November 2026 edition
The Shortlist
Ten places worth your time in Athens this November — every one opened in 2025 or 2026, every one chosen by us. Where to eat, where to drink, and where to get your morning coffee.
10 addresses · November 2026 · Edited by Aki Sumawaki
01 · Cinema Bar · Omonia
Bar 2046
Opened in September inside the Cinobo Opera on Akadimias — the first bar in Athens inside a cinema. No ticket needed: come for the cocktails by the Burger Disco Club team, stay for the vinyl and guest DJs, catch a film if you feel like it.
- Price
- €€ · mid-range
- Metro
- Panepistimio, ~3 min walk
Akadimias 57, Athens 106 79
Full review →
02 · Fire Kitchen · Kerameikos
Focu Sauvage
After eight years cooking over open fire in forests, on riversides and on mountain tops, the Nomade et Sauvage team finally has an address: a 1930s stone building in Kerameikos, open since June. Everything goes over the fire. The wine list leans Greek and low-intervention, and prices stay fair.
- Price
- €€ · mid-range
- Metro
- Kerameikos, ~8 min walk
Megalou Vasiliou 52, Kerameikos, 104 35 Athens
Full review →
03 · Fine Dining · Neos Kosmos
Amphibian
Tasos Mantis, the chef who built Soil, now cooks on the sixth and seventh floors of Onassis Stegi on Syngrou. Plates made for sharing, an open kitchen, and a roof that looks straight at the Acropolis. Book ahead.
- Price
- €€€ · upscale
- Metro
- Neos Kosmos, ~11 min walk
Leoforos Andrea Syngrou 107-109, Onassis Stegi, Neos Kosmos, 117 45 Athens
Full review →
04 · Aperitivo · Pangrati
Magdalena Aperitivo
Pangrati had plenty of places to drink but no real aperitivo bar — until Magdalena opened at the end of May. Five lightly sparkling cocktails on tap, Italian cheeses and cured meats, and a view over the Pankratio grounds. Closed Mondays.
- Price
- €€ · mid-range
- Metro
- Evangelismos, ~9 min walk
Erifilis 1, Athina 116 34, Greece
Full review →
05 · All-Day Cafe & Kitchen · Monastiraki
SYNC Athens
A warehouse of a room on Vissis, a few steps from Monastiraki, open since April and running from breakfast to late cocktails without a break. Order chef Mimis's poached eggs with leek jam and metsovone cream — the dish that spread the word.
- Price
- €€ · mid-range
- Metro
- Monastiraki, ~4 min walk
Vissis 25, Athens 105 51
Full review →
06 · Cocktail Bar · Agios Nikolaos
Pony Club
A serious cocktail bar on the Ilisia side of Vasileos Alexandrou — not a nightlife neighbourhood, which is exactly the point. Classics judged on technique and a short menu for sharing. Daily from 17:00.
- Metro
- Evangelismos, ~6 min walk
Leof. Vasileos Alexandrou 5-7, Athina 115 28, Greece
Full review →
07 · Sharing Plates · Kypseli
TOPA
On the pedestrian Fokionos Negri in Kypseli, the Oinoscent team puts Cretan meze and Basque tapas side by side. Chania-born chef Giannis Tsikoudakis runs the kitchen; the Bilbao-style tortilla is already the house hit. Walk-in only, so come early.
- Price
- €€€ · upscale
- Metro
- Agios Nikolaos, ~16 min walk
43 Fokionos Negri str., Athens Kypseli
Full review →
08 · Wine Bar · Exarchia
Girafe Athens
135 wines from 18 countries, almost all poured by the glass, on Exarchia's old market street. Girafe opened in September 2025 and filled fast — the staff remember your name and what you drank last time.
- Price
- €€€ · upscale
- Metro
- Panepistimio, ~11 min walk
Kallidromiou 17, Athens 106 80
Full review →
09 · Taverna · Monastiraki
Taverna Ermou
Ergon's first fish taverna, on Ermou between Monastiraki and Psyrri. Classic Athenian seafood from an open kitchen, a small stone courtyard, old Greek songs and plenty of retsina. Open daily from 10:00.
- Price
- €€ · mid-range
- Metro
- Monastiraki, ~2 min walk
Ermou 98, Athens 105 55
Full review →
10 · Café · Pangrati
Moden
Forty square metres on Pratinou in Pangrati, where young pastry chef Pavlos Tsiolekas bakes what's on the counter that day. Serious coffee and pastries you'll order twice. Closed Mondays, shuts at 17:00.
- Price
- € · budget
- Metro
- Evangelismos, ~8 min walk
Pratinou 53, Pangrati, Athens
Full review →