by lareine | Apr 13, 2025 | Greece, Stories, Subscriber Only Stories
Here we are at Ostria, a restaurant overlooking the sea in Porto Heli, Greece. There are many tavernas and places dotted around these parts, and you could say that it is my responsibility to find the good ones, saving you from wasting your precious holiday time and...
by lareine | Apr 20, 2025 | Greece, Stories, Subscriber Only Stories
So, our first restaurant to visit in Spetses, had to be Patralis. The oldest apparently on the island. This can go either two ways- Tradition is kept and the standard is good or an old restaurant such as this being completely a red flag. It is a gamble when you see...
by lareine | Apr 26, 2025 | Greece, Stories, Subscriber Only Stories
This has to be one of the worst ones so far for Porto Heli. I should have known when I saw literally nobody eating here. The place was empty… Wake up La Reine Gourmande! This was your sign, an indication, a clue to what was about to happen to you. Yep, I missed it...
by lareine | May 8, 2025 | Stories, Greece, Subscriber Only Stories
When you want to eat good Greek food in a beautiful setting, then it is here at Hinitsa Tavern. The location is their selling point; you just want to come to sit here day or night, and if the food is half decent then that is two birds killed with one stone. To my eye...
by lareine | Jul 23, 2025 | Stories, Greece, Subscriber Only Stories
It is a very warm summer evening in July on the island of Spetses, and we decided to stop by The Poseidonion Hotel, where they have a restaurant dedicated to sea-front dining. It is called ‘On The Veranda.’ The restaurant calls itself a multiple award-winning...
by lareine | Apr 26, 2025 | Greece, Stories, Subscriber Only Stories
We visited the restaurant here in 2018 and how hugely different it was back then! It has gone up in the world today, and that is all thanks to the chef. With his deliciously elevated Greek cuisine, playing with different textures- All that belong. Alongside this, the...
