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The openings of the last year that made our edit — newest first. 22 addresses, every one checked before it went on the list.
Opened in 2026
Hotel · Monastiraki
Ergon House Ermou
Rooms arranged around a central courtyard in a neoclassical on the quieter western stretch of Ermou. High ceilings and hand-finished surfaces, à la carte breakfast from the Ergon pantry, Taverna Ermou and an Ergon Originals store downstairs.
Opened 2026
Restaurant · Neos Kosmos
Amphibian
The chef behind Soil, now on the sixth and seventh floors: an open kitchen and a loosely structured Mediterranean menu meant to unfold over several plates, built on what producers bring in that week. The Acropolis on one side, Lycabettus and the city grid on the other.
Opened 2026
Restaurant · Kerameikos
Focu Sauvage
Iordanis Tseneklidis and Panagiotis Siafakas cooked over open fire in forests, on riversides and in vineyards across Greece before settling in a 1930s stone building. Everything meets fire, from wood-fired ovens to charcoal, with Greek seasonal produce and foraged foods; cocktails by Michalis Stelio.
Opened 2026
Hotel · Piraeus
Sympan
Kosmas Karavas's café-bar, gallery and residency in Agios Dionysios, converted by cube architects from an old house where port workers once rented rooms. Shows rotate on the Load/Unload cycle; the rooms upstairs are all called Kamara.
Opened 2026
Bar · Monastiraki
Klakaz
Klakaz has taken over the space that was Six d.o.g.s, with interventions by Point Supreme Architects. A café, kitchen, bar and stage around a tree-shaded garden: Area51 coffee and Canadian-style pizza by day, cocktails, gigs and parties at night.
Opened 2026
Bar · Omonia
Bar 2046
A bar inside the Cinobo Opera on Akadimias that runs on its own, no ticket needed. Signature cocktails developed with Burger Disco Club, a curated spirits list, vinyl and guest DJs.
Opened 2026
Café · Monastiraki
SYNC Athens
A double-height former warehouse off Monastiraki: long bar, booths and an open kitchen downstairs, quiet long tables with power upstairs. Chef Mimis's poached eggs with leek jam and metsovone cream are the dish that spread the word.
Opened 2026
Bar · Pangrati
Vin d'Alsace
Kostis Karatzias pours only Alsace here — Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Gris and more from small producers, by the glass or the bottle. A handful of seats inside, a few tables on the square, and plates built to go with the wine.
Opened 2026
Bar · Kypseli
Remali
An all-day bar with its own microbakery: specialty coffee, handmade pies and babka from the morning, then cocktails, wine and beer late into the night. The concrete interior doubles as a gallery for young Greek artists.
Opened 2026
Bar · Pangrati
Magdalena Aperitivo
Cheeses, cured meats and olives brought almost entirely from Italy: Piave, cave-aged Tuscan pecorino, finocchiona, mortadella. Five lightly sparkling cocktails on tap open the list; the Milano-Torino family, Negroni, Americano, Sbagliato and Garibaldi, is its centre.
Opened 2026
Bar · Exarchia
Erli Athens
A compact all-day room where Themistokleous meets Graviás and Kleisóvis. Seven signature cocktails by Michalis Kouroumalis (Noema, Mykonos), 23 wines picked by sommelier Stefanos Triantafyllidis, Mr. Bean coffee in the morning and tapas-style plates from the afternoon.
Opened 2026
Bar · Agios Nikolaos
Pony Club
A cocktail bar on Leoforos Vasileos Alexandrou, on the Ilisia side, built for people who live nearby. Negronis and Martinis made properly, a short menu for sharing, a modern room and tables outside when the weather allows.
Opened 2026
Opened in 2025
Bar · Koukaki
Commune Athens
A listening bar and all-day room: specialty coffee by day, signature cocktails as the light changes, and vinyl, including the resident label Ethos Records, through a vintage 1970s JBL system.
Opened 2025
Restaurant · Psyrri
One Burger
A deliberately short menu of classic, spicy and vegetarian smash burgers, a house sauce and fries with a following of their own, in an interior people photograph before the food arrives.
Opened 2025
Restaurant · Monastiraki
Taverna Ermou
Panagiotis Xanthis's first fish-led menu for Ergon: classic Athenian seafood from an open kitchen, a stone courtyard, retsina and a house white made with the Manolesakis estate. Bread arrives with smoked tirokafteri.
Opened 2025
Restaurant · Glyfada
Ekiben Kitchen South
The second Ekiben, from the team behind Birdman: a 205-square-metre room by Flux Office organised around counter-islands, a DJ console and an open kitchen. The Smash Sando, udon carbonara, the toban ribeye, and a take-away window built into the façade.
Opened 2025
Bar · Exarchia
Girafe Athens
Sommelier Vasilis Papadopoulos pours 135 labels from 18 countries, almost all by the glass through Coravin, on Exarchia's market street. Chef Panagiotis Vasilatos cooks with the wine in mind: tacos, fish and chips, arancini, boards sliced to order.
Opened 2025
Bar · Ambelokipi
Philip Glass
Filippos Kouroudis's small room on Louka Bellou: around thirty labels, mostly Greek with a few from Italy and France, and a house wine made only for the bar with Tsimbidis Winery, a blend of Kydonitsa, Assyrtiko and Monemvasia.
Opened 2025
Restaurant · Pangrati
Plyta
An all-day corner on Plateia Ambrosiou Plyta, under a covered terrace: coffee and breakfast in the morning, then grills and salads with house wine through lunch and a long evening.
Opened 2025
Café · Pangrati
Moden
Pavlos Tsiolekas's café and pastry workshop on Pratinou: white walls, custom timber and metal by architect Georgios Apostolopoulos, windows on two sides and a small mezzanine. A short seasonal menu of pastries made that day, and coffee done properly.
Opened 2025
Bar · Neos Kosmos
Trio Noon Bar
Nikolas Ntais, Michalis Christou and Hektor Liatsos asked architect Elina Loukou to work around what was already there: the quartz mosaic floor and the glass walls. Twisted classics made with precision, a short natural-wine list, and Babis Axiotis's grilled cheese with kimchi mayonnaise.
Opened 2025
Restaurant · Kypseli
TOPA
A high-end kafenio from the Oinoscent team, Danis Agapitos and Aris Sklavenitis, with Chania-born chef Giannis Tsikoudakis as co-owner. Snails with amaranth and tsigariasto on one side of the menu, Bilbao tortilla and Ibérico pluma on the other; wine and vermouth chosen by Sklavenitis. Walk-in only.
Opened 2025