‘Cretan Diet’ restaurant, certified by the Greek Academy of Taste.

You can visit our restaurant at the ‘Eleonas’ Cottages in the village of Zaros. The secret to a Cretan diet is the large variety of pure, local products, especially olive oil, which is used in almost all our dishes.

In the winter you can enjoy your meal next to the fireplace while during the summer in the wonderful garden, under the sacred olive trees. Our dishes are unique, yet not unknown. We have mastered the cooking technique while always using the traditional recipes handed down by our grandmothers. The secret to our success are our pure products, most of which we produce ourselves, and which are always fresh. We cook our food in the most healthy way since we use olive oil of our own production.

Mrs. Koula, our mother, is the cook at our restaurant. She cooks with a mixture of love, good nature and a lot of imagination and guarantees the deliciousness of all the recipes. We offer a large variety of traditional, local dishes. Amongst these are lamb with artichokes, rabbit with peppers and basil and chicken with sage. At our resaturant you will also find a large selection of Cretan wine. For dessert, you can enjoy Cretan raki, a traditional drink, along with homemade traditional pies with honey. There are also traditional, homemade desserts to choose from, some of which are made by sage or rose, grape, bergamot or quince.

We invite you to come and try our traditional, Cretan recipes at our restaurant ‘Eleonas’, a quiet and beautiful place where you can simply enjoy Crete’s natural surroundings.

Open all year round.

Pay a visit to our buffet and taste our rich breakfast. In our buffet you will find coffee, milk, mountainous tea, or freshly-squeezed orange juice. You may also choose from a variety of home-made jams: orange, apple, strawberry, apricot, tomato, olives and many other flavors.
Fresh butter is also offered, as well as home-made bread, a variety of cheese, honey and yoghourt, cake, a traditional Cretan pie (anevatopita), tomatoes, fruit, biscuits and more.
All our breakfast treats are prepared everyday by us and are always fresh.