so i'm here at marinera in fira which has one of the most wonderful views in fira and a lot of
terrific food and we're going to take a little tour and talk with konstantinos the owner all
about marinera kalimera how are you konstantinos i'm fine nice to see you again len nice to be here
i'm great thank you such a beautiful spot here marinera thank you very much can you show us
around the first floor here please come with me so that you can see the three front row tables okay
right right in the middle from fira you can see the volcano you can see oia you can see thirassia
and of course a criteria the building is right in the center of fora yeah right
in the center of the caldera such a gorgeous let let me show you around we have a nice bar
uh inside here where we have a nice mixologist alexandros gikopoulos who
is taking care of the bar yes i know you have terrific cocktails here yeah uh she
did some special cocktails here some signature cocktails that the people they commonly enjoy
let's talk about them upstairs yeah let's go around and you can see also our patio
this is a winery party because we have a nice a nice arbors here and these are examples of
the tummy that's correct that's correct they are the the ones from santorini and so in santorini
because of the wind uh the grape vines are wrapped around in a basket like this called the honeydews
wines we produce many wines here in santorini no water no rain so all the water for the wines
comes from the earth and this is why they do not want to grow them higher because the wind will
destroy the wine so they keep them low in the on the earth and this is how it becomes yeah great
and let's come inside because inside here we have a very traditional old canava
where the guests they can sit and enjoy either for lunch when it's very hot during the summer months
it's fully unconditioned or during rainy days or windy days they come inside and they can sit
and enjoy the dinner or lunch whatever they like and it's months months quiet than in the caldera
nice let's go now upstairs all right because i think upstairs it's the most uh part of the
yeah it's got to be one of the best views in fire here
so we have those two terraces all right
and as you can see the view is the the highest part of the of the caldera in sierra it's marinara
wow what a view here great so i see that you've prepared some of the food here
yeah let's talk about what's going on in marinera what what is the concept here to start with
so the concept is the greek traditional food redefined we work with the best of the best
quality materials that we can offer and we offer to our guests the traditional recipes
from our mothers and grandmothers of course in a new way and uh can i explain to you some
pieces that we have for sure we start with the bread as simple as it gets but it's the original
pizza bread and the traditional greek bread with olive oil so we need that the the guests
experience the greek traditional way with top of the top materials we produce also our fava the
santorini famous fava with the capers for example all the products here they are from santorini
then of course the appetizers they are accompanied with a very special flight of cocktails they are
all greek spirits that you can find and we did this with alexandros gikopoulos and we start
with ouzo cocktail to start the your your lunch we proceed with tsipouro which is tsipouro one of
the best zippers that ever produced in greece and we finalized the flight of this cocktail
with mastiha mastiha it's a little bit sweet it's to finalize your dinner also and then we go with
dishes like the greek salads santorini tomato feta cheese from ithaca from a producer uh who who is
a very good friend a very small producer for for feta cheese olive oils from kalamata and uh the
rusk that we produce here they are they are color products then we have main courses like gyros the
one that you see here it's the traditional gyros with the pita bread the chicken and of course the
the original jazzy the concept in the marinera is that we want everybody all our guests coming from
all over the world they can enjoy the traditional way of uh you know meze tapas and of course the
best quality that you can find in santorini and one of the best that you can find in greece we
hope that everybody here can come and relax enjoy their lunch through the cruise ships people are
coming for lunch or uh enjoy their dinner you know with nice cocktails and uh nice ambiance
with i think one of the best uses on the island yeah and the cocktails here are really terrific
ah the cocktails uh now it's the second year that we work here in marinara and alexander is doing a
fantastic job uh this year he introduced three new uh signature cocktails uh they are based
on the on the international spirits first of all but also alexander is trying to use
greek spirits like i said before ouzo tsiporo mastiha he combines the ingredients
the international ingredients also with the greek products so that the guests from all over
the world they can they can see also the spirit of greece uh how we live in greece and uh how we
we we manage our tastes and our what we want to want we want to to have for lunch for dinner uh
with the wine or with the hot sauce great and then tell me about the wines here at uh oh marinera
they're wise mainly they are from santorini we are in santorini santorini is producing amazing wines
all throughout the world everybody is asking for santorini asyrtiko for example
so we have here a selection of six bottles of six different bottles of acidic
but also due to the fact that here you are going to enjoy products from all over the
greece you have wines also from other parts from greece for example naftilos it's a it's a rose
wine that is produced in central greece and it is aimed to be one of the best roses that we have
uh what we aim here is that uh the total experience of uh of the guests to be
what we greeks we enjoy at home and when we go out yeah we want that all our guests here coming
from all over the world they enjoy exactly the same what we do right and tell me a little bit
about the price point you're trying to make this restaurant both super high quality terrific food
but also financially very accessible in terms of the price points and this is our target this
is our target we want to go for uh we want to go for lunch meaning that all our guests
they can enjoy a salad they can enjoy some appetizers they can have one glass of wine and
they do not have to spend so much money that normally you know in the caldera and santorini
uh you have to pay a lot of money to enjoy the caldera not here not in marinera i think that
the total project is based on first of all on quality but
secondly on we are on a budget we do not want that the guests they have to pay extremely high
amounts of money so to enjoy the view and enjoy the caldera not only for lunch but
also for dinner great well again i'm here with konstantinos the owner of marinera restaurant
in fira marinera has one of the best perches here in fira with just an absolutely stunning view
the cocktails are amazing the food is delicious and it's a great spot
to enjoy an afternoon or an evening nice to see you again i wish you yourself enjoy okay
thank you