Flavors of Sifnos

Traditional dishes of Sifnos and wine production

Taste the local cuisine of Sifnos

Commercial shops

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Sifado - Earth products


Sifado - Earth products, Kamares, Sifnos

Kamares, Sifnos

Local, pure products from Sifnos. Certified organic products from all over Greece. Charming, one of a kind, handmade items from wood and not only...

Sifado - Earth products telephone

Sifado - Earth products telephone +30 2284033891

Location of Sifado - Earth products: Kamares, Sifnos
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Restaurants

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Delfini Restaurant


Delfini Restaurant, Kamares, Sifnos

Kamares, Sifnos

Traditional and home-made dishes, made with care and love at one of Sifnos’ finest viewpoints...

Delfini Restaurant telephone

Delfini Restaurant telephone +30 2284033740

Location of Delfini Restaurant: Kamares, Sifnos
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Cheronissos Fish tavern


Cheronissos Fish tavern, Cheronissos, Sifnos

Cheronissos, Sifnos

With tables under the tamarisks and next to the sea, we are waiting for you with traditional tastes, sea food, fresh fish from our caiques and live lobsters, right from the sea...

Cheronissos Fish tavern telephone

Cheronissos Fish tavern telephone +30 2284033119

Location of Cheronissos Fish tavern: Cheronissos, Sifnos
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Chrissopigi restaurant (Giorgos Lebessis)


Chrissopigi restaurant (Giorgos Lebessis), Chrissopigi, Sifnos

Chrissopigi, Sifnos

Top choice in many tourist guides for many years. But what makes us special? It’s simple. We don’t work we do what we love most...

Chrissopigi restaurant (Giorgos Lebessis) telephone

Chrissopigi restaurant (Giorgos Lebessis) telephone +30 2284071295

Location of Chrissopigi restaurant (Giorgos Lebessis): Chrissopigi, Sifnos
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Drimoni


Drimoni, Apollonia, Sifnos

Apollonia, Sifnos

Modern decoration, magnificent view, friendly service but mainly delicious dishes presented in a simple and elegant way...

Drimoni telephone

Drimoni telephone +30 2284031434

Location of Drimoni: Apollonia, Sifnos
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Traditional taverna Apostolis Koutouki (Apostolis’ Joint)


Traditional taverna Apostolis Koutouki (Apostolis’ Joint), Apollonia, Sifnos

Apollonia, Sifnos

Here, you shall enjoy the Greek traditional cuisine and various traditional dishes of Sifnos, such as Throubato, Mastelo and rooster cooked with wine...

Traditional taverna Apostolis Koutouki (Apostolis’ Joint) telephone

Traditional taverna Apostolis Koutouki (Apostolis’ Joint) telephone +30 2284033186

Location of Traditional taverna Apostolis Koutouki (Apostolis’ Joint): Apollonia, Sifnos
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Okyalos


Okyalos, Apollonia, Sifnos

Apollonia, Sifnos

Since 2002 the restaurant Okyalos offers in a hospitable space, reminiscent of an island house, high-quality culinary experiences...

Okyalos telephone

Okyalos telephone +30 2284032060

Location of Okyalos: Apollonia, Sifnos
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Restaurant Beautiful Sifnos


Restaurant Beautiful Sifnos, Apollonia, Sifnos

Apollonia, Sifnos

Not only just another Sifnian restaurant not only just another Sifnian corner. Beautiful Sifnos is indeed the exception...

Restaurant Beautiful Sifnos telephone

Restaurant Beautiful Sifnos telephone +30 2284033069

Location of Restaurant Beautiful Sifnos: Apollonia, Sifnos
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The inhabitants of the island are by nature hospitable, cheerful and kind and keep their traditions and their traditional cuisine. Sifnians are revelers and gourmands and therefore, excellent cooks. The unique flavors of the local cuisine with the use of fresh products make Sifnos stand out! It is not accidental that Sifnos is the birthplace of many great chefs such as Nikos Tselementes and Markou.

Numerous restaurants on the island will offer you exceptional culinary delights with dishes made from fresh ingredients.

Leaving the island it is certain that your mind will be full of incomparable flavors and aromas!

Local cuisine

One of the secrets of the Sifnian cuisine is the cooking in clay utensils in a wooden oven. The composition of the Sifnian clay makes it suitable for manufacturing fire resistant cookware.

The traditional pottery pot, mastelo, that is used for the easter food cooking

The typical dish of the island is «mastelo», that is, goat or lamb washed only with local red wine flavored with plenty of dill and then placed on vine-shoots in order to roast with the steams of the red wine and not to boil. The roasting is made in the wooden oven, in a special ceramic pot, the mastelo, from where its name derives. Mastelo is a dish that is traditionally served in Sifnos at Easter but now you can find it in restaurants all year round.

The traditional pottery pot, skepastaria, that is used for chickpea soup

Revithada (slow baked chickpeas stew), is a traditional Sunday Sifnian dish baked for hours in a wooden oven in a special cooking pot called “skepastaria”. More specific, it is baked slowly in the wooden oven from Saturday night till the following morning, after the Sunday church service. After all these hours of baking the result is simply delicious. Revithada is also served in almost all festivals in Sifnos, as a first course.

Chickpea balls, are one of the most famous dishes of the local cuisine. Thickly ground chickpeas flavored with herbs such as marjoram and fried in plenty of oil until golden.

Caper salad has a distinct and intense flavor. A spread with capers and onions that are cooked together give a very tasty result.

Local cheeses such as gylomeni manoura, xynomyzithra, chloromanoura are an integral part of the Sifnian cuisine.

Manoura [cheese] matured in wine lees, traditional cheese of Sifnos

In addition to the traditional cuisine, Sifnos also excels in modern cooking, therefore, throughout Sifnos, you will find restaurants, fish taverns, international cuisine, taverns for tidbits, gourmet restaurants with dishes that satisfy all tastes and all palates.

Finally, if you are a lover of pastries you will definitely not be disappointed. Amazing scones, anise cookies, biscuits and fragrant cakes can be purchased from local bakeries. You will find honeyed, fragrant and soft nougat (without added sugar), almond macaroons (both baked and in the casserole), patties stuffed with nuts, Turkish delight, fragrant vanilla sweet, in all traditional pastry workshops.

Wine

Unlike other Cycladic islands, the wine of Sifnos is not as famous. The production is small and in most cases is made by individuals to meet their own needs.

However, a very good quality wine produced in Sifnos is the red sun-dried wine.

In Sifnos you shall also find unique aromatic traditional wines of domestic winery, thanks to some remarkable wine-making efforts that take place during the last years by minor producers.

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