Dish Bar Restaurant — Restaurant in Municipality of Heraklion

GodTh ambience: outdoors, soft music. The friendly waiter got to know my wine preferences and made a very good suggestion, so if all you want is a nice place for a glass of wine, I can recommend it.

Sadly the food isn't good. Every other meal I've had in Crete (all outside Heraklion) was great, so this was disappointing. I ordered some sautéed mushrooms and bread as a small late dinner. The mushrooms were sautéed in butter, lots of it, with herbs and too much salt, and were served too hot. The butter was the main problem: all I could taste was butter, with salt and some herbs.

The bread was a smallish roll and two breadsticks. The roll was good but had been overheated and needed to cool. It came with a little cup of the soup of the day, which was tasty but served at a lukewarm/cold temperature, like it had been heated quite some time ago. The bread was a lot hotter than the soup.

The service was slow but not actually terrible. They were looking at their smartphones a lot. I gave up on the mushrooms after eating about a third, and while I was reading and drinking the wine, an elderly tourist came and stood by my table, at the entrance, clearly interested in getting a table. Sadly the staff were otherwise engaged (one waiter passed him a couple of times without any acknowledgement) and after a few minutes he left. I rather envied him.

Usually I would expect to be asked if everything was OK if I left most of my food uneaten. They didn't ask. ...

It is one of the best meals you can have in Crete. Everything was tasty and well presented. The place is extremely well decorated, and the location is excellent. The drinks: campari & tonic was correct although I would have used a tonic water with more character. The Paloma was balanced, and the punch of the grapefruit is just perfect. The food: the dip trio is wonderful! The cheese and the eggplant were my favorite, but the tzatziki was not bad at all. It comes with a savory fish thick soup (not fishy at all) to dip the bread in before you take the trio. The salmon was correct, but you need to order it medium so it didn't come up dry. It comes with steamed veggies on a bed of mashed potatoes. Finally, the sea bass was perfect. It's served with an infusion that pairs perfectly with the tenderness and flavor of the fish. The service: Eva, Alex, and George were extremely helpful and friendly. They know how to treat their clients! Thank you guys, and we hope to...

If I could give this place 0 stars I would. The ambience is nice, the restaurant is very pretty but that’s the only positive thing I have to say about this establishment. The food was horrendous, borderline inedible. I ordered 3 dishes, all of which tasted terrible. The Greek salad was so salty you could barely swallow and the “potato chips” were a bunch of cold salty Lays chips with a bit of feta on top. On top of it all, the service was incredibly slow. When the waiter finally came to my table after waiting for 20 minutes, I complained to the waiter and told him the food was so bad that I couldn’t even eat it. He just stared at me and prompted me to pay the bill. Even after specifically asking him to take the items off of the bill, the restaurant did nothing to make up for the awful food and poor service. Save your appetite and your money and go...