☰Peskesi

The best place in Iraklion to eat traditional Cretan food prepared with serious attention. The menu draws on heirloom recipes and local ingredients: slow-cooked lamb with stamnagathi (a bitter wild green), dakos (twice-baked barley rusks with tomatoes and mizithra), fresh grilled fish, and excellent locally produced olive oil and wine. The dining room is set in an old Venetian building with stone walls and wooden beams. Book ahead for dinner.