Contemporary Greek cookery is typical of Mediterranean cuisine, making wide use of olive oil, grains and bread, wine, fish, and various meats, including poultry and rabbit. Greece has an ancient culinary tradition dating back several millennia, and over the centuries Greek cuisine has evolved and absorbed numerous influences.
Some dishes can be traced back to ancient Greece such as skordalia,, retsina and pasteli; some to the Hellenistic and Roman periods: loukaniko; and Byzantium: feta cheese, avgotaraho, paximadi.
Typical Greek food is simple, colorful and packed with robust flavours. The most characteristic and ancient element of Greek cooking is olive oil, which is present in almost every dish. It is produced from the trees prominent throughout the region, and adds to the distinctive taste of Greek food.
Although many dishes show influences from Greek past, they have a distinctive style of their own which has changed little over the years. Greek cuisine has a long tradition of fine cooking and the full range of Greek dishes usually remains undiscovered by the tourist.
Rhodes, being a place of great cosmopolitan lifestyle, offers a wide variety of restaurants throughout the island, covering the whole range from traditional greek cuisine to famous international dishes from the italian, french and meadle-east cuisine.
List of Rhodes restaurants under construction |
The restaurant RED is the latest gastronomical offering located in the center of Rhodes town. Opened in May 2005, their goal is to offer something different with affordable prices. 
