Fodor's Choice: The Best Restaurants in Athens
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Fodor's Choice Athens Restaurants
| Name | Price/ Cuisine |
Location |
Archaion Gefseis
The epicurean owners of "Ancient Flavors" combed through texts... |
$$$ Cuisine, Greek |
Central Athens, Psirri and Omonia Square |
Balthazar
With its airy neoclassic mansion and leafy minimalist courtyard—paved... |
$$$$ Cuisine, Contemporary |
Athens North and East |
Café Boheme
Comfort food and splashy cocktails abound at this petite hangout... |
$$ Cuisine, Eclectic |
Syntagma Square and Kolonaki |
Cucina Povera
"Poor cuisine"? Nothing is of poor taste in this chic eaterie... |
$$$ Cuisine, Greek |
Central Athens, Psirri and Omonia Square |
Daphne's
Discreet service and refined Mediterranean and Greek dishes (such... |
$$$$ Cuisine, Greek |
Plaka |
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Dionysos Zonars
Location, location, location used to be the catchphrase that... |
$$$ Cuisine, Mediterranean, International |
Monastiraki and Thission |
Kuzina
Sleek, dazzlingly decorated, and moodily lit, this bistro attracts... |
$$$ Cuisine, Greek: Greek Fusion |
Monastiraki and Thission |
Mamacas
This whitewashed restaurant started the wave of "modern neo-tavernas,"... |
$$$ Cuisine, Greek, Mediterranean, Greek: Modern Greek |
Gazi, Kerameikos, and Rouf |
O Platanos
Set on a picturesque pedestrianized square, this is one of the... |
$ Cuisine, Greek |
Plaka |
O Skoufias
This pretty taverna has some of the best food in town—and... |
$$ Cuisine, Greek |
Gazi, Kerameikos, and Rouf |
Prosopa
Despite the regular influx of local celebrities, this modern... |
$$$$ Cuisine, Greek: Greek Fusion |
Central Athens, Psirri and Omonia Square |
Sardelles
If you love seafood and don't want to pay a fortune for it, don't... |
$$$ Cuisine, Seafood |
Gazi, Kerameikos, and Rouf |
Spondi
One of Athens's most intensely designed temples to great food... |
$$$$ Cuisine, French: Modern French |
Pangrati and Kaisariani |
Strofi
Walls lined with autographed photos of actors from the nearby... |
$$ Cuisine, Greek |
Acropolis and South |
To Steki tou Ilia
Athenians who love fresh-grilled lamb chops and thick-cut fried... |
$ Cuisine, Greek |
Monastiraki and Thission |
To Varoulko
Not one to rest on his Michelin star, acclaimed chef Lefteris... |
$$$$ Cuisine, Seafood |
Central Athens, Psirri and Omonia Square |
Vlassis
Relying on traditional recipes from Thrace, Roumeli, Thessaly... |
$$ Cuisine, Greek |
Athens North and East |
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