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Welcome to our website, through which you can learn, how we mean hosting. Nykterida is the ideal place, either for a romantic tet-a-tet, or for a party of 500 people, as moments here, are unique. Visit us daily (except for Sundays and Mondays for the period from 01/11 until 31/03) and experience unforgettable culinary experiences!

Our suggestions... always with fresh, seasonal ingredients

Zucchini blossoms

Stuffed with goat cheese, mint and quince's paste.

Cretan cheese pies

Mixed with sour cream cheese, malaka, spinach and wild herbs..

Mediterranean Salad

With fennel, avocado, orange ... and magic sauce.

Lamb fillet

Wrapped in vine leaf and stuffed with ricotta cheese and rosemary.

Chaniotiko boureki (pie)

With sour cream cheese, zucchini, organic tomato and fresh mint.

Ascrolibri with broadbeans

Roots from wild greens, fresh peas and agourolado (olive oil).

Chestnuts with mushrooms

Stew with onions and spices, a real explosion on the palate.

Rooster with small pasta

Homemade with fresh tomato and Cretan gruyere.

Dimitris Skarmoutsos

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As a young man he went to America where he studied economics at UCLA University. Then, he studied at the Culinary Institute of America.
In 1993 he has made his first professional steps next to Thomas Keller where he was specialized on both the French and Japanese cuisine.
In 1996 he began working in large hotels like the Sheraton Hotel, where he was the executive chef. He continued his chef career in quite a few well known American restaurants
In 1999 he returned to Greece and specifically in Chania Crete, where he was specialized and worked on the Cretan cuisine and local products. Up to 2005, he was the executive chef, in the NYKTERIDA restaurant.
In 2005 he moved to Athens, where he was the Chef of the restaurant "Alatsi', winning the Gold Cap and gained several Gourmet awards.
He then took part in the Cretan committee reality cooking show in MEGA Channel’s «Master Chef» and the «Junior Master Chef» (2010-2013).
In 2013-2014 he has continued his career in MEGA Channel, presenting the successful show "Without a Prescription". A year later, he presents the show «Joy» which explores the gourmet dishes in Athens.
From 2011 until today he is the executive chef of ERGON restaurants in Greece and abroad.

Come 'n' cook

Nykterida restaurant with a long experience in quality cooking and traditional flavors gives a chance to all foreign visitors to learn the secrets of the Cretan gastronomic heritage.

Restaurant Organizes “Interactive Coοking Lessons of Traditional Cretan Dishes” for small and large groups in English Language.

Each group will get to choose, prepare and finally eat all dishes prepared after the local wine tasting at the restaurant’s cellar. Participation, food selection and Date reservation shall be done at least a week in advance.

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Unforgetable moments

New Nykterida

Tribute Culinary Institude Of America

Document of New Nykterida

Cat Cora at Nykterida

CCTV - Tribute to Nykterida

CCTV -Nina Wang at Nykterida

Food Network at Nykterida

D. Skarmoutsos: Meet at Nykterida

Skarmoutsos, Mamalakis at Nykterida

Aliki Vougiouklaki at Nykterida

Yiannis Mastoridis - The First

Weddings

Come, to organize together your unique moments. With warm hospitality on our premises, share your joy with your guests. Handmade flower arrangements, candles, special menus, printed for you...
because fun in Nykterida is truly "different"...

Events

Celebrate birthdays, important anniversaries, draw children's parties with inflatable park, carnival meetings, 'Latin', 'disco' and “tango” evenings, dance meetings, receptions, gatherings and anything else you can imagine! Feel comfortable, creative and cheerful...

Birthdays

Celebrate, dreamily the birthdays of your little beloved ones and share special moments both to your guests, but also to you. Within a magical decor, clowns, face painting, magicians, original games and within all, accompanied by a modern menu ideal for children...

Baptisms

Create unforgettable moments, welcoming your guests, on the first official celebration of your dearest babies. With carefully selected music, unique atmosphere and panoramic view throughout the four cardinal points, spend carefree hours that will never be forgotten…

Frontpage Stories...

Honored our presence in the tasting field... and devoted their time...

The secrets of Cretan cuisine, from local cooks, in front of the camera...

John Barkley
Journalist

Babis Mastoridis and the important role of the Cretan diet, in the Food Network...

Diana Farr Louis
Journalist

Yiannis Mastoridis: The man who taught Anthiny Quinn "Sirtaki"

Anissa Helou
Journalist

Nykterida: the archetype of Cretan hospitality. From the depths of mitata, into the modern restaurant menu...

Daina Kochila
Journalist

Continuity since 1933

Nykterida restaurant is located in Korakies (1 kilometer from Venizelos Monuments in Akrotiri, 5 kilometers from the airport and 7 kilometers for the center of the town) since 1933.

With the exceptional, panoramic view of the “White Mountains” and Souda Bay, Nykterida restaurant puts its signature on the nightlife of the town's citizens.

Nykterida has created a multi-functional indoor and outdoor dining area, ready to correspond to every high demanding customer and every special moment to come.
The main dining room (which is ideal for the cold, winter nights) can accommodate up to 500 people.

We, the people of Nykterida have the knowledge and the required service experience to organize our reception exactly the way you want it, with special prices and exceptional hospitality!