Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Athens for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Athens for grown-ups.
The Clumsies on Praxitelous is the Athens cocktail bar of record, on the World's 50 Best Bars list every year since 2015 from Nikos Bakoulis and Vasilis.
DrinkSpecialty coffee by day, signature cocktails by night
FoodBar snacks
TipSpecialty coffee runs from 10:00; bookings open six weeks ahead for the back room.
Line in Athens is the second venture from the Clumsies team Nikos Bakoulis and Vasilis Kyritsis, ranked No. 8 on the World's 50 Best Bars 2025 in a converted.
DrinkGreek-spirits cocktails in a converted gallery
FoodSmall plates
TipBooking-only after 19:00 Thursday through Saturday; weekday early sittings are easier.
Baba au Rum on Kleitiou has poured tiki and rum-led cocktails in central Athens for over a decade, with 11 consecutive years on the World's 50 Best Bars list.
DrinkRum tiki and tropical cocktails
FoodBar snacks
TipBack bar holds over 400 rums; ask the bartender for the agricole flight to start.
40 minutes
Taste Santorini while in Athens. Taste 4 white wines and 1 dessert wine made from Greece’s unique Assyrtiko grape, which grows in a microclimate found nowhere else in ...
1.5 - 2 hours
Wine and food in the most cosy hidden place in the heart of Athens
4 hours
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A for Athens is the rooftop bar above the hotel of the same name on Monastiraki Square, with the head-on view of the Acropolis that defined the genre.
DrinkAcropolis-view cocktails at sunset
FoodMediterranean small plates
TipSunset on weekends fills 45 minutes before the doors open; arrive by 18:30 in summer.
Couleur Locale on Normanou is the multi-floor Monastiraki Athens hideaway with a rooftop terrace that climbs to a clear view of the Acropolis and Plaka.
DrinkDay-to-night Acropolis-view cocktails
FoodTapas and finger food
TipThe rooftop terrace on the 2nd and 3rd floor is the destination; the ground floor is the queue.
360 Cocktail Bar on Ifaistou is the corner-of-Monastiraki rooftop with the head-on Acropolis view that Athens guidebooks default to, with 60 cocktails.
Drink60 cocktails on the menu with a panoramic terrace
FoodSmall plates and pizzas
TipThe corner sofa is the photograph; book at 18:00 on summer Fridays for the sunset slot.
Six d.o.g.s. on Avramiotou is the Athens arts space and bar with a lush back garden in the centre of Monastiraki, with a constantly changing live-music.
DrinkGarden cocktails with a back-room music programme
FoodBrunch and bar snacks
TipThe back garden is the destination; check the website for live-music nights before booking.
Drupes and Drips in Makrygianni near the Acropolis Museum in Athens brings Veneto aperitivo culture to the city: a short Italian wine list and spritz.
DrinkItalian-tradition spritz, Veneto-leaning wines
FoodCicchetti and small plates
TipSpritzes run €7 to €9; the small plates are for sharing, not for solo dining.
Lazy Duck on Agia Irini Square in Athens is the elevated cocktail bar in the Ernst Ziller neoclassical building that used to house Tailor Made.
DrinkElevated cocktails in a neoclassical room
FoodBar snacks
TipThe square seating is walk-up; the ground-floor room takes bookings after 21:00.
By the Glass in central Athens is the Ralli Gallery wine bar a few steps from the National Gardens, with a Greek wine focus and a small Mediterranean carte.
DrinkGreek wines by the glass with bistro fare
FoodMediterranean bistro
TipDine inside the arcade in winter; the courtyard tables open from April through October.
Heteroclito on Fokionos and Petraki in Athens has poured a 200-label all-Greek wine list since 2012, with 20 by-the-glass picks and a back-bar of small.
Drink200-label Greek wine list, 20 by the glass
FoodCheese boards and small plates
TipPavement tables fill from 19:00; book ahead for the natural-wine flights of the night.