Best Anniversary Restaurants in Santorini 2026
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The anniversary pick in Santorini for 2026 is Selene in Fira, a Michelin-starred tasting from €115 to €210. Editorial runners-up: Lauda, The Athenian House, 1800 and Metaxi Mas.
“We poured the same wine on their first visit,” a Selene server says of the couple at the corner table, marking a decade in the monastery courtyard. An anniversary on Santorini is worth more than a sunset selfie; it wants a kitchen that remembers you and a room that slows the night down. Six tables carry the occasion, from a starred tasting menu to a village taverna that has fed the island since 1922.
Six Santorini Tables for an Anniversary
Michelin-starred chef Ettore Botrini has run Selene since 2021, inside an 18th-century monastery set back from the Fira crowds. The moon-named tasting menus turn white aubergine, capers and Akrotiri produce into the island's most serious cooking, with a Wine Spectator award held since 2023. Expect €115 to €210 a head. Tell the team it is an anniversary and they set the pace. The island's most important table.
In 2026 Lauda brought in Emmanuel Renaut, the three-Michelin-star chef behind Flocons de Sel in Megeve, to guide its kitchen at the Andronis hotel in Oia. The tasting menus are the way in; lunch starts near €42 and dinner climbs to €170, with the caldera below. Book three to five weeks out. The anniversary with real ambition, on the Oia cliff.
Television chef and cookbook author Yiannis Skarmoutsos runs The Athenian House in Imerovigli, where the signature lamb moussaka is built on Santorini white aubergine with tahini and a feta bechamel. The sunset seating is the reason to come, with the bill near €150 to €200 a head. Book the early slot and toast the light. The anniversary you choose for the view.
Owner Ioannis Zaggelidis restored a sea captain's 1845 mansion on Oia's Main Street and opened it as 1800, a candlelit courtyard of whitewashed stone and a deep cellar. Greek classics and Santorinian wine run about €55 to €90 a head; the kitchen holds a Greek Golden Chef's Hat. Ask for the courtyard. The romantic-dinner anniversary that does not need a tasting menu.
Kostis Chrysoherakis came from Chania on holiday, stayed, and built the table every local defends, below the church in Exo Gonia. Slow-cooked rabbit, fava and island wine run about €25 to €45 a head, far from the caldera crowds. Book a week ahead in season. The quiet anniversary, for couples who would rather eat well than be seen.
The Roussos family has cooked Aktaion on Firostefani Square since 1922, three generations holding the same recipes. Generous Greek plates run about €25 to €45 a head on a quiet square, lunch and dinner daily, year-round. Walk down for the early light. Fitting for an anniversary of your own: a family that has kept one table for a hundred years.
How to Book, and What It Costs
Reserve Lauda three to five weeks out and Selene two to four weeks ahead in peak summer; both are small and fill fast. The Athenian House and the caldera terraces book up on July and August evenings, so plan a week or two early and request a sunset table. Metaxi Mas needs about a week, and Aktaion takes walk-ins year-round.
A milestone dinner ranges widely. Aktaion and Metaxi Mas keep it to €25 to €45 a head; 1800 lands €55 to €90; the sunset rooms at The Athenian House and Lauda run €150 to €200, and Selene tops near €210 for the tasting. For a caldera-view anniversary without a tasting menu, Archipelagos leads our Santorini list for cliff-edge celebrations, with Ambrosia in Oia and Argo in Fira close behind.
Frequently Asked Questions
Selene in Fira is the editorial pick: a Michelin-starred tasting menu under chef Ettore Botrini, served in an 18th-century monastery away from the sunset crowds, for 115 to 210 euro a head. For a caldera-view celebration, Archipelagos leads our Santorini list for anniversaries, and Lauda at Andronis in Oia brings three-Michelin-star pedigree to the cliff.
A milestone dinner ranges widely. Selene's tasting runs 115 to 210 euro a head, and the sunset rooms at The Athenian House and Lauda land 150 to 200 euro. For a warmer, lower-key anniversary, 1800 in Oia is 55 to 90 euro, while the village tables at Metaxi Mas and Aktaion keep it to 25 to 45 euro with wine.
The caldera terraces in Oia and Imerovigli own the sunset. The Athenian House, Ambrosia and Archipelagos all face the bay directly, and Lauda sits on the Oia cliff at Andronis. Book the early-evening slot to catch the light. If you would rather have calm and serious cooking than another crowded rail, Selene's monastery courtyard is the quieter romantic choice.
Reserve Lauda three to five weeks out and Selene two to four weeks ahead in peak summer; both are small and fill fast. The sunset terraces at The Athenian House and Archipelagos book up on July and August evenings, so plan a week or two early and request a sunset table. Tell the restaurant it is an anniversary and most will help.
Most are not. Selene, Lauda, 1800 and the caldera terraces run roughly April to October, then close for winter. If your anniversary falls in the off-season, call ahead, because many kitchens shut entirely and hours shrink. Aktaion in Firostefani, open year-round across three generations of the Roussos family, is the dependable winter anniversary table.