‹☕ Cafés & brunch›
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Plaka, Syntagma & historic centre
☕ 15Anana Coffee & Food
A specialty coffee shop and vegan-vegetarian kitchen on the corner of Praxitelous and Chrysospiliotissis, opened in 2019 by Panagiotis Xylas, Katerina Manola and Valantis Fragkos. It roasts its own coffee and rotates single origins, and the bright, Scandinavian-meets-Bauhaus room is smoke-free. Banana bread is the signature bake; reviewers rave about the brunch, especially a French toast with salted caramel and berries.
Kolonaki & Lycabettus
☕ 46Prasini Tenta
🍺 beer €7 · 🍷 wine €8 · 🍽️ plate €17–23 · ☕ coffee €4.5
A café-restaurant on the lower slopes of Lycabettus, by the footpath, with a panoramic city view. Coffee and brunch by day, cocktails and wine at sunset, and a full menu of Greek, Mediterranean and international comfort food. It has operated since 1931.
☕ 47Philos Athens
A daytime brunch café with a concept store (fashion, homeware) and event space across three floors, serving farm-to-table brunch, bowls, eggs, pancakes and coffee. It reportedly will not seat coffee-only customers. The restored 1930s neoclassical townhouse once belonged to collector Evripidis Koutlidis.
☕ 48Dexameni (café-ouzeri)
A historic open-air kafeneio under the trees of Dexameni Square: coffee in the morning, then ouzo or beer with small meze plates through the evening. It is very local. The square is named after Hadrian's 2nd-century reservoir, was a haunt of writers like Papadiamantis and Varnalis, and has a summer open-air cinema (Cine Dexameni).
☕ 49Queen Bee
🍽️ plate €8.50–13.50
A Kolonaki bakery-café serving all-day brunch, known for sourdough and croissants (a French baker consulted on them), such as a pistachio-praline one. It is from Panagiotis Kalyvas (of Capanna and Kolonaki Kalamaki) and busy with stylish Kolonaki locals.
Pangrati, Mets & Ilisia
☕ 64Ohh Boy
🍸 cocktail €8 · 🍺 beer €7 · 🍽️ plate €13 · ☕ coffee €2.5
An all-day Pangrati bakery-café and bistro for brunch, porridge, protein pancakes, chia bowls and cakes, with many vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options. It also serves spritzes, craft beer and wine in the early evening.
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🍸 7Booze Cooperativa (K.O.T.E.S.)
🍺 beer €8
A multi-level arty bar and cultural space with galleries and a performance basement, open from late morning. By day people come for coffee, chess and backgammon, and at night it turns into a loud bar with indoor smoking. Founded in 1989 in a neoclassical building, it has also been the headquarters of K.O.T.E.S., a tongue-in-cheek smokers' party, since 2018.
🍸 9Couleur Locale
🍸 cocktail €12 · 🍺 beer €6
An all-day rooftop bar and bistro in a Monastiraki arcade by the flea market, with a direct Acropolis view. Coffee and brunch by day, then a cocktail bar with DJs and jazz, soul and rock at night, plus light food. It opened in 2014 on the top floor of a shabby-looking building.
🍸 10TAF - The Art Foundation
A courtyard café-bar in an art complex with galleries and a shop, in 1870s residential buildings around a tree-filled courtyard. Coffee by day, beers and simple cocktails at night, with an arty young crowd and underground music. It has run since about 2014.
🍸 21Beauty Killed the Beast
🍺 beer €6 · 🍽️ plate €9.5 · ☕ coffee €3.3
An all-day café-bar on the pedestrian part of Paramythias in Kerameikos: coffee and brunch by day, DJs and cocktails at night, with a garden. It is in a restored 1930s neoclassical mansion with King Kong art on the facade.
🍽️ 28To Rini
🍸 cocktail €8 · 🍺 beer €6 · 🍽️ plate €17 · ☕ coffee €2.3
A tiny chef-run all-day bistro by the National Archaeological Museum, with a quiet patio. Coffee and brunch from the morning, then modern takes on Greek comfort dishes from seasonal produce, with natural Greek wines, in the evening.
🪩 40Skullbar
An underground bar that is an alternative coffee bar by day and a dance club by night. It is best known for weekend after-hours techno and house parties starting around 05:00.
🍽️ 62Akra
A bistronomy restaurant and bakery with an open kitchen, a counter and a wood-fired grill. It runs as a bakery-café for breakfast, with dinner as the main event. Chefs Giannis Loukakis and Spiros Pediaditakis opened it in 2023, and it holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand (since the 2024 Athens guide).
🍸 65Chelsea Hotel (bar)
🍸 cocktail €6–8 · 🍺 beer from €3
Not a hotel: a bohemian corner café-bar on Plastira Square in a former grocery. Coffee by day, then a busy, cheap neighbourhood bar with craft beer and simple cocktails at night. A Pangrati favourite with young locals.
🍸 70Tarzan
Tarzan is a small bar on Agion Asomaton square in Thiseio, opened in March 2021 by childhood friends Giorgos and Nikos. Its own Instagram promises fine spirits, classic cocktails and 'a pure analog sound system. Only vinyls', with DJs behind the decks; it opens at 5pm and stays open until 3am most nights. Reviewers mention the cosy atmosphere, friendly staff, the square outside and snacks like corn dogs.
🍸 71Drupes & Drips
A tiny Koukaki spot with specialty coffee and juices in the morning, then an Italian-style spritz and cicchetti bar. Evenings bring Greek and Italian natural wines, prosecco and raki with cured meats and cheese boards.