4 Apr 2015

Stratos Taverna – Restaurant – Grill Room in Benitses Corfu

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Last updated on November 7th, 2023 at 12:58 pm

STRATOS taverna - restaurant
STRATOS taverna – restaurant

“STRATOS” taverna – restaurant – grill – All on charcoal

In Benitses, 50 meters from the entrance to the marina, on the highway.
With a nice interior room and a comfortable summer flower-filled courtyard.Enjoy your meal overlooking the sea at 20 meters from your table.In our tavern you will find:

  • Homemade cooked food
  • Corfiot pastitsada
  • Pot roast
  • Muse
  • Sofrito
  • Tsigareli
  • and many other

Various appetizers made by us.

  • Fresh seafood Time
  • Cooked bourdeto
  • Octopus and Fish
  • Squid
  • Shrimp
  • Spaghetti with clams
  • Shrimpspaghetti
  • Varius Meat on the grill

Greek local wine (white and black), retsina and cold beers and many options with ouzo and raki.

GOOD APPETITE.

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Paxinos Restaurant, Grill Room in Benitses

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Last updated on November 7th, 2023 at 12:58 pm

The Restaurant PAXINOS
The Restaurant PAXINOS

The Restaurant, grill room PAXINOS in Benitses Corfu

One of the best restaurants in Corfu, restaurant and grill specializing in the delicacies of local Corfiot cuisine and fresh fish.
We have our own production of wine and fresh vegetables from our garden.

PAXINOS restaurant is a family-run in cozy traditional surroundings, decorated so that it blends perfectly with the flavors and keeps unaltered in time all old Corfiot recipes.

It operates all year round and is located right at the entrance of the village of Benitses and just 50 meters from the main road.

Our kitchen is located in the same room with the main hall creating a warm and friendly environment while just beside there are two more halls that can accommodate small events such as baptisms and weddings.

We are always available for any information on our phone at +30 26610 72339.

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4 Apr 2015

Nightlife in Benitses: Bars, Clubs & Entertainment

By | Posted in: Benitses All Info | 0

Last updated on June 26th, 2025 at 02:35 pm

Benitses at Night

This page is about nightlife, specifically in Benitses, a small resort in Corfu. If you’re looking for Corfu’s nightlife overall → click here to read the full Corfu Nightlife Guide.

nightclub
nightclub

Visitors of Benitses seeking intense nightlife will not be very excited.

The large majority of tourists who are visiting Benitses now are towards relaxing and slumbering holidays, and taverns and restaurants are more suitable for them.

Today, nothing reminds the full-of-life and intense nights during past decades, when there were more than 100 bars as well as a dozen nightclubs staying open until early in the morning.

The waves of mass tourism that characterized the decades of the 70s, 80s, and 90s are a distant memory. Witnesses of past decades are the remnants of abandoned discos next to supermarkets and restaurants.

Once upon a time, Benitses Clubs, only what is left…

Idiot’s guide: Larger image? Right-click on any photo and open it in a new tab or window.

If you are wondering what this is below? It was the entrance of the Paradise Club, I mean, what is left now, there isn’t any better angle to take a good shot, as the place is surrounded by uncontrolled vegetation.

Disco Paradise - Closed during 90s
Disco Paradise – Closed during the 90s

Today’s nightlife

Today, the nightlife in Benitses is quiet, and it takes effort to discover and record the few bars, if any, that offer dancing music and stay open until late.

If you insist on searching the internet to find more bars, you will simply be disappointed because all have been closed or turned into restaurants.

So Benitses nightlife simply follows the habits of tourists, it is a low profile and is offered for couples and quieter customers.

While there are still a few bars around, although counted on fingers, and a big club that operates on special occasions, the nightlife is not what attracts visitors to the village anymore.

Of course, if travelers want to spend a pleasant evening, there are many options in neighboring places, especially in the city of Corfu, and for the most unrestrained of them in Kavos.

Benitses, after going through a difficult transition period, was there from the mid-90s and for more than a decade, with a big drop in tourist income, managed to redefine its goal. Finally, it transformed into a tourist center based on culture and the traditional way of life. This was done with the help of the beauty of the landscape and the very good restaurants in the area.

So, Benitses today are aimed mainly at families or couples and offer visitors only quiet, intimate bars, taverns, and lounges.

Also, many locals stopped their activity with tourism and got involved with more traditional occupations, such as fishing, which has been revived. This feeds fresh fish to the market stalls along the main road and especially the restaurants that offer fresh seafood in Benitses.

