Top Restaurants in Tinos Town
Tinos Town Food Guide: 10 Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Tinos Town
Discover the best restaurant in Tinos Town, Greece including Tsampia, Marathia Tavern, Itan Ena Mikro Karavi, Tarsanas, Agkyra, Koutouki Tis Elenis, Symposion, Malamatenia, Mesklies, Taverna Michalis
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1. Tsampia
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 198 reviews
Reviewed By gk13865 - Athens, Greece
Just a few meters from the beach of Kionia and by the archaeological site of Poseidon's temple, the "Tsampia" is one of the oldest quality taverns on Tinos. They offer a variety of plates, for meat, fish or vegan dining.Very good choice for dinner, yet it is just great to have lunch or early dinner after the beach,still wearing your swimsuit !!!
2. Marathia Tavern
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 401 reviews
Fresh fish, local cuisine with creative touches, interesting wine list... and organized beach services just in front of Agios Focas beach...!
Reviewed By Penelope G - Toronto, Canada
We went to this place with some relatives who have been eating here for years, back when it was humble taverna. Unfortunately there must have been a change of staff, because our experience was disappointing at best.
Bottom line. DO NOT GO HERE. You're better off going to a tavern that knows its place in the world. The food will be better and cheaper, and the staff will definitely be friendlier. And if they aren't, at least they aren't pretending to be a high-end establishment where one would expect superior service. Even if someone else offered me money to go there again, I would not.
Now I'd like highlight the reasons for my negative review and to give out some free recommendations to the establishment's management. (And really they should thank me because consultants charge a lot of money for this kind of stuff.)
1. When confronted with the statement "last year you had it" our (hipster?) waiter proceeded to argue in a rather attitudinal tone that they did not (props to him for not rolling his eyes because I know he totally wanted to). "I've been working here for years and I'm telling you, we NEVER had it!" Good for you my friend. What are you trying to prove, that your customer is a liar? Here's a first recommendation for the managers at Marathia, when your customer is insisting that you used to have something, whether you did or didn't is irrelevant. The correct response is "I'm sorry, unfortunately we no longer have it". You do not use an attitudinal tone to argue with your customer.
2. After finding hair in my food (and my mistake was removing it to examine it better, as I like to give places the benefit of the doubt. Maybe it was a string from the calamari flesh.... it was definitely a hair though, because I could feel the root a one end), I put the hair on the side of my plate and called another, friendlier, waiter over to ask, "I think this is a hair, but maybe it's part of the calamari?" He said, "no it's definitely not from the calamari. Good thing it wasn't in your food". I clarified that it was in fact in the food. But really, it makes no difference because: customer service lesson #2 - when your customer finds hair in their food you say "I'm sorry" and remove the plate from in front of them. Did they expect me to eat it after finding a stranger's hair embedded in the calamari?!
3. When your customer ask for the bill and you ask "was everything good" and they say no I found a hair in my food, for the love of God DO NOT MAKE EXCUSES "oh when we bring the food over from across the road the wind might blow stuff like hairs into it." Dear Marathia Management, here's a risk management lesson for you, if your food is at risk of contamination of flying debris in the wind, take a trip to the super market or do some online ordering to get some mesh food covers.
4. And finally, when someone finds hair in their food it is customary not to charge them.
3. Itan Ena Mikro Karavi
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 282 reviews
This is a wonderful oasis of a restaurant with a creative menu and wonderful food in a beautiful courtyard setting with very reasonable prices.
Reviewed By LiviodiMilano - Cannes, France
The restaurant atmosphere was great, the service was good.
However, we were disappointed with the food (it was the worst in all the restaurants we tried in 12 days in different islands).
We are vegetarian so we tried the veggie options:
- the beetroot taboulé and the sort of soup with pasta, tomato and cheese were good
- the wild artichoke was awful, it pricked the tongue like rotten fruits do, they told us it was because it was "wild" and not regular artichoke
- the fried courgettes were disappointing (there was almost only cheese, we could not feel courgette)
4. Tarsanas
Overall Ratings
4 based on 93 reviews
Reviewed By lcap988 - Athens, Greece
The correct overall rating would be GOOD, but it does not exist in the TripAdvisor database, so I had to choose between very good and average and I chose average, but indeed the correct score for our experience in this tavern is GOOD!
After having parked our car not far away from the ferry pier, we walked all along the nice seafront till the end, to reach this Tavern. Since it was a very windy day, we decided to eat inside the premises, which looked quite clean and cosy. The waitresses were very friendly. Food wise, I can say that the quality was good, but we had to stay with small fishes and vegetables, because there were no big fishes available. Pity for such kind of tavern, located just in front of the seaside and serrounded by fisherman boats. The real negative point was the bill we had to pay, which resulted disproportionately high, compared to the category of food we got.
