Naos Hellenic Cuisine

Naos is a Greek restaurant at Renaissance Park Place in Cary, serving Hellenic cuisine in a refined dining room. The approach draws on philoxenia, the old Greek tradition of a warm and gracious welcome to everyone who comes in.

Dishes hold to traditional flavors while using modern cooking technique, which is a deliberate balance. The restaurant describes itself as a grand sanctuary for food and hospitality, rooted in tradition and looking forward. The kitchen’s own view is that extraordinary food asks for respect for the ingredients more than it asks for complexity.

What to know

• Ingredients are fresh and simple, drawn from both the land and the sea.
• Reservations are encouraged, though walk-ins are welcome.
• The menu follows the Greek adage: let food be medicine and medicine be food.
• The restaurant calls sharing food around a table one of the purest expressions of love.