51 greek places in Heraklion we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Heraklion | Greek across every city.
Peskesi ★ 4.8
Old Town · Kapetan Charalampi 6-8, Iraklio 712 02
Peskesi cooks Cretan recipes from its own farm at Haraso inside a restored stone mansion in central Heraklion. Book ahead, the room fills nightly.
Parasties ★ 4.6
Old Town · Chandakos 81, Iraklio 712 02
Parasties runs an open wood fire opposite the Historical Museum in Heraklion, turning out smoked steak, big pork fillets and long-cooked Cretan plates.
Merastri ★ 4.7
Old Town · Chrisostomou 17, Iraklio 712 02
Merastri has cooked over a wood oven in Heraklion since 1998, closing lamb in the fire for hours and finishing pork fillet with staka and oven potatoes.
The Walls ★ 4.5
Old Town · Kosma Zotou 6, Iraklio 712 01
The Walls plates crab samosas, duck and sea bream in a garden inside the Venetian walls of Heraklion, the city's most composed modern Greek cooking.
Athali ★ 4.3
Old Town · Kydonias 15, Iraklio 712 01
Athali cooks traditional Cretan food on the corner of Kydonias and Kapetan Charalampi in Heraklion, running from lunch through to one in the morning.
Thigaterra ★ 4.4
Ammoudara · Andrea Papandreou 109, Ammoudara, Iraklio 714 14
Thigaterra cooks to a declared Slow Food brief on the Ammoudara strip west of Heraklion, working Greek producers and Cretan seas rather than a fixed menu.
Apiri Greek Eatery ★ 4.4
Old Town · Agion Deka 5, Iraklio 712 01
Apiri Greek Eatery reworks Greek standards on Agion Deka in Heraklion, grilling octopus and sea bass and charring a wild greens pie over coals.
Erganos ★ 4.5
Old Town · Georgiadou 5, Iraklio 712 01
Erganos has fed a mostly local room beside Kazantzakis park in Heraklion since 1986, with goat, meatballs and a long list of Cretan vegetable plates.
Ippokampos ★ 4.4
Venetian Harbour · Sofokli Venizelou 3, Iraklio 712 02
Ippokampos is the seafront ouzeri Heraklion sends visitors to, grilling the day's catch and pouring raki at pavement tables across from the water.
Ouzeri tou Terzaki ★ 4.4
Venetian Harbour · Lochagou Marineli 17, Iraklio 712 02
Ouzeri tou Terzaki has poured raki in a quiet port alley in Heraklion since 1978, sending out mezedes, moussaka and whatever the boats landed.
Arismari & Varsamo ★ 4.2
Old Town · Lysimachou Kalokairinou 10, Iraklio 712 02
Arismari & Varsamo cooks lamb over open fire on the seafront side of Heraklion, with bean soup, tzatziki and a menu built on Cretan farm produce.
Chalali ★ 4.0
Old Town · Strofadon 4, Iraklio 712 02
Chalali is a plain Greek and Cretan taverna on Strofadon in Heraklion, cheap enough that the room stays local, open six days a week from lunch.
Erganos ★ 4.5
Old Town · Georgiadou 5, Iraklio 712 01
Erganos is the taverna Heraklion locals default to, a 1986 dining room beside Kazantzakis park with goat, keftedes and honeyed sfakianopites.
Ouzeri tou Terzaki ★ 4.4
Venetian Harbour · Lochagou Marineli 17, Iraklio 712 02
Ouzeri tou Terzaki is a 1978 port-alley ouzeri in Heraklion where the mezedes arrive in waves and the raki keeps arriving alongside them all night.
Ippokampos ★ 4.4
Venetian Harbour · Sofokli Venizelou 3, Iraklio 712 02
Ippokampos is the pavement ouzeri on the Heraklion waterfront, all grilled fish, octopus and shrimp eaten a metre from the passing seafront traffic.
Athali ★ 4.3
Old Town · Kydonias 15, Iraklio 712 01
Athali is an easy all-day Cretan taverna in central Heraklion, cooking wood-oven meats and wild greens from lunch until one the following morning.
Apiri Greek Eatery ★ 4.4
Old Town · Agion Deka 5, Iraklio 712 01
Apiri Greek Eatery is a good-value Heraklion dinner, grilling octopus and sea bass and charring its wild greens pie over open coals every night.
