Έπεα Πτερόεντα — Restaurant in Kalamaria Municipality

An authentic Cretan restaurant in Salonika, a little gem located 15 min by car from the center of the city, in Kalamaria neighbourhood - but it is more than worth the trip! The food is absolutely delicious, typical Cretan dishes made with Cretan products, amazing. Go ahead and order whatever, everything's perfect. We had mushrooms with cheese, marathopita and the Cretan salad (both made with herbs and greens that only grow in Crete), potatoes with herbs and a variety of meats (apaki, soutzoukakia), all yummy. The white house wine is perfect and they also have raki, a strong Cretan spirit for the more adventurous. The service was quick and the staff were polite and very friendly. The restaurant has outside sitting and it's next to a playground/park, perfect to visit with kids too. It stays open quite late and it's quite spacy, but it sometimes has live music (if you're lucky!) and it's very popular with the locals, so I would suggest booking a table. Parking might be tricky in that area, you're better off getting a taxi. All in all, a definite must, next time we visit Salonika, we will repeat for sure!...

Not many options to choose from in the menu, but dishes have real cretan colours and flavours. We ordered meatballs, maybe they were 'loaded' too much with spices and herbs according to my taste. The beetroot salad was delicious, especially carob croutons were bringing a nice note to it's taste. Kastanati potato appetiser was nice in taste, with some lemon sauce. May be to put a whole potato and not just few thin slices would be great idea. Also the bread that they bring with a bread basket is amazing. Smells and tastes like a village bread of a...

We have been here many times and still go from time to time when we are in the neighborhood however comparing last years the portions absolutely got a lot smaller. I would say even by half for some dishes like grilled meats. This is purely based on years of eating there. Still very delicious though. However we prefer it less due to obvious minimizing the portions instead of raising the prices accordingly. Also perhaps this depends on whoever prepares the salads but sometimes it is a lot better and sometimes it is...