A JOURNEY INTO CREATIVE CRETAN COUSINE

SOUP OF THE DAY

Cooked with seasonal local vegetables. Vegan and gluten-free options are available. Served hot with a Chef’s selection of extra virgin olive oil

ROASTED SWEET PUMPKIN SOUP

Slowly roasted sweet pumpkin soup with a dash of Cretan aged gruyere cream and baby rocket leaves. Served with roasted pumpkin seeds and a Chef’s selection of extra virgin olive oil.

BREAD FOR TWO

BREAD FOR FOUR

Freshly baked variety of bread, pittas and rusk bread served with extra virgin olive oil. Petimezi cream and rock salt.

BEEF CARPACCIO

30 days Dry aged “Salada di carne” rolled with aged gruyere, wild rocket, sprinkled with lemon, thyme and extra virgin olive oil

FRESH CARAMOTE PRAWN TARTARE

Stuffed into a whole seasonal tomato confit, infused with homemade garum and citrus vinaigrette, served with prawn ‘taramasalata’.

RAW TUNA

Marinated into “Petimezi” (local grape seed honey), sprinkled with sesame, pistachios, and dry corn, blow torched and served with fruit mayonnaise.

FRESH FISH CEVICHE

“Catch” of the day (ask waiter for details), diced and infused into a homemade garum and citrus vinaigrette, served with avocado cream, orange wedges, fermented red onion and fresh pomegranate seeds.

KAVOS SPECIAL FRESH FISH CARPACCIO

Fresh Cretan pelagic mullet or mackerel, infused into verjuice, rock salt and saffron vinegar, sliced and blow torched skin side up, served on top of a smoked herring “taramasalata” and pickled zucchini with dried tomato.

CHEESE PLATTER

With a variety of rusk bread, homemade seasonal marmalade, served with homemade smoked pork pastrami, and green apple wedges.

CRETAN TRADITIONAL TOMATO SALAD

Three different textures of tomato, pickled onions, fresh galomizithra cheese, and a variety of capers, topped with homemade carob soil. Served with a freshly poached egg and extra virgin olive oil.

STAMNAGATHI OR SEASONAL GREENS SALAD

Mixed with tomato confit, beetroot, green apple, yogurt, walnuts, grilled “anthotyro” cheese and aged red wine vinegar with carob seed honey.

GRILLED CHICKEN SALAD

A mix of fresh seasonal lettuce and spinach leaves, topped with avocado and galeni cream, cherry tomatoes, pomegranate fruit seeds, and gruyere shaves.

VEGAN HOMEMADE CAROB BISCUIT SALAD

Served with hot lentil ragout, smoked fava beans puree, caramelized onions and kritamon leaves. Topped with green leaves salad.

KAVOS SPECIAL FRESH PRAWNS SALAD

Served on top of a hot rock or stone, with handmade squid ink "xinohondros" and avocado salad with scented seaweed and tsikoudia.

SARDINE IN A PITTA

Freshly baked carob pita breads topped with sardines marinated in lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, garlic and fresh herbs, served with avocado cream and crispy pickled vegetables.

HOMEMADE VEGETABLE TART

Filled with mousseline made of three different varieties of local cheese and fresh oregano leaves, wild rocket, and a side of grilled vegetables, with extra virgin olive oil and carob seeds honey

CRISPY ROLLS “BOUREKAKIA”

Baby spinach, fresh seasonal greens, sundried tomato, and local galomizithra cheese rolls served on top of hot gruyere cream.

OCTOPUS "LIASTO"

Sun-dried, grilled octopus served on top of fava beans puree, fried capers, "kritamon" leaves and pickled onions.

CALAMARI ON THE GRILL

Served as fricassee with seasonal greens, local raisins and pine nuts, yellow pumpkin puree and small calamari croquette.

ROAST PUMPIKIN RISOTTO

Seasonal yellow or red pumpkin, fresh sage, and 18months aged gruyere shaves, sprinkled with fresh mountain herbs and green lemon zest.

