South of the Centre.
Koukaki, Petralona, Mets and Pangrati — residential Athens, a walk from the Acropolis.
Our edit: 3 hotels, 12 restaurants, 8 bars and 4 places.
Stay
Where to stay
Koukaki
AthensWas Design Hotel
The street below the Acropolis. Twenty-one rooms.
Year
2015
Keys
21
Mets
Monastik Living
Eleven glass-walled suites in Mets, each looking toward the Acropolis.
Keys
11
Neos Kosmos
Niche Hotel Athens
Marble, timber and a rooftop facing the Acropolis. Syngrou 21.
Year
2019
Keys
37
Eat
Where to eat
Ano Petralona
Taverna Oikonomou
The taverna on the corner of Troy and Kydantidon, since 1930.
Year
1930
Koukaki
Mani Mani
Mani cuisine in a neoclassical, one floor up in Koukaki.
Year
2014
Neos Kosmos
Amphibian
Tasos Mantis moves the kitchen to the roof of Onassis Stegi.
Year
2026
Pangrati
Akra
Michelin Bib Gourmand, wood-fired daily menus, and a counter seat in Pangrati.
Year
2023
Pangrati
Plyta
The bar and grill on Pangrati's neighbourhood square.
Year
2025
Pangrati
Lot51
Specialty coffee from 7am, cocktails until 2am — Pangrati’s most committed all-day space.
Year
2018
Nea Smyrni
Fred Athens
Dine, Drink & Chill. Nea Smyrni.
Pangrati
Moden
Nordic minimalism meets Athenian pastry craft in Pangrati — a workshop as much as a café.
Year
2025
Ano Petralona
Hanky Panky
Smashed burgers with a cosmic streak in Petralona.
Pangrati
Motiv
A precise specialty coffee shop on Formionos — Pangrati’s quiet daily essential.
Koukaki
Lotte Café Bistrot
All-day café on the museum's quiet side
Pangrati
Ex Machina
Greek produce, Asian and Middle Eastern technique. Empedokleous 34, Pangrati.
Year
2023
Drink
Where to drink
Kato Petralona
Line
Grapeless wines, in an old gallery.
Year
2022
Koukaki
Fysika Athens
Orange wine and vinyl on a Koukaki corner.
Neos Kosmos
Bar Amore
Italian music from the ’70s, Greek wine, spritzes. Somehow perfect.
Year
2024
Pangrati
Magdalena Aperitivo
Italian aperitivo, straight up, in Pangrati.
Year
2026
Koukaki
Materia Prima
Natural wine and honest food
Koukaki
Bel Ray Bar
Corner snack bar in Koukaki
Koukaki
Commune Athens
Specialty coffee, fine drinking and vinyl in Koukaki
Year
2025
Neos Kosmos
Trio Noon Bar
A 23-square-metre bar in Neos Kosmos, built by three friends as their own neighbourhood spot.
Year
2025
See
What to see & shop
Pangrati
Cine Oasis
Pangrati's cinephile garden. Open under the sky since the 1950s.
Year
1950
Pangrati
National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum
From El Greco to Tsarouchis. Doubled in size in 2021.
Year
1900
Koukaki
ERE Athens
A space for the curious and the aesthetically restless
Pangrati
Half Note Jazz Club
Athens' home of jazz since 1978
Year
1978