48 The Restaurant

Chef Christoforos Peskias apprenticed at Spain’s El Bulli before taking control of the kitchen at 48, where he’s tweaking and... More

Alatsi

The city’s intellectual, political and artistic elite come for Cretan specialties made with the finest ingredients in Greece, sourced by... More

Aneton Restaurant

The most distinctive flourishes on his menu are us... More

Athiri

In the kitchen of the century-old cottage that houses the restaurant, Kardasis creates innovative dishes like an excellent lamb stew... More

Bistro Baxevannis

At his own Bistro Baxevannis on Nikis Street, he offers simply satisfying dinners for just 21 euros: skewered, marinated meats... More

Daphne's

A beloved spot in Plaka, near the Parthenon and across the street from Agia Ekaterini, a beautiful Byzantine church. The... More

Filoistron

Kallisti

This longstanding restaurant just changed hands from original owner Timos Petrides to three co-chefs... More

Kresa Ge

The restaurant credited with launching Athens’s Cretan-cuisine trend is still a relative bargain. Meals begin with a shot of <em>tsikoudia</em>—the... More

Milos

Athenians generally don’t eat lunch, yet they do come to this light-filled restaurant in the Hilton Athens... More

Naxos

At this café and meze spot across the street from the Monastiraki flea market, near the heart of the happening... More

O Thanassis

Try souvlaki at the perpetually crowded O Thanassis, in Athens’s hopping Monastiraki district. To souvlaki junkies, this is the Parthenon... More

Ouzadiko

At this restaurant in the atrium of the Lemos Shopping Center, chef-owner Stella Perdika has been serving some of the... More

Papadakis

Impressively, Barbarigou can still be found in the Papadakis kitchen almost every night preparing outstanding seafood... More

Pasaji

Semiramis

Opened in 2003, this is the first hotel from star designer Karim Rashid, known for his space-age materials and neon-bright... More

Spondi

Urban

She reinterprets Greek classics with techniques she perfected in various kitchens around the world, including a stint at Joël... More

Vardis

Young rising-star chef of the moment Asterios Koustoudis oversees this stately restaurant, once the only... More

Varoulko

Launched on a backstreet 19 years ago, Varoulko recently moved to central Athens—a more visible location for chef Lefteris Lazarou’s... More