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Welcome to San Stefanos (NW Corfu) => Where to eat out in San Stefanos? => Topic started by: Sellsy on August 05, 2010, 10:58:22 PM
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Hi All,heading to SS in the not too distant for one weeks precious R&R. While we are prepared to go with the flow and pop into any bar or taverna that feels right at the time,as we only have the week we dont want to miss out on proven culinary delights or entertaining watering holes! With this in mind we were hoping the forum could help us create a must do list. If members could spare a moment and offer us their TOP THREE RESTAURANT'S and the BEST PUB/BAR in town. We will develop our hit list as we count down the days! Thanks for any time people can spare, the knowledge base within the forum should help us make the best use of our limited time in SS.
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Mythica
Olympia
Tasty corner
Condor Bar.
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Only our opinion, but for the following:
Restaurants for food quality, variety and service - top 3 - Mythica, Zorbas and Olympia
Bar - The Condor
Enjoy! 8)
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Olympia
Beachcomber
Little Prince
Bar38
For a totally relaxed evening as in very quiet we love to use Paradise taverna. Food good, but not the best. Wine cheap and palatable and a seriously great place for chatting to friends.
As ever what suits one may not suit another.
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first have to say sorry cant get it down to 3
ozzys oils
little prince
olympia
mythicas
condor bar and aqarios
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top 3 tavernas
mythica
ozzy oils
little prince
best bars thomas bay and aqarious
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For us
Mythica
Ozzy Oil
Nafsika
And once again after 15 years in the doldrums, Golden Beach with young Nikos in control
Beachcomber. Sorry, that's five, but you have seven nights!
Bar: Quiet and chatty: Kamini
Bit more music a chic. Bar 38
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Zorbas
Little Prince
Both great for greek dancing
and then Nafsica
Bar; Enjoyed the Athens Bar this year.
Good luck!
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A long walk up Cardiac Hill, but The Romanza takes some beating for its fantastic food and the best sunsets over San Stefanas (take your camera)
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For us;
Mythica
Beachcomber Bistro
Olympia
Condor = Fun/entertainment
Aquarios = Quieter - good conversation / beer
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For me I think:
Little Prince
Mythica
Sunset Taverna (The fresh fish is out of this world)
Athens Bar for entertainment and a laugh
Bar 38 for chilling out and peopple watching
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For us its got to be:
Little Prince
Yiannis Grill
Zorbas
Enjoy your holiday. :)
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Many thanks for your top tips, our gastronomic venture is taking shape via the best reviewers in town!
Using a brief 3 2 1 points system from your top three recommendations it seems like Mythica presently holds the gold medal spot with The Little Prince just nudging Olympia and Ozzy Oils into a shared third place on the podium.
The Condor and Bar 38 appear to be out in front for a drinks venue so we will make a point of calling in for a cocktail or two.
If anyones interested ( its nothing too serious!) based on the 11 reviews to date the SS August Gastronomy Top 5 are.....
1) Mythica 17 points
2)Little prince 10 points
3=) Ozzy Oils 9 points
3=) Olympia 9 points
5) Zorbas 6 points
Hope the kids got the maths right!
Thanks again , will be interesting to see if any additional recommendations adjust the leaders board! we will certainly use this feedack hope its of use to others who, like us, are still to head out to SS.
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Those five are our personal favourites but we still do use other tavernas in the resort as well
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Hi Jules, seems like a safe bet to suss out the top five when we arrive in a couple of weeks.Of course whatever takes your fancy at the time is the real way to relax and unwind on holiday, however having the back up of the recommendations from regulars is a real bonus. Mythica is a definate I think, as I believe its run by the couple who ran the Romanza restaurant a year or two back? We've stayed there in the past and to be honest we could not find better food than the Romanza in 07 and 08. If the Mythica is on a par we're in for a treat!
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In our opinion Mythica was excellent and is run by Jenny and Leo -ex Romanza. All in all we have never really been disappointed with any meal in SS in all the years we have been going
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I think like most, you'll pass a Restaurant and it will look good and you'll simply go in,
we often pre-plan, we have our favourites like everyone, and then on the night something draws you in elsewhere, and they are all pretty good in SS!
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I think that most people will agree that Mythica is lovely it's the little touches like choices of breads, proper tableclothes and a pleasant ambience.
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Hi Joan, we recall when Jenny and Leo were at the Romanza we would always be offered some warm home made breads, garlic butter, and the most amazing dark olive butter dish to get the taste buds going.Together with the ambiance and the attention to detail mentioned, it was always a treat to eat there. We will be keen to try the Mythica this time around if only for the bread trays! It also seem that the Romanza has maintained its reputation as a top restaurant in recent times, we head there in 8 days and we are really looking forward to the sunsets from the restaurant as well as visiting as many of the recommended venues as we can.
