Bani's Restaurant & Bar

Tucked steps from the beach in Cowes, Bani's plates up hearty Greek coastal feasts framed by upstairs bay views. Locals head straight for the second-story tables, catching water breezes through open windows while carving into slow-cooked lamb shoulder that falls apart at the tap of a fork. The kitchen leans into generous mezze spreads—blistered saganaki balanced with apricot, charred octopus over fava puree, and platters built for sharing across the table. Between attentive floor service and a drinks shelf stocked with traditional mastic liqueur, dinner winds down over crisp galaktoboureko dusted in cinnamon.