Bostani Restaurant — Restaurant in Municipality of Malevizi

After reading mainly positive reviews for this restaurant, this place really let us down. The atmosphere and the views are the best thing about it, unfortunately it goes downhill from there. The service was okay, but the food was really substandard, especially for a place that is priced above the local average. Our tzatziki starter was okay but really basic in taste and presentation - this was the first sign of things to come. One of our mains, cod with potato purée was a bit of lumpy mash with overcooked battered cod, two small chunks (where is the rest of the fish?). The second main was shop-bought linguini with shrimp, of which there were 3 shrimps in total. The desserts were tasty, because when is sugar not tasty, but again one of them was just a bowl of yogurt with some candied fruit. This place needs to decide what it wants to be, it's definitely not fine dining to warrant small portions albeit marketing itself as a fancy restaurant in an Instagramable hotel. And it's also confusingly foreign, why not do simple Greek food? As a general rule, it's likely you can make these dishes at home and better, so for us this isn't restaurant quality. Lots of room to improve, I...

Having traveled in so many places, tried and tested local Taverna’s and upscale restaurants, I can definitely attest that the food in Bostani Restaurant of Agia Palagia in Crete was the best tasting in the area. From the appetizer to the desert, the presentation and the taste and quality of food is just truly a “big toast to the island!”

My family were celebrating my son when we visited the island, thus we ate in different places, down by the shore of Agia Palagia, Heraklion and Spinalonga. Hands down, Bostani Restaurant was the best! We ate there 3 different times, and enjoyed dinning each time. Thanks to Maria and Simon, you guys made our dinning...

After reading all these positive reviews we decided to eat at Bostani. What a disappointment this turned out to be. A waiter who could not answer our questions about the wine, even after asking a colleague. The main course that came to the table a minute after the starter. Because it didn't fit on the table it went back to the kitchen on a hotplate. A tasteless main course; the risotto and a dish with dry overcooked chicken. They only get the second star because the starters were tasty (dakos/spanakopita). Unbelievable that everyone is so positive, this is absolutely our worst...