The best restaurants Ithaque

Perhaps the best place to eat by the sea. This tavern serves good local food and fresh fish delivered directly from the local fishermen. The calamari, sardines and seafood spaghetti are delicious! You can also enjoy a nice selection of typical Greek dishes (lamb and potatoes, beef in sauce, moussaka). You can also go (or return) for breakfast for its freshly squeezed orange juice and excellent homemade marmalade. The owners are always lovely.

A table right on the water, in a beautiful setting and above all a delicious cuisine, rather above the average of what you find in the tourist areas. From the restaurant's terrace you can almost see the harbour of Kioni with its picturesque fishing boats. You have to go there for the seafood. The restaurant serves fresh fish and lobster, sumptuous but obviously a bit expensive! But you can also settle for mezzedes or a less expensive mushroom risotto.

You'll be welcomed like royalty in this tavern. The tasty dishes are prepared using only local produce. Pasta with shellfish, eggplant stuffed with minced meat, beef meatballs with red sauce are all must-tries. For fish lovers, try the island's specialty, Savoro, a cod-like white fish cooked with grapes, rosemary and garlic. And there's a great selection of beers and wines to accompany the feast...

A small yellow neoclassical house on the romantic harbour of Frikes. This restaurant offers a sophisticated cuisine, which brilliantly revisits the classics of Greek cuisine. The savoro, a traditional fish dish from Ithaca, is a must and goes perfectly with the Gentilini white wine. Shrimps cooked with ouzo, beetroot salad, kritharoto (with a kind of small rice shaped pasta) with mushrooms are other options on the menu. A gastronomic address in a real little corner of paradise!

You'll definitely stop by. In a small marina, this restaurant serves fresh fish, roasted or grilled meats and tasty cooked dishes. In the small bay of the beautiful Kioni, it is undoubtedly the best place in the area. Incidentally, it is also very convenient and complete, open in the morning for breakfast. You will certainly come back for lunch afterwards, for one of its grills, its delicious cooked dishes, its fresh fish or its traditional "bakalaria", a local cod speciality prepared here with rice.

This is a simple tavern near the port where the boats are moored. A good value for the cooked dishes: try the meatballs stuffed with herbs, but also the chicken with cheese, tomatoes and chilli, deliciously roasted in the oven. And of course, fresh fish! In short, a simple tavern near where the boats are moored and a safe solution for quality cooked food. Try also the roasted chicken with cheese, tomato and pepper, or the spaghetti with lobster (if they are on the menu when you go there).

Charming little establishment located on the coastal road, right next to the sea. On the menu, among other things, cheese balls with nice pieces of feta and fresh chilli, an excellent baked lamb, stuffed minced steak and meatballs. A rather classic menu but with nice flavours, without pretension, for a pleasant lunch by the water. If you haven't tasted a kleftiko from Koxili, you don't (yet) know the cuisine of Ithaca! And the service is pleasant, with a large number of Greeks among the regulars, which says a lot.

Yefuri is a restaurant that is out of the ordinary and one of the best tables on the island. In summer, it is absolutely necessary to reserve a table as the place is so successful! Greek dishes are revisited here in the style of chefs: salad with nuts and orange, sea bass with basmati rice, vegetarian moussaka, baked potatoes cooked with rosemary... The must: Sunday brunch, succulent. The atmosphere in Yefuri is also magical: small illuminated garlands in the evening and relaxing music, a few evenings a week live musicians.

Nothing to complain about in probably the best restaurant on the island, by far! And from above! You have to go there because you won't regret this astonishing refined fusion cuisine, mixing Greek traditions and recipes from elsewhere. The filet mignon with its carrot purée, the sea bass fillet and its small vegetables, the risotto with prawns and lemon zest are extra special! But there are also more "traditional" dishes. The staff is very friendly and welcoming. To top it all off, the view of Kefalonia is worth all the gold in the world!

Chances are you'll stop by every day if you linger here for a while. Margarita offers excellent homemade cakes and hearty, tasty breakfasts of omelette and incredible creamy Greek yoghurt with fresh fruit. All day long you can also have snacks, sandwiches, salads... The atmosphere is friendly and you will want to come back for sure! This is also where locals sit and watch the world go by. Let yourself be tempted and forget the time for a few moments...