Santorini's restaurant map spreads well beyond the clifftop dining rooms most visitors picture. These twelve run from addresses in the 84700 postcode to the Perissa beach road in 84703 and on to Oia (Οία) in 84702, so wherever you spend your day, there is at least one nearby. Most of the cooking is Greek and Mediterranean, but the list has enough range to be worth scanning: Thai and Asian plates in Oia, pizza and ice cream on the beach road, and a tavern serving breakfast in Vlychada (Βλυχάδα). Hours are where the surprises are. One kitchen keeps morning hours only, another serves until 01:00, and one closes for part of the year. We put this list together for travellers who plan their meals around where they will be on the island and when, not around a sunset photograph. Where a venue publishes no hours, we tell you to call ahead, and we give you the number.
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1 Gia Mas
84700A morning sitting of Greek, Mediterranean and seafood cooking
Gia Mas posts hours from 09:00 to 12:00, so this is a morning stop in the 84700 postcode, not a sunset table. Skip the hotel breakfast buffets that look the same on every island. The menu covers Greek, Mediterranean and seafood cooking, which makes for a more serious start to the day than toast and juice. Three hours is a narrow window, and a listing this short can go out of date, so ring +302286033007 before you go. Arrive early and hungry, and treat it as the main meal of a beach day.
- greek
- mediterranean
- seafood
Hours: 09:00-12:00
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2 Esperisma
Agiou Mina, 84700Fine dining built on Greek and Mediterranean cooking, served daily until 01:00
On Agiou Mina, in the 84700 postcode, Esperisma serves a fine-dining menu rooted in Greek and Mediterranean cooking. Don't bother with the set menus aimed at tourists; this is the place to spend properly on one dinner. Service runs every day from 12:30 to 01:00, which means you can watch the evening elsewhere and still sit down to a full meal afterwards without hurrying any course. The menu and booking are on esperisma.com. If you would rather talk to a person, call +302286024910 and ask for a table after the early crowd has left.
- fine dining
- greek
- mediterranean
Hours: Mo-Su 12:30-01:00
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3 CIELLE Restaurant & Bar Santorini
847 00Greek and Mediterranean plates served all day, 10:30 to 23:00
The starting point for reservations at CIELLE Restaurant & Bar Santorini is ciellesantorini.com, and if you want a specific table, calling +30 2286 021821 will serve you better than a web form. The kitchen, in the 847 00 postcode, cooks Greek and Mediterranean food, and the restaurant runs from 10:30 to 23:00 every day, which is the most useful fact to carry. Every terrace on this island gets caught in the same sunset crush; come for a long late lunch instead and you get the same plates at a quieter pace, with the bar half of the name meaning you can stay on for a drink without moving.
- greek
- mediterranean
Hours: Mo-Su 10:30-23:00
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4 Locura Beach Bar & Restaurant
perissa beach road, santorini, 84703A beach-road menu that runs from coffee and ice cream to pizza, burgers and seafood
Locura Beach Bar & Restaurant sits on the Perissa beach road, in postcode 84703, and serves people straight off the sand. The menu covers most of what you'd want after a swim: Italian, pizza, burgers, seafood, coffee and ice cream, with hours from 10:00 to 24:00 every day, so a morning coffee and a late pizza are both on the table in a single visit. Leave the booked, dress-code dinner for somewhere else; this is where you sit down with salt still on your skin, order one more round, and decide later whether to swim again. For groups, call +302286085128 ahead to confirm there's room.
- italian
- pizza
- burger
- seafood
- coffee shop
- ice cream
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-24:00
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5 Kapari Wine Restaurant
84700International and Mediterranean cooking built around the wine list its name promises
The name says it: at Kapari Wine Restaurant, you plan the meal around the glass. The kitchen, in the 84700 postcode, cooks international and Mediterranean dishes, and the right move is to skip whatever bottle you already recognise from home and let the staff choose. Posted hours read 12:00 to 11:00, which is ambiguous enough that we'd check before heading out, either at kaparisantorini.gr or by calling +302286021120. A dinner built around a few well-chosen pours is the reason to come.
- international
- mediterranean
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6 Dimitris Greek Tavern
Βλυχάδα, 84703, GRSeafood and local Greek cooking, with breakfast on the same menu
Dimitris Greek Tavern runs one menu across breakfast, seafood and local Greek cooking, and the range means you can eat all three meals here if you want to. The tavern sits in Vlychada (Βλυχάδα), postcode 84703, open every day from 10:00 to 24:00. A tavern that calls its own food local is making a different kind of claim than the places with laminated photo menus, and the locals vote accordingly. We'd order fish at lunch and return after dark for grilled plates and a carafe. To ask what came in that morning, call +30 22860 82532.
- seafood
- greek
- breakfast
- local
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-24:00
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7 Rosamary
Santorini, 84701, GRStraightforward Greek cooking
The spelling of Rosamary catches people out: the name on the map and the web address, rosemarysantorini.gr, don't match, so search for both. The restaurant is listed in the 84701 postcode, and Greek is the one cuisine on its menu. A kitchen that commits to a single style is a better bet than one trying to cover every dish in every language at once. No opening hours are published, so call +30 22860 31262 before making the trip, ask what is good that day, and order that.
- greek
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8 Barolo Restaurant
847 00A kitchen focused on Mediterranean cooking alone
Mediterranean is the one cuisine listed for Barolo Restaurant, and that focus is the reason to go. A kitchen with a single declared style is making a promise you can hold a chef to, which puts it ahead of the places trying to cover everything at once. The restaurant is in the 847 00 postcode, and the menu is on barolosantorini.gr, worth reading before you arrive. No hours are published, so call +30 2286 021344 to confirm the evening's service and reserve.
- mediterranean
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9 Restaurant Aris
84700Reliable daily service from 12:00 to 23:00
Restaurant Aris lives on the Loucas Hotel website, which hosts its page. It is in the 84700 postcode and open every day from 12:00 to 23:00, which counts for a lot on an island where opening times shift with the season. Skip the long walk past shuttered doors looking for somewhere open at an odd hour, because lunch at 12:00 and a late dinner are both available here every day of the week. The cuisine is not listed, so read the menu on that page or call +302286022918 and ask what the kitchen is cooking.
Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-23:00
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10 Platis Grill House
Emporeio, 84703Greek grill cooking, as the name promises
The grill in Platis Grill House's name is the whole pitch, and the cuisine is Greek. The restaurant is in Emporeio, postcode 84703. Locals swear by a plain grill plate over anything more elaborate, and this is where you test that theory: order meat, bread and a salad, and don't overthink it. Its main online presence is a Facebook page, so that's where news lives rather than on a polished website. No hours are published, so call +30 2286 082014 before driving over.
- greek
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11 Paradox
Οία, 84702Thai and Asian cooking in Oia
Thai and wider Asian cooking is the reason to find Paradox in Oia (Οία), postcode 84702. If you've worked through several days of Greek menus, a plate of Thai food is a real change of register, and this is the place to make that shift. The kitchen runs Wednesday to Sunday, 12:30 to 20:00, from 5 March to 10 December, which makes it a lunch or early-dinner stop, closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Call +302286071675 to confirm before you climb up to Oia.
- thai
- asian
This is an early version of the Santorini list. We add picks as we test more places.
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