The Skiathos Guide

Skiathos · Sporades · Greece

Cheap eats in Skiathos

The best budget food on Skiathos — gyros, souvlaki, bakeries and breakfast cafés that outrank restaurants costing five times as much.

14Restaurants listed
130Reviewed island-wide
8.0Mean score

Skiathos has an unusually strong budget layer, and the most useful finding in this entire guide is that the cheap end is not the weak end. Several souvlaki counters and one breakfast café outscore full-service restaurants charging five times as much.

A gyros pita costs €3–4.50. A meal for two at a taverna runs €45–70. That is the widest value spread on the island, and it is worth exploiting: eat cheaply at lunch and spend the money on one good dinner rather than three mediocre ones.

Watch for the rating trap. Souvlaki counters are systematically marked down on Tripadvisor, where reviewers score them against restaurants — Mam Souvlaki sits at 4.8 on Restaurant Guru and 3.9 on Tripadvisor for the same food. Judge a €3 gyros as a €3 gyros.

The list, ranked

Ranked by our overall score out of 10. Every entry links to its full review.

1 · Skiathos Town — off Papadiamantis · €

Il Posto 9.0/10

The best breakfast in Skiathos Town, one quiet street above the Papadiamantis crush. Excellent coffee, generous plates, and prices that have not noticed the tourists.

Google 4.7 · Tripadvisor 4.8
2 · Skiathos Town — off Papadiamantis · €

I Love Souvlaki 8.8/10

Family-run gyros and souvlaki with something the other souvlaki counters do not have: a proper garden full of colour to sit in.

Google 4.5 · Tripadvisor 4.5
3 · Koukounaries · €

Under The Pine Tree 8.8/10

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.

Tripadvisor 4.5
4 · Troulos · €

Paralia Taverna 8.6/10

Generous portions at modest prices, and pita gyros that reviewers rate as exceptional. The best-value proper meal on the west coast.

Google 4.7 · Tripadvisor 4.7
5 · Skiathos Town · €

Alexandros Gyro Pita 8.2/10

Alexandros buys his meat from the best butcher on the island and starts prepping at 6am himself. It shows.

Google 4.5 · Tripadvisor 4.4
6 · Skiathos Town · €

Green Bus 8.2/10

A breakfast spot that regulars rate for omelettes, pastries and what several describe as the best coffee in town.

No published aggregate
7 · Skiathos Town · €

No Name Gyro Pita 8.0/10

A side-alley souvlaki counter that has been running for over two decades and is widely held to make the best gyros pita in Skiathos. Fast, cheap, excellent.

Google 4.4 · Tripadvisor 4.4
8 · Skiathos Town — Papadiamantis St 9 · €

Mam Souvlaki 7.8/10

A souvlaki counter at Papadiamantis 9 with a chicken gyros pita its regulars rate 10/10 — and a nine-point gap between how two platforms score it.

Google 4.4 · Tripadvisor 3.9
9 · Mandraki Beach · €

Mandraki Beach Canteen 7.8/10

The smaller, deliberately spartan snack operation on Mandraki, distinct from the larger Super Paradise on the adjoining Elias beach.

No published aggregate
10 · Skiathos Town — Main street · €

Souvlaki Strike 7.6/10

Generous, cheap gyros on the main street. Another big split between the platforms, and another case of the same fast-food scoring problem.

Google 4.2 · Tripadvisor 4.0
11 · Skiathos Town — Papadiamantis St · €

Mamma Mia Bakery 7.4/10

A sisters-run bakery in the heart of the old town selling traditional Greek and specifically Skiathitian baking. The pistachio baklava is the reason to stop.

Google 4.2 · Tripadvisor 4.2
12 · Skiathos Town · €

Foodie Café 7.4/10

Fifty-plus sandwich combinations, snacks, fruit salads and organic ice cream. A useful stop rather than a meal out.

No published aggregate
13 · Agia Eleni · €

Agia Eleni Canteen 7.2/10

The second, simpler operation on Agia Eleni alongside the Summer Beach bar — sandwiches, drinks and complimentary shots.

No published aggregate
14 · Xanemos · €

Xanemos Beach Taverna 6.8/10

At the end of the airport runway, where the planes come in low over your head. Rustic and unpretentious, with reviews that swing from charmed to furious.

Google 3.9 · Tripadvisor 3.7

Frequently asked questions

Where is the best gyros in Skiathos?

No Name Gyro Pita is the consensus pick, hidden in a side alley off the main shopping street with a consistent 4.4 across Google, Tripadvisor and Restaurant Guru. Alexandros Gyro Pita is the connoisseur's choice — the owner buys from the best butcher on the island and starts preparing at 6am daily.

How cheap can you eat in Skiathos?

A chicken gyros pita costs around €3 and a pork souvlaki €4–4.50. Ten euros covers a pita, a souvlaki and a cold drink at most of the town's counters. Breakfast at Il Posto, one of the highest-rated places to eat on the whole island, is priced well below the island average.

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