The Alchemist — Restaurant in Municipality of Chersonissos

We visited the Alchemist on our second night, deciding to walk pretty much the length of the strip to plan for future nights out. We stayed at Casa Blu and from there it only took about 10 minutes to walk which was about right for us. We stopped for a drink at a wine bar almost opposite. They had really good drinks and bar snacks however wine bar it isn’t, well they do serve wine but your options are red, white or rose but we will be going back as the Bloody Mary was really good and came with all the trimmings plus great service. We got to the restaurant around 10pm and ordered a carafe of red, a beer followed by deep fried feta as a starter which we shared and then BBQ ribs and moussaka. The feta was to die for served with jam chutney and I have never had ribs so soft that when you pick up the bone the meat struggles to stay on. My only criticism was the BBQ sauce was too sweet but that’s just a personal preference. It was finished off by complimentary orange cake and raki, which finished me off for sure. Whole meal was €40. Staggered back...

Friendly service and great food! This restaurant has great character and consists of 3 floors (ground, 1st and 2nd). We had cheese saganaki (feta) and Soutzoukakia (meatballs in a tomato sauce) to start. The cheese saganaki was cubes of feta breadcrumbed and fried, with a sweet tomato chutney, different to usual where you usually get a 'slab' of fried cheese, but it was very tasty nonetheless. The meatballs where cooked perfectly and the sauce they were in was delicious. We both had the spare ribs for our main; these were a large rack of ribs with home made chips (fried potatoes as the menu says) and the ribs covered in a sweet barbecue sauce. The ribs where well cooked and the meat fell off of the bone and tasted excellent. After we were served complimentary raki and orange cake with ice cream. Be prepared to do some shots of raki with the waiter! (If you aren't keen, get some orange cake ready for after to mask...

Visited here in May '24 for drinks and enjoyed it, so visited again for food last night (August '25).

The stand out thing above anything else is the service - while relaxed and definitely not stuffy, it's also highly professional and courteous. What I really picked up on was when our waiter (who sounded just like Nico Rosberg! - it's uncanny) called our son by his name when bringing his drink, despite not asking for his name and just picking up on it from overhearing our table conversation. Just really nice and friendly interactions.

Food was good, very traditional, so the Kleftiko for example might not look like a modern version, but it was very tasty. Really nice sauce in the meatballs too.

I'd highly recommend. It might not be the absolute best food we've had (though still very good), but often it's the experience...