Once rated by the London Guardian as one of the world's 10 best restaurants, this unique place offers an exquisite gourmet experience. Creative, artistic Michael Koumbiadis, known... more
This review already contains more than 120 words. As a Ciao member you could earn up to £5 with this review.
Address: Tris Village, 11km (7 miles) south of Rhodes Town, New Town
Telephone: 22410 91 824
Ciao
Listed on Ciao since : 28/08/2007
Manufacturer's product description
Once rated by the London Guardian as one of the world's 10 best restaurants, this unique place offers an exquisite gourmet experience. Creative, artistic Michael Koumbiadis, known in Athenian society as "the Colossus of Rhodes," founded Kioupia in 1972. Koumbiadis has uncovered the true harmonies of traditional Greek cuisine, using the best local ingredients and village recipes. In this elegantly decorated, rustic old house, the meal begins with a rinsing of hands in rosewater, and then perhaps a choice of three soups, including the unusual trahanas, a Greek wheat-and-cheese soup. Soup is followed by an amazing array of appetizers: sautéed wild mushrooms, pumpkin beignee (dumplings), and savory braised red peppers in olive oil, accompanied by home-baked carrot bread and pastrami bread. The main dishes are equally superb -- broiled veal stuffed with cheese and sprinkled with pistachio nuts in yogurt sauce; or delectable pork souvlaki with yogurt and paprika sauce on the side. For dessert, try the light crepes filled with sour cherries and covered with chocolate sauce and vanilla crème. Many of the foods are prepared in clay pots in a traditional wood-burning oven, source of the faint woodsy scent permeating the restaurant. The grand fixed-price meal, like the Orthodox liturgy, requires fasting, devotion, and time (roughly 3 hr.).
...Warm climate, warm welcome, beautiful scenery and INCREDIBLY good value – you can’t ask much more from a summer holiday, which probably explains why we have recently returned from our 3rd visit to Rhodes.
The first time my husband and I went to Rhodes was in 1997 as a result of a late getaway deal, we had a couple of the larger Greek Islands under our belt but not much knowledge of the Eastern Med – we just wanted a cheap, sunny holiday. We got a two-centre deal, presumably left over from two package trips, that suited us down to the ground.
Our first week in Rhodes was spent in Lindos, the perfect chilled out holiday town. I remember the coach winding down the approach road, to the sprawl of sugar-cube houses clinging to the hillside under the imposing ancient acropolis. We just dumped our stuff in our...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Advantages: Golden sandy beaches, great weather, great food Disadvantages: Euro has made it a little more expensive
...Last year we were unsure where to go for our holiday so off to the travel agents we went for a last minute deal – 149.00 each the travel agent said – Rhodes for 1 week in June. Sounded wonderful, but we didn’t know where we were going to end up.
We got on the plane and landed at Rhodes airport. “Where are we going to?” I asked. “St Paul’s” came the reply. I had never heard of it.
Onto the bus we got and came to a little tiny village about ¾ of an hour from Rhodes town. “Lindos” the coach driver called and we were huddled off the bus and lead through a maze of tiny houses and apartments, all similar looking. “Oh dear” we thought!
LINDOS
I must admit that on first sight I was not too sure about Lindos. My previous holiday had been on the party island of Ibiza and this was such a stark contrast. However, after a few...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Advantages: Good value, lots to do, lots to see Disadvantages: Not in the Inidian Ocean or the Carribean
...Rhodes, one of the most famous islands in the world, you just never knew it. Many a movie has been shot on Rhodes, one of the most famous being the Guns of Navarone.
Visit Rhodes and relax, well thats a waste of a holiday. Rhodes is full of things to do. In length the island takes about 1 hour to drive and about 20 minutes to drive across.
When you go to Rhodes you should be ready for every type of activity; Rock Climbing, take the climbing course and climb the Navarone cliff, as seen on the Guns of Navarone movie; Water Sports are very popular in Rhodes, I recommend the Marco Polo boat tour leaving from Faliraki harbour every morning and afternoon, taking in the local spa at Kalithea, Anthony Quinn bay, several other beaches with snorkelling and a great lunch or evening meal on board boat all for the extortionate cost of £10...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
23.06.2001
02.04.2003
15.08.2000
