This restaurant was right up our street as we like to eat well and try something a little different every now and again - especially when abroad where many restaurants offer the same dishes over and over again. Well worth the 10 minute walk along the sea front from the main port / lake at Agios Nikolaou where most restaurants offer almost identical dishes.

We also find 'creative' restaurants either get it right or so wrong - fortunately these guys nailed it - every single dish was full of flavour, everything complementing each other perfectly. They are proud that every single ingredient is locally sourced - even down to the drinks (the Blonde Cretan beer was very tasty).

We went for 4 starters and 2 mains - "Kadaif" (Greeks would call this 'Kateifi' which is normally a sweet dessert my cousins back in London call the 'Hairy cake'. This was a fantastic twist as a savoury starter - Cretan cheese on top of a sweet olive jam and a crispy 'hairy' top) was by far our favourite - sweet and salty - WOW (and I normally don't eat Olives!), "Shrimp Saganaki" (seafood in a tomato and cheese sauce), "Crispy Smoked Eel" (you wouldnt know you were eating eel - very soft and flavoursome - amazing dish), "Leek Pie" and for mains the "Sea Bass" (juicy and served with pureed artichoke and peas) and "Giouvetsi" (Rice-like-pasta (orzo) - not the traditional way they do it - a big piece of white fish in the centre surrounded by squid - think of a sort-of Greek seafood risotto).

Portion sizes were decent for the price - not tiny morsels you'd normally associate with cuisine of this quality.

The two waiters who served us were also very friendly and accommodating to our family (1 overactive 11 month old baby and a noisy 5 year old!) and we felt very comfortable there despite the challenges of bringing young people to a nice restaurant - it didn't feel pretentious at all.

We'd love to come back and try more of the dishes, hope to see you again soon, and thanks :)