Crete (GR)
The Lobby Bar @ Alai, Crete, a Tribute Portfolio Resort (30. April 2026)
Given it was the first evening, and it felt like a small mini-vacation, we decided to close out the evening at the Lobby Bar and I went for a “Piña Colada” (EUR 18.00), which was lovely, but not really a piña colada as I know it, but it was tasty, so, nothing to complain. If […]
Amazing all around – even when they did some mistakes: Restaurant Bony Fish (30. April 2026)
Once seated, you’re offered a small amuse bouche … … as well as fresh bread with tomato sauce and olive spread, which are all nice to get your palate started. As a first dish, we decided to have the “sea bass sashimi, cauliflower, samphire, ginger, curry, green apple, jalapeño” (EUR 24.00), which was not only […]
Lovely service, nice view, but average food: Restaurant Sealai @ Alai, Crete, a Tribute Portfolio Resort (30. April 2026)
I was looking for something swift to eat in my hotel and the Sealai looked like a good place to do so. And to be honest, the place is nice, and the staff is super friendly, so, conceptually, it’s a good place to do so. I went for the “crunchy chicken fingers (panko crusted chicken […]
A near-perfect Greek restaurant experience is what you get here: Taverna Maistrali (27. June 2022)
The world is an oyster – once more, something which got reconfirmed to me that night. Friends of mine were about to spend two weeks of holiday on Crete, so we had one overlapping night, and it was time for a small feast, which started, as somehow always, with a “Greek salad (tomato, cucumber, onion, […]
The perfect place to spend a few days in perfect relaxation: Restaurant Argo @ Elounda Gulf Villas & Suites (27. June 2022)
While it doesn’t look all too appealing in the pictures, the breakfast selection in the Elounda Gulf Villas & Suites is quite nice, since it offers a lot of local products and not many ‘international’ or ‘European’ standard breakfast products … The fact that the Argo is located right next to the pool ensures that […]
The perfect place for an evening shisha in a relaxed atmosphere: Porta Bar (26. June 2022)
The recommendation to visit Gorgona was perfect, since, coincidentally, it was located right next to a shisha bar. And not just any shisha bar, but one which looked super appealing. That being said, I was kind of drawn into the Porta Bar to enjoy a “double apple shisha” (EUR 20.00) for a bit and just […]
Amazing Greek food with a view onto the sea: Taverna Gorgona Plaka (26. June 2022)
Finding a place close to Elounda or Plaka which is great is easy, and it’s not. There are so many nice looking restaurants by the sea that the choice is rather hard. Finally, I had asked the reception of my hotel where I should go, and they pointed me to Gorgona in Plaka. And it […]
A lovely place close to Lentas beach: Restaurant Angela’s Café (24. June 2022)
Sometimes you stumble into a good find where you didn’t expect it. I was looking for a quiet, not so known beach, and stumbled upon the Lentas Beach which is maybe 250-350 meters long, open to the public, and you don’t need to pay anything for sunbeds. So, perfect to work a bit by the […]
