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Πετρολίμνη · Petrolimni · last building on the quay

Alykopetra. The loudest six tables on the quay.

Charcoal, salt, lemon, and a jug on the table before you have ordered anything. The grill is lit at half past six and the plates keep coming until the boats' worth is gone.

from €13 a portion, bread & salad in

Tables full of people eating and talking outside a taverna at night, the wall behind them lit amber by wall lamps.

Σήμερα · tonight's board

The list changes with the boats, not with the season.

Three caiques land at the quay between six and half past seven in the morning, and what they carry is what goes up. When a line runs out Marina shouts it across the terrace and writes the next one up — there is always something else on the fire.

  • Ψάρι ημέρας Catch of the day, on charcoal €48per kilo Sea bream, bogue, picarel, whatever came up. Come and pick it off the ice yourself; we weigh it at the table so you know exactly what you are getting. A portion lands around €13–€18.
  • Χταπόδι στα κάρβουνα Octopus, sun-dried then grilled €14per plate Two days on the line in the sun and the wind before it ever sees the fire. If the line outside is empty we have none tonight — ask us and we will put something better in front of you.
  • Γαύρος μαρινάτος Marinated anchovy €7per plate Filleted by hand in the morning, left in vinegar and oil all day. It reaches the table while you are still reading the board.
  • Μπαρμπούνια τηγανητά Red mullet, fried €16per plate Small, sweet and meant to be eaten with your fingers. Some evenings there are four of them and some evenings forty; the boat decides, not us.
  • Καλαμάρι γεμιστό Squid stuffed with rice and herbs €15per plate The one thing on the board that takes us forty minutes. Order it when you sit down and let it arrive when it arrives — you are not going anywhere.
  • Χόρτα βραστά Boiled wild greens, oil and lemon €6per plate Picked on the hill behind the village until the end of June, bought in after that. Ask and we will tell you which you are eating.
  • Σαρδέλες σχάρας Grilled sardines €9per plate Straight off the grate onto the plate, six or seven at a time, salt and nothing else. Order more of them than you think you want.
  • Κρασί χύμα House wine, from the barrel €6half kilo White, resinated, from a cousin outside Petrolimni. It comes in the tin jug. A full kilo is €11 and most tables get there.

No cover charge, no bread charge, no service charge. The bread, the olives and the salad that comes with the fish are already inside the prices on this page. If a number on your bill is not a number here, we have got it wrong — tell us and we will fix it at the table.

Ο χώρος · the place

Six tables on the stones. Ten inside for when it blows.

The quay is the floor and the boats are the view. Come at eight if you want it quiet and at nine if you want it loud. Nobody will bring you the bill until you ask for it.

A warm amber dining room at night, candles on the tables, people eating and a waiter standing over them talking.
InsideTen tables under the beams for when the meltemi gets up. On a bad-weather night it is the loudest room in the village.
A long table of friends eating and talking by candlelight in a dim room at night.
The long tablePush two together and we will push a third. The longest we have run is fourteen, and it was a very good night.
Blue chairs and laid tables under a tree strung with lit bulbs outside a taverna after dark, a waiter working between them.
The stonesTable one and table two get the sunset. They go first — say the word in the afternoon and one of them is yours.

Τα πρακτικά · the practical part

Everything you would otherwise have to ask.

Hours
12:00–16:00 and 18:30–23:30, every day from April to the end of October. Closed Tuesday lunch.
Where
End of the quay, Petrolimni. Past the ice house, keep walking until the road stops — you will hear us before you see us. Eleven minutes on foot from the square.
Parking
Not on the quay. Leave it on the gravel by the chapel and walk. Four minutes, and the nicest four minutes of the evening.
Booking
Message or call. No deposit, no card, no form to fill in. We will ask how many of you and roughly what time.
Paying
Cash and card both. The card machine works when the signal does, and there is an ATM in the square.
Coming late
Perfectly fine. The kitchen takes its last order at 23:00 and the table is yours for as long as you want it after that.
If you cannot eat fish
Tell us when you book. There is always one thing off the fire that is not a fish. It changes, so it is not written on this page, but it is always there.
People sitting along a harbour wall under strings of lit bulbs at dusk, fishing boats moored below them.

By nine the stones are full and you can hear us from the square.

The grill is lit at half past six and the lamps go on with it. If you want the sunset side, send a message in the afternoon and we will keep it for you.

Γεια σου · come and sit down

Tell us how many and what time. That is the whole booking.

Someone reads the messages between services and again from six. If the phone rings while the grill is full, send a message instead — it always gets answered, and there is nearly always room for two more.

+30 690 000 0101