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The 11 best restaurants in Santorini
Santorini 's lava-rich soil produces bushels of fine fare that you won't find elsewhere in Greece. A dozen wineries scattered across this tiny Cycladic island grow native grape varieties to produce a unique range of whites, reds and roses that are the perfect foil for creamy goat's milk cheese chloro, rosemary-spiked, vinegar marinated pork sausage loukanika and other local treats. Vegetables have striking flavours, too, but the best home-cooked fare, ranging from crisp domatokeftedes made with the island's sweet cherry tomatoes to garlicky olive oil-doused yellow split pea fava, is generally found in tavernas away from the caldera's crowded rim.
All our recommendations below have been hand selected and tested by our resident destination expert to help you discover the best restaurants in Santorini. Find out more below, or for more Santorini inspiration, see our guides to the island's best hotels, bars, things to do and beaches.
Best all rounders
To Psaraki
With its tiny port, gritty black-sand beach and museum dedicated to the tomato paste industry that once flourished in Santorini, Vlychada is rarely on tourist radars. It's worth making the trek to this low key seaside resort on the island's southern tip, however, for To Psaraki, an unpretentious fish taverna on a strip of road high above the beach. Here chef Thanasis conjures up a magical selection of dishes, including his signatures: herb-grilled sardines topped with chopped onions and served with a lemon sauce and flame-charred aubergine puree with smoked eel. The offering varies depending on what the fisherman happens to catch that day.
