LYGARIA

OUR CONCEPT

Lygaria is a small scale shared dining experience inspired by the Cycladic sun, Aegean breeze & beautiful traditions of greek island culture.

LOCAL SPIRIT

The menu is focused on the abundance of the aegean sea, vegetables & fruit from our farm & other local farms on the island. As nature on the island is constantly changing, the menu takes on the same spirit, changing every day based on what has the highest energy and flavor at that given time.

THE EXPERIENCE

Open throughout the summer months (June-September), Kea Retreat's restaurant offers an intimate while abundant culinary experience. 

Using a world class indoor kitchen and a handmade outdoor stone grill and taboon, our chef brings to life dishes that are a passionate meeting point between ancient/traditional and modern upscale cooking techniques and flavors.

LYGARIA

chaste tree

Vitex agnus-castus, also called vitex, chaste tree (or chastetree), chasteberry, Abraham's balm,[1] lilac chastetree,[2] or monk's pepper, is a native of the Mediterranean region. It is one of the few temperate-zone species of Vitex, which is on the whole a genus of tropical and sub-tropical flowering plants.[3] Theophrastus mentioned the shrub several times, as agnos (άγνος) in Enquiry into Plants. It has been long believed to be an anaphrodisiac – leading to its name as chaste tree – but its effectiveness for such action remains unproven.