Manjar Wise Food, Coffee & Wine Bar pours a long list on Dimokratias in Heraklion, with staff who explain every glass and send out bites with it.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: Leoforos Dimokratias 16, Iraklio 713 06, Heraklion
Granary turns from espresso bar into wine room as the evening arrives, pouring Greek bottles with Mediterranean plates in central Heraklion.
OrderA glass of Cretan white with a mezze plate
PourA Cretan white with a mezze plate
WineGreek wines by the glass and bottle
FoodMediterranean all-day menu
TipWine service runs from late afternoon, once the coffee crowd thins out and the kitchen switches to the evening menu.
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.
OrderA Liatiko red alongside the wood-oven lamb
PourA Liatiko red with the wood-oven lamb
WineCretan list built around the wood oven
FoodFull Cretan menu
TipThe Cretan list is the reason to linger. Ask what is open by the glass before committing to a bottle.
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.
OrderA Cretan red poured to match the smoked steak
PourA Cretan red with the smoked steak
WineMostly Cretan producers
FoodLive-fire Cretan menu
TipThe floor staff will steer the list if you tell them what is coming off the fire.
Kouzeineri backs its charcoal steaks with a Greek wine list, which makes it the Heraklion address for red wine and grilled meat in one sitting.
OrderA Greek red chosen against the charcoal steak
PourA Greek red with a charcoal steak
WineGreek reds for charcoal cooking
FoodSteakhouse menu
TipThe cellar leans on international labels as much as Greek ones, so ask the floor to match a bottle to the cut you order.
Xalavro pours Greek wine spritzers in a roofless old house on Milatou in Heraklion, with an open kitchen working beside the bar until very late.
OrderA Greek wine spritzer, drunk in the ruined courtyard
PourA Greek wine spritzer in the courtyard
WineGreek wine spritzers and by-the-glass pours
FoodOpen kitchen
TipThe bar sits in the shell of a 1900s house on Milatou, and the open kitchen runs alongside the drinks list.
Think Tank is the wine bar Heraklion drinkers name first, a neoclassical room on Idaiou Androu pouring Cretan and Greek bottles by the glass.
OrderA Vidiano by the glass, with whatever snack is out
PourA glass of Cretan Vidiano
WineCretan and Greek growers by the glass
FoodBrunch plates and snacks
TipA sommelier picks the list and the room hosts tastings, so ask what has just been opened.
Granary turns from espresso bar into wine room as the evening arrives, pouring Greek bottles with Mediterranean plates in central Heraklion.
OrderA glass of Cretan white with a mezze plate
PourA Cretan white with a mezze plate
WineGreek wines by the glass and bottle
FoodMediterranean all-day menu
TipWine service runs from late afternoon, once the coffee crowd thins out and the kitchen switches to the evening menu.
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.
OrderA Liatiko red alongside the wood-oven lamb
PourA Liatiko red with the wood-oven lamb
WineCretan list built around the wood oven
FoodFull Cretan menu
TipThe Cretan list is the reason to linger. Ask what is open by the glass before committing to a bottle.
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.
OrderA Cretan red poured to match the smoked steak
PourA Cretan red with the smoked steak
WineMostly Cretan producers
FoodLive-fire Cretan menu
TipThe floor staff will steer the list if you tell them what is coming off the fire.
Kouzeineri backs its charcoal steaks with a Greek wine list, which makes it the Heraklion address for red wine and grilled meat in one sitting.
OrderA Greek red chosen against the charcoal steak
PourA Greek red with a charcoal steak
WineGreek reds for charcoal cooking
FoodSteakhouse menu
TipThe cellar leans on international labels as much as Greek ones, so ask the floor to match a bottle to the cut you order.
Xalavro pours Greek wine spritzers in a roofless old house on Milatou in Heraklion, with an open kitchen working beside the bar until very late.
OrderA Greek wine spritzer, drunk in the ruined courtyard
PourA Greek wine spritzer in the courtyard
WineGreek wine spritzers and by-the-glass pours
FoodOpen kitchen
TipThe bar sits in the shell of a 1900s house on Milatou, and the open kitchen runs alongside the drinks list.
Think Tank is the wine bar Heraklion drinkers name first, a neoclassical room on Idaiou Androu pouring Cretan and Greek bottles by the glass.
OrderA Vidiano by the glass, with whatever snack is out
PourA glass of Cretan Vidiano
WineCretan and Greek growers by the glass
FoodBrunch plates and snacks
TipA sommelier picks the list and the room hosts tastings, so ask what has just been opened.
