Fishkardo — Restaurant in Sami Municipality

New restaurant that opened up this summer right next to all the other historic restaurants around (that we go to every year). This choice, this opportunity we wanted to give them ended up being a sour mistake. A mistake equivalent to that of Djokovic thinking he could beat Carlos Alcaraz this year. A total whiplash. Not only was the food bellow average (some pastas we still dont know what they actually were - could have been fish, could have been meat, could hace been nutella - a mistery yet to solve) but also small quantities (although in this particular scénario - thank god - as indigestion is not my favourite holiday partner). As the cherry on top of the cake, in classic 2000s era greek corruption, their credit card machine magically did not pay (of course for a 800€ dinner this was a juicy incentive to not declare the bill for them) We insisted on paying by card - they would call us when the card machine worked again. It never did. Must be the slowest, dumbest machine ever made. They called asking us for cash again, two days in a row - we declined and ended up doing a bank transfer. Restaurant NOT...

Having booked ahead we were seated at our table but waited for 10 minutes for service other than water. When a waiter asked for our food choices we gave them, asking at the end for drinks - there was surprise that the sommelier hadn’t already been to see us. We waited a while longer, but 20 minutes waiting to be served a drink in a fine dining restaurant is not what I expect. The food was tasty and beautifully presented. When I asked for an espresso martini I was told the coffee machine had been turned off, and offered an amaretto instead, which I declined. On paying the bill we were suddenly greeted by the manager who was lovely and shared time with us. I didn’t pay (5 of us we were taking it in turns) so cannot complain too much- but I would not return quickly. Not fine dining (but do you need that in Fiskardo- perhaps we weren’t on the £80m yacht!?). Not special food which I will talk about for ages. So not memorable, although nice...

Nice food but slightly underwhelming experience given the price and expectations. We had the tasting menu and the food was delicious. The dessert was exceptional.

However the service and atmosphere was a little odd. We were the only people in the restaurant (admittedly it was 7:30 which is early by Greek standards) but it was a Saturday evening, and there were about 6 staff all poised watching our every move. Our plates were taken away and new ones put down within a minute or so of finishing each course which made the meal feel very rushed and also did not feel like we had much privacy. We also booked earlier in the week but they didn’t seem to have our booking when we arrived, and then they placed us in a table next to the alley with a noisy extractor fan that somewhat ruined the ambience as there was no music etc just this noise. Overall lovely food but for the extremely high price point the service and atmosphere could have been a little...