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Zorba's - good reasonable food and excellent dancing
Little Prince - new chef this year which has made a huge difference and again good dancing
Mythica - first visit back in July to this place and I can safely report it deserves it's top 3 place.
Throw in the Beachcomber for the sunset, Olympia for more great food, Mistral for the size of their starters and you have a great choice.
Bar 38 - chic, busy and great fun.
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Hi Sellsy
We'll be visiting Mythica again this year we were very pleased with our choices, even though I can never manage to finish them they are generous portions. My husband liked the olive butter too and managed to empty the dish. We never got round to having a sweet last time I was just unable to eat any more,but they too looked good. I'm just hungry thinking about it. ;D
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It's funny just how much you miss these places when you read peoples reviews!
I can't wait to go back to the Mythica, Beachcomber etc. etc.
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Hi Joan,Tonyco1,all, Only 5 days to go before we will be checking out all the latest menus around town! Listening to the rain fall on our rain soaked gazebo (again!) as we contemplate another damp BBQ here in sunny Nothumberland ! SS cant come soon enough!
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Just returned and our favourites were;
Ozzy Oils - fantastic food, great service and lovely relaxed atmosphere
Beachcomber -
Olive Press - choice of starters not great but the main course meats were fantastic and very tasty
Olympia - very quiet but food and service is always great - its a shame some people avoid it because it never looks busy but food is lovely.
Little Prince - great service and good value for money
Mythica - went twice as we enjoyed it there last year - food ok but was disappointed with the quality of my dishes this year and atmosphere seemed a little tense, tried it again on our last night but was the same so dropped down in my favourites this year.
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Just returned today and we still didn't get to eat everywhere we wanted this year but our favourites as follows:-
Beachcomber Bistro - best fillet steaks we have ever had and mussel starter was delish
Ozzy Oils - fab food yet again and can never resist the courgette & stilton for starters
Mythica - lovely food yet again
Olympia - gr8 food and value for money
Nafsica - loved their beef and mushroom stroganoff
Perros - gr8 as we fancied a curry that night
Olive Press - Lamb & roast potatoes delish altho George had run out of my fave apple pie - will have to just go back next year then!!!
And can't remember where else we ate but they were all good in their own right
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Well we are H/board this year in the T/Bay Hotel, but we will eat out at least 5 times:
Mythica - yes
Beachcomber - yes
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Mistral - probably
Ozzie Oils - probably
Olive Press - probably
Olympia - probably
Little Prince - probably
if we have a car - (most likely), we will try Romanza one evening and check out Arillas.
Where we don't eat out we can call in for Breakfast or Lunch or Drinks!
But we like to do the rounds - opp's - forgot the Sunset - love it there as well!!
Ahhhhh! so many great Restaurants and so little time!!
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Tony - if you have a car, why not also try either lunch or evening up in Avliotes under the vines at Illias. Also the ATM is outside chemist in same village, as seen a few posts saying the one in SS is not realiable (The ATM) that is!!! ;)
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Yes - That is a regular haunt of ours!!
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We arrived back on 17th August -
We ate at Mythica - twice - brilliant starter with smoked salmon and poached egg- salmon supreme - greta classy ambience/service
We ate at Little Prince - Oh dear
We ate at Zorbas - nice but one of our party was ill for the night and next day
We ate at waves for lunch - nice
We ate at Mango bar for lunch - YUM
We ate at Paradise - BIG portions and nice atmosphere
We ate at Perros - fresh hot food cooked to order - very hot sometimes! (we stayed there)
We ate at Taverna Gravia overlooking Arillas - FANTASTIC FRESH LUNCH, SUPERB COFFEE
We ate at Broouklis Taverna - YUM
BUT THE BEST WAS -
the NAFSIKA - AMAZING dolmades, melted in the mouth - the freshest, huge sea bass, Theodoras semolina pud - I LOVE HER FOOD.
Lots to choose from - enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.
has anyone eaten at Delfino Blu? Would love to know what it was like, was going to go on Sunday (wed anniversary) but hubby insisted on going back to Mythica as he loved the starter - he had amazing fillet steak and scallops for main and I had the MOST succulent liver and bacon.
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Funny how people differ. I'd be a bit reluctant to go back to Mythica - much prefer Little Prince!
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Jimbo
Let me remind you of your posting on July 21st 2010 regarding The Mythica Restaurant:
We thought the Mythica was excellent, good food, friendly service.
We too love The Little Prince, but then again we don't stay there, as you do.
Sorry for any punctuation errors!!
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We are all different that's true. And expect restaurants have good days and not so good ones - but just said what I found this year. Such a great resort for choice and something for everyone!
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I was contradicted by She Who Must be....
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Just back from second visit to SS - two weeks at Theodosia apts booked thru Noula and first opportunity to sample the tavernas properly, having stayed at the Nafsika last year.
