Santorini Restaurant / Bar with Traditional Greek Music
Aug 25th, 2019, 02:25 PM
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Santorini Restaurant / Bar with Traditional Greek Music
We will be in Santorini in mid-September. Interested in any recommendations on restaurants or bars that have traditional Greek bands / music. Thanks for your guidance.
Aug 25th, 2019, 10:46 PM
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Santorini Mou in Oia. The owner and friends play music and sometimes there is spontaneous dancing. Reserve a table outside. They have a website. Also, check this video: https://tinyurl.com/y3uvpezc
Sep 20th, 2019, 07:23 AM
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This brought up a great memory! We stayed right across the street from Santorini Mou a few years ago, so we happened in for dinner one night. It went something like this (excerpted from our trip report):
Taverna Santorini Mou, Finikia
This place is located directly across the street from Oia Suites. The hotel recommended it. Reviews were pretty good. We wanted something low key. And it looked to have a nice outdoor dining area. Sold!
In researching it, we noticed on the restaurant’s web site that the proprietor has some sort of “connection” with the American rock band Green Day, so when we were seated, we said something about that to our server. The next thing we knew, she brought four huge photo albums to our table, filled with photos of Mihalis Hionas and the band members and their entourages in various settings. Apparently, he has spent winters in San Francisco.
We started into our meal. Then, Mihalis and another man began to perform, alternating songs with some shots of raki and a little conversation and banter with the customers—an eclectic group from China, Australia, Germany, the UK and us.
Things got a little more spirited as the night went on. One of the German women at the next table was celebrating a birthday, and that resulted in raki shots all around and a birthday cake. Mihalis called us up and wanted to recognize us as “honeymooners” (we've been married 20+ years at this point) with a mini bottle of champagne. And the whole evening just kept going something like this. We’d stopped taking notes by this point, and I don’t recall what we ate, but it was pretty good. The baklava was definitely memorable. And the aftermath on our table looked like this:
http://onelittleworld.zenfolio.com/s...d5d2#h313cd5d2
Taverna Santorini Mou, Finikia
This place is located directly across the street from Oia Suites. The hotel recommended it. Reviews were pretty good. We wanted something low key. And it looked to have a nice outdoor dining area. Sold!
In researching it, we noticed on the restaurant’s web site that the proprietor has some sort of “connection” with the American rock band Green Day, so when we were seated, we said something about that to our server. The next thing we knew, she brought four huge photo albums to our table, filled with photos of Mihalis Hionas and the band members and their entourages in various settings. Apparently, he has spent winters in San Francisco.
We started into our meal. Then, Mihalis and another man began to perform, alternating songs with some shots of raki and a little conversation and banter with the customers—an eclectic group from China, Australia, Germany, the UK and us.
Things got a little more spirited as the night went on. One of the German women at the next table was celebrating a birthday, and that resulted in raki shots all around and a birthday cake. Mihalis called us up and wanted to recognize us as “honeymooners” (we've been married 20+ years at this point) with a mini bottle of champagne. And the whole evening just kept going something like this. We’d stopped taking notes by this point, and I don’t recall what we ate, but it was pretty good. The baklava was definitely memorable. And the aftermath on our table looked like this:
http://onelittleworld.zenfolio.com/s...d5d2#h313cd5d2
