Laokasti Cook & Grill — Restaurant in Municipality of Thira

The BEST restaurant in Santorini! Me and my partner visited Santorini and fell in love with this restaurant just outside the main village of Oia and went twice on our 5 day stay. The food is incredible, large portions full of flavour and is delicious. The atmosphere is lovely with an inside and outside seating area that have fans and heating for whatever the weather. The owners are lovely and friendly and welcomed us with a smile and remembered us from when we came previously, they let smiled and had a chat with us, i cant stress how lovely they were. Incredible place and would recommend to anyone that Visits Santorini....

This place doesn’t have an ocean view but it’s perfect for someone like me who stays at a nearby resort. We dined here on May 8h 2025 at around 6:30pm. I wouldn’t mind to come here again for fried squid and grill veggies (without vinegar), but I would stay away from fries. Tasty food, friendly people, nice atmosphere, reasonable price.

Note that their fried squid is the larger one, not the small ones for those who cares.

On a separate note, this place is more traditional than most of the other restaurants around, so don’t be offended if the owner says he prefers cash. He also takes...

We had dinner at Laokasti Restaurant, but unfortunately, we never returned. When we arrived, the restaurant was full inside. A lady kindly offered us the option to start our meal outside, with an infrared lamp, until a table became available inside, which we accepted. However, it took TWO HOURS to receive our food, half an hour just for a glass of wine, and the same amount of time to be seated inside. It was insane in December... The confusion was overwhelming, and the level of disorganization was at its peak. It's a real pity because, in the end, the food was good, and the bill was...