WILD MUSHROOM RISOTTO

Scented with "zamphora", topped with "galomizithra" cheese, served on a bed of grilled wild mushrooms and red wine dressing.

HANDMADE "STRIFTARI" PASTA

Sautéed smoked "sigklino", cherry tomatoes, "anthotyros" cheese and fresh thyme.

FRESH SEAFOOD HANDMADE PASTA

With shrimps and cherry tomatoes served with garlic olive oil, white wine steamed mussels, and lobster gel.

CRETAN TRADITIONAL "GAMOPILAFO" FOR TWO

With hot "stakovoutiro" and pomegranate seeds, served with lamb and rooster portions, a side of Greek yogurt and lemon wedges.

DISH OF THE DAY

Ask waiter for details.

CHICKEN FILLET

Infused and cooked with Cretan mountain tea “malotira”, with fresh herbs and tomato confit, served with sautéed baby carrots, sesame seeds and “oximeli” sauce with extra virgin olive oil

VEGAN TRADITIONAL CRETAN “SIMPETHERIO”

Aubergines and chickpeas stew with roasted tomato sauce served with vegan olive oil mayonnaise.

SEA BREAM FILLET

Served with wild greens sautéed, tomato pulp, baby potatoes, black olives and mint tapenade with crushed walnuts. Topped with extra virgin olive oil.

SALMON FILLET

With orange, and Cretan herbs crust, served on a bed of fresh spinach leaves and baby potatoes with a side of green peas puree.

FRESH TUNA FILLETS

Rolled with vine leaves, grilled and served with parsnip puree, fresh rocket leaves, and 9-months aged Cretan gruyere mousseline, sprinkled with toasted sesame.

PORK PAILLARD STEAK

Crusted with dried tomato, hard cheese and rosemary, served with homemade potato puree, wild forest fruits sauce with fresh Cretan herbs and thyme.

ORGANIC PORK FILLET (RUSTIC STYLE)

Topped with celery and leek stew, served with jacket potatoes, warm summer greens, buttered leeks, and celery roots puree.

CRETAN TRADITIONAL LAMB "OFTO"

Slowly cooked with rock salt, served on top of a potato cake, freshly blanched stamnagathi and "staka" cream.

BEEF BURGER (PATTY) (300GR)

Topped with local gruyere cream, served with fresh green pea’s leaves, sautéed beetroot, and oven baked potatoes.

SLOWLY COOKED BEEF MEDALLIONS

Served on top of sweet potatoes puree, blanched seasonal greens and topped with onion pearls cooked into garlic, fresh oregano and pomegranate juice.

BLACK ANGUS RIB-EYE STEAK (300GR)

Pepper and wine cooked shallots, homemade potato puree, grilled vegetables and wild rocket.

40 DAYS WET-AGED PREMIUM BEEF CUT (1KG)

Grass-fed Côte de Boeuf submerged into unfiltered extra virgin olive oil inside a clay pot for 40 days at 4⁰celcium, and then cooked for 12 hours, served on a hot cast iron plate with wild mushrooms, baby potatoes and orange bigarade sauce.

THYME-HONEY PANNA COTTA

With strawberry coulis, fresh mint and siphon strawberry spume

PEAR & GREEN APPLE WHITE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Made from fresh local cream cheese "galeni" served with pear, green apple and olive oil toppings

CHOCOLATE TART(FOR TWO PERSONS)

Filled with homemade almond praline, served with hot chocolate caramel sauce, roasted almonds and pure sea salt

DESSERT MADE WITH SEASONAL FRUIT, A LA MINUTE

Ask waiter for details.

MANGO, PISTACHIO AND POMEGRANATE CHARLOTTE

Green pistachio financier cake filled with mango ganache and pomegranate compote

SWEET CRETE ON A PLATE (FOR TWO PERSONS)

Selection of traditional desserts made from childhood memories and some very ancient recipes

OXIMELI (acid and honey)

A mixture of honey, water, vinegar, boiled to syrup, mixed with fresh herbs. Used for medicine from Hippocrates. During Minoan civilization years oximeli was made in the summer with fresh wine, water, vinegar and honey and consumed instantly. An ancient, authentic and unique Cretan sweet and sour taste.

