History serves lunch without costume
Hotzas occupies a long-running room on Georgiou Kondyli, away from Chios Town's harbour tables and their passing ferry trade. Oven dishes, beans, meat, local cheeses and vegetable plates come from the island's home-cooking register rather than a seafood display case.
Arrive for lunch and read the trays before the menu; cooked dishes disappear as the afternoon advances. Share three vegetable plates around one meat main, ask what contains pork and confirm card payment before ordering, since this works more like a neighbourhood cookhouse than a polished dinner room.
What visitors say
Hotzas remains a long-established recommendation in current Chios destination guides; repeat coverage emphasizes regional cooked dishes and local custom rather than views, cocktails or resort traffic.
Good to know
Historic Chios cookhouse, Best at lunch, Daily oven dishes, and Away from harbour
