Bon Appetit

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• Taverna Foros read more ›
  (Old Perithia. )
  Famous for its pies (onion, chicken, wild greens) and briam (baked summer vegetables), Foros also does a mean bekri meze (pork in wine). Its mountain village square location is perfect for a little unwinding.
• The Greek Way Grill Room read more ›
  (Main Road, Paleokastritsa. )
  There's nothing more delicious than a charcoal-grilled chop served with chips and salad. Accompany that with a beer or a glass of retsina and it won't break the bank, either.
• Angela's Taverna read more ›
  (Pentati Main Street. )
  Enjoy the stunning views over Agios Gordis Bay from the taverna's rooftop terrace while sampling home cooking from bubbling pots always on the go in the kitchen.
• EverGreen Casual Food Bar read more ›
  (86 Evgeniou Voulgareos Street, Corfu Town. Tel. 2661 028 000)
  Central location serving unusual snacks and interesting salads, like smoked salmon. New on the menu is the open ciabatta with sliced roast pork and aromatic tomatoes.
• Stamatis Taverna read more ›
  (Strinilas. Tel. 26630 72384)
  The best egg and chips (from Stamatis' mum's own hens and potato patch), accompanied by feta cheese from local mountain-grazed sheep, make a meal at this simple taverna a real treat.
• Spiros Grill Room read more ›
  (Tzavros Crossroads, Paleokastritsa Highway. Tel. 26610 91410)
  A locals' favourite for eat-in charcoal grills or takeaways. A generous and succulent mixed-meat platter for four costs about €20.

• Anthi Taverna read more ›
  (Nissaki. Tel. 26630 91069)
  Enjoy a splendid sea view with original mezes, like chicken liver in wine, courgettes baked with sauces and lashings of cheese, or the wonderful pancakes stuffed with chicken, prawns or spinach.
• Elizabeth's Taverna read more ›
  (Doukades Village Square. Tel. 2663 041 728)
  Running for half a century and now in granddaughter Elizabeth's hands, this taverna is renowned for big smiles and pastitsada (cockerel in spicy red sauce with pasta).
• Poseidonio Restaurant read more ›
  (Agios Gordis. Tel. 26610 53712)
  A beachfront family-run restaurant where you are treated like one of the family. The stifado (beef stewed with small onions) is renowned as the best on Corfu.
• Peri...dromos Mezze Restaurant read more ›
  (76 Georgiou Theotoki Square, Corfu Town. Tel. 2661 081 188)
  Dine Greek-style by sharing different meze dishes. Don't miss the tsigarelli (wild greens sauteed with paprika) and home-made pies. There's a choice of nearly 40 dishes!
• The River Taverna read more ›
  (Potami, Lefkimmi. Tel. 26620 22958)
  Tables stand by the canalised river, serving food from the Pandis family's kitchen garden. The rice- and herb-stuffed vegetables and casseroled green beans are a vegetarian's dream.
• Greco Restaurant read more ›
  (Main Dassia Road, Kommeno. Tel. 26610 91765)
  Eat with the Greeks in this blue-and-white themed taverna. Try handmade dolmades, and the best fried sardines or anchovies with boiled wild greens and skordalia (garlic sauce-Rick Stein first encountered it here) for seconds.

• Galini Restaurant read more ›
  (Agios Stefanos, North East Coast. Tel. 26630 81492)
  Harbourfront haunt of the Kensington-on-Sea crowd, Galini's eclectic menu ranges from hummus to chateaubriand. Don't miss the outstanding swordfish kebab.
• To Steki Taverna read more ›
  (Doukades Village Square. )
  Proprietor/chef Spiridoula makes the best moussaka in Corfu, and her sofrito (beef in garlic sauce) is superb, too. Ask for the prawn saganaki for a special starter.
• Theodoros Restaraunt read more ›
  (Agios Gordis. )
  The oldest restaurant in Agios Gordis still serves home-style cooking, along with sophisticated steaks, in elegant beachfront surroundings.
• Pomo d'Oro Wine Restaurant read more ›
  (11 Skaramanga Square, Corfu Town. Tel. 2661 028 680)
  An elegant little restaurant that combines fresh local products with influences from the wider Mediterranean. Try linguine with prawn, followed by beef fillet with caramelised orange.
• Albert's Restaurant read more ›
  (Barbati Road, Ano Pyrgi. Tel. 26610 97879)
  Chef Roger makes his own sausages, including Cumberland. The menu mixes English and Mediterranean food, changing according to seasonal produce. The mixed-dip starter is especially fine, and sticky toffee pudding is the dessert of choice. A fantastic sea view is thrown in, too!
• Boileau Bistro read more ›
  (Kontokali Village Road. Tel. 26610 90069)
  A surf-'n'-turf venue with superb mussels and steaks done just as you order them. Alex's menu includes pork fillet stuffed with prunes and raisins, and chicken fillet stuffed with walnuts and figs, both in cream sauce. Open all year, it's near the church.