Chalali ★ 4.0
Old Town · Strofadon 4, Iraklio 712 02
Chalali is the cheap Cretan taverna on Strofadon that keeps central Heraklion honest, with mezedes, grills and raki for well under a tenner.
Krasas ★ 4.0
Old Town · Leoforos Ikarou 40, Iraklio 712 02
Krasas is the Ikarou grill house that Heraklion falls back on, running gyros and skewers until three in the morning at prices well under a tenner.
Chagiati ★ 4.2
Old Town · Erotokritou 12, Iraklio 712 02
Chagiati is the backstreet Heraklion mezedopoleio on Erotokritou, grilling sardines and pouring raki for a room that stays stubbornly local.
Alla ki Alla ★ 4.1
Old Town · Kagiampi 16, Iraklio 712 01
Alla ki Alla is the Kagiampi kitchen in Heraklion that locals fall back on, sending out stuffed mushrooms, fried zucchini balls and meat platters.
Hovoli ★ 3.9
Old Town · Plateia Daskalogianni 3, Iraklio 712 01
Hovoli works the charcoal on Daskalogianni square in Heraklion, an unfussy grill house with Cretan salads and prices that stay entirely reasonable.
Peskesi ★ 4.8
Old Town · Kapetan Charalampi 6-8, Iraklio 712 02
Peskesi is the Cretan kitchen Heraklion gets judged by, rebuilding near-lost island recipes with produce grown on the restaurant's own farm.
The Walls ★ 4.5
Old Town · Kosma Zotou 6, Iraklio 712 01
The Walls is the most technical cooking in Heraklion, a garden dining room inside the Venetian ramparts, run as a modern Greek gastrobistro.
Brillant ★ 4.3
Old Town · Epimenidou 15, Iraklio 712 02
Brillant is the winter dining room of the Lato hotel in Heraklion, running Mediterranean and Cretan cooking from November until the roof reopens.
Thigaterra ★ 4.4
Ammoudara · Andrea Papandreou 109, Ammoudara, Iraklio 714 14
Thigaterra is the Slow Food table of the Heraklion coast, cooking Greek producers and Cretan sea catch on the Ammoudara strip west of the city.
Merastri ★ 4.7
Old Town · Chrisostomou 17, Iraklio 712 02
Merastri is the wood-oven address in Heraklion for an unhurried Cretan dinner, from lamb closed in the fire to a long list of island bottles.
Parasties ★ 4.6
Old Town · Chandakos 81, Iraklio 712 02
Parasties has cooked Cretan food over live fire in the centre of Heraklion since 1999, and is one of the city's steadiest special-occasion rooms.
Beer O'Clock ★ 4.1
Old Town · Parodos Minotavrou 23, Iraklio 712 02
Beer O'Clock is the rock bistro on Parodos Minotavrou in Heraklion, stocking more than a hundred beer labels and grilling burgers to drink alongside them.
Merastri ★ 4.7
Old Town · Chrisostomou 17, Iraklio 712 02
Merastri keeps a serious Cretan wine list behind its wood oven in Heraklion, and the reds it pours are built to stand up to three-hour roast lamb.
Parasties ★ 4.6
Old Town · Chandakos 81, Iraklio 712 02
Parasties runs a Cretan-leaning wine list beside its open fire in Heraklion, with floor staff who match bottles to whatever the oven is cooking.
Thraka Grill ★ 4.0
Old Town · Plateia Daskalogianni 1, Iraklio 712 01
Thraka Grill turns out gyros on Daskalogianni square in Heraklion until midnight, the local answer to where to eat well for about five euros.
Souvlaki Point ★ 3.8
Nea Alikarnassos · Menelaou Parlama 17, Iraklio 713 04
Souvlaki Point grills skewers on Menelaou Parlama in Heraklion until one in the morning, a takeaway counter rather than a sit-down taverna room.
Spiros Psitopoleio ★ 3.8
Nea Alikarnassos · Christomichali Xilouri 53, Iraklio 713 04
Spiros Psitopoleio is the neighbourhood grill house on Christomichali Xilouri in Heraklion, selling meat by the portion to a mostly local queue.
