What to Eat and Drink on Lesbos Island?

When you go to Lesbos, the food you eat is as important as the places you visit. You have many options on this island, where fish dishes are generally available. The people of Lesbos, who love olive oil, use olive oil in almost all their food.

What to Eat and Drink on Lesbos Island?

What to Eat in Lesbos?

• Saganaki : Saganaki, a type of fried cheese, contains honey, garlic sauce, eggs and flour. You can find it as a Greek appetizer all over the island.
• Stuffed Pumpkin Flowers : We can also call it a kind of stuffed pumpkin flower. But this dish is not prepared the way it is made there. It is made by adding feta cheese, curd cheese and various spices. If you want to try different flavors on Lesbos island, you can add this dish to your options.
• Garidomakaronada : You can find seafood that you can find almost everywhere on the Greek islands in this dish. It is Shrimp Pasta. The pasta is decorated with squid and is made by blending it with shrimp.
• Fried calamari : Squid rings are dipped in flour and egg and fried.
• Gum resin salad : Salad made with tomatoes, cucumber, onion and gum resin.
• Sigri herb cheese : Cheese flavored with herbs specific to the Sigri region.
• Pony-style octopus : Octopus is cooked in wine and tomato sauce.
• Lakerda : Pickled bonito fish.
• Sardine : Cooked on the grill or in a pan.
• Gum resin ice cream : Gum resin flavored ice cream.

What to Drink in Lesbos?

• Ouzeri Paramethi (4 Odisseos, Mytilene 811 00, Greece): It is a nice place where you can try Saganaki dish. It is a family place by the sea.
• To Ouzadiko Tou Baboukou (Molyvos Harbour, Molyvos, Greece): It is a nice place where you can eat Stuffed Pumpkin Flower. The seafood of this place, which is just for tourists, is also very popular.
• Anemoessa (Skala Sikamias, TK-81104, Greece): It is recommended as the place where you can try the best shrimp pasta. Since it is by the sea, it is a place where you can enjoy your meal. It is also located in a cute town.
• Retsina : White wine flavored with resin.
• Mastic Raki : Gum resin flavored raki.

Some Restaurants in Lesbos

• Mytilene:
  • To Steki tou Artemi: A tavern famous for its appetizers and seafood.
  • En Plo: A restaurant serving traditional Greek food.
• Molivos:
  • The Windmill: A tavern with a magnificent view and delicious appetizers.
  • Captain's Table: A restaurant serving fresh seafood.
• Plomari:
  • Ouzeri Plomari: A tavern famous for its ouzo and appetizers.
  • To Kyma: A tavern famous for its seafood and fish soup.