Loggia Taverna - Φωτάκη

Very beautiful, quiet and romantic place in the narrow corner of old city. Food was very greek and absolutely delicious! Starter plate for two is fine for 3 persons too, so you better be hungry when you get here! You should also taste the house white wine!

Great value for good quality local Greek food, a very low key setting with both inside and outside setting. They have a wide variety of Greek Meze, we got the eggplant salad (a yogurt paste mixed with garlic and eggplant), super flavorful, saganza (dee fried cheese), grilled squid- super duper fresh, and Cretan salad- very crispy and fresh, we love all of them. Main courses are grilled gilthead (sea bream) and fish soup, both very delicious. They give you a fruit/yogurt pudding and fruit slices for dessert, and Raki and flavored liquor to finish. My stomach was sooo full when I finished : ) waiters are very nice, it was a very pleasant experience and super good value.

Loved this restaurant! I love the atmosphere, very quiet and cozy! We had the olives, garlic bread, grilled shrimp and seafood pasta. It was all fantastic! Can't wait to come back!

Do *NOT* eat here. That's all you need to know. TLDR: our server, who may or may not have been the owner, was incredibly rude and intentionally and shadily over-sold the plates to us so he could charge us more, then when questioned, aggressively accused us of not being clear about what we actually wanted. (We were VERY clear about what we wanted.) The food quality was pure trash, rubbery seafood cooked in days old oil, charged us the wrong prices on our receipt and then argued with us when confronted about it. Shady business and really poor quality food. The only bad experience we had in Crete. Avoid this place. Tell your friends to avoid this place. The details! Here's what happened a few days ago when my friends and I stopped for a bite at Loggia Taverna in Rethymno: After spending a beautiful afternoon exploring the Venetian Fortezza, we were looking for a spot to snack on some fresh calamari fritti and quench our thirst with some beers before heading back on the road. The patio caught our eye, just off the main tourist path, and seeing quite a few more people sitting out under the awnings we thought it looked like the perfect spot. Do not be fooled! The food and service does not live up to the visual vibe the place is selling. Shoulda read the reviews, y'know?! Our server, who might have been the owner but also maybe not, was an impatient and gruff man. He seemed almost irritated that this was his job. He interrupted us as we spoke, and made suggestions as to the quantity of items we should order. Although we informed him we were looking for a quick calamari appetizer and beer, he suggested we order a couple of plates because the portion size is small. We trusted his suggestion, but he ordered calamari "meals" for us (not apps) so he could charge us more. This became apparent only after the food arrived at our table and was way more than we wanted or needed. We should have sent it back, but too quickly had started digging in before we understood what was going on. The calamari was rubbery, absolutely not fresh, and not even good quality frozen squid. The batter was chalky and weird, mildly burnt, you could taste the old dirty oil being used to fry this food. Sometimes bad food can be overlooked when the experience is great. Maybe your server is so fun and charming and helpful and nice so when your food isn't amazing, it doesn't matter. Our experience was the exact opposite. Everything was bad. The service, the food, the vibe. This guy is a crook and a thief and a shady desperate man with no integrity in the way he conducts business. Stay away, he is a major bummer and will kill your vacation buzz.

Ate here first night of holiday. Very friendly and helpful. Had mixed started for 2, then salads. All really tasty.

We had an unfortunate experience today at this restaurant I’m afraid. We arrived with the intention of having a few appetizer dishes and drinks due to travel timing limitations, and mentioned to the waiter that we are only ordering starters. Not only was he overtly rude when taking our orders, he advised us to order multiples of the dishes because they are small, and then brought out and charged us for larger meal portions of each order! When we asked about it, he accused us of not informing him of whether we are ordering a starter or meal. It was very clear that this restaurant management is more interested in scamming tourists than providing a memorable and reputable experience. Would not recommend visiting this restaurant - our only bad experience in the land of flavor and kindness which is Greece!

Lovely food, nice location in the old town and friendly staff. Big portions, we couldn't finish it all. Highly recommended. 14-9-21 Went there again last night. We've been to Rethymno several times and tried lots of the restaurants in the old town, but this has consistently been the best, and the only one we always revisit. Food is always tasty and well flavoured with herbs. That combined with the setting and menu selection makes it the top one of a good selection of places.

Family taverna in the Old Town, very central but a bit far from the most crowd places. I really enjoyed the location, the kindness, congeniality and pleasantness of the owner family. All the plates were delicious, fresh and rich! I absolutely suggest you this amazing place!