Alis

At Mr. I'm glad that two of the most important restaurants are his Arab and Ali, two Muslim Greeks whose families have been living in Kos for years. This is because at the time of the population exchanges of 1915-1925, the Dodecanese were Italian and so the Muslim minorities did not move from the islands.

The Alis restaurant is the family business Hadjisuleiman - is located since the 16th century in Kos -, and first operated in 1986 in the area Platani (Kermentes) with the name "Taverna Asklipios" in a small privately owned space on the road to Asklipieio, just above the square In 1989 the company moved to Plataniou Square where it became known as Ali. Commando in the kitchen did then - as now - the Zinet, with the help of her 2 brothers Aise and Dilper and at the serving was her husband Ali with his children Ahmet and Hassan. After 22 years of successful operation in Platani, in 2012 the family moved to the city of Kos.

The new restaurant may not be located in the city center or on the beach where most tourist taverns are located, but that did not stop it from happening soon. sought after. In a quiet street a few meters from the beach, easily accessible, corner of Artemisia and Thessaly, on the east side of the city, in a spacious courtyard, Ali is now going through his new and more dynamic phase. Only now that Zinet has the valuable help of her husband Ali in the kitchen and the serving passed to the children who have now become men with family. Ahmet and Hassan are epic all day long and with a smile on their face they serve people and cosmos and travel us to local, but mainly to oriental typical flavors that are so familiar to the Greeks.

From oriental food We singled out the manti, the bouyurdi, the yoghurt, but also the "meraklidika" iskender kebabs, adana kebabs, the soutzoukaki, the lachmatzoun and from the kotika the delicious ladera, the dolmadakia, the stuffed zucchini flowers, pasha macaroni (only on Sundays), and salads (kotiki, politiki, tacos).

The passage through the restaurant Alis is one enjoyable gastronomic experience offered by the island of Kos.