Giotis Gyradiko is a greek grill restaurant in Centre, Thessaloniki.
The city-centre gyradiko on Vasileos Irakliou serves consistent gyros until 3am on weekends. Counter service, standing only, fast turnaround. The pork option with double tzatziki is the standard order.
Signature dishes: Pork gyros, Double tzatziki gyros
Address: Vasileos Irakliou 40, Thessaloniki
Billed as the world's first feta bar, Mia Feta combines a retail Greek cheese counter with a casual dining concept built around feta and regional cheeses on a long communal table. Half-glass wine pours make it easy to sample the cellar alongside cheese plates spanning every style of Greek cheesemaking. Mon to Sat 09:00 to 00:00.
Signature: Greek cheese platter, Feta-centric meze
Palia Athina is the reliable large-format taverna for group dinners in the city centre: generous portions of grilled meats, village salads, and barrels of house wine. The place locals bring out-of-town family for a loud Sunday lunch.
Signature: Grilled meats, Meze for groups
Directly across from the original Diagonios on Egnatia, Nea Diagonios runs the same late-night kalamaki and gyros format until 3am on weekends. Slightly larger than Diagonios, same quality and price.
Signature: Kalamakia, Gyros pita
A bright, relaxed seafood spot in the city centre, Akti Ntovil draws a loyal local crowd for fresh fish plates and unpretentious meze at prices noticeably gentler than most Thessaloniki seafood tables.
Signature: Fresh daily fish, Seafood meze
Billed as the world's first feta bar, Mia Feta combines a retail Greek cheese counter with a casual dining concept built around feta and regional cheeses on a long communal table. Half-glass wine pours make it easy to sample the cellar alongside cheese plates spanning every style of Greek cheesemaking. Mon to Sat 09:00 to 00:00.
Signature: Greek cheese platter, Feta-centric meze
Palia Athina is the reliable large-format taverna for group dinners in the city centre: generous portions of grilled meats, village salads, and barrels of house wine. The place locals bring out-of-town family for a loud Sunday lunch.
Signature: Grilled meats, Meze for groups
Directly across from the original Diagonios on Egnatia, Nea Diagonios runs the same late-night kalamaki and gyros format until 3am on weekends. Slightly larger than Diagonios, same quality and price.
Signature: Kalamakia, Gyros pita
Set on a cobbled Ano Poli street, Rouga is known for its fairy-light courtyard, circus-figure decor, and the Greek custom of complimentary ouzo and homemade desserts at the end of every meal. The kitchen covers the full range of classic mezedes.
Signature: Traditional Greek meze, Complimentary ouzo and dessert
A bright, relaxed seafood spot in the city centre, Akti Ntovil draws a loyal local crowd for fresh fish plates and unpretentious meze at prices noticeably gentler than most Thessaloniki seafood tables.
Signature: Fresh daily fish, Seafood meze
Olympos Naoussa reopened in 2022 after thirty years in a 1926 building on Nikis Avenue. Chef Dimitris Tasioulas leads a modern Greek menu that earned an FNL Best Restaurant Award star in 2025. Book ahead.
Signature: Chargrilled shrimps with pastrami, Mount Athos cod with fennel
