Fanari in Oia Restaurant — Restaurant in Municipality of Thira

Highly unfriendly to kids, aggressive unprofessional owner who hovers around and makes guests uncomfortable and average, overpriced food

We were surprised this restaurant with really nice sunset views was half empty during prime sunset time but now understand why. There is a 50 EUR per person minimum that excludes alcohol and the food is very mediocre - seafood all tasted frozen/not fresh (which to be fair they do state on their menu their food is ‘fresh frozen’)

We had a baby in our party who accidentally broke a lamp on our table, the owner who had been sitting next to us and staring the whole time, completely lost it and started yelling and made a 1 year old cry. He demanded we pay 200 EUR for the lamp or he would call the police, was verbally aggressive and borderline physically aggressive. The father of the baby left while we dealt with the broken lamp and the owner demanded he come back, when we said he had to put the baby to sleep he replied that he “did not give a ** about the baby”

Super sad since the waitstaff at the restaurant was lovely - super professional and very child friendly. Despite the average, overpriced food we were happy with the experience because of the friendly servers. Left with a crying child, the owner screaming about arresting us, and a terrible hospitality experience over a lamp you could buy for...

The Bad: My husband and I arrived for our sunset reservation and was told to wait at the top of the stairs at the restaurant entrance by the hostess stand. Sat there for 20 minutes with another couple waiting unattended and asked twice about being seated; we could clearly see plenty of empty tables where we would be sitting. We decided to go down ourselves when the hostess saw us and decided to help. When ordering tea, there was no list of flavors and the server did not know what they had, he asked us to go to the bar and just select the tea ourselves. Weird that he could not bring out the small box to our table and made me break away from the sunset I was trying to enjoy. The service seemed understaffed. The Good: Ordered the lamb and mignon. Both were a solid 4/5. The sunset view is wonderful as the other reviews say. Honestly, I would not recommend or go here again because of the service that kinda ruined the romantic mood. Rating...

Unfortunately, the great view for sunset and kind staff was ruined by the owner who would not let us leave without paying $200 for a lamp that fell off the table!! After my 18 month old son knocked an led light off the table he claimed there was no way to fix it and he would call the police to arrest us. He held us hostage there and refused to negotiate on the price after I apologized for dropping it. He ruined the experience for us completely. I feel bad for the staff and rest of the customers who had to witness it and work for him. The food is also mediocre, bland and overpriced but it was really the owners insistence on paying $200 for the led lights that sealed the deal. Hope that no one else has to experience such a thing there at the hands of this...