CRETAN GRUYERE (hard yellow cheese)

Gruyere cheese, made from 80% sheep’s milk and 20% goats milk. Commonly shepherds keep the herd within the White Mountains so they feed off the ground herbs and wild greens only, therefore the production of milk and later the cheese products are totally organic, high in calcium, phosphorus and magnesium.

STAMNAGKATHI (wild greens)

Fresh, strong to taste wild greens full of protein and healing elements, high in vitamins C and E. Unique bitter taste, accompanied with extra virgin olive oil, fresh lemon juice and hard sea salt. Raw or boiled can be served with fresh fish, as a salad or even with meat.

HAROUPI (carob)

The Mediterranean chocolate. A tree with magic elements, a real treasure of high nutritional value and a source of natural nutrients. The carob tree was used for medicinal purposes as well as a natural sweetener. It is an excellent source of antioxidants. Cretan diet contains all forms of carob, such as carob honey, carob syrup, carob flour and carob juice served hot as coffee.

MIZITHRA & ANTHOTYROS (soft white cheese)

A soft cream cheese, very similar to a cottage cheese, made from fresh goat milk, with two different types of production. One is sweet and the other is sour. Both types stand out for their special flavor and can be used for cooking or confectionery. Preserved and used both as fresh or dried.

ZAMPHORA (crocus Veneris)

A very ancient type of flower, used by the Minoans for cooking or cosmetics. It is similar to a saffron blossom, but with a mild aftertaste. During the 15th century Cretans were using this flower to paint carpets by adding water and vinegar. Cretan diet was founded from such flowers because of their therapeutic and antioxidant benefits as well as their pure and discreet taste.

SIGKLINO (smoked pork bites)

During Christmas holidays a custom tradition takes place, called “Hirosfagia” (slaughter of the pig). Within a few days family members from the northern region of the island gather and produce different pork meat ancient recipes, such as “sigklino” , which is made from the inner part of the ribs, separated from the bone, smoked with sage and kept in huge jars within its own liquid fat. This ancient method became a study for many cuisines throughout the world because it’s consistent and preservative structure.

MAROUVAS (aged red wine)

Marouvas is the aged red wine of the “Romeiko” grape variety which is harvest in the western area of the island, kept into old oak barrels, and consumed at least three years from the harvest. A unique and adventurous taste of wine with high quantities of alcohol, depend upon the aging.

MAGGIRI (hand made fresh pasta)

Traditional handmade pasta with flour, oil and water only. An ancient strong recipe for fresh pasta, which is easy, delicious and very filling. Moreover, is totally vegan and squid ink is added in some recipes in order to give an extra flavor as a side for seafood and fresh fish.

KRITTAMON (sea fennel)

Walking along the rocky seashores of northern Crete there is a strange and green colorful bush, sometimes naturally dusted with sea salt, which offers a high in vitamin E, K and C green leaf, with a surprising hot, sweet and spicy taste often used in salads and grilled fish. Cretan diet lists a numerous ways to consume krittamon, either raw, infused in extra virgin olive oil or in brine and sometimes cooked or fried.

STAKA

Staka is a cream with a high fat content and comes from the processingof milk. It can be eaten plain, raw on bread or pan-fried, as an accompaniment mainly to meat or mixed with fried eggs.

STAKOVOUTIRO (staka butter)

Stakovoutiro is made from boiled milk “skin”. It was once an exclusively household made product, especially in the prefecture of Chania. It is whitish or pale yellow, very greasy, has a milky flavor and a special aroma. It is used to make Cretan pilaf, where it is poured in small amounts after being steamed.

XINOHONDROS OR HONDROS (cracked wheat)

Hondros is a type of pasta made of flour, grains and wheat. It is granular and irregular in shape with the grains have a diameter of about 2-3mm. it is available in varieties such as sour coarsely ground wheat and sour milk, sweet from fresh milk and wheat or semolina, in coarse and fine textures. In spite of the differences between the two varieties, they pair especially well with tomatoes, vegetables and fish broths.

