14 summer courtyards in Athens
Fourteen summer courtyards in Athens, where you will eat delicious food and fantastic cocktails, again and again!
When summer is here, everything beckons you to get out of the house. To try everything that winter – and covid – kept you away. Food, drink, walks, cinema, concerts, theatre, everything.
At first, we visited various new and older places in Athens, which combined food, drink or coffee with the friendly atmosphere of the Athenian courtyard.
Specifically, 14 places are small oases of taste in Athens.
Saorsa, Metaxourgio
2, Yatrakou Street , Metaxourgio
It is located in the renewed Avdi square in Metaxourgeio. It has a much-photographed yard, which you will indeed have watched on an IG story. A beautiful scene set up with the tables on the pedestrian street, up to the entrance of the shop.
Entering the courtyard, you travel at once to romantic times of old Athens. But with Saorsa modern space, reminding you that Athens is still a beautiful place and has a lot to offer. It opens in the morning serving coffee and runs until the evening with light snacks and cocktails.
Alio, Chalandri
34 Vasileos Georgiou Street, Chalanri
A beautiful place, which will surely win you over as soon as you enter the courtyard surrounded by greenery, in a beautiful house in Chalandri, which hosts Alio.
Immediately after, pizza and pasta take their turn, and most of the people you will meet at Alio, accompany them with excellent cocktail recipes. The menu is signed by Yiannis Loukakos and, according to the restaurant's motto, approaches the Italian flavours "otherwise".
La Caza Azul, Peristeri
143, Thivon Street, Peristeri
Anyone who has passed by Thivon Street in Peristeri, cannot fail to have noticed the blue house, which alludes to South American aesthetics.
If you enter the courtyard, you will be captivated by the exotic character, and you must prepare for intense flavours in both food and cocktails.
An essential addition to the yard's aesthetics is the Graffiti of Frida Kahlo.
Nikkei, Kolonaki
10, Deinokratous Street, Kolonaki
A meeting point in Athens night-out is the bar-restaurant of Dexamenis square with its cosmopolitan character.
A culinary experience that introduces us to Peruvian cuisine with traditional Japanese techniques. But it never ceases to charm its guests with specialty cocktails that make you not want to leave even after you have finished your meal.
Galiandra, Metaxourgio
4, Yatrakou Street, Metaxourgio
A new canteen in the Metaxourgeio area that at first, you think that something improvised has been set up in an open parking lot.
Colourful barrels will host delicious food, great Margaritas, and why not, in the end, ice cream!
Above your head hang lanterns and flags that remind you either of something from long ago or something outside of Athens. In any case, this is a new space, made to take you on a journey.
Natu, Kifissia
13, Levidou Street, Kifisia
Natu is an all-day restaurant located in the garden of the Goulandris Museum of Natural History in Kifissia. It is a typical case of a restaurant in a museum, which has acquired its own character and its own patrons without depending on the visitors of the museum.
It bears the signature of Deipnosophistiorion and invites you to a wonderful garden with laurels, myrtles, vines, pomegranates, and lavenders next to the lake with water lilies or under the cedar of Lebanon, olives and pines. Its name, Natu, from Natura, is no coincidence!
Bella Vespa, Glyfada
11, Kyprou Street, Glyfada
Italian fusion cuisine, in a green garden in Glyfada. An ideal place to spend the hot summer evenings, accompanied by delicious signature dishes of Bella Vespa and refreshing cocktails.
The menu has modern touches and is updated frequently, so patrons often try new flavours. All this happens to the sounds of excellent musical selections.
Piu Verde, Papagou
Al. Papago Grove, Papagou
It is located in Alsos to Papagos, in a verdant garden, with small streams running through the area and the trees generously providing coolness.
Piu Verde has been operating in Papagos for a long time and is an all-day café-restaurant from the morning, with brunch until late at night with cocktails. Ideal dining place as well.
Artisanal, Kifissia
2, Zirini Street, Kifissia
The building where Artisanal is located is a trademark for Kifissia due to the high aesthetics of the early 20th century.
The summer version of the place is accompanied by very tasty, creative dishes and an excellent list of very high-quality wines. Of course, there are also very tasty and fantastic signature cocktails.
It is proven to be the number one choice of the residents of Kifissia and beyond.
Spondi, Pagrati
5, Pyrronos Street, Pagrati
This is the restaurant in Athens with two Michelin stars!
Perhaps the most important and emblematic thing that exists gastronomically in Athens. In Spondi, the menu is shaped according to the seasonality of the raw materials in a kitchen that offers purely French technique and finesse.
The summer version of this unique restaurant consists of an elegant courtyard of the neoclassical mansion hosted in it. Thus, lovers of haute cuisine can also enjoy the creations of Executive Chef Arnaud Bignon in the summer.
Balthazar, Ampelokipi
27, Tsocha Street & Vournazou Street, Ampelokipi
Perhaps one of the most classic premium 'hangouts' of the last ’. The aristocratic environment in the mansion at the corner of Tsocha & Vournazou has excellent aesthetics inside and in its beautiful courtyard.
You can enjoy the best cocktails served in the city and very tasty haute cuisine dishes.
The trademark is the palm trees in the yard and, of course, the very welcoming staff.
Black Duck Garden, Klathmonos Square
9a, Christou Lada Street, Athens
The Black Duck Garden – Athens City Museum Bistrot awaits you in the summer in the Museum of the City of Athens garden. It operates all day from 10.00 as a cafe, bar and restaurant, it is a very welcoming and green multi-purpose space in the centre of Athens.
Che Cocina y Barra Sudamericana, Piraeus
151, Karaiskou Street, Piraeus
Che has an inviting green garden; everything screams Latin America. It is located in a listed building from the 1920s, and its exceptional murals - especially the one of Frida Kahlo in the reception, have made it one of the most photographed spots in Piraeus.
The flavours perfectly complement the Cuban culture and take you on a journey with the music and its unique cocktails, definitely on a short trip to magical Cuba.
Ama Lachi, Exarchia
69, Kallidromiou Street, Exarchia
The old primary school on Kallidromiou Street in Exarchia is a courtyard that hosts lovers of good Greek food from every corner of the earth. It always has many tourists, who always leave the best comments about the food and the environment and the friendly staff.
The place is very relaxed, which helps to relax the mood and enjoy the excellent dishes and a very good selection of wine and spirits.
