Manolis Tavern — Restaurant in Municipality of Kythira

I wonder how it is possible to travel thousands of km to come to Greece, to an island, to enjoy the sun, the beaches, the Mediterranean diet, and when you sit down at a tavern by the sea, recommended to be among the best in the area, should you read on the menu that absolutely all seafood, whether octopus, shrimp or squid, is frozen, nothing fresh? Isn't it DISAPPOINTING? I also have frozen seafood at the supermarket in the European capital where I live! I came to Greece precisely to eat seafood, fish, fresh, not frozen, they just have it in the water, a few meters from them. I have never had this experience before in Greece, that absolutely everything on the menu is marked as frozen. The steak that I order was good... Obviously, I cannot recommend...

This was surprisingly bad because it is along the edge of a lively sand beach. The waiter was surly like we were bothering his social life; he failed to remember to take both our orders and started to leave. We were the only ones there so forgetting a guest of 2 is unacceptable. The food was delivered with no thought as to whom it goes it was just plopped down all in front of me and I straightened it out. My dish was a plop of mushy green beans with what looked to be baby food tomato puree on top. The bread was terrible and had no reason to exist. All in all, I ate nothing and paid too much for nothing. It is enticing from the outside but our experience here made...

The beachfront tables are what's going for this place but if you're expecting fresh for the price, look elsewhere to the cafes down the road. It was all frozen prepared meals and even tasted freezer burnt, even the bread. Wasn't a fan of the linguini with shrimps... You can tell it's all frozen food. I am not against this but the prices reflect fresh which it isn't which is a huge letdown. After we returned back to our hotel the owners were apologizing they didn't stop us from going there. Go for a drive if you want better food otherwise the two cafes in town offer...