Six adults - parents and three daughters aged from 18-23 and one partner to celebrate our silver wedding anniversary, having honeymooned in Corfu (Kassiopi) in 1985 - can't believe we're that old now!
Our collective scores on the doors/thought and comments re meals out :)
3 x Nafsika - nice food and setting, Speros his usual self! Jo on the bar as lovely as ever and Chris - quiet and efficient. Sadly we felt it was def not the same without Va(n)gelis - we missed his cheeriness and the girls did not always feel comfortable there. 'Us oldies' liked it more than the youngsters!
3 x Zorba's - 2 x excellent food, 1 x not so good - great atmosphere, waiters and dancing. (Yes I did say something quietly but it did not go down very well. We did not let it cloud our judgement though and would go back for sure). The girls particuarly liked the young, good looking waiters but I could not possibly comment!
2 x Sunset - quiet, excellent fresh fish and salads and good value.
3 x Mythica - first time told would be hour and a half wait for food so didn't stay but very glad we tried again! Had to ask for 2 meals to be heated up on one occasion, but out of 18 meals - consistently the best we thought overall.
1 x Mistral + 3 lunches - lovely setting, excellent quality, not v. polished service but that was part of it's charm. House wine was cheapest and it showed!
1 x Olympia - lovely meal, but just liked others more.
1 x Beachcomber - lovely setting for anniversary meal and 'nice and posh meal'. Sue was lovely and attentive. The waiter however was a little formidable! and the food, though very good quality wasn't very local and was more like a meal we'd get in a good restaurant at home. Stangely we were not tempted to go back. Still really nice!
Anyway, not one poor meal in 2 weeks and that's amazing out of 84 evening meals between us! Yes, some we enjoyed than others and typically on occasions someone wished they'd chosen differently when they saw what someone else had! There was lots of tasting and sharing. Lots of very good 'house white' sampled and more calories consumed than I dare think about!
Back to reality with a bang after another fab hol in SS - washing and shopping for the week at Morrisons!
Hey ho!
Roll on next August - or maybe Oct half term? or May half term?
Regards all and thanks for advice received re access for wheelchairs and accommodation etc! - Much appreciated!
Helen
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Glad you enjoyed it - you did a nice spread of restaurants - nice report and enjoyable to read - Thanks!
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Just returned this weekend from a fab week in SS. For us the highlight was the food and ambiance found at Ozzie Oils. One night which we particularly enyoyed was the BBQ night with singing from the host within the delightful garden setting.Wonderful food in a relaxed atmosphere.Mythica had lovely food and was always busy but the atmosphere was a little lacking. Our base camp at the Romanza was also a safe bet for great food in a relaxed and friendly setting with the fab views adding that extra something. All in all a fab time with the village offering something for all.
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Just returned from SS 30th had some really good meals at Sunset try their new version of Kleftico it's delicious. Visited Mama mia on two occasions excellent pasta, portions there absolutely huge but will do smaller ones if you ask.2 Stars up to their usual standard.
Was disapointed this year with Grillroom (Yiannis) as having had many super meals there in the past and reccomended it I cannot say the same this time, they no longer have the spit going so no chicken and lamb that were very tasty everyone seems to have fillet of chicken on the menu I think this is a cost cutting exercise. Sad to say the meals were not to standard this year so it's off my list.
Barras as usual was very good really enjoyed his roast chicken and other meals also had a couple of breakfasts there as their sausages are like those that you would have at home.
Overall the menus were pretty much the same as last year but prices were very reasonable there doesn't seem to be a hike as we thought there may be.What was apparent was it was mainly only the Brits that were out spending in tavernas and bars, there were many Italians, Germans,Greeks but they didn't come out to eat prefering to cook in their appartments.
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We ate at the Sunset every other evening, The food is so nice never had a bad meal there and Spiros and Maria make you so welcome, and they do the best hot chocolate ever which we had every night, only
arrived home yesterday and am so missing it
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Nice to read Sunset getting some good reviews. It is generally so underused and so very underrated. Must make promise to use it more myself.
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Was there for a month in July/August and ate in most places. Only bad meal was one I had in Little Prince.l Tried it twice because so many on here love it but it really was second grade both times.
I would go for:
Olympia (but watch your bill to check extra drinks not been added on)
Mythica (although it does lack atmosphere.)
ozzie Oils
beachcomber
Nafsika.
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We were very disapointed with Little Prince after all the good right ups about it, my husband had a
sizzling steak that did,nt sizzle also his beer was flat and waited ages to be served, maybe we were just unlucky that night but it put us off going back. :( :(
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Always had a great time at Little Prince. Best moussaka in SS.
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I was impressed with the food quality this year in the Thomas Bay!! Great Mousaka
Sunset great as usual - talked to Spiros, yes the entire business is for sale, but he's in no rush, just waiting for right offer.
He just wants a change, but if no one wants to buy - he will carry on for ever!!