Best Restaurants Open Monday in Santorini 2026

Why a Monday list matters in Santorini

Santorini's dining calendar is seasonal rather than weekly. From roughly Easter to the end of October the island fills, and the serious rooms open seven days, since a Monday in July is as busy as a Saturday. The closures to plan around are the winter ones: many of these rooms shut entirely from November to March. In the June peak, the more useful question is not which rooms open Monday but how early to book the sunset table.

The order below leads with Selene, the room that first argued Cycladic produce deserved fine-dining treatment, then runs through the cliff-edge hotel rooms in Oia, the locals' taverna inland, the Firostefani seafood table and a restored captain's house. Santorini sits outside the Michelin star list but inside its guide coverage of Greece, so the markers here are reputation and the view rather than stars. Hours are checked against each restaurant's published schedule. Every name links to its full review. For the rest of the week, start with the Santorini dining guide.

The Monday list

Selene

Aegean fine dining · Pyrgos, Santorini · €70–130 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 10:00–22:00 (daily in season)

Selene has championed Santorini's own produce since 1986, the room that first treated the island's fava, white aubergine, caper leaves and cherry tomatoes as the basis for serious cooking. Set now in Pyrgos, it serves a refined Aegean menu and tasting, around €70 to €130 a head. It opens daily through the season, Monday included, from late morning to 10pm. This is the island's most credentialed kitchen rather than its best view, so come for the cooking and the wine list of indigenous Assyrtiko, and book the terrace ahead.

Lauda

Aegean fine dining · Oia, Santorini · €90–160 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 19:00–22:30 (daily in season)

Lauda at the Andronis Boutique Hotel in Oia opened in 1971 as the village's first restaurant, and it now runs a modern Aegean tasting on a terrace cut into the caldera cliff. The local fish, the Santorini fava and the produce-led courses are the order, around €90 to €160 a head. It opens daily in season for dinner from 7pm, Monday included. The sunset seating is the most sought-after table on the island, so a Monday booking still needs to go in days ahead for the cliff-edge view.

Metaxi Mas

Greek taverna · Exo Gonia, Santorini · €30–55 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 14:30–23:00 (daily in season)

Metaxi Mas sits inland in the village of Exo Gonia, away from the caldera crowds, and is the room Santorini's own locals send you to and then resent that you found. The slow-cooked lamb, the grilled octopus and the Cretan-Santorinian dishes are the order, around €30 to €55 a head. It opens daily in season from 2:30pm to 11pm, Monday included. It has no sunset view to trade on, which keeps the cooking honest and the bill low, so book ahead because the word is long since out.

Argo

Greek seafood · Firostefani, Santorini · €40–80 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 12:00–23:30 (daily in season)

Argo sits on the caldera path at Firostefani, a long-running seafood room that grills the day's catch with a view back toward Fira. The grilled fish, the lobster pasta and the Santorinian starters are the order, around €40 to €80 a head. It opens daily in season from noon to 11:30pm, Monday included, which makes it one of the few caldera-view rooms running a Monday lunch as well as dinner. Reserve the cliff-side tables for dinner from 7:30, when the light goes over the volcano.

1800 Floga

Mediterranean · Oia, Santorini · €60–110 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 12:00–24:00 (daily in season)

1800 Floga occupies a restored 1800s sea-captain's mansion in Oia, a more formal room than the village average, with a rooftop terrace for the sunset. The Mediterranean menu, the local fish and the Santorini wines are the order, around €60 to €110 a head. It opens daily April to October from noon to midnight, Monday included. The rooftop tables go first for the Oia sunset, so reserve at least a day ahead; the indoor mansion rooms are the quieter, cooler seat for a later Monday dinner.

Ambrosia

Mediterranean fine dining · Oia, Santorini · €60–110 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 18:30–23:30 (daily in season)

Ambrosia perches on the Oia cliff with one of the cleanest caldera views on the island, a dinner-only room run on two seatings. The fillet, the seafood and the Mediterranean plates are the order, around €60 to €110 a head. In the June season it opens daily from 6:30pm, Monday included, with a first seating at 6:30 and a second at 9. The early seating catches the sunset and the later one the lit-up caldera, so state which you want when you book, a day or two ahead in peak weeks.

How to book a Monday table in Santorini

Santorini in peak season is a book-ahead island every night of the week, Monday no exception, because the constraint is the view rather than the opening hours. Lauda's sunset seating in Oia is the hardest table on the island, so reserve days out and name the time you want. Ambrosia and 1800 Floga both run sunset seatings that go first, so a Monday booking still needs to specify the early or late slot. Selene rewards a terrace reservation for the cooking rather than the view. Argo takes a Monday lunch as well as dinner, which makes its caldera path an easy solo-dining seat at midday. For a Monday first date, the inland calm of Metaxi Mas beats fighting the cruise crowd for a cliff-edge table.

Frequently asked questions

Which good restaurants are open on Monday in Santorini?

In the summer season almost all of them, since the island's best rooms open daily through the peak. Selene in Pyrgos, Lauda and Ambrosia and 1800 Floga in Oia, Metaxi Mas inland and Argo in Firostefani all open Monday from roughly June to September. The closures here are seasonal, not weekly, with many rooms shut from November. For the full week, see the Santorini dining guide.

Is Selene open on Monday in Santorini?

Yes, daily through the season. Selene opens Monday from late morning to 10pm at its Pyrgos home. Running since 1986, it is the island's pioneer of Aegean fine dining, built on Santorini's own fava, white aubergine and indigenous Assyrtiko wines, around €70 to €130 a head. This is the island's most credentialed kitchen rather than its best view, so book the terrace ahead and come for the cooking and the wine list.

Do Santorini restaurants close on a particular day?

Not in peak season. From roughly Easter to late October the serious rooms open seven days a week, since a Monday in July is as busy as a weekend. The closures to plan around are seasonal: many of these rooms shut entirely from November to March. So a Monday in June is fully covered, and the only real constraint is securing a caldera-view sunset table before the cruise crowd.

What is the best sunset restaurant open Monday in Santorini?

Lauda at the Andronis Boutique Hotel in Oia is the sunset pick, open Monday for dinner from 7pm with a terrace cut into the caldera cliff, around €90 to €160 a head. Ambrosia and 1800 Floga, both in Oia, also run sunset seatings on a Monday. The view tables go first across all three, so book days ahead and name the early seating if you want the sunset itself rather than the lit-up caldera after.

Where do locals eat on a Monday in Santorini?

Metaxi Mas in the inland village of Exo Gonia is the locals' room, open Monday from 2:30pm to 11pm with slow-cooked lamb and grilled octopus, around €30 to €55 a head. It has no caldera view, which keeps the cooking honest and the bill far below the cliff-edge rooms. The word has long been out, so even on a Monday a reservation is wise, particularly for a dinner table on the terrace.

Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule in June 2026; confirm directly before travelling. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.