The best restaurants Hania Region

There's nothing special about this fish tavern. Located at the end of the port, on a street corner towards the Neoria Moro, the terrace does not necessarily attract the customer. However, it is one of the most appreciated addresses of the locals to eat fresh fish on the port. Groups of friends meet there to share plates of grilled sardines or small fried fish and stay for hours with a string of beers and raki. It's good timing, there's no need to hurry here: the service is slow, as if it were out of tourist time, and so much the better!

In the central square of the town, a classic tavern with a wide variety of choices from the usual homemade Greek and Cretan cuisine: stews, grills, kebabs, vine leaves stuffed with rice and herbs, dakos, moussaka, etc. Some international dishes as well. Friendly welcome and service. Pleasant terrace shaded by mulberry trees. The establishment offers a vegetarian and even vegan menu as well as gluten-free dishes. The tavern also serves breakfast and brunch.

This is the tavern of the Vamos association, dating from 1905! In the main room of the building was a cistern, still used today to keep drinks cool! Here you can taste local specialities cooked over a wood fire: stews, coq au vin with homemade pasta, snails, cuttlefish in tomato and fennel sauce. A wide variety of local cheeses and wines are also available. Very frequented by artists, the atmosphere becomes easily festive... Concerts are organized there some summer evenings.

The owner of this mezzedopoleio, originally from Macedonia ("perperas" means butterfly in Northern Greece), having succumbed to the charms of Crete, has been in Hania for some time and shares his love of cooking with his customers. In his establishment, a little removed from the tourist flows, you can taste very good small dishes and traditional Greek food, prepared from day to day. Sit under the wall trees and taste, among others, the best raki of Hania. Some evenings with live music, without microphones!

A simple taverna that has been located almost on the beach for 40 years. Babis & Popi offers traditional Cretan and Greek cuisine, fresh fish and a variety of dishes prepared daily with vegetables from the garden and other local ingredients. Large, cool terrace under the vines. The owners' sons also rent out a number of well-equipped rooms and studios with private, shaded inner courtyard terraces. Simple and unpretentious, air-conditioned, they overlook the beach. They are practical, clean and comfortable.

Very good traditional tavern located on the road leading to the beach of Sougia, a few minutes walk from the sea. Nice terrace shaded by vines and trees, on two levels, well laid out, very pleasant. One comes here for its Cretan dishes at small prices. The speciality: wild goat dishes. Consult the menu for the dishes of the day, well prepared. Good value for money. We come back to it! Also rents some rooms (from 30 € for two people), from March to mid-November.

The most curious among you will make the effort to go to the tiny fishing port of Halepa where time seems to have stopped, as in a village of yesteryear. There, facing the sea and far away, far away from the tourist crowds, you will be able to sit at this charming mezzedopoleio specialising in seafood. It's simple but so good that we can only advise you to come here. Order a dish of small fried fish to share, drizzle on a fresh raki or white wine and listen to the time go by.

Located at the same address for more than 50 years, just a few steps from the city's central market, Oasis is the street food spot in Hania. A must-visit establishment, it still keeps the secret of the seasoning and marinade that makes the meats so juicy and tasty. Wrapped in a grilled pitta or in the form of a sandwich (the bread used, the other key to success!), the gyros are accompanied by a yoghurt sauce, finely chopped tomatoes, onion, all sprinkled with sweet paprika... A must-taste!

This fish restaurant has been popular with the locals for about 30 years: the quality and freshness of the fish have never been compromised. We expect nothing less, knowing that the tavern also serves as a fish market where you can buy the catch of the day. Still, if it has been more than 30 years that one rushes to taste fish and sea products in this family restaurant, and since a few years the quality is still upmarket. The son has taken over the stoves and is trying out a more creative cuisine, which is very successful.

The menu of this "fusion" restaurant, which finds its inspiration in Mexico and Crete, includes revisited dishes, carefully prepared by the renowned chef D. Malandrekis according to traditional Mexican practices. The restaurant opened its doors in 2021 with the ambition of creating a unique place in Hania, and it has already become one of the best restaurants in the city. You can enjoy, among other things, delicious tacos or meats cooked with barbacoa in a banana leaf. The Margarita cocktail is really worth trying!

Petros Place is a traditional tavern that offers a very varied and good quality menu. The establishment is mostly frequented for its juicy grilled meats as well as for the gyros, the famous Greek sandwich that is a hit with the customers. The portions are copious, the staff is friendly and the service efficient... On the menu, several home-made dishes, burgers, pastas, fried calamari and shrimps, mixed salads and some stewed dishes, among others. To eat in or take away. Good quality-price ratio.

A tavern, the oldest in Frangokastello, set on the water's edge: the sea and the beach are the backdrop. The place is ideal for admiring, from the terrace, the magnificent sunsets. The menu is varied, you can find a bit of everything. Crowded in July and August, the place is highly touristic because there is not much choice around the famous castle. You can also stay in the rooms and studios for rent which have been tastefully renovated.