Our menu

Serving faithfully for over 100 years the Smyrna tradition of the Salkintzis family, we artfully cook with love, with selected, quality, local ingredients, flavors for every appetite and for every hour of the day.
 
Bougatsa (our specialty!) with any filling you can think of. Constantinople’s sweets, savory or sweet crepes, salads, breakfasts to start your day strong, sandwiches, pies, omelettes and other delicacies.
 
With a dough sheet (phyllo – in Greek) that we open ourselves (PHYLLO…sophies(=wisdom) after all, our name), with an obsession with quality, hygiene, freshness and perfection, we invite you to taste our recipes.
 
We will be happy to welcome you and serve you. 🧡

Our menu

Φυλλοσοφίες - Όλα τα πιάτα μας
Serving faithfully for over 100 years the Smyrna tradition of the Salkintzis family, we artfully cook with love, with selected, quality, local ingredients, flavors for every appetite and for every hour of the day.
 
Bougatsa (our specialty!) with any filling you can think of. Constantinople’s sweets, savory or sweet crepes, salads, breakfasts to start your day strong, sandwiches, pies, omelettes and other delicacies.
 
With a dough sheet (phyllo – in Greek) that we open ourselves (PHYLLO…sophies(=wisdom) after all, our name), with an obsession with quality, hygiene, freshness and perfection, we invite you to taste our recipes.
 
We will be happy to welcome you and serve you. 🧡
 

“TRADITIONALLY” | TRADITIONAL FLAVORS

 

TRADITIONAL FLAVORS

  • Bougatsa with cream

    Our Flagship

  • Bougatsa with cream and vanilla ice cream
  • Bougatsa with Mytzithra

    Mytzithra (or myzithra) is a local white cheese, salty. The combination is our family's patent for generations

  • Bougatsa with Mytzithra, local honey & walnuts
  • Bougatsa with Mytzithra, local honey
  • Byzantino

    (Ravani with cream)

  • Mouhalebi

    (Rice porridge cream)

  • Kazan Dibi

    (Cream of rice porridge, sugar & buffalo milk)

  • Ekmek

    (Constantinople original recipe)

  • Ekmek with ice cream
  • Local Yogurt with local honey and walnuts
  • Local Yogurt with traditional sweet preserves
Γλυκό Βυζαντινό Φυλλοσοφίες Ηράκλειο Κρήτη
Μπουγάτσα με μέλι και καρύδια - Φυλλοσοφίες Ηράκλειο Κρήτης
 

“DOUGH STORIES”

 

“DOUGH STORIES”

Τυρόπιτα Κουρού - Φυλλοσοφίες Ηράκλειο Κρήτης
  • Cheese Pie
  • Cheese Pie with Cretan honey and walnuts
  • Vegetable pie
  • Traditional pie of the day
 

“THE CONFECTIONERY”

 

“THE CONFECTIONERY”

  • Authentic Loukumades with cretan honey & sesame
  • Authentic Loukumades with cretan honey and ground walnuts
  • Authentic Loukumades with powdered sugar
  • Authentic Loukumades with Nutella
  • Authentic Loukumades with white chocolate
  • Authentic Loukumades with bueno
  • Authentic Loukumades with ice cream

    (Vanilla or cream)

  • Authentic Kantaifi
  • Authentic Kantaifi with ice cream
  • Baklava
  • Baklava with ice cream
  • Traditional apple pie
  • Traditional apple pie with ice cream
  • Chocolate souffle
  • Chocolate souffle with ice cream
  • Sweet of the day

    (Ask us)

  • Ypovrihio

    Ypovrihio (=lit. submarine). Traditional Greek sugar sweet that is served immersed in water.

  • Traditional sweet preserves
  • Fruit Salad

    (with fresh fruits)

Λουκουμάδες με μέλι Ηράκλειο Κρήτης Φυλλοσοφίες
Μπακλαβάς Φυλλοσοφίες Ηράκλειο Κρήτης
Κανταΐφι Φυλλοσοφίες Ηράκλειο Κρήτης
 

SWEET CREPES

 

SWEET CREPES

Κρέπα με σοκολάτα
  • Sweet Crepes with Bougatsa cream
  • Sweet Crepes with chocolate
  • Add your favorite toppings

    Cookies
    Banana
    Ice cream
    Nuts
    Seasonal fruits

 

MORNING COMPOSITIONS

 

MORNING COMPOSITIONS

  • Lion's Square

    (Traditional scrambled eggs with syglino and tomato, vegetable pie, pancakes with petimezi, butter caramels, jam, galeni cream cheese and bread. Coffee or orange juice.)

  • Of Smyrna

    (Omelet with sausage and feta cheese, Smyrna "gevrek" bun with cream cheese, bougatsa cream, sheep's yogurt with oats and spoon sweet, butter, honey and bread. Coffee or tea or orange juice.)

