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Mykonos Airport (JMK) has 7 food and drink outlets in total — a small but real mix of cafés and quick-service restaurants, not a full food court. Three (Bistro dei Cavalieri, Flocafe Espresso Room and Starbucks) are open to everyone, before you even reach security. The other four sit past security, and which ones you can actually use depends on whether your flight is inside or outside the Schengen area — a detail most airport guides skip entirely.
This guide lists every outlet, exactly where it is, and which side of the Schengen split it's on, so you know what to expect before you land or check in — in 2026, as before. In short: 3 outlets before security, 1 for non-Schengen flights, and 3 for Schengen flights once you're through. For the wider terminal layout, see the full Mykonos Airport guide and the terminal overview.
Mykonos Airport food and drink outlets (at a glance)
| Outlet | Type | Location | Who can use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bistro dei Cavalieri | Restaurant | Departures | All users (landside) |
| Flocafe Espresso Room | Coffee / café | Departures | All users (landside) |
| Starbucks | Coffee café | Arrivals | All users (landside) |
| Herbs & Olives | Café / restaurant | Departures, airside | Non-Schengen flights only |
| Davinci | Restaurant / café | Departures, airside | Schengen flights only |
| Pret A Manger | Quick-service | Departures, airside | Schengen flights only |
| Tashba | Café / restaurant | Departures, airside | Schengen flights only |
Source: official JMK Shop & Dine listing, checked for this 2026 guide. Mykonos is a small island airport, not a hub — there's no large food court, and every outlet above is a café or a compact restaurant rather than a sit-down dining room.
Before security: open to everyone
Three outlets sit in the landside "All Users" area, meaning you don't need a boarding pass to reach them — useful whether you're departing, arriving, or just dropping someone off:
- Bistro dei Cavalieri (Departures) — the closest thing JMK has to a proper restaurant, for a real meal before you check in.
- Flocafe Espresso Room (Departures) — a straightforward coffee stop if you just need caffeine before check-in.
- Starbucks (Arrivals) — on the arrivals side, handy for a coffee the moment you land or while waiting to pick someone up.
If your plan is a proper meal, do it here before security — options thin out considerably once you're airside, and none of the post-security outlets are full restaurants.
After security: it depends on your flight
This is the part most guides get wrong. Once you're past security, Mykonos Airport splits into a Schengen side and a non-Schengen side, and you can only reach the café or restaurant on your side:
- Non-Schengen flights (typically the UK and other non-EU destinations) → Herbs & Olives is your only airside option.
- Schengen flights (most EU destinations) → you have three choices airside: Davinci, Pret A Manger, or Tashba.
This split exists because of the same border-control system covered in our Mykonos Airport passport control guide — non-Schengen departures go through a separate document check, so the gate areas (and what's inside them) are kept apart. If you're not sure which side your flight falls into, that guide explains exactly how the border check works at JMK.
Quick coffee or a real meal? Choose in one line
- Just need a coffee before your gate opens — Flocafe (departures, landside) or Starbucks (arrivals) are the fastest, and open to everyone.
- Want an actual sit-down meal — do it landside at Bistro dei Cavalieri before security; none of the airside outlets are full restaurants.
- Already through security on a Schengen flight — Davinci, Pret A Manger, and Tashba are your three options; pick whichever is closest to your gate.
- Already through security on a non-Schengen flight — Herbs & Olives is the only outlet on your side, so plan around it rather than around a preference.
What usually goes wrong
- Assuming every airside café is open to you. Herbs & Olives and the Schengen trio (Davinci, Pret A Manger, Tashba) are on opposite sides of the terminal once you're through security — you can't walk between them.
- Skipping food before security on a tight connection. JMK is small, but it's still an island airport with limited seating and counter service — if your flight is non-Schengen, your only airside choice is one café, so eating landside first removes the risk entirely.
- Expecting a food court. There isn't one. Every outlet here is a café or a compact restaurant, not a large self-service hall — set expectations accordingly, especially in the July–August peak when queues build faster than the counters can clear.
Got a long layover? Plan around the split
If you have a few hours between flights, the Schengen split matters even more. A non-Schengen connection leaves you with exactly one café airside (Herbs & Olives) for the whole wait, while a Schengen layover gives you three to rotate between. Either way, check in and clear security early, then decide: eat landside first at Bistro dei Cavalieri if you'd rather have a proper sit-down meal, or head straight to your side once through and treat the airside café as your base for the wait. For everything else about killing time at JMK — seating, shops, whether you can leave the terminal — see our Mykonos Airport layover guide.
Get the Schengen split right and eating at Mykonos Airport is simple: grab a proper meal landside if you have time, or know exactly which single café is waiting for you on the other side of security. Opening hours can shift outside the busy May–October season, so if your trip falls in the shoulder or winter months, it's worth checking the official Shop & Dine page before you fly, in case an outlet is running reduced hours.