restaurant • café — tastes of Greece

Navarino

Ναυαρίνο

sea · taste · hospitality

The moon rising over the emerald sea beyond the set tables — On the beach at Xylokastro

Mornings on the water

The first freddo of the day on the ledge, next to the pot of basil. The sea is still calm and the blue floor still cool. From early on we serve coffee, brunch and sweet crêpes, for anyone who likes the day to start slowly.

coffee & brunch from 09:30

A tray of coffees carried across the deck

Pergola shadows striping the blue terrace floor

Freddo cappuccino topped with milk foam on a tiled table

A black chair and tiled table on the blue floor, looking out to sea

A day by the sea

From the first coffee to the last glass, Navarino changes colour with the gulf.

A freddo on the ledge beside a pot of basil, facing the sea

09:30

First coffee

Freddo, basil and still water.

The blue water of the gulf at midday, mountains across the bay

13:00

Midday by the water

A swim, a plate, the whole gulf in front of you.

19:30

Sunset

The sky over the Corinthian Gulf turns orange.

21:30

The lights come on

Tables are set and the sea turns green.

Dish of the day

Pastitsio

cooked today

Ask us what else was cooked today

The kitchen

What the sea brings, what the grill fires

Home cooking with the patience of the pot, charcoal for the octopus and the meats, fresh seafood and seasonal vegetables. Tastes of Greece, the way they taste at a family table.

Charcoal-grilled octopus with two rounds of fava and a lemon wedge, on a white plate over an orange tablecloth

charcoal octopus
fava purée
onion
lemon

Charcoal-grilled octopus with fava

Grilled over charcoal, with fava and lemon.

From our kitchen

Shrimp orzo
Shrimp pasta
Gemista, stuffed vegetables
Oven-roast lamb with potatoes
Grilled liver
Tomato salad

Plates of octopus and fava on the kitchen pass — On the pass, moments before they reach the terrace.

The house

A white house with a blue floor

Whitewashed walls, white pergolas and a floor painted the blue of the Aegean. Inside, mint-green wooden tables, fuchsia cushions and rattan lamps. Glass walls all around, so the sea is never out of sight.

The dining room with rattan lamps and the sea behind the glass

The blue terrace floor under the white pergola

The dining room with white tables and glass walls facing the sea

A corner of the dining room with fuchsia cushions and a white lattice wall

Mint tables and a rattan lamp in the dining room

The terrace with white parasols above the water

The entrance lane with the sign and window boxes

Navarino's wooden sign with its little ship

Our story

A name from the sea

On 20 October 1827, in the bay of Navarino at Pylos, the fleets of Britain, France and Russia defeated the Ottoman-Egyptian fleet. The battle opened the way to Greek independence. Almost two hundred years later the name is still travelling, all the way here, to a house on the water.