, cuttlefish, prawns, tomato-based sauce and chili pepper. 

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The fish of the day, is either charcoal grilled or baked, as a whole, in a pot with some sea water, olive oil and potatoes. The spaghetti selections, including with prawns, lobster, as well as tomato-and-garlic sauce, are all pretty delicious. Naturally, grilled fish and seafood, perfectly prepared, feature on the menu. Selections include white grouper, dusky grouper, common dentex and lobster. The simplicity and light tastes coupled with a wonderful beachside location make Ta Dichtia a special place.

Address: Perivolos Beach, 847 00 Phone: +30 22860 82818 Website: www.tadichtia.gr

To Psaraki

In Santorini’s south, at the small port of Vlyhada, the taverna To Psaraki was launched in 2010 by Thanasis Sfougaris. Its long and narrow balcony space, sitting over the rocks, offers a sensational sea view and priceless summer moments. As made clear by its name, To Psaraki (little fish) focuses on serving food treasures from the sea. The menu includes an extensive selection of delicious dishes based on traditional as well as more modern recipes, influenced by Mediterranean and international cuisine. 

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Local goods for which Santorini is renowned also figure prominently on the menu, including fava beans, cherry tomatoes, caper and white eggplant, as do lesser-known ingredients such as kardamida greens and round zucchini. As for salads, the crab salad, including lettuce, avocado, cherry tomatoes and fresh onion, is a standout selection. The carpaccio prepared with fish of the day is refreshing and the ceviche, with its a light acidic tones and made with seabass, citrus fruit juice, and peppers, is exceptional. 

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The smoked eel served over lentils with cherry tomatoes and the saganaki prawns with fried feta and ouzo are both pretty special. The white eggplants baked with feta cheese and tomatoes, as well as the sardine fillets with onion and herbs are well prepared and full of flavour. So, too, is the prawn spaghetti dish with tomato and basil. The taverna’s refrigerated fish display is filled with fresh fish daily and more often than not include white grouper, gilt-head bream, white seabream, striped red mullet, scorpion fish and lobster are all expertly cooked to order. Offering not only traditional but more creative dishes, To Psaraki is an elevated taverna experience befitting Santorini.

Address: Marina Vlyhadas, 847 00 Phone: +30 22860 82783 Website: www.topsaraki.gr

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