Taverna Delfini — Restaurant in Municipality of Sfakia

The Delfini is right there when you enter the village of Sfakia and so it's really befitting for the experience you'll have in this lovely place.

You will be welcomed by the lovely staff and will have dinner with the most fantastic view over the Sfakia harbour.

It's befitting that it's also a great place to start your journey through cretan food in case you are visiting for the first time.

The menu is available in Greek, English, German, French and Russian and gives you a great introduction into the local cuisine. Especially if you are not used to the strong seasoning that is very common in the area you might like their mild approach to spices. This could also work in your favor if you want to bring children (or adults who dislike adjusting to 'new' flavours in food). The downside with this is, of course, that you might be a bit underwhelmed when you do enjoy the strong, unique flavours that are common in the area with greasy, chewy meats, lots of thyme and tastes that are not so common in the more central parts of Europe. As a matter of fact our favourites were two little appetizers of olive paste and some spicy cheese that we really enjoyed. But people have different tastes and I really understand that there are many out there who probably prefer a mild choice. The only real critique is that they store their tomatoes in the fridge which pulls all the flavor out of them, but unfortunately almost all of the restaurants do that now.

I highly recommend the Delfini, it's really worth a visit, especially on your first time in Sfakia and if you are looking for a place that surely satisfies your...

We tried all recommended and highly recommended restaurants on TripAdvisor and by our five star hotel and determined quickly that Taverna Delfini is by far the best restaurant. We’ve been here a while and come for dinner now every night and we are working our way down the menu. My husband worked in one of the Top Rated restaurants in Connecticut while in College and they trained him to be an outstanding cook and he agrees that every dish we’ve had here is outstanding. Tonight, sadly is our last night and our menu is as follows: Auberginre salad with bread and olive oil Local saganaki Cretan greens (try also their amazing Cretan salad and Greek salad) Just caught briam; we selected our whole fish Which is accompanied by house vegetables and potatoes. Try also any lamb dish, seafood or pork A carafe of whit wine. House white is dry and crisp Complimentary dessert, often a choice of watermelon or a sweet with gelato Sparkling water

We’re at dessert and all is, as it is every night, fabulous. Thanks for making every evening special, Taverna Delfini! PS: And it’s right on the water with a magnificent view, which as they say has the music...

So... where to start? At first we were attracted by the big sign saying "Fish Soup". But as soon as we neared the menu board, a very weird waiter (in his 50s) shot out at us like a locked missile and then just wouldn't leave... no matter how many "just looking" remarks we answered back! It was soooooo uncomfortable, so awkward. He put his arms onto the menu board and just stared at us while we flicked through the pages.

Despite a rather empty terrasse (never a good sign, especially since all the other restaurants on the port were full) we chose to stay, seduced by the fish soup. But once seated, it turned out that the other item we wished = whitebait, was unavailable. So we left, with the same awkward weirdo waiter desperately trying to convince us that anchovies are the same as whitebait... dooooh!

Fed up with this nonesense, we left and ate at the nextdoor Taverna Nikos whose food was as delicious as the savoir-vivre of the waiter was on par. 30 minutes later, as we looked across the port to this bizarre Taverna Delfini it was plunged into darkness and shut...