
ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Fire is the oldest table. We cook slowly over real wood because some things — bread, ferments, trust — cannot be rushed. Comfort is not a style here; it is the whole point.
“FIRE, CARE & PATIENCE”STOKING THE FIRE — 00%
ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ / THESSALONIKI — 40.6389° N
Wood fire. Good dining.
Open Kitchen
Wood Fire
Vertical Farm
Great meals are made of fire, care, and a touch of patience.
01 ΕΣΤΙΑ — THE HEARTH
real wood, lit every morning
chefs you can see, food you can trust
ferments, doughs & embers take their time
02 ΙΣΤΟΡΙΕΣ — WHAT WE TEND

ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ
Fire is the oldest table. We cook slowly over real wood because some things — bread, ferments, trust — cannot be rushed. Comfort is not a style here; it is the whole point.
“FIRE, CARE & PATIENCE”
ΕΣΤΙΑ
No walls, no pass, no secrets. Skewers turn over oak embers, whole vegetables blister in the ash, and the fire decides the pace of the evening. Sit at the counter and watch it happen.
OAK & OLIVE WOOD
ΚΗΠΟΣ
Two floors above the hearth, greens grow in stacked beds under soft light. Herbs, bitter leaves and microgreens are cut minutes before they touch the plate — a farm that has never seen a truck.
CUT TO ORDER
ΨΩΜΙ
A sourdough culture older than the restaurant, proofed overnight and baked in the stone oven while the city sleeps. Torn, never sliced. Served warm, always.
STONE OVEN · 04:30 AM
ΟΜΑΔΑ
Cooks, bakers, growers and hosts — one crew in black. The people feeding the fire are the same people bringing your plate; ask them anything, they love it.
THE CHEFSQ ΕΡΩΤΗΣΕΙΣ — GOOD QUESTIONS
Yes. Maestranza is a wood-fire fine dining restaurant in Thessaloniki's city center (Ptolemeon 29b). Everything is cooked in a fully open kitchen over oak and olive embers: dry-aged beef cuts, lamb souvlaki, stone-oven sourdough, and greens harvested from our own indoor vertical farm minutes before they reach the plate.
Not yet — because until now no restaurant in Thessaloniki could be. The MICHELIN Guide only covered Athens in Greece; in 2026 it announced it is expanding to Thessaloniki and Santorini, with the city's first selection to be revealed in the second half of 2026. So Thessaloniki is about to get its first MICHELIN-listed restaurants ever. We cook the way we always have — single-origin Greek produce, raw island cheeses, a from-scratch fermentation program and a fire lit by hand every morning — and we will let the inspectors find us. Read the full explainer →
Reserve online through our reservations page or call +30 231 055 5150. We serve Tuesday to Sunday from 18:00. The twelve-seat oak counter in front of the wood fire is the most requested seat in the house — book ahead for weekends.
Start with the sourdough peinirli from the wood oven or the mushroom crème brûlée with black truffle. For mains, the lamb souvlaki with sweet chili pear and the wood-grilled USA Ribeye are the dishes guests talk about — and everything green on the plate grew two floors above the fire, in our vertical farm.
★ ΚΡΙΤΙΚΕΣ — WHAT GUESTS SAY
651 reviews · Real guests, unedited excerpts
★★★★★
We spent 2 1/2 hours enjoying the food. We had an amazing choice of food. Each dish was beautifully plated and the server gave us an excellent detailed of the dish. I would highly recommend eating here.
★★★★★
The food was excellent — the taste, the seasoning, the plating — everything was just perfect. The service was friendly and accommodating.
★★★★★
Just an excellent dining choice! Great location great stuff and just excellent food!!
★★★★★
I recently had the pleasure of dining at Maestranza restaurant in Thessaloniki, and I must say, it was an exceptional experience from start to finish.
★★★★★
First of all I would like to express my appreciation to the waiter for his kindness and descriptive attitude during the presentation of our dishes! All the staff were friendly and helpful!
★★★★★
AMAZING!!! The best steak house in town and for every pocket. The fact that I was on holiday in Thessaloniki for 6 days and 3 of them I went there means something.
03 ΚΡΑΤΗΣΗ — RESERVATIONS
The counter seats twelve, the fire seats everyone. Tell us when — we will keep the embers warm.
05 ΙΔΙΩΤΙΚΑ — PRIVATE
One phone call starts it.
231 055 5150