Metaxi mas

Popular dishes

Try an authentic Dakos with a traditional barley rusk, delicious chopped tomato and genuine Naxian xinomyzithra, along with a few local capers. A wonderfully fresh-tasting dish that can be eaten as an appetizer or as a salad accompanying both meat and seafood.

Don’t miss out on one of the island’s most celebrated dishes. This “must” of Naxos cuisine features local beef pot roast with aubergine, feta and Naxos graviera—a local recipe fit for a gourmand.

A wonderful fish mezze to accompany your summer ouzo. For this traditional Cycladic recipe, a mackerel is split and left in the sun for hours, then flash-grilled and served with emulsified oil and lemon and chopped parsley.

A wonderful fish mezze to accompany your summer ouzo. For this traditional Cycladic recipe, a mackerel is split and left in the sun for hours, then flash-grilled and served with emulsified oil and lemon and chopped parsley.

Choose one of our most popular seafood dishes, a special version of grilled squid which is stuffed with feta cheese, tomato and pepper, then cooked in the oven—the flood of flavours and aromas are sure to satisfy even the most demanding seafood lovers.

Choose one of our most popular seafood dishes, a special version of grilled squid which is stuffed with feta cheese, tomato and pepper, then cooked in the oven—the flood of flavours and aromas are sure to satisfy even the most demanding seafood lovers.

The undisputed star of the island’s livestock, the famous and delicious Naxian goat, simmered for hours in the pot with tomato sauce and served with fried local potatoes. It might well be the best-loved traditional dish of all, and it’s certainly something no one should miss out on.

A classic Greek appetizer which is traditionally served both with the main course and as a mezze, our saganaki is based on what is surely our most celebrated local cheese: the famous Naxos graviera, a richly-flavoured yellow cheese. You’re sure to love it—so give it a try.