Athens — the bank
Pangrati
The neighbourhood eating its way to the top.
Pangrati is the residential quarter behind the marble stadium, twenty minutes on foot from Syntagma and, plate for plate, the most exciting eating in Athens right now. Nothing here is dressed up for visitors — the neighbourhood just cooks, and the city has noticed. Come in the evening, when the squares fill up after nine, and let dinner run into ice cream and a bar. It borders Mets and Kolonaki, so the good evenings chain together.
Akra
Brunch as a proper Greek breakfast, dinner just as good — and the best dessert in Athens: the galatopita.
Ex Machina
Greek cooking with a twist, with good bars nearby for afterwards.
Tre Sorelle
Pizza and beer, no ceremony — then ice cream next door at Maraboo.
Maraboo
The best ice cream in Athens. Whatever you pick, it's worth it.
Elsewhere in the bank
KolonakiCenter & aroundKoukakiMetsThe coast — Vouliagmeni & KavouriPiraeus — MikrolimanoWorth the ride — Kolonos & Moschato