Throubi — Restaurant in Municipality of Agios Vasileios

We traveled all around Crete in 10 days, visited dozens of taverns and different places. But this place truly amazed us with its taste and atmosphere. I don’t know what kind of magic they have, but it really feels enchanting. Try the octopus — it’s incredible! Everywhere else it’s dry, but here it’s juicy, with a deep, multi-layered flavor! And the salad with whipped fish roe (tarama) and throubi is just a fairy tale.

We’re not here for the first time, and definitely not the last. Rest assured, this is real, original, traditional cuisine cooked with soul — probably under the watchful eye of the head of the family, who sits in the corner and observes the guests. Such a lovely woman! Don’t forget to thank her, she will be delighted! It’s truly...

As soon as I set down, I felt it's one of those traps... I was with another two "stereotypical" naive tourists and that made the manager play his trick card. First he decided to pick for us, until I was like, "I know what I want"... And lastly the bill came with two extra items we did not order + Bread, which we also did not order (but at least we got) which costs €1/tiny piece, we were given 3 tiny pieces at €3... Wow! Anyhow, being Mediterranean and understanding such a mentality, I asked for the explanation of the two extra items. It turned out it was a "mistake". You don't mess with another Mediterranean. My personal opinion,...

Food hygiene might be a bit of a problem here. Maybe it's just in my case but I ordered chicken and found a dead fly under the skin of the chicken. Might have been there from the supplier. Or the chicken was sitting for too long before it was served. The waiter replaced the dish with a new one straight away. This time I ordered a vegetarian dish, which was fine and we got baklava for free. Nevertheless there wasn't really a verbal apology. However the fish was a tiny bit overcooked and expensive. Vegetarian dishes were good. Two stars reduction for the dead fly in the food. One star deduction for being more expensive than other...