The best of Athens
48 places worth going across 5 lists — pick a list, or open the map.
The best coffee shops in Athens
Our pick of Athens’s best specialty coffee, cross-referenced from Sprudge’s Athens guide, local roaster guides and Reddit consensus. A favourite.place selection. Sources: The World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops 2026 https://theworlds100bestcoffeeshops.com/top-100-coffee-shops/
Athens’s best bars
Our pick of Athens’s best cocktail bars — four of them sit in the current global top 100, which makes this one of the deepest ranked bar cities in Europe. A favourite.place selection. Sources: The World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 https://www.theworlds50best.com/bars/list/1-50 · Europe’s 50 Best Bars 2026 https://www.theworlds50best.com/bars/best-in-europe/list/1-50
Athens’s best casual eats
Our pick of Athens’s best casual eats — the souvlaki counters, the koulouri and bougatsa institutions, the market basements and the city’s ranked pizzeria. A favourite.place selection. Sources: 50 Top Pizza Europa 2026 https://www.50toppizza.it/50-top-pizza-europa-2026/
Athens’s best restaurants
The best restaurants in Athens — every entry is starred in the MICHELIN Guide Greece, and each note shows its exact credentials. The current selection is the 2024 edition; the expanded Greece 2026 guide had not been revealed when this list was built. Sources: MICHELIN https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/attica/athens/restaurants