The Best Coffee & Bakeries in Athens
Specialty roasters, Scandinavian sourdough and a chess kafenio from 1885: eight places for the first hour of an Athens day.
8 addresses · Updated October 2026
Athens takes its coffee seriously in two very different ways — the long, slow ritual of the kafenio and a new generation of specialty roasters. This list covers both, plus the bakeries worth crossing the city for.
01 · Coffee Roaster · Exarchia
Kaldi Kafekopteio
A tiny roaster and shop on the Exarchia–Neapoli edge since 2016, built on one idea: coffee ground to order and sourced with specificity. Closed Sundays.
Ippokratous 164, Athens 114 71
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02 · Café · Kypseli
The Underdog
A specialty brand founded in 2015, roasting its own beans. The Kypseli branch sits on Fokionos Negri, the neighbourhood's pedestrian boulevard.
Fokionos Negri 49, Kypseli, Athens
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03 · Café · Peristeri
Omsom Coffee
Single-origin coffee roasted on site, house-made pastries — a micro-roastery that earns the trip west to Peristeri.
Κύπρου 14, 121 32 Peristeri, Athens
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04 · Bakery · Exarchia
Hygge Athens
A Scandinavian bakery in a 1960s Exarchia bakery, with a menu by Danish baker Jesper Gøtz (Noma, 108). Kanelbullar, cardamom buns and long-ferment sourdough. Closed Mondays.
Ippokratous 192, Athens 114 71
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05 · Bakery · Syntagma
Neropistolo
A croissanterie one street from Syntagma, designed around a single ingredient: the dough. Chocolate-cinnamon swirls from 07:30 daily.
Voulis 35, Athens 105 57
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06 · Café · Pangrati
Moden
Forty square metres of Nordic calm in Pangrati from chef Pavlos Tsiolekas: freshly made pastries and serious coffee, nothing more.
Pratinou 53, Pangrati, Athens
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07 · Café · Pangrati
Motiv
A compact specialty shop on Formionos in Pangrati — espresso, filter, cold brew. Dog-friendly, laptop-friendly, open early.
Formionos 42, Pangrati, Athens
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08 · Café · Exarchia
Panellinion
A chess kafenio in Exarchia since 1885: a board on every table, Greek coffee brewed over a gas flame, no music, no Wi-Fi. Cash only.
Mavromichali 16, Exarchia 106 80
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