Captain Nicolas - Platanos

Very good and beautiful fresh grilled fish Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: €45–50 Food: 4 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 3 Recommended dishes: Sardines Grillées

Interchangeable 0815 food. But it wasn't any different in the other restaurants in this place. Tourism has left its mark Food: 3 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 2

Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: €20–25 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Polipo Alla Griglia

The tavern has a great location right by the sea. The staff is nice and attentive. Paying took a long time. The menu has a good range of Greek dishes. The prices are surprisingly affordable for this great location. The portions were large and quite good so far. The moussaka could have been a little more seasoned. Free WiFi is available. There are plenty of free parking spaces available directly at the restaurant. There was a small ice cream as a free dessert. Bread and water were left out without asking and charged for, even though we didn't even open the water, I don't like that at all.

Delicious fish, and funny story. I dined at Captain Nicolas on my first night in Crete. Fresh, delicious fish and Cretan salad. Beautiful place right on the beach. Loved it. Fast forward two weeks. I’m stranded on a cliff in Falasarna at like 9 PM on a Sunday night after my car battery died. I tried stopping 2 or 3 cars and they were nice but none of them had a solution. Third car I stop is a pickup truck with an older local couple inside. Although they didn’t know me at all and didn’t speak much English, they went out of their way to rescue me. They drove me around the area speaking to other drivers til they found the HOME address of the local car mechanic in Platanos. They drove me over there so he could come fix my car, and they even offered to put me up in their hotel for the night (didn’t need to use the hotel but still nice). As sheer coincidence would have it, turns out the husband was “Captain Nicolas” himself, and he and his wife were the owners of this great restaurant where I had dined two weeks before. They were so sweet and kind and happen to run a fabulous restaurant. 5 stars for captain Nicolas. Only in Crete!