ATHENS North 2024

February 26, 2024
Athens remains the metropolitan centre of taste, weaving a multi-dimensional pattern of restaurants of great interest and new and much-discussed arrivals that enrich its dynamic scene.
  • ATHENS NORTH 2024 | FNL Best Restaurants

Athens remains the metropolitan centre of taste, weaving a multi-dimensional pattern of restaurants of great interest and new and much-discussed arrivals that enrich its dynamic scene. Without leading the way, fine dining is holding its defences and strengthening. Gastronomic restaurants and modern bistros are making an even stronger presence, while meat and fish restaurants continue to perform at a high level.


3 FNL Stars | EXCELLENT INTERNATIONAL CLASS RESTAURANT

BOTRINI’S
GREEK FINE DINING

24 Vas. Georgiou II, Chalandri
+30 210 6857323
www.botrinis.com
€100-€140 per person
Open all year round

Excellent wine list, restaurant serving both indoors and outdoors, with its own parking or valet service.

The exceptional cuisine of Ettore Botrini and Nikos Billis at Botrini`s in Athens continues to impress and delight. The chefs “narrate” their stories on the plate in an original way, creating dishes that stand out with their captivating flavours. Here, the ingredients are carefully selected individually, forming a hit parade of conceptual specialities combining depth of taste with complexity in textures, aromas, and intensities. While the two homelands of Ettore remain at the forefront of Botrini`s gastronomy, Greek flavours are constantly gaining ground. All of these are reflected in two tasting menus. It is also important to note that their cellar now boasts over 950 wine labels. If you love Riesling, you will find the embassy of this irresistibly charming variety in Athens.


1 FNL Star | GOOD IN ITS CLASS

FREUD ORIENTAL
FUSION & ETHNIC

48 Harilaou Trikoupi, Kifisia, Semiramis Hotel
+30 2106231181
€75-100 per person
Open all year round

Restaurant serving indoors and outdoors, with its own parking or valet service.

In the kitchen, chef Dimitris Lenos masterfully handles various dishes, from traditional dishes to more creative and "Western" menus. The quality and freshness of the raw materials, excellent technique, and the harmony of combinations give the dishes a purity and clarity that consistently earns them a star, even if the pronunciation is chatty or the choices seem more loaded than necessary.


1 FNL Star | GOOD IN ITS CLASS

KINJO
FUSION & ETHNIC

29 Konitsis, Analipseos Square, Vrilissia
+30 2106825208
€75-100
Open all year round

Restaurant serving both indoors and outdoors.

Nikos Politakos is one of the most accomplished chefs in Japanese fusion cuisine, and he proves here that he is also good at sushi. His trump cards are impeccable fish cuts, superbly balanced rice nigiri, and skilful harmony of flavours. The restaurant`s strength is undoubtedly its variety of nigiri, which needs to be addressed before being tried. Kinjo`s menu may be two speeds, but with most of its dishes, it is one of Athens`s top-class Japanese fusion restaurants today.


1 FNL Star | GOOD IN ITS CLASS

MONZÙ
EUROPEAN CUISINE

317 B Leoforos Kifisias, Kifisia
+30 2106200495
www.monzu.gr
€50-75 per person
Open all year round

Restaurant serving both indoors and outdoors.

The highly talented chef Giannis Liokas refines Italian flavours at Monzù, blending classic techniques with more contemporary and tastefully elegant specialities. He enriches the menu with various unique produce sourced from small Greek producers while maintaining the restaurant’s Italian character. In addition to à la carte dishes, they offer a tasting menu, which you can enjoy in the courtyard`s brand-new "periptero" (kiosk).


2 FNL Stars | VERY GOOD RESTAURANT REGARDLESS OF CLASS

LE PAVILLON
INTERNATIONAL HIGH GASTRONOMY

31 Perikleous, Chalandri
+30 2106815774
www.lepavillon.gr
€100-140 per person
Open all year round

Restaurant serving indoors and outdoors, with its own parking or valet service.

Jean Charles Metayer takes the culinary experience at Le Pavillon to a whole new level by offering deeply delicious and elegantly crafted dishes combining intensity and daring flavours. With his mastery of complex flavours and incredible sauces, he takes the restaurant to new gastronomic heights, as evidenced by earning a second FNL star. The wine list includes notable choices that are sensibly priced. Expect high-level service to accompany your dining experience.


1 FNL Star | GOOD IN ITS CLASS

PAPAIOANNOU RESTAURANT
FISH RESTAURANT

32 Kolokotronis, Kefalari
+30 2104225059
www.papaioannou-restaurants.com
€100-140 per person
Open all year round

Restaurant serving both indoors and outdoors.

Stasinopoulos group has taken the seafood culture that George Papaioannou has cultivated for 20 years and moved it to a beautiful space in Kefalari. The impeccable ingredients, grill, pan, and absolute dedication to raw once again set the tone for an iconic fish restaurant worthy of reference and visit that keeps the bar for eclectic seafood at an all-time high.


3 FNL Stars | EXCELLENT INTERNATIONAL CLASS RESTAURANT

VERITABLE
EUROPEAN CUISINE

8 Angelou Sikelianou, Neo Psychiko
+30 2111829109
€100-140 per person
Open all year round

Alain Parodi is a master of his country`s "terroir". He uses the finest French ingredients, managed with veritable and impeccable skill, to create dishes that plunge into the depths of the palate. The name "Veritable" promises this: an authentic restaurant, or more precisely, a bistro. In addition to a beautiful array of cheeses, the chef`s wife, Christine, curates Veritable`s highly acclaimed walk-in cellar, collecting labels from many wine-producing zones in the French vineyards, representing the duo of Burgundy and Languedoc-Roussillon, a hard-to-find Several excellent wines are available.


The arrow pointing up next to the awarded stars marks those restaurants that are moving towards the upper end of their rating and we think are more likely to move up to the next rating level in a subsequent review


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