I Trata, Fish Taverna

A family taverna since 1981

Trata was opened in 1981 by Klearchos Bellos, and today it is run by his son Periklis. It is on Poseidonos Avenue, the Nea Makri coast road, with its terrace facing the sea. It is a classic fish taverna: a dining room with wooden barrels and blue tablecloths, and a terrace with trees and flowers on the tables. It suits families, couples and large groups, and has an accessible toilet and a baby-changing table.

The kitchen opens at 12:00. The website gives no closing time or rest days, so call ahead if you go outside summer or on a weekday. From the Marathon tumulus you arrive in a few minutes.

What you eat

The fish is grilled or fried. On the menu, portions of small fish (marida, gavros) are €9.50 and sardines €10; musola or salt cod with skordalia, €14 or €14.50. Large fish goes by weight: red mullet €55 to €60 a kilo, sea bass or cod €55, sea bream, white bream and sole €65, and groupers, dentex and porgy €70. Seafood includes spaghetti with prawns, shrimp saganaki, octopus and langoustines at €17 a portion, and squid at €12. For those who do not want fish, pork chop or burger at €10.

What the house takes most care over is the starters, all made in its kitchen: the melitzanosalata, with the aubergine slowly roasted on the coals; anchovies in vinegar (€9.50), taramosalata, skordalia, tirokafteri and crab salad, nearly all at €7. There are boiled greens and the "Trata", a platter of assorted boiled vegetables for two (€11.50) or three people (€14.50). In winter the house recommends its fish soup. To drink, beer, house white or red wine by the carafe or a bottle. At the end, they treat you to home-made halva and seasonal fruit.