Gyrogonia ★ 3.7
Nea Alikarnassos · Christomichali Xilouri 51, Iraklio 713 04
Gyrogonia works the gyros spit on Christomichali Xilouri in Heraklion until midnight, a plain takeaway counter with prices that match the setting.
Mavrokostas ★ 3.9
Nea Alikarnassos · Leoforos 62 Martiron 75, Iraklio 713 04
Mavrokostas sells homemade Greek food on 62 Martiron in Heraklion through the small hours, long after every other kitchen in town has shut down.
Krasas ★ 4.0
Old Town · Leoforos Ikarou 40, Iraklio 712 02
Krasas grills on Leoforos Ikarou in Heraklion until three in the morning, the default late gyros stop for anyone heading home from the east.
Mavrokostas ★ 3.9
Nea Alikarnassos · Leoforos 62 Martiron 75, Iraklio 713 04
Mavrokostas keeps cooking homemade Greek food on 62 Martiron in Heraklion until six in the morning, and until eight in the morning at weekends.
Krasas ★ 4.0
Old Town · Leoforos Ikarou 40, Iraklio 712 02
Krasas grills gyros and skewers on Leoforos Ikarou in Heraklion until three in the morning, which makes it the default stop on the way home.
Chagiati ★ 4.2
Old Town · Erotokritou 12, Iraklio 712 02
Chagiati hides on Erotokritou in Heraklion, Crete, a small dinner-only mezedopoleio that grills sardines and pours raki for a room of regulars.
Ouzeri tou Terzaki ★ 4.4
Venetian Harbour · Lochagou Marineli 17, Iraklio 712 02
Ouzeri tou Terzaki has worked a quiet port alley in Heraklion since 1978, and it stays hidden from the seafront crowds a hundred metres away.
Erganos ★ 4.5
Old Town · Georgiadou 5, Iraklio 712 01
Erganos sits uphill from the Heraklion museums beside Kazantzakis park, a 1986 taverna that most visitors walk past on their way somewhere else.
Alla ki Alla ★ 4.1
Old Town · Kagiampi 16, Iraklio 712 01
Alla ki Alla stands a minute from the busiest restaurant in Heraklion and stays half empty, which is the whole argument for eating there instead.
Hovoli ★ 3.9
Old Town · Plateia Daskalogianni 3, Iraklio 712 01
Hovoli works the charcoal on Daskalogianni square in Heraklion, Crete, a plain grill house the guidebooks skip and the neighbourhood keeps busy.
Krasas ★ 4.0
Old Town · Leoforos Ikarou 40, Iraklio 712 02
Krasas is the cheap grill on Leoforos Ikarou that keeps Heraklion fed after midnight, with pita gyros and skewers priced well under a tenner.
Thraka Grill ★ 4.0
Old Town · Plateia Daskalogianni 1, Iraklio 712 01
Thraka Grill is the cheapest proper meal on Daskalogianni square in Heraklion, Crete, with gyros wrapped to order and served through to midnight.
Chagiati ★ 4.2
Old Town · Erotokritou 12, Iraklio 712 02
Chagiati is the Erotokritou mezedopoleio where Heraklion eats cheaply and well, with grilled sardines and dolmades shared over a carafe of raki.
Souvlaki Point ★ 3.8
Nea Alikarnassos · Menelaou Parlama 17, Iraklio 713 04
Souvlaki Point is the takeaway skewer counter on Menelaou Parlama in Heraklion, Crete, where a full pita meal still lands under nine euros a head.
Spiros Psitopoleio ★ 3.8
Nea Alikarnassos · Christomichali Xilouri 53, Iraklio 713 04
Spiros Psitopoleio sells grilled meat by the portion on Christomichali Xilouri in Heraklion, a neighbourhood grill with local prices to match.
Gyrogonia ★ 3.7
Nea Alikarnassos · Christomichali Xilouri 51, Iraklio 713 04
Gyrogonia is the plain gyros counter on Christomichali Xilouri in Heraklion, open until midnight and priced for the neighbourhood rather than tourists.
Mavrokostas ★ 3.9
Nea Alikarnassos · Leoforos 62 Martiron 75, Iraklio 713 04
Mavrokostas sells homemade Greek food on 62 Martiron in Heraklion at neighbourhood prices, and keeps selling it long into the following morning.