Palia Athina ★ 3.8
Palia Athina serves the reliable mid-century Greek taverna repertoire: moussaka, stifado, pastitsio, and simple grills. The wine list is mostly domestic.
Location
Address: Vasileos Irakliou 40, Thessaloniki
More casual dining in Thessaloniki
Diagonios 1977 ★ 4.2
Diagonios has kept the same corner on Egnatia since 1977, serving the city's most consistent pork souvlaki skewers until 3am on weekends. At Egnatia 159.
Ergon Agora ★ 4.3
Ergon Agora combines a grocery-deli marketplace with a full-service restaurant across two floors on Pavlou Mela. At Pavlou Mela 42. Booking recommended.
Akti Ntovil ★ 4.0
One of the most dependable tsipouradika in the centre, Akti Ntovil follows the house format of cold tsipouro plus rotating meze plates arriving without.
Salonika Restaurant ★ 4.2
The Makedonia Palace dining room on the waterfront offers modern Greek cuisine with the best views of the Thermaikos Gulf in the city. Booking recommended.
Iliopetra ★ 4.4
Small, intimate, and reservation-only even at the casual price point, Iliopetra near Ano Poli was the most talked-about opening in Thessaloniki in early 2025.