The dinner
Food at the Troy dinner show
What dinner means at the Troy show in Crete: what the ticket includes, the children's menu, allergies and what ancient Greek cooking looked like.
Book Troy on Viator ↗What the ticket includes
The Viator ticket covers the show and dinner. The production's own site describes a dinner where ancient tastes fuse with modern Greek cuisine, a menu suitable for guests of all ages and a children's menu. It also lists a drinks-and-show option without dinner, a separate ticket. Which drinks are included with Troy's dinner is not stated on the pages this guide used, so check the ticket you are buying before you assume anything about wine or soft drinks.
Ancient tastes, modern plate
Wikipedia says ancient Greek cooking was founded on the Mediterranean triad of cereals, olives and grapes, with legumes as important as any of them to the average diet. Barley was easier to grow than wheat, and barley flour made maza, the basic Greek dish. Goat's and ewe's cheese were staples, eaten alone or with honey or vegetables. Which of those ideas reach your plate at Troy is for the menu to say, and the menu is published only as images.
Wine, water and the symposium
In ancient Greece wine was generally cut with water, and Wikipedia says drinking unmixed wine was thought likely to lead to madness. The drinking party, the symposium, came after the meal and was traditionally translated as banquet but meant gathering of drinkers. That is context, not a promise of what is poured at Troy. For a family night, what matters is that a children's menu is available, as the production says, and that the venue can say what comes with each ticket.
Dinner at nightfall
Wikipedia says the ancient Greeks took dinner, the deipnon, generally at nightfall, and that it was the most important meal of the day. Breakfast was barley bread dipped in wine, sometimes with figs, dates or olives, and honey cakes were among the snacks served at the symposium. People ate with their fingers, without forks. None of that tells you what is on the plate at Troy, but it explains why a dinner show about an ancient war can reasonably put a meal at the centre of the evening.
The children's menu
The production's site lists a children's menu as available, and says the dinner suits guests of all ages. It does not say what the children's menu contains, how it is ordered, or whether it applies to every ticket. If your child is a fussy eater, ask at the table. Eating happens alongside the show, and the booking page gives about three hours for the whole evening, so a hungry child who has not eaten since midday will notice the length.
Drinks and the drinks-and-show ticket
The production's site lists a drinks-and-show option without dinner and says that transfers are not included with it. The Viator ticket this site links to covers dinner, so treat the drinks-and-show ticket as a different product. If your party includes someone who does not want a full meal, ask the operator through Viator before you book rather than changing the ticket on the night.
Allergies and dietary needs
The menu appears only as images on the production's own site, so this guide cannot tell you what is in each dish. Anyone with an allergy or a dietary rule should tell the venue on arrival, and it is worth reading the booking page before paying. Do not assume a vegetarian or gluten-free option exists because the menu is described as suitable for all ages; that phrase is about ages, not allergies.
Who this isn't for
Do not book Troy mainly for the food. The show is the centre of the evening, and the menu is a supporting part of it. If dinner is the main event, a taverna meal before or after a drinks-and-show ticket may suit better, though that is a different ticket from the one this site links to.
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