Maitr and Margarita is a wine bar in Ladadika, Thessaloniki.
Open September to May, Maitr and Margarita builds its menu and wine list simultaneously from the same seasonal logic. The natural wine selection spans Georgian skin-contact whites, Macedonian Xinomavro, and southern Italian naturals, changed monthly to track harvests.
Address: Fragkon 3, Thessaloniki 546 26
Mavri Thalassa's wine cellar with over 300 labels is one of the most serious in northern Greece. The list is built for seafood: Assyrtiko, Malagousia, and aged white Xinomavro anchor the Greek selection; white Burgundy and Austrian Gruner represent the European wines.
Wine focus: 300+ label Greek and European list, seafood focus
SinTrofi's biodynamic wine cellar in Ladadika is Thessaloniki's most principled wine list: only certified organic or biodynamic producers, with a strong Greek core and a curated selection from France, Italy, and Georgia. The sommelier-driven service is the best in the city.
Wine focus: Biodynamic, organic, low-intervention Greek and European
Sortie near the Rotunda runs dual-format: morning specialty coffee, afternoon natural wine bar. The biweekly wine menu covers small Greek producers plus orange wine specialists from Slovenia, Georgia, northern Italy.
Wine focus: Natural wines, afternoon programme
La Doze in Valaoritou splits its identity between a serious cocktail menu and a wine programme focused on Greek labels from Naoussa, Nemea, and Santorini. The corner location on Vilara makes it the neighbourhood's most versatile evening venue.
Wine focus: Greek and French, cocktails and wine
Glykanisos's wine and spirit programme anchors the restaurant's identity as the finest seafood table in Pylaia. The house tsipouro label Euforikon, distilled from Muscat grapes, is the canonical aperitif here; the Greek white wine list concentrates on minerality and freshness.
Wine focus: Greek whites, tsipouro, house Euforikon label
Vogatsikou 3 is a bar and wine room in Valaoritou that sits at the edge between creative cocktail culture and serious Greek wine. The list covers Xinomavro, Assyrtiko, and Malagousia, while the cocktail programme draws on the same Greek spirit tradition.
Wine focus: Greek wines, cocktails, creative drinks