 

SANDWICHES & SAVORY CREPES

 

SANDWICHES & SAVORY CREPES

  • Butter Toast

    (Smoked cheese, yellow cheese, fresh black pepper, lola salad.)

  • Classic Toast

    (Ham or turkey, edam cheese, potato chips.)

  • Club sandwich

    (Bacon, chicken fillet, tomato jam, lettuce, edam cheese, mayonnaise, french fries.)

  • Multi-seeded baguette

    (Smoked chicken, Galeni cream cheese, cabbage, tomato.)

  • Rye baguette

    (Tuna, avocado cream with vegetables, ringed olives, fried onion, curly lettuce (iceberg).)

  • Cretan sandwich (like dakos)

    (Sourdough bread, flower milk, apaki, aromatic grated tomato, flower cheese flakes, arugula.)

  • Extra ingredients

    (Corn, carrot, mushrooms, pepper)

 

“OF THE APPETITE” SALADS

 

“OF THE APPETITE” SALADS

  • Cretan

    (Tomato, cucumber, onion, pepper, olives, capers, sour mytzithra and extra virgin olive oil)

  • Chicken

    (Chicken fillet, red and green lola, smoked cheese, corn, crispy croutons, yogurt dressing with turmeric and paprika)

  • Hamidie

    (Lettuce, arugula, white beans, cherry tomatoes, pepper, crispy Polish sausage, feta cheese, simit croutons, olive oil dressing with garlic and paprika)

  • Phyllisophies

    (Spinach, red and green lettuce, sun-dried tomato, pomegranate, bagatsa cheese, pastel walnut with raisins and honey dressing)

Σαλάτα Κρητική Φυλλοσοφίες Ηράκλειο Κρήτης
 

WARM OVEN PIES

 

WARM OVEN PIES

  • Margarita

    (Tomato sauce flavored with basil, mozzarella, gouda cheese and fresh basil)

  • Chicken

    (Cream cheese, smoked chicken, olives, peppers, smoked Vermio cheese)

  • Cretan

    (Dough with carob, cheese sauce, synglino, onion, tomato, graviera, arugula)

  • Phyllosophies

    (Dough with carob, tomato sauce, Cretan sausage, mushroom, caper, feta cheese and oregano)

  • Ham & Pepperoni

    (Tomato sauce, sweet and sour sauce, pepperoni, ham, pepper, cheese, bacon)

 

OMELETES

 

OMELETES

  • Simple

    (Tomato, cheese)

  • Of Smyrna

    (Saucage from Smyrna, pepers, zuccini, feta and oregano)

  • Cheese

    (Onion, feta cheese, gruyere, cream cheese, black pepper and baby spinach)

Scrambled Eggs Φυλλοσοφίες Ηράκλειο Κρήτης
 

VARIETY FOR WINE OR OUZO

 

VARIETY FOR WINE OR OUZO

Ποικιλία για κρασί - Φυλλοσοφίες
  • Cheese

    (Gruyere, smoked cheese, pecorino, cottage cheese, barrel-aged feta cheese, raisins, walnuts, jam, fresh pepper and olive oil. Served with croutons and a special traditional Cretan bread (eftazymo) bites)

  • Saucages - Cheese

    (Air-dried salami, prosciutto, sausage, Lefkada salami, gruyere, smoked cheese, pecorino, olives, jam. Accompanied by breadcrumbs and a special traditional Cretan bread (eftazymo) bites)

  • Variety for Ouzo

    (Tomato, cucumber, anchovies, olive paste, sour mytzithra, caseri, nuts)

 

ICE CREAMS

 

ICE CREAMS

  • Traditional

    Yogurt ice cream with honey, Vanilla
    Garnish (Whipped cream, walnuts & honey)

  • Temptation

    Peanut, stracciatella, chocolate
    Garnish (Chocolate chips, peanuts & chocolate syrup)

  • Cream

    Cream
    Garnish (Sweet sour cherry & sour cherry syrup)

  • Meet Lovers

    Chocolate, straciatella, banana
    Garnish (Chocolate chips and whipped cream)

  • Flavors

    Vanilla
    Chocolate
    Peanut
    Stratciatella
    Cream
    Banana
    Yogurt ice cream with honey
    Strawberry
    (Ask us about our toppings)

  • Fat-free Ice Cream

    Vanilla-Chocolate 0% Fat

  • Milkshakes
Παγωτό βανίλια Ηράκλειο Κρήτης Φυλλοσοφίες
 

OUR COFFEE SHOP

 

OUR COFFEE SHOP

Καφές στο Ηράκλειο στις Φυλλοσοφίες
  • Minor East

    Single
    Double

  • Greek

    Single
    Double
    With cardamom
    With rapadura

  • Nescafé

    Decaffeinated

  • Frappé

    Decaffeinated

  • Filter
  • Irish
  • Cappuccino

    Single
    Double
    Decaffeinated
    Late
    Flat white
    Fredo
    Moccasin
    Phyllogato
    (With ice cream)

