Taverna Mylos

Top choice in Dodecanese


If there's one reason to visit Leros, it's to eat here, one of the best restaurants in the Dodecanese. Run by two passionate and knowledgeable brothers, this charming place is up there on the world's gastronomic scale. It features classic recipes with a modern twist: octopus carpaccio, peppery basil squid, and fabulous seafood pasta. And the setting? Sublime.

The wine list is one of Greece's best. It's beside an old windmill just north of the ferry dock and lapped by turquoise waves.


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