5. Agkyra
Overall Ratings
4 based on 75 reviews
Reviewed By RodMcLeod - San Francisco, California
This restaurant was recommended by a local. It serves excellent authentic Greek cuisine. we liked it so much we ate here on two successive nights. The fish and seafood dishes we all ordered - and we ordered different ones - were all superbly cooked. The chef/owner is a charming lady who speaks a modicum of English. The menu prices were also very reasonable, One thing that could be improved is the wine selection. On offer was mostly cheaper local wines.
Highly recommended.
6. Koutouki Tis Elenis
Overall Ratings
4 based on 243 reviews
Reviewed By Michelle B - Noosa, Australia
Oozing with character and super service! The food is delicious and well priced. We ordered the house specialty 'fried fennel cakes' served with tzatziki which was so tasty, the house specialty cheese and fried anchovies. Fresh, local produce representing the island. The restaurant was full and lively with what appeared to be locals or Greek tourists. Highly recommended!
7. Symposion
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 262 reviews
Symposion is a restaurant in Tinos town (Chora) and in Tinos island but when i make a research in the restaurants of Tinos don't appear. Giorgos Vidalis (owner)
Reviewed By Alexandros K - Athens, Greece
At first, I was skeptical at visiting and having dinner I such a restaurant. I'm a kind of guy who prefers to eat in cheap and traditional taverna, rather than eating in expensive restaurants. However, I was fortunate enough to break this rule of mine and visit Symposion!
It is located in the main shopping street of Tinos and has a nice view of it, since it's on the first and second floor of a neo classical building. You can sit inside, outside on the first floor (5 tables in total), or outside on the second floor. Didn't have a chance to see the second floor, since due to strong winds the owners decided not to open it.
Dishes, as stated, are a bit expensive for my pocket. BUT, they are delicious as hell! We had the Tinos meatballs, the fried mushrooms, the fried feta with honey and the green bean salad (ambelofasoula).
Apart from the feta, which was more or less the same taste as any other restaurant or taverna (although they said that the feta was dipped inside rakomelo (raki with honey) and then fried, we didn't taste any rakomelo inside the feta.
Mushrooms was very tasty and the Tinos meatballs were extremely interesting, since they are made in a slight different way than the rest of Greece.
However, my world turned around and saw the "true light" of food when I tasted the green bean salad. It was marvelous!! Truly a revelation for me! We accompanied our food with rose wine, which that as well was fantastic!
Toilets were super clean and staff was very nice and friendly!
It's a must if you visit the island of Tinos! I would definitely visit it again!
8. Malamatenia
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 214 reviews
Home made Greek cuisine on a picturesque square of the old city of Tinos. A wide choice of starters and local plates, tasty and fresh greek specialities like kleftiko, cabbage dolmades, moussaka, soutsoukakia, giouvetsi, stuffed tomatoes, aubergines in the owen, char-grilled octopus, kalamari, sardines and fresh fish. Wine and raki from villages of Tinos.Beautiful old greek music on a cosy greek neighborhood between the orthodox church of Malamatenia and the catholic church of Agios Nikolaos. Open from 12 to 23,30.
Reviewed By lindadownunder - Perth, Australia
Malamatenia is situated in a cobbled laneway behind the Poseidonio Hotel and beside a church.
Malamatenia serves up delicious authentic Greek food which all came out a little too quickly.
We enjoyed the grilled octopus with olive oil and oregano and the Klefido baked in parchment paper with potatoes and Tinos cheese was amazing.
The bean salad made of fresh local beans was delicious all served with Tinos house wine.
The meal cost us 42 euros.
9. Mesklies
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 158 reviews
Reviewed By Triple7reviews - Athens
Always a joy to go to Mesklies! They have some of the best sweets on the island and all are hand made! family owned and operated business for the longest of times! Great place to sit and have a coffee and just see the ships pass by or warh the people pass by is actually a great way to relax!
10. Taverna Michalis
Overall Ratings
4 based on 101 reviews
Reviewed By lindadownunder - Perth, Australia
Michalis is a great little friendly family run tavern situated up a winding narrow alleyway in the centre of town.
We were seated outside and were serenaded by the birds in the cages.
We shared the artichokes in vinegar as a starter.
The rabbit stifado was full of flavour as was the lamb with carrots, lemon and dill.
Worth a visit.
