Editorial place profile
Selene Restaurant — Fira, Santorini
At a glance
Selene is a contemporary Greek and Cycladic restaurant in an old Catholic monastery in Fira, Santorini. Ettore Botrini’s food and Yiannis Karakasis MW’s wine programme connect the island’s ingredients with separate tasting and wine choices.
Practical details
- Location
- Fira Town, Santorini 84700, Cyclades, Greece
- Published hours
- 18:30–00:30; last order 22:00
- Half Moon
- €170 per person; wine pairing separately priced
- Vegetarian Harvest Moon
- €180 per person on request; optional wine +€90
Santorinian cooking in the old monastery
Founded in 1985 by Giorgos and Evelyn Hatzigiannakis, Selene now occupies an old Catholic monastery in Fira. Its operator describes an eighteenth-century building and local ingredients shaped by Santorini’s volcanic land and Aegean setting.
The site identifies Ettore Botrini’s involvement from 2021 and Yiannis Karakasis MW’s direction of the wine programme, with an emphasis on Santorini’s vineyard.
Sources: Selene: Fira restaurant, contact and dining hours, Selene: linked June 2026 Half Moon menu
The Half Moon tasting and wine choices
The currently linked June 2026 Half Moon menu is €170 per person. Its sequence includes fava and eel, tomato preparations, fava bread, amberjack with cocoa butter and almond, red prawn, red mullet and lamb, followed by citrus, Vinsanto and other desserts. Seasonal dishes can change.
Half Moon wine options are listed separately at €65, €110 and €215. They are additional beverage choices, not included in the food-menu price. The restaurant also links a Full Moon tasting; request its current dishes, duration and price if choosing that different format.
Sources: Selene: linked June 2026 Half Moon menu, Selene: Fira restaurant, contact and dining hours
Vegetarian Harvest Moon and table-wide conditions
The linked May 2026 Harvest Moon menu is €180 per person and is available on request. It includes fava, tomato, bread, watermelon with metsovone cheese and truffle, onion dolma and pasta, followed by desserts. Its optional wine pairing is a further €90 per person.
Harvest Moon is described as vegetarian, rather than vegan or free of particular allergens. Cheese, pasta and pistachio appear in the menu. Both documents ask guests to inform staff of allergies or dietary restrictions and say tastings are designed for the whole table. Agree the menu and accepted preparation in advance.
Sources: Selene: linked May 2026 Harvest Moon menu, Selene: linked June 2026 Half Moon menu
Fira contact, last orders and planning
The operator publishes Fira Town, Santorini 84700, +30 22860 22249 and info@selene.gr. Opening is given as 18:30–00:30, with last order at 22:00; the late closing time is not the last dinner-arrival time.
Use the restaurant’s own reservation route for the desired date, whole-table menu, seating and written conditions. The reviewed page does not state weekly service days or an exact seasonal closing date. Its wine tastings and special events are separate formats with their own arrangements.
Sources: Selene: Fira restaurant, contact and dining hours, Selene: linked June 2026 Half Moon menu, Selene: linked May 2026 Harvest Moon menu
Contact and published information
- Restaurant website and published information
- Published menu
- Call Selene Restaurant — Fira, Santorini: +30 22860 22249
- info@selene.gr
- Address: Old Catholic monastery, Fira Town, Santorini 84700, Cyclades, Greece
- Published hours: Published 18:30–00:30; last order 22:00; service days and seasonal dates need confirmation
Where this place fits
Sources and review dates
- Selene: Fira restaurant, contact and dining hours — Restaurant operator — checked 2026-10-20. Old Catholic monastery setting in Fira; restaurant opening 18:30–00:30 and last order 22:00. Menu documents are seasonal.
- Selene: linked June 2026 Half Moon menu — Restaurant operator menu — checked 2026-10-20. €170 per person, with separate wine pairings. Whole-table tasting and advance ingredient discussion apply.
- Selene: linked May 2026 Harvest Moon menu — Restaurant operator menu — checked 2026-10-20. Vegetarian tasting €180 per person, available on request; optional wine pairing +€90. Cheese, pasta and nuts appear.
Author and corrections
Sarah Haddad is responsible for this profile. It is based on the published sources cited here; no firsthand visit or independent service test is claimed.