SH8 · Potam · Himarë, Albania
Taverna Pirosia
Greek and regional cooking on a blue timber pergola terrace, a little over a kilometre south-east of Himarë on the coast road. Five of our six pies have no meat in them, and neither do nine of our ten appetisers.
- On Google
- 4.7 / 5
- On Tripadvisor
- 4.9 / 5
The table
A table here fills up. A dozen white plates at once in the middle of the blue planks — pies cut from the tray, small plates of vegetables, salad, olives, oil, and something off the grill sold by the kilo for everyone to reach into.
The pies are sold by the piece and most of the grill by the kilo, which tells you which half of the card is for one person and which half is for a table.
How a table arrives — everything at once, and everyone reaching.
The leaf
14 of the 22 lines we print have no meat in them. The pies are where it shows most plainly.
- Greens piemeat-free
- Spinach piemeat-free
- Leek piemeat-free
- Zucchini piemeat-free
- Cheese piemeat-free
- Chicken pie
The appetisers run the same way: nine of the ten have no meat in them, from fërgesë and saganaqi through grilled vegetables, tzatziki and olives. Meat-free means no meat and nothing further — much of it is built on cheese or egg.
That line matters if you are eating without meat around Himarë: the pies and the cheese plates are vegetarian rather than vegan, here and everywhere else on this coast.
The grill is the other half of the card, and it is sold by the kilo.
Good to know
- Seating
- Outdoors, on the terrace
- Cards
- Visa and Mastercard, and cash
- Takeaway
- Yes
- Kitchen
- Greek and regional
- Meat-free cooking
- Yes, and a lot of it
- Toilets
- On site
Finding it
We are on Rruga Vangjel Zoto at Potam — the SH8 coast road itself, which runs past the door — a little over a kilometre south-east of Himarë town, at the inland edge of the Potam restaurants. There is a phone number, and there are directions.