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Kreonidis Traditional Greek Taverna

old walls at Thessaloniki

I had flown to Thessaloniki in Greece for five days for a conference. We had a meal at the Kreonidis Traditional Greek Taverna. The meal consisted of a range of traditional Greek dishes.

I was particularly impressed with the stuffed vine leaves, I have had these in the UK, but I didn’t enjoy them. I was persuaded that these at Kreonidis were very good, so I tried them, and they were delicious. I also enjoyed the lamb souvlaki.


We had a real mix of dishes, some were excellent, others were just okay. I did feel that the essence of the sea was missing from the dishes that were served, I would liked to have seen more seafood. It was a nice meal and I enjoyed it.

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Portobello Mushrooms and a Bavette Steak

I had flown to Thessaloniki in Greece for five days for a conference. I was staying at the ONOMA Hotel. On my first evening I realised it was getting quite late, so initial idea of going out into the area for a meal was canned, and I headed to the hotel restaurant for a meal, I also had a 20% voucher for the restaurant as well.

I went for a starter of portobello mushrooms stuffed with trahana cream and metsovone cheese.

This was quite a rich starter, but was very tasty. I would have probably liked some bread to go with it. My memory of eating out in Greece back in the early 2000s was having bread with every meal.

For my main I went with the bavette steak with greek chimichurri, charred spring onions and smashed potatoes.

This was a nice steak, cooked to perfection. It was very tender and I liked the addition of the chimichurri. Though I liked the smashed potatoes, I wasn’t that enamoured with the charred spring onions.

Alongside I went with a local beer, Nymfi, which was nice. Overall it was a good meal and I enjoyed it.

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Fried Anchovies

I had travelled to Thessaloniki in Greece for five days for a conference. After the conference boat trip a few of us went for a drink and then headed to Kazaviti Thessaloniki for something to eat. I wanted to have the fresh squid, but they had run out. Their other squid dishes were made from frozen squid, so I went with the fried anchovies instead.

My plate arrived with a portion of deep fried anchovies and a salad garnish.

I do like fried anchovies, they had a nice crisp coating. They were very nice, not sure they were fresh though.