8 Best Restaurants in Attica and Delphi, Greece

This esteemed seafood restaurant first opened here in 1924, and it's aged well. Athenians flock year-round to share a seafood platter and bottle of white wine or feast on tongue fillets stuffed with fresh shrimp, or an appetizer of scorpion-fish croquettes. There's meat on the menu, too, but most opt for the fresh grilled fish that is brought daily from Kalimnos, Patmos, and the Leros islands. Oysters and prawns are also a specialty. But it's not just the food that attracts locals to this family-run restaurant: there are also elegant wood-beamed ceilings (the ceiling is partly retractable, so on a good night you can dine under the stars) and a superb view of the coast, all just 35 minutes' drive from downtown Athens. Reservations are essential during weekends.

Front tables at this lively and friendly spot, a perfect stop after a day at the beach, are nearly immersed in the sea, and others are tucked into a Mediterranean garden. Family matriarch Isidora orchestrates the delicious homemade meals, many including fresh fish of the day, accompanied by rich seasonal salads and fresh village bread.

Perched across the road from the waters of scenic Vouliagmeni Lake, this traditional fish taverna has been serving the best of Greek fishermen's catches since 1889. With wonderful views of crystalline, aquamarine waters, Labros remains legendary for its mussel rice (mydopilafo), its seafood pasta, and its grilled fresh fish that arrives daily from all parts of Greece.

A captains' kafeneio (coffeehouse) from 1850 is elegantly decorated in a nautical theme with classic Chesterfield sofas and a character-filled setting in which to enjoy mussels—what Galaxidi is known for—served here in a saganaki, steamed, and in a pilaf. There's also seafood risotto and lobster pasta, as well as traditional non-seafood dishes such as homemade pies. Homemade sweets include walnut paste with kaymak (like clotted cream) ice cream.

Locals and tourists pack the waterfront terrace, drawn in year-round by the quality of the seafood in this basic taverna with reasonable prices. Farm-raised crawfish (karavides) are simply boiled and sprinkled with lemon—a true delicacy. Crispy fried calamari and shrimp, tender grilled octopus, and whole fish such as chargrilled snapper are fresh as can be. Complete the feast with boiled greens, grilled eggplant salad, a large village salad, and a carafe of local wine.

A Greek-British husband-and-wife team build their menu around huge portions of fresh fish and seafood, like the steamed mussels with feta in wine cheese sauce or the seafood pastas. At the end of the dinner, the plate of seasonal fruit or the homemade chocolate kormos (log-shaped) cake is on the house. Beware of busy summer weekends, when reservations are strongly advised.