Bars in Benitses

Rainbow Pub (Closed, Now is transformed to Loris restaurant)

Sunshine Bar (Still open, Bar with good music, crepes, and drinks during the day, stays open until late)

Shamrock Pub (Closed, now a souvenir shop)

Oxygen Bar (Closed since 2013)

Connections Internet Cafe (Still a bar, open until late)

Casanovas (Closed after 2012)

Stadium Club (The only Club, Open on special events)

Barbayannis Cheers bar (Restaurant and bar, the loved spot of British visitors)

These are all we know about the nightlife in Benitses. We may be missing some, as shops and bars are changing names and owners very frequently, and we heard that some new bars are opening.

NOTE: The bars-shops above are not clickable! They are just there for informational reasons.

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Benitses: The Festival of Sardines

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Last updated on November 7th, 2023 at 10:24 am

Within the first ten days of August, the festival of sardines was organized.

It was a relatively new festival that was organized only for the last decade, but with increased success and attracting more people every year.
To celebrate Sardines looks pretty far-fetched but if we take into consideration that Benitses once was a fishing village, the largest in Corfu and that the people in the past lived by fishing they had every right to create a celebration for the most popular fish, the sardine.

On the day of the feast large quantities of sardines cooked and offered for free to all visitors, it was of course not possible to miss the various traditional bands and partying till late.

Update October 11, 2019, : In recent years and for various reasons the custom has weakened and the festival is not happening.
We cannot delete the article but we must inform you so that you do not include it in your plans.

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Benitses: The Celebration of Agia Marina

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Celebration of Agia Marina - Folklore dances
Celebration of Agia Marina – Folklore dances

July 17 is the celebration of Agia Marina, the patron Saint of Benitses, and the festival to honour her.

The church of Agia Marina, was built on the banks of the river that once passed through the village and now is on the road that goes through the old village.
The river carried the boats that took flour up to the mills situated near the present-day aqueduct.
The church remained in the same place after the river was diverted.

The feast of Saint Marina lasts for two-day (July 16th & 17th) but it may go on for longer in the future.
Itinerant stall holders occupy the best positions days beforehand and the air is smoky from the stalls grilling kebabs and turning lambs on the spit.
There is a really festive feeling, as dancing and singing go on until the early morning and for those two days, Benitses’ inhabitants are joined by visitors from all over the island, as well as from overseas.

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6th Achilleian Race Results

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Last updated on November 19th, 2023 at 07:06 am

Achilleian race event in Benitses
Achilleian race event in Benitses

Results of sixth Achilles Race of 10,000 meters (06/06/2011)

Category of Women – aged 50 + years 1st Pangalou Dionisia

Category of Women – aged 40 to 49 years 1st Fiona Fitzrou 2nd Katerina Papageorgiou 3rd Kritikou Elena

Category of Women – aged 30 to 39 years 1st Katerina Koukakis 2nd Jokuti Andrienn 3rd Lessi Maria

Category of Women – aged 16 to 29 years 1st Gkorogia Georgia 2nd Eleni Kosmas 3rd Kourlesi Eleni

Category of Men – aged 60 + years 1st Moltsas Athanasios 2nd Vradis Christos 3rd Maspace Karl

Category of Men – aged 50 – 59 years 1st Tzanetis Dimitrios 2nd Mathesis Spyros 3rd Gkoutormp Kallikrates

Category of Men – aged 40 to 49 years 1st Nikas Thomas 2nd Koligiotis Theodoros 3rd John Xanthopoulos

Category of Men – aged 30 to 39 years 1st Poulimas Nikolaos 2nd Katsaros Arsenis 3rd Michael Matsis

Category of Men – aged 16 to 29 years 1st Vlasseros Haralampos 2nd Domazetovic Alexander 3rd Paskai Elias

Results for the sixth Achilles Marathon Race of 21,100 meters

Category of Women – aged 50 + years 1st Attolico Maddalena 2nd Caradonna Angela

Category of Women – aged 40 to 49 years 1st Vinou Hera 2nd Softova Lyoubomira 3rd Acconciaioco Luisa

Category of Women – aged 30 to 39 years 1st Kourlesi Joanna 2nd Metallinou Zoi 3rd Lattanzio Cinzia

Category of Men – aged 60 + years 1st Torre Michelle 2nd Collela Carlo

Category of Men – aged 50 – 59 years 1st Siffano Gaetano 2nd Griesi Grancesco 3rd Radichhio Biagio

Category of Men – aged 40 to 49 years 1st Agathos Spiros 2nd Divittorio Francesco 3rd Cardillo Giuseppe

Category of Men – aged 30 to 39 years 1st John Stamatopoulos 2nd Cheimarios Alexandros 3rd Mineccia Andrea

Category of Men – aged 16 to 29 years 1st Ruta Federico 2nd Gerochristos Christos 3rd Phanariotis Dionisios

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