Chania, Crete

Symposium Restaurant

Chania - Crete

Our modern day SYMPOSIUM is situated in Platanias, a highly touristy area, minutes away from the main city of Hania. Platanias, becomes the home for European visitors for the best part of the summer. Symposium opened its doors in 1998, aiming and succeeding in providing an exclusive cuisine, the best service and a most relaxing atmosphere for our clientele. Our customers are referred to us by word of mouth, which has proven to be the best form of advertisement for us.

What do we offer?

Initially, it is our friendly and warm atmosphere that strikes our customers. Symposium offers both an interior and an al fresco area where you can feel the, where you can feel the breeze of the beautiful Greek summer nights, while enjoying your dinner with the service of our friendly, bilingual staff. The best we have to offer though, is our cuisine. You can enjoy Mediterranean and European meals, alongside our traditional Cretan cuisine.

A Taste of Excellence

Today that people are aware of what a healthy diet really means, our visitors enjoy pure products such as extra virgin olive oil, pure Greek feta and fresh free range meats... We offer exactly what we enjoy having on a daily basis… Just think of the reports on Cretan diet and the statistics on our health!

Everything is freshly made and we cater for vegetarians, meat and fish lovers, customers with gluten intolerance and customers who…. dare to try anything new and traditional. Symposium is one of the highest profile restaurants in Platanias and the whole of the island of Crete where, rest assured, if you visit it once we guarantee you will come back again!

Have a Taste of Our Menu

The Ancient Symposium

Our name is based on the idea of the Ancient Greek SYMPOSIUM. The ideal SYMPOSIUM in Ancient Greece was almost like a ritual. Its aim was to savor the aesthetic pleasure of the wine, to be intoxicated just enough to relax and release the mind from inhibition, and to stimulate conversation. It was a social institution where great philosophers and great thinkers were having deep and meaningful conversations stimulating the mind.

Guests' impressions

Katarina H

Nice staff and super good

Absolutely wonderful, we ate figs with Parma ham and parmesan sauce, steak Diana... ++

27.05.2026

Mrcreosoteman

Basingstoke United Kingdom

Amazing food and service at reasonable prices

We cannot rate this restaurant more highly. Food was out of this world and would even say Michelin level at reasonable prices. Staff were fantastic especially Michael who looked after us as we worked are way through the menu on each visit. Thank you for making our stay special with such good food and service!... ++

06.09.2025

Anita R

Sandefjord Municipality Norway

Must try

Lovely food, good service. Took a while for the food to arrive but it didn't matter as the food was delicious. Recommended. Will be back... ++

17.08.2025

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Symposium Restaurant

Chania - Crete - Greece
+30 2821060545

info@symposium.com.gr

Monday-Sunday 17:00 -23:00

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