Epidaurus Restaurants

If you happen to find yourself in Ancient Epidavros (as opposed to New Epidavros), and if you have a vehicle, I highly recommend a visit to a small restaurant located about 2 km south of the port, on the road to the Yialasi beach.

The place is a small family affair, and appears to be pretty unpublicized, but the food was absolutely delicious. The menu is well above and beyond the standard souvlaki/fried calamari/moussaka-type stuff that populates most of the more touristy places' offerings. There is an English translation of the menu, which should be read creatively (for instance, "ginger salad" turned out to be a yogurt spread containing pureed ginger, garlic, and cayenne). Nonetheless, be adventurous, and you will not be disappointed.

Favorite Dish: As starters, we had the aforementioned ginger salad--an explosion of ginger, a Greek salad (the usual tomatoes/cucumbers/feta/oregano, but man, are those tomatoes to die for), and spicy cheese salad, which was also a dip. For entrees, we had a roasted lamb with herb rice that was meltingly tender, another lamb dish with avgolemono sauce and zucchini (a really interesting preparation, and tasty), and fish soup. The fish soup was vaguely creamy, with nice chunks of white fish and no shellfish, and very delicate. All in all we were thrilled with our meal, which came to EUR 56 for the three of us, including a liter of house red wine.