9 cafe rooms in Athens we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Athens | Cafe across every city.
Coffee in Athens is taken seriously, from specialty roasters to old loukoumades counters, and the cafe is where the city slows down. Taf Coffee in Exarchia and Mind the Cup and The Underdog around Kerameikos and Metaxourgeio anchor the third-wave side, while Little Tree Books and Coffee and Drupes and Drips bring the calm to Koukaki. For something older, Krinos and Ariston near Syntagma have been pairing coffee with sweets and pies for decades.
Taf Coffee ★ 4.6
exarchia · Emmanouil Mpenaki 7, Athina 106 78
Taf Coffee on Emmanouil Benaki in Exarchia is the founding Athens third-wave coffee bar from 2009, an in-house roastery with the Rosebud blend as the daily.
The Underdog ★ 4.5
kerameikos-metaxourgeio · Iraklidon 8, Athina 118 51
The Underdog on Iraklidon in Thissio Athens is the third-wave coffee bar and micro-roastery from 2011, in a restored neoclassical building with a brunch.
Mind the Cup ★ 4.4
kerameikos-metaxourgeio · Aimiliou Veaki 29, Peristeri 121 34
Mind the Cup on Aimiliou Veaki in Peristeri Athens is a specialty coffee roastery and bar on a pedestrian street, a third-wave Athens destination outside.
Little Tree Books and Coffee ★ 4.3
koukaki · Kavalloti 2, Athina 117 42
Little Tree on Kavalloti in Koukaki is the small bookshop café near the Acropolis Museum in Athens, a quiet room with filter coffee, handmade sweets.
Kostarelos Kolonaki Café ★ 4.2
kolonaki · Patriarchou Ioakim 30-32, Athina 106 75
Kostarelos in Kolonaki Athens is the dine-in dairy of three generations of cheesemakers, where morning espresso comes with a cheese sandwich and a Kolonaki.
Krinos ★ 4.4
syntagma-historic-centre · Aiolou 87, Athina 105 51, Greece
Krinos on Aiolou in central Athens has fried loukoumades on the same recipe and decor since 1923, a sit-down counter for the doughnut with honey and a Greek.
Lukumades ★ 4.3
monastiraki · Aiolou 21, Athina 105 51
Lukumades on Aiolou and Agia Irini Square in Athens is the modern loukoumades shop with filled and topped doughnuts and a hipster-leaning counter just steps.
Drupes and Drips Coffee ★ 4.2
koukaki · Zitrou 20, Athina 117 42
Drupes and Drips in Makrygianni near the Acropolis Museum in Athens flips between third-wave coffee in the morning and a spritzeria in the evening.
Ariston ★ 4.3
syntagma-historic-centre · Voulis 10, Athina 105 62
Ariston on Voulis behind Syntagma in Athens is the 1910 takeaway-pie bakery where the morning Greek coffee comes alongside the spanakopita on the counter.