Home › Travel Guides › Europe Travel Guide › Greece › Athens › Restaurants in Athens
Image gallery
Video gallery

The Acropolis, Athens

© 123rf.com / Craig Jakich

+200
Athens Local time

Weather in Athens
Occ Light Rain
7
°C
Greece

Restaurants in Athens

Some Athens restaurants close for the summer break from mid-July to mid-September.

The restaurants below have been grouped into three pricing categories:
Expensive (over €60)
Moderate (€30 to €60)
Cheap (up to €30)
These prices are for an average three-course meal for one person including a bottle of house wine or cheapest equivalent; they include sales tax but do not include service charge or tip.

Prices in Greek restaurants usually include the 10% sales tax. However, all Greek restaurants are required by law to add a 13% service charge to the bill and it is still customary to leave the waiter an additional 10% tip on top.

Sardelles

Price: Cheap

In the trendy nightlife district of Gazi, this unpretentious eatery specialises in down-to-earth Greek seafood. Favourites such as charcoal-grilled sardines (after which the restaurant takes its name), bakaliaros (fried cod) and seasonal salads are served in a minimal-chic dining room, or at outdoor tables on the street through summer.

Address: Persefonis 15, Athens, Greece
Telephone: 210 347 8050

Thanasis

Price: Cheap

A classic place to stop for souvlaki kalamaki (shish kebab) served with pitta bread and chips, Thanasis is popular with locals and gets unbelievably busy, especially at weekends. The atmosphere is fast and chaotic but traditional and fun. Tables both indoors and out, just around the corner from the Monastiráki metro station.

Address: Mitropoleos 69, Athens, Greece
Telephone: 210 324 4705

Fasoli

Price: Cheap

In bohemian Exarhia, this funky eatery, decorated with tiny fairy lights, offers creative Mediterranean specialities including a good range of pasta dishes, colourful salads, and tasty main such as peppered steak or chicken with thyme and lemon. The reliable house wine is served by the carafe.

Address: 45 Emmanuel Benaki, Athens, Greece
Telephone: 210 330 0010

Vyzantino

Price: Moderate

A welcome retreat from the city heat, Vyzantino has outdoor tables hidden away among the pine trees on Strefi Hill, in Athens' student quarter, Exarhia. By definition a mezedopoleio , it serves a delicious selection of meze (small platters of appetizers) ranging from htapodi (octopus) to keftedes (meatballs). Decorated with fairy lights in the evening, it makes a romantic open-air dinner venue in summer. Open May-October.

Address: Lofos Strefi (Strefi Hill), Athens, Greece
Telephone: 210 330 1744
http://www.vyzantinotoustrefi.gr/

Tzitzikas kai Mermigas

Price: Moderate

Tucked away behind Syntagma Square, on the edge of Pláka, Athenians like to retreat to this informal eatery for a long slow lunch. Serving modern Greek cuisine, it is known throughout town for its delicious chicken with mastiha as well as colourful creative salads. The décor is shabby chic with wooden furniture and shelves lined with bottles and retro tinned foods.

Address: Mitropoleos 12, Athens, Greece
Telephone: 210 324 7607
http://www.tzitzikas-mermigas.gr/

To Kouti

Price: Moderate

To Kouti (meaning 'the box') is located close to the Monastiráki antique market. The interior comprises lofty space with ochre-painted walls, wooden floors and marble-top tables. The menu features colourful salads and creative meat dishes. It is possible to come here just for coffee or a drink and in summer there are tables outside.

Address: Adrianou 23, Athens, Greece
Telephone: 210 321 3229

Spondi

Price: Expensive

Frequently cited as Athens' top restaurant, Spondi occupies a vaulted stone cellar, with subtle lighting and neo-baroque furnishing. In summer, there are tables outside in a pretty courtyard. The menu features fusion cuisine, with an abundant use of aromatic herbs and spices. It was awarded its second Michelin-star in 2008. Reservations recommended. No lunch.

Address: Pyrronos 5, Athens, Greece
Telephone: 210 756 4021
http://www.spondi.gr/

Pil Poul

Price: Expensive

Serving modern French cuisine on a romantic Acropolis-view roof terrace through summer, and in opulent dining rooms with sweeping curtains through winter, Pil Poul is one of Athens' most romantic restaurants. Since November 2009, the kitchen has come under the auspices of young Greek chef Kostakou Athinagora, who creates delicacies such as côte de veau served with wild mushroom sauce and gnocchi.

Address: Apostolou Pavlou 51, Athens, Greece
Telephone: 210 342 3665
http://www.pilpoul.gr/

Jimmy and the Fish

Price: Expensive

Overlooking the delightful harbour of Mikrolimano, in Piraeus, this excellent fish restaurant offers a refined ambience indoors and a rather more informal, breezy atmosphere at the waterside tables outside. Discreet waiters, clad in hallmark blue and white aprons, serve discerning diners ranging from shipping magnates to Orthodox priests. Reservations recommended.

Address: Akti Koumoundrou 46, Athens, Greece
Telephone: 210 412 4417
http://www.jimmyandthefish.gr/
Travel Deals

Recommended Sites:

Protect yourself from malaria
Before you travel, find out if your holiday destination is in a malaria zone.
(An educational initiative organised and funded by GlaxoSmithKline Travel Health. UK/MARK/0173/10 September 2010)
Travel insurance
For residents of over 150 countries. High levels of medical, evacuation, emergency & most adventure activities covered.