Santorini is one of those spectacularly beautiful places in the world that must endure bad restaurants producing bad food in prime locations.

Occasionally, though there is a restaurant that meets and exceeds whatever obscenely high standards I may have.

Philipas was such a restaurant.

Serving the best tomatokeftes, salad, and tsatsiki anywhere the food was tasty, well prepared and made to order.

Overlooking the small port where fishermen place their boats

to survive the weather.

The owner, Philipas,

serves excellent Greek and Santorinian food.

Apparently much of the produce the restaurant serves is grown by the owner himself.

A fantastic, absolutely fantastic meal …

And I would have taken pictures of the food but I was too busy eating …

Eat whatever is on the menu. Enjoy the view. And remember my recommendation…