POMEGRANATE SEEDS

The wonderful fruit of the pomegranate through the fertile soil of the Cretan land, provides a juice rich in antioxidants, polyphenols and vitamins ideal to meet the daily needs of the body.

GARUM

Garum is a fermented fish sauce that was used as a condiment in the cuisines of ancient Greece and specifically during the Minoan civilization. It is the most ancient method of fermentation combined with zero waste technique.

PETIMEZI

Petimezi is the result of fresh grape juice, during harvest, reduced to a grape syrup. Grape syrup is made by boiling grapes, removing their skins, and squeezing them through a sieve to extract the juice.

GALOMIZITHRA

A soft, white spreadable cheese, made using an old Cretan recipe. Lightly salted, it obtains its acidity through the natural process, using traditional cloths called the "tsantila".

MALOTIRA

Sideritis syriaca. Cretan mountain tea, very rare and highly antioxidant.

GALENI

Cretan cream soft cheese made from 70% sheep's milk and 30% goat's milk.

Soft Drinks 250ml

Coca-Cola (regular, light, zero) / VIKOS Cola (regular, zero) / VIKOS Soda water / VIKOS Tonic / VIKOS orange / VIKOS lemon

Greek Speciality Soft Drinks

Three Cents mandarin and bergamot soda 200ml / Three Cents ginger beer 200ml / Vikos Pink grapefruit soda. 250ml / Lemonaid Blood orange soda 330ml / Lemonaid Passion fruit soda 330ml

Fresh Juices

Cold Pressed Juice Pear & Apple 250ml / Cold Pressed Juice Cherry & Apple 250ml / Kavos wellness & detox freshly squeezed juice 250ml / Freshly squeezed orange juice 250ml

Ice tea

ChariTea Green with ginger 330ml / ChariTea Mate with orange and lemon 330ml / ChariTea Red with passion fruit 330ml

Smoothies (vegan & non sugar) 250ml

Apple, banana, oranges, pineapple, and creamy mango / Raspberry, strawberry, apple and banana / Spinach, pineapple, apple, pear, banana, and kiwi / Banana, apricot, and carrot

Greek Coffee Single

Greek Coffee Double

Filter Coffee

Iced Frappe

Espresso

Espresso Double

Cappuccino

Cappuccino Double

Caffe Latte

Freddo Espresso

Freddo Cappuccino

Hot Chocolate

Cold Chocolate

Tea

Cretan herbal / Green / Earl grey / English breakfast

Mineral Water PET 500ml

Small

Mineral Water PET 1L

Large

Sparkling Water PET 1.5L

Large

Mineral Water 700ml

Glass bottle

Sparkling Water 330ml

Small glass bottle

Sparkling Water 700ml

Large glass bottle

Mythos 330ml

Corona Extra 330ml

Voreia Pilsner Gluten Free 330ml

SOLO (Horiatiki) Cretan Craft Saison 330ml

ΝOCTUA Endangered Hazy IPA 330ml

SOLO (Askianos) Cretan Craft Porter 330ml

Militsa - Apple Cider 330ml

Lafkas 0% 330ml

ΧΑΡΜΑ 250ml

ΧΑΡΜΑ 400ml

ESTRELLA 250ml

ESTRELLA 400ml

Long Drinks

Spirits

Whiskey / Vodka / Gin / Rum / Tequila / Aperol / Martini

Special Spirits

Premium Spirits

Whiskey / Vodka / Gin / Rum / Tequila / Rum 15 years / Brandy

Tsililis "BiancoNero"

Semi-dry sparkling Muscat (Greece)

Tsililis "BiancoNero"

Sparkling white, 200ml (Greece)

Lyrarakis "Zazazu"

Semi-dry (Heraklion, Crete)

La Farra

Prosecco extra dry (Glera, Italy)

Dourakis Cassiopeia Brut

Romeiko (Chania Crete, Greece)

Moet & Chandon Champagne Ice Impérial

Pinot noir, pinot meunier, chardonnay

Moet & Chandon Nectar Imperial Champagne

Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay

Veuve Clicquot Brut

Yellow Label brut Champagne, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay

