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With its pretty garden setting, this is one of the town’s finest. Mainly grilled and roasted meats, and Cretan favourites such as apatzia sausages and roasted goat.
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The best restaurant around Chania’s delightful inner harbour, serving an extensive choice of seafood, from octopus and whitebait to langouste and sea bass.
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Within the courtyard of an old Venetian mansion, Ela serves a wide menu, including standard Greek dishes and a few authentically Cretan offerings.
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Karnagio serves substantial taverna meals, the traditional favourites including grilled meats and huge peasant salads with feta cheese.
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This little taverna in the old quarter serves plain, village-style dishes. It fairly bustles in the evenings but is quieter at lunch time. Great value.
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This quiet restaurant serves Cretan and other Greek dishes and is very popular with locals. Pleasant courtyard.
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Part of a restored 19th-century stone village, Sterna tou Bloumofisi serves Cretan specialities baked in woodburning ovens.
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A wide range of Greek, Levantine and Cretan dishes, with a better choice of non-meat dishes than most of its rivals.
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On the old Irakleio highway, 4km (2 miles) east of Rethymno, Zissi’s charcoal-grilled lamb and chicken are worth the short trip from town.
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Set in 13th-century vaults beneath the Veneto Hotel, the restaurant serves Cretan specialities within a beautiful setting, with stone-flagged floors, mosaics and antique furniture.
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Restaurant price categories
For a three-course meal for one with half a bottle of wine (or equivalent meal), taxes and extra charges.
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