Noble Gourmet

The Restaurant

A resort restaurant on a Greek holiday island is supposed to be a buffet with a view — heat lamps, a sunset, and a markup. Noble Gourmet, on the top floor of the main building at Elysium Resort & Spa on Kallithea Avenue, about a fifteen-minute drive from Rhodes Town, is the exception that makes the rule sting. The terrace where most summer dinners are served sits on a low cliff edge with an unbroken Aegean view, and the kitchen behind it has no interest in coasting on the scenery.

Chef George Troumouhis and head chef Spyros Kougios — a Rhodes native born in 1997 — build four tasting menus that scale from the eight-course Meet to the eighteen-course Taste, with Be Nostalgic and Smell in between. The cooking takes the island's own dishes apart and reassembles them: the giapraki, the local stuffed-leaf classic, comes rebuilt with shrimp and avgolemono, wrapped in cyclamen leaves rather than vine. It is the dish to order to settle whether the ambition is real. It is. Noble has taken the Greek Cuisine Award repeatedly between 2022 and 2025, alongside the Athinorama Toque d'Or — without a Michelin star, because the guide does not yet cover the Dodecanese, not because the cooking lags it.

The wine list is the deepest on Rhodes, near four hundred references weighted to Greek producers — Assyrtiko from Santorini, Malagousia from Macedonia, Xinomavro from Naoussa, plus bottles from the island itself — and the by-the-glass programme is unusually generous. Here is the honest part: the eight-course Meet runs about €100 a head, the longer menus climb well past it, and that is Athens money on a beach island. You are not paying for the postcard. You are paying for a kitchen that refuses to behave like a resort.

Frequently Asked

Is Noble Gourmet worth it?

Yes, if you accept what it is: a resort tasting-menu restaurant, not a harbour taverna. The eight-course Meet runs around €100 a head, and the cooking from George Troumouhis and Spyros Kougios is the most technically serious on Rhodes — the giapraki rebuilt with shrimp and avgolemono is the proof. No Michelin star, only because the guide does not yet reach the Dodecanese. Overkill for a casual night; the island's best table for an occasion.

How much does Noble Gourmet cost?

The eight-course Meet is about €100 per person; the longer Be Nostalgic, Smell and eighteen-course Taste menus climb from there, and pairings from the deepest Greek list on Rhodes add more. That is fine-dining money on a holiday island, which is why the value score sits where it does. The cooking earns it — just go in knowing the bill reads closer to Athens than to Kallithea.

How do I book a table at Noble Gourmet?

Reserve directly through Elysium Resort or Noble's own site, three weeks ahead and longer for a cliff-edge terrace table in July and August. The restaurant sits on the top floor of the resort's main building on Kallithea Avenue, fifteen minutes from Rhodes Town, serving dinner roughly Wednesday to Sunday in season. Name the occasion when you book — the terrace tables go first.

Is Noble Gourmet good for a proposal?

It is the strongest proposal table on Rhodes. The terrace sits on a low cliff over the Aegean, the tasting-menu pace gives you the whole evening, and the floor team handles the timing quietly. Book the cliff-edge tables six weeks ahead and tell them why. See our guide to the best restaurants for a proposal for backups elsewhere.