Black Stone — Restaurant in Municipality of Thira

OMG!!! My other half and I had supper at the Black Stone tonight, and I speak for us both when I say we cannot sing it’s praises enough!! Where do I start…?!

The restaurant has a lovely cosy ambiance, and is run completely by the family who own it! Mother in the kitchen cooking the (delicious!) food, father out front welcoming guests in, and son waiting tables and keeping us all entertained! They are lovely, kind, and clearly hard working people, and were happy to answer all our questions about different dishes and to help us with recommendations.

The service was quick and professional, and the food was OUTSTANDING!!! Really delicious, home cooked, quality food. You can tell it’s been made with love. We had saganaki (my favourite, and the best one I’ve had since we got to the island 5 days ago - ive been having 1 a day 😅), and garlic mushrooms which were also very tasty. For mains I had the king prawns with chips. The prawns were beautifully prepared, very fresh, simply cooked but so flavourful. Served with really delicious home cooked chips. My other half had the lamb kleftico with rice, and WOW!!! We are going to go again tomorrow, and I am ordering the kleftico for sure! So so delicious. Lamb so tender it was falling apart, and sauce so aromatic and full of flavour, soaked up by the (also yummy) rice.

We finished off with the homemade cinnamon topped apple pie with ice cream, and I definitely made the right choice going for the homemade baklava. BEST baklava I have EVER tasted. Not overly sweet like many are, and DRIPPING in butter. Honestly it made me a little emotional 😅🥹. Experiences like this can really make ones day. It gives me/us such pleasure to see a job so well done. Gems like this deserve due recognition!

Looking forward to dinner there tomorrow 😁🤤...

Dined with the family.

We were welcomed at the restaurant and the host was very friendly with our kids.

But after we received our drinks and food it got weird. We weren’t checked on to ask how we were doing and if we needed anything else. When we went to pay we weren’t offered the chance to decline conversion and our charge was converted.

Not really sure what I did to offend the host when I went to order the food.

The cats made dining awkward waiting to be offered food. We told our kids to not feed them to not train the cats to return and bother the future patrons. There were other diners bothered by the cats as well. One of the cats even attempted to climb onto the table.

I kind of wish the restaurant would have offered guidance on how to deal with the cats. Maybe even add a line item on the menu for patrons the opportunity to purchase food...

A lovely meal, beautifully served. Grilled shrimps and fillet of chicken. Excellent home made chips (could have done with a few more) salad, tasty and lettuce based (some delicious Santorinian tomatoes would have been welcome. Small carafe of local red wine better than most. Complimentary liquor offered by owner = a nice gesture. Decided to try the Baklava which came with ice cream. My husband commented that it was up there with the best he had ever tasted and I wholeheartedly agree. The restaurant was not well patronised which was a shame considering how good it was. We felt it would benefit from a less austere look which was not helped by the name. Maybe some flowers and candles would help soften the look and encourage more people to step inside. The proprietor was exceptionally friendly and provided 5* customer service. Absolutely...