Best Tasting Menus in Athens

2 Mazi

On a pedestrian street in central Athens, just minutes from Syntagma Square, 2 Mazi occupies a quietly confident position in the city's modern Greek dining scene. The address at Nikis 48 places it within easy reach of the Acropolis Museum corridor, where a sharper tier of Athens restaurants has been consolidating. For visitors weighing neighbourhood options, it represents a considered stop in a part of the city that rewards slow, meal-anchored exploration.

Aleria

A Michelin Plate-recognised table in Athens's Metaxourgio district, Aleria places Greek culinary tradition under the scrutiny of Chef Gikas Xenakis, with a focus on the foundational ingredients, olive oil, wine, and seasonal produce, that define the country's food culture. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 7pm.

Botrini's

1 Michelin star · Deep wine list

A Michelin-starred address in Halandri, a northern suburb of Athens, Botrini's operates at the intersection of Greek tradition and Italian influence, shaped by the dual heritage of chef-owner Ettore Botrini. Two tasting menus trace a route between the Ionian coast and Tuscany, set inside a converted school with an open-view kitchen and a chef's table. The restaurant holds a Michelin star (2024) and ranks 227th on Opinionated About Dining's Classical in Europe list.

Cerdo Negro 1985

Cerdo Negro 1985 holds consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition for 2024 and 2025, placing it among Athens' most consistent value-driven addresses for Mediterranean cooking. Located in the Metaxourgeio district, the restaurant draws on seasonal ingredients and a concise menu format that rewards return visits. For the price bracket, the depth of execution is notable.

Cookoovaya

Ranked #570–571 in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list across consecutive years, Cookoovaya sits inside Athens's confident mid-tier dining scene, where Greek cooking is treated with the same seriousness as its fine-dining counterparts. Open daily from 1pm, the Ilissia address draws a loyal local crowd alongside visitors navigating the city's increasingly sophisticated restaurant circuit.

CTC - Urban Gastronomy

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence · Deep wine list

A Michelin-starred modern Greek table in central Athens, CTC operates Tuesday through Saturday from 7:30pm, anchored by an 11-course surprise tasting menu that reframes Greek and Mediterranean classics through the lens of Chef Alexandros Tsiotinis. Ranked among Europe's top 600 restaurants by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it draws a committed audience to its urban terrace and softly lit dining room on Plateon Street.

Delta

2 Michelin stars

Positioned among Athens' most decorated fine-dining addresses, Delta holds two Michelin stars and sits within the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on Syngrou Avenue. Chef George Papazacharias leads a kitchen grounded in contemporary Greek cuisine with a documented commitment to sustainability, including an on-site vegetable garden. La Liste ranked it 86 points in 2026; Opinionated About Dining placed it 240th in Europe for 2025.

Dinner in the Sky Athens

Dinner in the Sky Athens suspends guests 50 metres above the ground at Technopolis, Gazi, turning a meal into a verifiable spectacle over the Athens skyline. The format, part of a global franchise operating in over 45 countries, is occasion dining by design: birthdays, proposals, and milestone celebrations book the platform specifically for the altitude and the theatre it provides.

Hervé

1 Michelin star

A Michelin-starred counter restaurant in Metaxourgeio, Hervé operates on a single tasting menu that draws from French, Asian, and Italian influences under a French chef working in close collaboration with a tight three-partner team. The elegant kitchen counter and outdoor patio frame an experience built for evenings that warrant more than a standard reservation. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 7:30 PM, with entry managed via a digital code sent at booking.

Hytra

1 Michelin star

Hytra holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining ranking among Europe's top 300 restaurants, operating from a modern terrace address in central Athens. Chef George Felemegkas structures the menu around a plant-forward format called Think Green alongside a technically ambitious broader programme, making Hytra one of the more architecturally distinct kitchens in the city's fine-dining tier.

Makris Athens

1 Michelin star · Deep wine list

At Makris Athens, the Aegean reveals its quiet grandeur through a refined lens, where pristine Greek ingredients are translated into thoughtful, contemporary compositions. The experience unfolds like a private recital—measured, poised, and deeply sensorial—within an atmosphere of sun-warmed stone, brushed brass, and twilight city views. Expect an elegant tasting journey anchored in seasonality and maritime purity, with harmonized wine pairings from Greece’s most expressive terroirs and service that anticipates your desires with discreet grace.

Merceri

A Michelin Plate-recognised Greek restaurant in Thisio, Merceri draws a loyal local following at a mid-range price point that sits well below the city's starred tier.