Gavalas “Efivos”

Sauvignon Blanc, Vilana, Moscato Spinas (Heraklion, Crete)

Haralabakis “Praxis”

Vilana, Malvazia (Heraklion, Crete)

Hetero Wines “I Sexy”

Thrapsathiri, Vilana (Heraklion Crete)

Dourakis "Lihnos"

Vidiano (Chania, Crete)

Silva Daskalaki "Sera"

Plyto, Sauvignon Blanc (Heraklion Crete)

Scalarea Estate

Vidiano, Athiri (Heraklion Crete)

Vaios Ganis Organic Wines, ARX

Malagousia, Gewurztraminer. Vardali, Domokos

Sclavos, “VINO DI SASSO”

Rompola. Kefallinia, Ionian islands

Karamolegos, “Santorini"

Assirtiko, Athiri, Aidani. Santorini, Aegean

Karamitros, Moi je m’en fous

Malagousia, Thessaly

Miliarakis “2 Gorges”

Mourverde, Malvasia Aromatica Heraklion, Crete

Louloudis “Dithiramvos”

Liatiko. Heraklion, Crete

Vaios Ganis Organic Wines, ARX Rose

Cabernet Sauvignon, Roditis. Vardali, Domokos

Constantine Gkofas “Mythic River”

Agiorgitiko, Syrah. Nemea, Peloponnese

Lirarakis “Kotsifali P.G.I.”

Kotsifali Heraklion, Crete

Domaine Menexes “Mandilari”

Aged Mandilaria. Heraklion, Crete

Diamantakis “Petali"

Liatiko Heraklion, Crete

Diamantakis “Diamantopetra”

Madilari, Syrah Heraklion, Crete

Haralabakis “Alikos"

Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot (Heraklion, Crete)

Vaios Ganis Organic Wines, ARX

Agiorgitiko. Vardali, Domokos

Kechris “GENESIS”

Xinomavro, Merlot. Goumenissa, Macedonia

Winery Monsieur Nickolas “MESSENICOLA”

Black Messenicola, Carignian. Karditsa, Thessaly

Moschopolis winery “Aióra Amphora”

Mavrotragano, Xinomavro, Syrah. Vasilika, Thessaloniki

Idaia winery “Liatiko” 500ml

Liatiko. Heraklion, Crete

Dourakis “Euphoria” 500ml

Romeiko. Chania, Crete

Silva Daskalaki “Emilia”

Aged Liatiko (10 years). Heraklion, Crete

Mojito

Rum, lime, mint, and soda

Piña Colada

Rum, pineapple, and coconut cream

Paloma

Tequila, lime, and grapefruit soda

Negroni

Gin, Campari, and red vermouth

Daiquiri

Rum, lime, and mint (+purée 0.50€)

Dry Martini

Gin and Noilly Prat

Cosmopolitan

Citron vodka, triple sec, lime, cranberry juice

Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri

Rum, strawberry syrup, lime, and strawberries

Mai Tai

3 different styles of rum, dry curaçao, orgeat, lime, and angostura

Zombie

5 different types of rum, angostura, grapefruit, cinnamon, absinthe

Sangria

Passion fruit, ginger, Spina’s muscat, grapefruit, mixed berries, lime, pineapple

Jolly Roger

Tequila, passion fruit, agave, dry curaçao

Basil Smash

Gin, blueberry, strawberry, lime

Lacuna Coil

Spiced Rum, Agricole Rum, mango, passion fruit, pink grapefruit lime

Frozen Mango Daiquiri

Rum, mango syrup, mango, lime

Avantasia

3 different styles of rum, exotic fruits, coconut cream, lime, and crème de cacao

Espresso Martini

Vodka, Kahlúa, and espresso

Aperol Spritz

Aperol, Prosecco, and soda (additional Campari, grapefruit soda)

Fairytale

Coconut cream, lime, strawberry, soda

Tropical Fantasy

Passion fruit, cinnamon, lime, soda

Fruit Frenzy

Pineapple, coconut cream, lime, amarena cherries