Skiathos Taverna Vareli — Restaurant in Skiathos Municipality

A lovely family owned restaurant.

I have visited in 2021 at the end of covid and a few times in 2023.

The food is exceptional and I have worked my way through a few menu items whilst sampling other restaurants in the area. George and Rosemary have a lovely place that makes everyone feel welcome. Some customers are more like pilgrims as they turn up for the service as well as the food.

A few little family tricks are in the recipes that are used around Greece and the islands and they are used in the classic dishes to bring out certain flavours that make myself look for new ways to cook these dishes.

All I can say is that I am a very satisfied customer and that it is worth every penny.

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Having looked at the other reviews I hope our experience was a one off.

Staff were fairly friendly and starters were good however, all the meats ordered were very dry and tasted as though they were reheated. Chips were bland and tasteless and low in quantity (only had 4 chips but compensated by massive size per chip). Food quality seemed to not quite be there.

Prices were very high for the quality received and was not happy with the cheque when we saw it (kept the receipt; no one would believe me otherwise €97.30 for 4 people) for a below par meal.

I always like to give a fair shout so will give credit to the traditional decor and lighting which makes for a relaxing and pleasant atmosphere and the cocktails (although...

We visited twice. The food was OK the first visit. The chips were in fact very good sauted potatoes. Second visit however we plumped for the steak, described as thick and juicy by the waiter. It was in fact thin, tough and overcooked. His recommendation for a bottle of semi sweet boutari rose at 9.5 euros, as opposed to the house wine at 6 euros for 500ml was spot on, as it was an excellent wine. All in all we probably made a bad choice having steak in Greece and the food was better than a lot of the other restaurants in Troulos / Skiathos in general. Try it you...