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Spondi Restaurant

Spondi - Restaurant in Pangrati, Athens

Two Michelin Courtyard Garden Neoclassical Building

Spondi

Pangrati

Athens' canonical two-Michelin-star room, Pangrati side street, restored neoclassical, classical-French foundation.

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Aleria Restaurant

Aleria - Restaurant in Metaxourgio, Athens

One Michelin Courtyard Garden Contemporary Greek

Aleria

Metaxourgio

Metaxourgio courtyard restaurant, Gikas Xenakis' one-Michelin contemporary tasting menu.

Birdman Restaurant

Birdman - Restaurant in Kifissia, Athens

One Michelin Izakaya Counter Seating

Birdman

Kifissia

Kifissia izakaya, yakitori counter, charcoal-grilled, one Michelin star.

Hervé Restaurant Restaurant

Hervé Restaurant - Restaurant in Kifissia, Athens

One Michelin French Greek Tasting Menu

Hervé Restaurant

Kifissia

Kifissia French-Greek tasting room, Hervé Pronzato's one-Michelin star.

Cookoovaya Restaurant

Cookoovaya - Restaurant in Pangrati, Athens

Bib Gourmand Contemporary Greek Open Kitchen

Cookoovaya

Pangrati

Pangrati five-chef collective, contemporary-Greek, Bib Gourmand, the city's most-booked Tuesday.

Mavro Provato Restaurant

Mavro Provato - Restaurant in Pangrati, Athens

Bib Gourmand Mezedopoleio Small Plates

Mavro Provato

Pangrati

Pangrati mezedopoleio, the city's most-booked Bib Gourmand small-plates room.

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Hytra Restaurant

Hytra - Restaurant in Ilisia (near the U.S. Embassy), Athens

One Michelin Rooftop Modern Greek

Hytra

Ilisia (near the U.S. Embassy)

Onassis Cultural Centre rooftop, Tasos Mantis' one-Michelin modern-Greek tasting room.

A for Athens Rooftop Bar

A for Athens Rooftop - Bar in Monastiraki, Athens

Rooftop Acropolis View Sunset Booking

A for Athens Rooftop

Monastiraki

Monastiraki rooftop bar, the postcard view of the Acropolis, the canonical drink-with-rock booking.

Varoulko Seaside Restaurant

Varoulko Seaside - Restaurant in Piraeus (Mikrolimano), Athens

One Michelin Marina View Fish Only

Varoulko Seaside

Piraeus (Mikrolimano)

Lefteris Lazarou's Piraeus marina seafood room, one Michelin star, the canonical Athens-Riviera fish dinner.

Ithaki Restaurant

Ithaki - Restaurant in Glyfada (Vouliagmeni), Athens

Waterfront Cliff Edge Fish Taverna

Ithaki

Glyfada (Vouliagmeni)

Vouliagmeni cliff-edge fish room, Athens-Riviera summer lunch, the rocky-cove view.

Matsuhisa Athens Restaurant

Matsuhisa Athens - Restaurant in Glyfada (Vouliagmeni), Athens

Nobu Canon Waterfront Hotel Restaurant

Matsuhisa Athens

Glyfada (Vouliagmeni)

Astir Palace Vouliagmeni Nobu sister room, Greek-Mediterranean Nobu canon, Athens-Riviera location.

Tudor Hall Restaurant

Tudor Hall - Restaurant in Syntagma, Athens

Rooftop Acropolis View Hotel Restaurant

Tudor Hall

Syntagma

King George Hotel rooftop, Syntagma view directly at the Acropolis, classical-Greek tasting room.

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The Acropolis-foot village, upper Plaka for the tavernas that stayed honest

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Polished & Editorial

Kolonaki

Athens' luxury slope, Voukourestiou shopping, Cookoovaya, café-square politics

Pangrati

Residential & Creative

Pangrati

Residential east, Spondi (2 Michelin), Mavro Provato, the creative-class quarter

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Late-night & Modern

Psyrri

Late-night quarter, Ta Karamanlidika, Soul Kitchen, the modern-Greek bench

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Monastiraki

Acropolis-foot transit hood, flea market, rooftop bars, the postcard view

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Exarchia

Anarchist-intellectual quarter, no chains, bookshops, three-hour café conversations

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