Greek white-bean soup of butter beans simmered with carrot, celery, onion and tomato, finished with olive oil and oregano. The unofficial national dish of Greece.
Fasolada is the unofficial national dish of Greece, present on Lenten and everyday tables since the medieval period. The dish is built on dried gigantes or butter beans slow-cooked with the trinity of Greek vegetables (carrot, celery, onion) and finished with abundant olive oil. Diporto, Taverna Saita and the Athenian neighborhood tavernas plate fasolada as a cold-season staple, often as the first course before grilled protein.
4 editor picks for Fasolada in Athens, ranked by editorial score. All Athens signature dishes · Fasolada across every city.
Diporto ★ 4.5
psyrri · Sokratous 9, Athina 105 52
Diporto on Sokratous and Theatrou has poured Attic retsina from barrels in Athens since 1887, a basement koutouki with no sign and a handful of daily dishes.
Karavitis Tavern ★ 4.4
pangrati · Pausaniou 4 Pangrati, Athina 11635, Greece
Karavitis in Pangrati has cooked the Athens taverna canon since 1926, a rustic room with a courtyard, barrels of house wine and the bekri-meze stew.
Taverna Saita ★ 4.3
plaka · Kydathineon 21, Plaka, Athina
Taverna Saita on Kydathineon is the rare Plaka room in Athens cooking for locals. The Zacharopoulou family has fried bakaliaros skordalia here since 1970.
Klimataria ★ 4.3
psyrri · Plateia Theatrou 2, Athina 105 52
Klimataria on Theatre Square has poured Athens taverna food since 1927, a Psyrri institution where rebetiko plays live on most evenings from around 22:00.