Diktina Restaurant - Kolymbari

We ate at a few different places in town and this was our favorite. Very genuine fresh delicious Greek food with lovely staff and service, and good value. Over 3 visits we had 11 different dishes (seafood, salad, trad Greek dishes etc) and they were all excellent. Lunch on their balcony one of the times was great. Their raki at the end was nice and smooth too

Good greek salad, nice views over the harbour, well priced. Felt this place was a little more 'touristy' than other options in the area and seemed a shame to serve everything with chips rather than a salad option (I had souvlaki and my friend had grilled tuna - both would have been lively with a fresh salad). Service was very good though and they clearly catered well to families as lots of multi generational families kept arriving throughout the afternoon.

Excellent traditional Greek food, great views of the sea and harbour, prompt and friendly service, reasonably priced. Highly recommended.

As usual the food and the service is excellent! Eating at Diktina has always been a pleasure, especially seafood. I love the calamari. And the tzatziki with a little bit of carrot mixed in. They do have som good wine, but do not buy the cheapest one - that's not good. The moschofilero (white wine) is good. Today; October 30, 2020: The food is as good as it always has been, and the calamares was superfresh! The Mpostani salad is highly recommended. We have visited Diktina several times every year the last 12 years, and the quality is every year at a higher level.

What a great dinner we had. Highly recommended, especially the lamb chops, the octopus and the house wine!

Delicious food.nice person.nice dog.

Very tasty sea food with the great choice of fresh fish and sea food. The serfise is excellent. Whatever you choose is extremly tasty. Marinated sardels, or baked sardels, octopus, mussels. Everything so tasty

Diktina, one of our favourites in Kolymvari. We ate dined there twice, because it's so friendly and they got fabulous food! Family run restaurant, directly at the new harbour. Daily fresh catch from the sea and special offers too. Bread is addictive, comes with tomato spread - olive oil and salt finish a perfectly roasted starter. Kids loved to crunch on it. Octopus comes either sun-dried and then grilled, which we had. Or plain grilled. Sun-dried is bit more chewy (they will tell you that), but it's much more tasty, that the plain one. Quite a unique experience of taste. Really, really good. The texture is not bad at all. Yes, there's softer octopus in Crete, but this wins the taste competition. Dolmadakia, the stuffed wine leaves. Traditional and exceptional tasty here! We met the (probably) grandma one morning, preparing the filling in her little place in the ground floor (harbour side). And it looked and smelled amaaaaaazing! To entertain our kids, she fed a bit to the ducks, living there under the stairs. Next evening, we had them and they melt on your tongue. Seriously. There are so many tastes in each bite - it's hard to describe but phenomenal good. Get them! They won't fill you up, but please your soul! Oysters are 3€ each.... very affordable and super nicely presented on the plate. Chilled on ice cubes and lemons, with proper tools. Our 6 y/o inhaled them like no tomorrow. All of them.... and according to him, they are very good (and smelled nice and fresh). Bureki was my wife's choice and also this dish tasted fantastic - with little ingredients, but prepared with so much care. You won't regret ordering this non-meat dish. It goes down really well! The fish fingers, called fish sticks, come with crunchy fries and fill a kids belly easily. Very nice crust and super tender fish filet strips. Kids had me taste a piece and therefore I can just recommend them. Much better than the frozen ones from the supermarket. Grilled shrimp number 1 are bigger than the other variant, called garlic shrimps. Plate comes with just 4 shrimp - so better order a side dish, or a nice starter. Tate is very good and tender! Just a few bites, but well worth it! Xopta, (spoken "horta") is not in their menu, but my wife asked anyway: of course they have that. We got introduced to this dish just yesterday, but I could eat that every day! It's a special, seasonal herb - sometimes even different ones. This one looked like cale, but it is not. Super tender steamed, so that those leaves disintegrate as soon, as they hit your tongue. Super soft and somehow like spinach texture. Taste is absolutely out of this world!! Nothing to compare with, but trust me: it's worth asking for it! You'll never forget that! Dessert was a potpourri of melons and cherries, which are rich in taste and make you want more! Adults get a little flask with a brownish liquid in it: Rakomelo! Anis spirit with honey! Sounds weird, but gives a fabulous mixture of both worlds! I watered it a bit down (I don't drink) and it gave me the most delicious dessert!! House wine is very delicious and not too strong. Even I can have a sip of that! Goes super well with the food. Spotless clean and super friendly with foreigners (kids as well). The terrace out back shows you that magnificent Kolymvari scenery with harbour and village! Very highly recommended! There is actually nothing, that didn't taste fantastic there. No matter which choice you make. Very nice place with history an amazing family, that runs the place. Outstanding, thanks!