Mini Market Kiosk

€1–2 water and crisps stop in T1 that fills a gap

Mini Market Kiosk in T1 sits airside near the main gate clusters and mainly sells bottled water, soft drinks, crisps and packaged sweets at prices reviewers call “not cheap but not outrageous” for an airport. Think basic survival shop in a terminal that many describe as hot, crowded and under-served, not a place for fresh meals or souvenirs.

Opening hours broadly track flight banks, so it is usually trading from early morning departures through late evening charters in summer, but don’t bank on 24/7 service. Expect to pay well above supermarket levels in Heraklion town for a 500 ml bottle of water or a bag of crisps, which matches comments like “expensive, but you have no choice if you are stuck here for hours.”

Stock runs to grab-and-go: plastic bottles (water and soda), canned drinks, packaged biscuits, chocolate bars and salty snacks; no hot food line, no made-to-order sandwiches. One TripAdvisor reviewer who grabbed “food and drinks from one of the kiosks” summed it up as standard airport pricing, so treat it as a backup rather than your main meal plan.

Regular HER flyers say they bring their own snacks and an empty bottle from town, then only buy here if they misjudge the wait. Lines build near the busier gates, while a kiosk slightly deeper into the concourse often has shorter queues and more space away from the worst crush. Tip: buy water as soon as you clear security, before you get trapped in a packed boarding pen with no easy exit.