Tasting menus, Michelin stars and the chefs redefining Athens.
Tasting menus, Michelin stars, and the kitchens redefining what fine dining means in Athens.
Spondi in Pangrati has held a Michelin star since 2002, the contemporary French kitchen behind the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens that still sets the city.
OrderThe Discovery tasting menu with the optional wine pairing from the Greek-leaning cellar.
Book3 weeks ahead
TipBook three weeks ahead on the site; the courtyard tables open in May for warm-weather candlelit dining.
Hytra at the Onassis Cultural Centre is one Michelin star for contemporary Greek cooking with a top-floor view across Athens to the Acropolis in warm weather.
OrderThe seasonal tasting menu; the rooftop summer terrace opens June through September.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipThe seventh-floor summer bar is a separate booking from the winter ground-floor dining room.
CTC in Kerameikos is Alexandros Tsiotinis's one Michelin star for creative Greek cooking, in a converted post-industrial space west of central Athens.
OrderThe chef's tasting menu with optional wine pairing from the all-Greek list.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipThe dining room is small and the kitchen seats are the best in the house, ask when booking.
Soil in Pangrati is Tasos Mantis's one Michelin star plus Green Star for sustainable Greek cooking with Nordic discipline and a fully seasonal carte.
OrderThe full tasting menu; the kitchen runs on what arrived that morning from small farms.
Book3 weeks ahead
TipThe Green Star menu skews vegetable-forward; flag allergies and preferences when booking.
The Zillers in central Athens is one Michelin star for refined Greek cooking, in the Mitropoleos boutique hotel of the same name with views to the cathedral.
OrderThe rooftop seating with the seasonal tasting menu when the weather is warm.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipHotel guests book the rooftop bar separately; the restaurant tables face the cathedral.
Aleria in Metaxourgeio, Athens is Gikas Xenakis's modern Greek room in a neoclassical building, open since 2006 with a tasting carte and a courtyard.
OrderThe chef's seasonal tasting menu with the optional Greek-only wine pairing.
Book1 week ahead
TipThe neoclassical courtyard opens late spring; the indoor room is the place to dine in winter.
Cookoovaya near Mavili Square in Athens is the modern-Greek room from chef-owner Periklis Koskinas, opened in 2014 by a Greek-chef collective and now.
OrderThe seasonal carte with the Greek wine list and the cellar's by-the-glass picks.
Book1 week ahead
TipBook the inner garden room in spring; the open kitchen counter is the best winter seat.
Nolan on Voulis is the Bib Gourmand Greek-with-Asian-influences room near Syntagma, kept since 2017. Located in Syntagma Historic Centre. Book 1 week ahead.
OrderThe sharing carte; ask for the kitchen's three small-plate picks and add a noodle dish.
Book1 week ahead
TipLunch is the easier seating; book ten days ahead for dinner Thursday through Saturday.
Birdman on Voulis is chef Ari Vezene's Japanese-Greek robata grill: a long open counter for yakitori, kushiyaki and dry-aged niku with Greek seafood.
OrderThe neck-to-tail yakitori with a few skewers of seasonal seafood from the robata.
Book10 days ahead
TipCounter seats see the cooking; book a side seat for two and order across the menu.
Delta at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre in Athens-Kallithea holds two Michelin stars and a Green Star for fermentation-led Greek cooking.
OrderThe full twelve-course tasting menu with the optional wine pairing.
Book4 weeks ahead
TipBook a month ahead; the architecture is the warm-up so allow time for the foundation walk.
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Editor picks in Athens include Spondi, Hytra, CTC Urban Gastronomy, plus the full fine dining chapter on TableJourney.