Spile · Himarë · Albania

Greek cooking, under the vine.

On Rruga Shen Varvara, a short walk up from the beach at Livadh: fish, the dishes of a Greek kitchen, and pizza besides. Blue and white tables on the flagstones, a creeper over the whole front, and a board standing out on the road with the fish written up by hand.

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The painted Odissea Restaurant sign, red lettering and two galleys on a blue board with a Greek key border, fixed under the white pergola roof

The board

Written up by hand, out at the road.

A chalkboard stands on the pavement at the front. This is what is written on it in the photograph beside it — the fish at the top, then the pots, then the sweet things.

Read the board
Fresh-fish
  • Haddock
  • Gilthead bream
  • Sea bas
Fresh food
  • Moussaka
  • Pastitsio
  • Stuffed peppers
  • Giant beans
Dessert
  • Orange pie
  • Chocolate souffe
  • Cheesecake
A handwritten chalkboard headed Fresh-Fish standing on the pavement at the road, with a second chalkboard headed Pizza further along
The fish board, out on the road.

Under the vine

Blue and white, on the stones.

The terrace sits back off the road behind a low stone wall, under a slatted white roof with a creeper grown right across it. Painted timber chairs, gingham cloths over their backs, cloths on the tables.

Laid up on the flagstones.
Off the pass.

Livadh

About 70 metres from the water.

Livadh is the long pebble beach that runs south-east from here, a kilometre and a quarter of it, and the road behind it is this one. Come up off the shingle and the board is out at the front.

Sunset over the Ionian from the shore at Livadh, Himarë

The kitchen

What is cooked

  • Greek
  • Seafood
  • Pizza

Fresh seafood. The traditional dishes. Homemade desserts. Pizza and pasta.

Tables are taken on the telephone, on +355 69 461 4931.