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Best Restaurants for Solo Dining in Mykonos 2026
Solo Dining · Mykonos · 6 tables ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 15, 2026 · Updated June 19, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Mykonos has a reputation as the worst Greek island for eating alone, all beach clubs, bottle service and tables of ten with a DJ. That reputation is only half true. Step out of Nammos and the Paraga scene and into the Chora back lanes, the Old Port and a coal-fired taverna above a quiet beach, and Mykonos keeps a second life of cheap souvlaki counters and family rooms that have fed locals since long before the island went global. A solo diner who knows where to look eats very well here for very little. These six rooms, ranked, are where to do it.
1.To Maereio
Squeeze into a tiny Chora room for the family meatballs and zero attitude. Wait it out.
Twin brothers Isidoros and Dimitris Monoyios run To Maereio at 16 Kalogera Street in Chora, a room of only five to eight tables serving the Mykonian home cooking they grew up on. The meatballs are a guarded family recipe, the giouvarlakia stew a daily comfort, with starters around eight to ten euros and mains eighteen to twenty. It takes no reservations and opens roughly March to October, so a wait is normal. For a solo diner it is the warmest small room on the island, where eating alone gets you talked to, not seated and forgotten.
No bookings; arrive early in Chora and expect a short wait.
2.Niko's Taverna
Walk in to a square-side institution for grilled octopus and a fair bill. Just turn up.
Niko's Taverna has anchored a Chora square since 1976, and its walk-in policy makes it one of the easiest quality rooms on Mykonos to land a single table. The kitchen runs grilled octopus, rabbit with baby onions, lamb with lemon, fresh fish and big salads at prices that stay fair by island standards. Tables spill across the square so a solo diner is never marooned at a lonely two-top. Come early in the evening before the queue builds and order the octopus and a half-litre of house white.
Walk in early off the Chora square; no reservation needed.
3.Kiki's Tavern
Queue under the trees with a free glass of wine for the coal-grilled lamb. Line up.
Above Agios Sostis beach, with no electricity, no sign and no telephone, Kiki's Tavern cooks grilled meats and fish over a coal stove and dresses garden salads to go with them. It takes no reservations, so the loyal crowd waits under the trees, glass of free wine in hand, for one of the few tables. It runs lunch into the early evening and is cash only. A Mykonos institution for over two decades, it suits a solo diner happy to share the wait, the view and a long lunch with strangers.
Go for lunch, bring cash, and settle in for the queue.
4.Baboulas Ouzeri
Take a harbour stool for grilled octopus and ouzo where locals actually eat. Sit down.
Baboulas Ouzeri sits on the Old Port, a family room founded by Tasos Baboulas in the 1990s and now consistently the top-rated restaurant in Mykonos Town on TripAdvisor in 2026. The format, a spread of seafood mezze built around ouzo, is ideal for one: grilled octopus, fried calamari and small plates ordered as you like, with the harbour in front of you. A solo diner can take a single stool, pour a glass and graze, paying a fraction of what the beach clubs charge for far worse Greek food.
Take a harbourside seat at the Old Port; order mezze and ouzo.
5.Sakis Grill House
Grab a pork gyro for the price of a Mykonos coffee and keep moving. Order it.
Sakis Grill House has run in Mykonos Town since 1986, one of the island's longest-standing souvlaki houses. The pork gyro is the order at around seven to eight euros, with souvlaki, kebabs, handmade Myconian pies and homemade tzatziki rounding it out. Service is quick over the counter and there are a few stools if you want them. For a solo diner this is the value anchor of the island, an honest grilled meal for the cost of a single cocktail anywhere near the waterfront.
Order at the counter in Chora; a few stools if you want to sit.
6.Jimmy's Gyros
Order a souvlaki for a couple of euros and eat it by the windmills. Grab one.
Jimmy's Gyros is a bare-bones counter in Mykonos Town where a souvlaki runs around two euros eighty, about the cheapest proper bite on a famously expensive island. The gyros and souvlaki are built fast and fresh, and there is next to no seating, which suits a solo diner on the move between the Chora lanes, the windmills and the harbour. It is not a sit-down dinner, but as a single, on-your-feet meal it is unbeatable value and a Mykonos staple for a reason.
Grab one to go and eat it walking the Chora lanes.
Avoid for solo dining
Right island, wrong room for one
Scorpios. The Paraga beach club is a sharing-plate, table-of-ten scene with a DJ and bottle service, not a solo dinner. A single cover pays the highest prices on the island to feel conspicuously out of place.
Matsuhisa Mykonos. The Nobu room at the Belvedere is built for couples and groups passing plates. Eaten alone it is an expensive way to order two dishes and leave, with the view and the scene doing most of the work.
Solo dining strategy in Mykonos
Split the island in your head. There is the beach-club Mykonos of Nammos, Scorpios and Paraga, which is built for groups and bottle service and punishes a solo diner, and there is the Chora and Old Port Mykonos of family tavernas and souvlaki counters, which barely notices whether you came alone. For eating well by yourself, stay in the second one.
Go walk-in and go early. The small rooms that matter, To Maereio and Niko's, do not take bookings or fill fast, so a single diner arrives at opening to beat the queue. Kiki's is a lunch, not a dinner, and a long one. For the cheapest meals, the souvlaki counters at Sakis and Jimmy's feed you on your feet for the price of a coffee. Skip the sunset beach clubs entirely when you are on your own.
Frequently asked
What is the best restaurant for solo dining in Mykonos?
To Maereio is the top pick. The eight-table Chora room at 16 Kalogera Street, run by twin brothers Isidoros and Dimitris Monoyios, serves Mykonian home cooking and treats a single diner like a regular. It takes no reservations and opens roughly March to October, so arrive early and expect a short wait, then order the family meatballs.
Where can I eat alone cheaply in Mykonos?
The Chora souvlaki counters are the value picks. Sakis Grill House, grilling since 1986, plates a pork gyro for around seven to eight euros, and Jimmy's Gyros sells a souvlaki for under three. Both are quick, counter-style and ideal for a solo diner on the move, costing a fraction of the island's beach-club prices.
Which Mykonos restaurants suit eating alone?
Ouzeris and tavernas are easiest for one. Baboulas Ouzeri at the Old Port serves seafood mezze you order a few plates at a time, perfect for a single stool, and Niko's Taverna spills across a Chora square with a walk-in policy. Kiki's at Agios Sostis is a communal coal-grill lunch where everyone waits together.
Do Mykonos restaurants take reservations for one person?
The best small rooms do not take bookings at all, so a solo diner simply turns up. To Maereio, Niko's and Kiki's are all walk-in, which actually helps a single, who is easier to seat than a group. Arrive at opening to skip the longest queue, especially at the no-reservation tavernas in July and August.
Is Mykonos good for solo travellers who want to eat well?
Yes, if you avoid the beach clubs. The party venues are built for groups and bottle service and make a solo diner feel out of place, but the Chora tavernas, the Old Port ouzeris and the souvlaki counters are relaxed, fair-priced and used to people eating alone. Stay in town and inland and you will eat very well by yourself.
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