Nyn Esti

On Leoforos Andrea Siggrou, one of Athens's principal arterial boulevards, Nyn Esti operates under chef Stamatis Misomikes in a city whose fine-dining scene has grown markedly more confident over the past decade.

Okio

A Michelin Plate recipient in Athens's Syntagma-adjacent lanes, Okio works a mid-price Mediterranean format with a distinctly relaxed register. The kitchen layers Asian influences over Aegean fish and shellfish, producing dishes that move beyond the conventional Greek taverna template..

Patio

1 Michelin star

Patio holds a Michelin star within the garden courtyard of the Margi hotel in Vouliagmeni, a coastal enclave roughly thirty minutes south of central Athens. Nine terrace tables frame two tasting menus built around fish from the Saronic Gulf and produce from the chef's own farm. The format is small, deliberate, and grounded in modern Greek technique.

Pelagos

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Among Athens-region Michelin-starred restaurants, Pelagos at Four Seasons Astir Palace in Vouliagmeni sits in a distinct tier: Italian-born Chef Luca Piscazzi applies classical French technique to Aegean ingredients, earning a Michelin star in 2024. Three tasting menus run alongside à la carte, with a sea-view terrace that makes the 25-kilometre drive from central Athens a considered part of the evening's planning.

see|ds

A Michelin Plate recipient in both 2024 and 2025, see|ds sits within Athens' growing cohort of modern cuisine restaurants that operate at the €€€ tier, ambitious enough to earn guide recognition, accessible enough to draw regulars rather than occasion-only visitors. Chef Robert Curry leads a kitchen where collaboration between cooking, floor, and cellar shapes the experience as much as any individual dish.

SENSE

Holding a Michelin Plate (2025) on the southern slope of the Acropolis, SENSE brings creative cooking to one of Athens' most charged addresses. At a €€€ price point, it sits in the same tier as Hytra and Aleria while leaning into a more technique-forward register.

Simul

Simul holds consecutive Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025) at the mid-price tier in Kolonaki, where its creative menu applies European technique to Greek ingredients.For Athens diners tracking the city's creative restaurant tier, Simul is a practical and credible reference point.

Soil Restaurant

1 Michelin star

Soil Restaurant occupies a neoclassical house in Athens' Pagrati neighbourhood, where Michelin-starred chef Tasos Mantis runs a single tasting menu built around his own kitchen garden. Ranked #399 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2024, Soil sits in the smaller tier of Athens fine dining that grounds its identity in land and season rather than imported luxury.

Spondi

1 Michelin star · Deep wine list

Spondi holds a Michelin star and a Les Grandes Tables du Monde designation in a city where fine dining has been quietly redefining itself for over a decade. Situated in the Pangrati neighbourhood, it blends French technique with Greek produce under chef Angelos Lantos.

Sushimou

For regulars, it functions less like a conventional restaurant and more like a standing appointment, a counter worth understanding before you book.

The Zillers Rooftop Gastronomy

1 Michelin star

A Michelin-starred rooftop restaurant on Mitropoleos Street in central Athens, The Zillers Rooftop Gastronomy operates from the top of Zillers Boutique Hotel with direct sightlines to the Acropolis and the Greek Orthodox cathedral below. Evening-only service runs Tuesday through Sunday until 12:30 AM, with two tasting menus, Synecdoche and Synthesis, grounding contemporary technique in Greek culinary tradition.

Tudor Hall

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list

On Syntagma Square, Hotel King George holds a position that few Athens addresses can match: directly facing the Greek Parliament, with the Acropolis as a backdrop. Carrying a 3-Star Accreditation from the World of Fine Wine & Lifestyle Awards, it occupies the upper tier of the city's historic luxury hotel set, where heritage architecture and a central location do most of the editorial work before a guest even checks in.

Varoulko Seaside

Deep wine list

Varoulko Seaside brings creative Greek seafood to the Piraeus waterfront, where Chef Lefteris Lazarou frames the catch against Aegean whites and the ambient backdrop of working harbour light. Recognised by La Liste (80.5pts in 2025) and OAD's European Casual list, it sits in Athens's mid-to-upper price tier, €€€, and opens daily from 1 pm, making it a viable lunch-to-late-evening destination on the coast.

Vassilenas

Deep wine list

One of Athens's most enduring dining addresses, Vassilenas on Vrasida 13 in the Ambelokipi district has built its reputation across generations on the kind of loyalty that only a certain style of Greek hospitality produces. The kitchen leans into tradition rather than away from it, drawing a clientele that returns not for novelty but for the assurance of consistency. A fixture in the city's serious restaurant conversation.