Marilena Restaurant — Restaurant in Municipality of Agios Nikolaos

Recently I visited the Marilena Taverna i n Elounda with my family. This is a family-run taverna and the owner Mixalis is from Cyprus, although has lived in Elounda for a long time. I would just like to say that the atmosphere was perfect, for the birthday meal with my youngest daughter and family, we had a lovely relaxing time. The service was without a doubt "P E R F E C T " from Zaxaris and Manos..!! The food, well what can I say, just delicious with a capital " D " and tasty with a capital " T " .. What I liked was the fact that Greek music was playing in the background and so we got to get the feel of the place. I loved the decor and tell you what, its just as it should be too. Mixalis the proprietor was so attentive and friendly, as he came to sit with us at the table to chat and make sure we were happy with everything. This taverna gets a 10 out of 10 from me, so highly recommended. You would not be sorry for going there, I can assure you, after my recommendation to everyone out there, seeing as I have worked in catering and tourism for many...

Overall:

Food: Greek/Cretan

A respectable three stars for this tourist’s favourite and much loved holiday tour group destination. The food is basic, plentiful, tasty and reasonably good value. The place was full of tourists which means the turnaround of fresh produce must be good. I would recommend the Cretan tomatoes on island bread which was very similar to its Spanish counterpart.

What I liked:

• Homemade French Fries which were very good • Reasonably good food • Good price point • Food seemed fresh • Busy atmosphere

What I didn’t like:

• Nasty cheap ketchup • Service a bit hit and miss but ok

Do I recommend going? YES Will I go again? YES Was it good value?...

To start off, I'd like to say that this Restaurant was a part of a tour that we took to Spinalonga so I can't review if the food was good in relation to how expensive or cheap it would normally be.

The food was great eventhough it wasn't quite my taste. You might have a different experience though. We also weren't given any information about the food so I didn' t really know what we actually ate but you'll probably figure out by the pictures. The location was open under a big tent. It was also far away from the main street so it was fairly quiet.

All in all a great experience and also great ambience with the...