I spent part of last summer’s Greek vacation on Naxos, an island in the Cyclades, which I absolutely loved. While its popular and certainly on the tourist circuit, I had trouble finding reliable information on restaurants in Naxos town, or Chora. This post details good restaurant finds in Naxos, Greece.
Naxos’ Chora.
THE NAXOS APOTHECARY
The Naxos Apothecary is an upscale restaurant in Naxos town located close to the Portara, evening offering Portara views from most tables. It is also famous as being owned by the people that own the famous makeup and skin care brand, Korres (Naxos Apothecary is its upscale sister company). The Naxos Apothecary restaurant doubles as a beauty store and serves excellent, modern Naxian fare. This was probably my favorite restaurant in Naxos, possibly tied with To Souvlaki Sou Makis. I wrote a whole post on our dinner here. Food was great, as were the wine and views. I would absolutely return.
Portara views from the Naxos Apothecary.
Amazing Naxian salad at the Naxos Apothecary.
An incredible Naxian peach dessert (peaches were in season during our July visit).
Specifics: Naxos Apothecary Portara: Ariadnis 1, Naxos 843 00, Greece. Open for dinner 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM. Reservations recommended. Credit card accepted.
TO SOUVLAKI SOU MAKIS
I found To Souvlaki Sou Makis online and intended to have lunch here on arrival. Unfortunately, the restaurant does not keep us with the opening hours it posts online. Determined to have a great gyro, I returned the following day for a successful lunch. Very inexpensive and with limited seating indoors and outdoors, we lunched on excellent gyro and a perfect saganaki. Come here for really tasty, inexpensive food. We saw both locals and tourists here.
A pork gyro. This was probably the best we had the entire trip.