• Toula's read more ›
  (Agni, North East Coast. Tel. 26630 91350)
  Start with marinated anchovies and luscious fresh mussels at this renowned beachfront taverna. Then order Toula's signature dish, the divine prawn pilaf. Finish with the heavenly yoghurt and lemon whip. It doesn't get any better than this!
• Vrahos Restaurant read more ›
  (Paleokastritsa Beachfront. )
  As befits its setting on the rocks along the shoreline at Paleokastritsa's spectacular main bay, this long-established restaurant specialises in fish. It's renowned for live lobster and, especially, for lobster makaronada (lobster in sauce served on pasta).
• Tripa Taverna read more ›
  (Kinopiastes. Tel. 26610 56333)
  Billed as the most famous taverna in Greece, Tripa features a set menu of dozens of meze dishes, followed by spit-roast lamb and a second meze of fruit and cakes. The plates just keep on coming! Greek dancing nightly.
• Sheria Restaurant at the Corfu Palace Hotel read more ›
  (2 Democratias Avenue, Corfu Town. Tel. 2661 039 485)
  Luxury and romance characterise Corfu's top international restaurant. The breast of duck with soya sauce and sautéed scallops with Champagne sauce are just two of the specialities.
• Paxinos Restaurant read more ›
  (Old Village, Benitses. Tel. 26610 72339)
  Locals' favourite for freshly caught fish, also famous for tsigarelli-sauteed wild greens with curry-hot paprika. Try tongue-tingling skordalia (garlic sauce) with still-warm boiled beetroot and chard, melting lamb fricasee with lemon sauce, or spicy bourdetto (fish stew).
• Etrusco Restaurant read more ›
  (Kato Korakiana, Dassia. Tel. 26610 93342)
  The produce is organic, sourced from the restaurant's own farm, and the food is avant garde: swordfish carpaccio, slow-cooked lamb with kumquat 'sand' and olive 'stones', goats' cheese ice-cream with tomato marmalade and lemon cream.

After Dark

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• Ice Dream read more ›
  (Kassiopi-Acharavi Road. Tel. 26630 98200)
  With more than 50 flavours of ice cream, this is one super-cool venue. All ices are made in-house using natural ingredients, and the coffee is first-rate, too.
• La Grotta Bar read more ›
  (Paleokastritsa. )
  The coolest venue in the area, built into the rocks in a tiny cove. Local youths treat the cliffs like a mini-Acapulco, entertaining you while you sip your cocktail.
• Aloha Bar read more ›
  (Agios Gordis. )
  Relax by the beach with an ouzo at sunset. Aloha Bar provides comfortable deckchairs, with soft new-age music in the background.
• Bar 27 read more ›
  (27 Alexandras Avenue, Corfu Town. Tel. 2661 027 270)
  Just off Theotoki Square, this modern pavement café is popular with locals. Go for sushi-style fish meze with tsipouro shots.
• Bar 27 read more ›
  (27 Alexandras Avenue, Corfu Town. Tel. 2661 027 270)
  This pavement café hums with shoppers all morning, but is quieter in the evenings. The fish mezze with tsipouro (a grappa-style spirit) is worth a special trip, and wine is served by the glass.
• Maistros Bar read more ›
  (Yacht Marina, Kontokali. )
  Indulge in a spot of yacht-watching at this bar on the Marina quayside, while the sun sets among a forest of masts and lines.

• Costas Taverna read more ›
  (High Street. )
  Visitors join locals for spontaneous Greek dancing nightly at this taverna. Costas gives lessons during the day, so you can show off later!
• Cricketers Taverna read more ›
  (Liapades Beach. )
  The Cricketers' Greek night on Thursday features lively and enthusiastic dancers as well as a live band with bouzouki. After the official dancing is finished, locals take over the floor.
• Lemon Grove read more ›
  (Agios Gordis. )
  This low-key outdoor bar, with tables set among scented lemon trees, plays easy-listening piano jazz a couple of times a week.
• Poco Loco Restaurant read more ›
  (Inner Road, Gouvia. Tel. 2661 090 368)
  Billed as 'The Latin Place', Poco Loco is the venue (Wednesday-Sunday) for live music, featuring a full Latin band and exhibition dancing in costume.
• Ekati read more ›
  (National Paleokastritsa Road. )
  Corfu's foremost bouzouki nightclub presents well-known artists singing Greek popular music. The show gets going-very loudly-after midnight!
• Corfu Chandris Hotel read more ›
  (Dassia. )
  This convivial venue has a beachside Lagoon Party every Wednesday, and a Greek Night on Thursday, both with live music. You can dine à la carte beforehand at the restaurant.

• Versus Club read more ›
  (Main Street, Acharavi. Tel. 26630 63447)
  Modern, trendy bar and dancing venue for the young crowd, with Greek and foreign pop and rock, sometimes live. Open every night to dawn.
• Mistral Music Bar read more ›
  (Main Road, Paleokastritsa. )
  Music and fun with friends. Dance until late at night while looking out over the sea, or simply relax over a game of pool.
• Robin's Nest read more ›
  (Agios Gordis. )
  Holidaymakers meet expats at this riotous British-run bar to enjoy night-long parties, sometimes later moving down to the beach till dawn.
• Villa Mercedes read more ›
  (42 Ethnikis Antistaseos Street (Disco Road), Mandouki. Tel. 2661 080 780)
  This club holds a 'Resto Party' every Thursday from 9.30pm, with Aris Provatas on the decks, and Corfu's hottest crowd on the dance floor.
• Privilege Dance Club read more ›
  (Mandouki Entertainment Centre. )
  Dress up to rub shoulders with wealthy clubbers at this busy disco, tastefully converted from an old factory, music mainly international.
• Notes Night Club read more ›
  (Tzavros, Paleokastritsa Highway. Tel. 26610 91733)
  Maybe best to take a local along for the midnight start at this uncompromisingly Greek bouzouki club, where you throw carnations at the singers!

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