The best restaurants Ierapetra

This is probably the oldest tavern in the city. Of course it serves traditional Cretan specialties cooked with local olive oil, including fresh grilled fish, the famous rosemary snails, rabbit, mussels in tomato sauce and sheep's cheese. It is a family affair with Mum in the kitchen, the son in the dining room and his brother who runs the Hotel Zafira just behind the tavern, where you can stay all year round. Deckchairs are free for restaurant and hotel guests.

Small hunger/budget, rendez-vous for a gyros. The room is very clean, the decor is modern. The restaurant has a large terrace open on the street, filled with tables and colorful chairs. Room service and sale to take.

The oldest restaurant in the city. Local and international cuisine in this somewhat déconfit place.

At the port, on the waterfront in the old town, this tavern was created in 1936 by the Frangiadaki family. It is run by Nikos, a French-speaking man, who prepares, with organic products from his farm, traditional cuisine at reasonable prices. Other specialties are stuffed zucchini flowers, snails in rosemary tomato sauce, good quality grilled octopus, cuttlefish in wine, keftés, or swordfish. The fresh fish is brought daily by his fishing buddies from Ierapetra. Map in French. Wifi.

International and Greek cuisine, with all kinds of meat. The olive oil used in the restaurant is produced by the owners, such as dressing and wine that we really enjoyed. It differs from other restaurants on the street by the refinement of modern style decor.