1 · €€ · Bar · Café
4.7 across 903 reviews and repeatedly the #1 venue in Koukounaries. Full English breakfast in the morning, dancing by midnight.
Watch out: Gets loud late
2 · € · Grill · Souvlaki
Gyros under €3, 1,806 reviews at 4.5, and an actual huge pine tree overhead. The best-value proper meal at the west end.
Watch out: Informal — do not expect table service standards
3 · €€ · Taverna · Greek
Home-cooked Greek in an orchard garden towards the far end of the Koukounaries strip. Evenings only, from 18:00.
Watch out: Evenings only from 18:00
4 · €€€ · Modern Greek · Fine dining
An award-winning modern Greek kitchen inside Mandraki Village — the only Sporades winner at the 2016 Golden Bonnets. Not to be confused with Elia beach.
Watch out: Nothing to do with Elia beach despite the name
5 · €€ · Taverna · Greek
Set back from the road in a garden, quieter and more intimate than the Koukounaries strip — with a resident cat population that divides opinion.
Watch out: Resident cats roam the tables
6 · €€ · Taverna · Greek
The pick of Koukounaries — a garden taverna near the island's most famous beach, and the one that gets the top votes locally.
Watch out: Occasional strongly negative reviews in the record
7 · €€€ · Seafood · Mediterranean
The top-ranked seafood restaurant in Koukounaries, on one of the best positions along the coastal road in.
Watch out: Upper-mid pricing
8 · €€€ · Grill · Restaurant
A rooftop grill at the Skiathos Palace with panoramic views over the Koukounaries end of the island.
Watch out: No independent online identity
9 · €€ · Taverna · Poolside
Laid-back but polished dining beside a pool, surrounded by gardens and lawn, in the heart of Koukounaries.
Watch out: Fewer reviews than the island's best-known names
10 · €€€ · Bar · Cocktails
Elivi's main bar, in the original 1960s Xenia building, with glass-partitioned terraces looking straight down over Koukounaries beach.
Watch out: Resort pricing
11 · €€ · Taverna · Greek
Cooked-to-order traditional Greek from a family that has run it since 1988 — and a business trading under two different names at once.
Watch out: Trades under two names — Muses and Hera
12 · €€€ · Grill · Taverna
A family grill taverna under the trees doing steaks, grilled meats and seafood — with a bread-and-olives cover charge that catches people out.
Watch out: Unannounced bread-and-olives cover charge (~€5.70)
13 · €€ · Taverna · Greek
A long-standing Koukounaries taverna with a 4.0 average but very little recent review activity — currently ranked last of the fourteen restaurants in the resort.
Watch out: Very little recent review data