  • Espresso

    Single
    Double
    Decaffeinated
    Macchiato
    Americano
    Fredo

 

HERBALS - TEAS

 

HERBALS - TEAS

  • Pennyroyal
  • Mix of 5 Cretan Herbs

    Dittany of Crete, Marjoram, Pennyroyal, Cretan Ironwort, Sage

  • Chamomile
  • Sage
  • Dittany of Crete
  • Tea Flavors

    Lemon sencha
    Ironwort (Sideritis scardica)
    Aromatic bush
    Ginseng energy
    Antiaging aloe - vera
    Mint
    4 red fruits
    Lipolytic
    Mastic
    Mediterranean
    Earl grey
    Philosophies

  • Iced Tea

    Green
    Lemon
    Peach
    Pomegranate

  • Our own Iced Tea
Τσάι του βουνου - φυλλοσοφίες
 

CHOCOLATE BEVERAGES

 

CHOCOLATE BEVERAGES

Ζεστή σοκολάτα - Φυλλοσοφίες Ηράκλειο Κρήτης
  • Cold Chocolate

    & whipped cream

  • Warm Chocolate

    & whipped cream

  • Warm Chocolate with flavors

    Black
    White
    Orange
    Cinnamon
    Strawberry
    Banana
    Low fat
    Coconut
    Hazelnut
    Candy

 

FRESHLY PRESSED JUICES - HOMEMADE REFRESHMENTS

 

FRESHLY PRESSED JUICES - HOMEMADE REFRESHMENTS

  • Fresh Jouces

    Orange Juice
    Mixed

  • Home-made Refreshments

    Lemonade
    Sour Cherry Joice
    Tangerine
    Smyrnaic Syrup (Herb from Smyrna)
    Mint
    Lemon

  • With Stevia

    Lemonade & Ginger
    Lemonade with lime
    & mastic gum

  • Beverages

    Carbonated Water
    Sparkling Water
    Orange
    Lemonade
    Sprite
    Coca Cola (classic, light, zero)
    Soda
    Tonic

The water ‘Phyllosofies’ is bottled by Zaros SA. which produces the natural mineral water ‘Zaros’ (which was awarded by the international organization ‘Berkeley Springs’ as the best water in the world for 2017)
Φυσικός Χυμός Ρόδι Φυλλοσοφίες Ηράκλειο Κρήτης
Σπιτική λεμονάδα με μέντα και τζίντζερ Φυλλοσοφίες Ηράκλειο Κρήτης
 

OUR BEERS

 

OUR BEERS

Ελληνικές Μπύρες στις Φυλλοσοφίες
  • Amstel

    Blonde Lager
    Barrel Big
    Barrel small

  • Amstel Radler Lemon
  • Heineken

    Light Blonde
    Lager

  • Heineken Light
  • Alpha

    Sparkling blonde with rich foam Lager (Greece)

  • Fischer

    Blonde Pils

  • Erdinger

    Blonde, Weiss (Germany)

  • McFarland

    Amber Red Ale (Irish)

  • Buckler

    Without alcohol 0.5%

  • Mythos

    Bright golden yellow color (Greece), Lager

  • Chimey Blue Trappiste

    Dark red, 9%, (Βέλγιο)

  • Duvel

    White-yellow 8.5% (Belgium)

 

OUR WINES

 

OUR WINES

  • “Έφηβος” White

    (Nikos Gavalas Winery - North Monofatsiou, Sauvignon Blanc, Vilana, Moschato Spinas)

  • “Έφηβος” Red

    (Nikos Gavalas Winery - North Monofatsiou, Kotsifali, Mandilari, Syrah)

  • “Aν” Ροζέ (semi-dry)

    (Nikos Gavalas Winery - North Monofatsiou, Kotsifali, Cabernet Sauvignon)

  • “Κωδιξ” White

    (Zacharioudakis Estate, Heraklion Riches Malvazia Di Candia, Vilana)

  • Moscato D’Asti (Sparkling)

    Italy

  • Liatiko (Sweet Red)

    Daskalaki Winery Sivas Heraklion Liatiko 100%

Ποτήρι κρασί Φυλλοσοφίες Ηράκλειο Κρήτης
 

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

 

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

Παραδοσιακό Ούζο - Φυλλοσοφίες Ηράκλειο Κρήτης
  • Ouzo
  • Raki
  • Liquor

  • Metaxa Brandy 3*
  • Metaxa Brandy 5*
  • Amaretto
  • Baileys
  • Bacardi
  • Martini
  • Tequila
  • Jin
  • Votka
  • Jack Daniel’s
  • Famous Grouse
  • Johnnie Walker
 

COCTAILS

 

COCTAILS

  • Mojito
  • Gin Fizz
  • Pina Colada
  • Margarita
  • Tequila Sunrise
  • Cuba Libre
  • Grandpas

    (Secret Recipe)

Μαργαρίτα Coctail - Φυλλοσοφίες Ηράκλειο Κρήτης