Top 10 Five-star Restaurants in Greece

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This large restaurant with a pleasant outside veranda continues to attract locals, although it does a brisk business with tour groups as well. You'll find the usual grilled chops and souvlaki, stuffed tomatoes and dolmades, but the vegetable dishes are unusually good, as is the lamb stew with lots of garlic and oregano.

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Winner of "Best Restaurant in Athens" ten years running by the publication, Athinorama. Voted by "Restaurant Magazine" as one of the 53 best restaurants in the world.

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Apostolos Trastelis is the man behind this internationally acclaimed restaurant, used as reference by Athenians to imply "the best." Two Michelin stars and a seasonally changing menu using only fresh ingredients should guarantee that your investment in a meal at Spondi will be gastronomically rewarding.

150-200 Euros a person
Reservations essential and can be made online via the website.

Member of the Grande Table du Monde and rated one of the best restaurants in Europe by Zagat Magazine (2007)

Located in the neighborhood of Pangrati just near the Marble Stadium which is beautiful by night.

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Microlimino is THE place to impress someone or make a magical memory. Plous Podilatou is the hot spot to do it in.

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Tucked in a nestled cove of fantastic fisheries in romantic Microlimino is the exiting, new Plous Podilatou (Sailing Bicycle.) Made by the same creators as the fabulously successful Kitrino Podilato (Yellow Bicycle) Chef Vasilis Alvanidis employs creativity with Mediterranean seafood standards. Risotto with leek and lobster, spaghetti with steamed clams in white wine from the Aegean island of Limnos, and grilled Plurotis mushrooms served with smoked Graviera cheese, just as teasers.

Enjoy it all in a well designed, minimalist decor with waterfront tables.

Dresscode: Casual for lunch and casual evening for dinner

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You would never suspect that a Michelin Star restaurant was tucked in the blue collar Athens suburb of Kallithea, and that night after night, Italian Chef Danilo Petrini was tantalizing the senses of patrons with his slow food philosophy in his home which doubles as his restaurant. There are three dining rooms, resplendent in 19th century furnishings that accompany four, ten, and sixteen persons, as well as a garden that can accompany twenty more. In short, you don't come here to feel "part of the crowd." It is an intimate place where you can develop a relationship with your dear friends or colleagues or bottle of wine, carefully chosen to accommodate porcini mushrooms or truffles, Tagliolini Al Caviale Beluga...

Open from the 15th of September to the 30th of July.

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Stunning three-level neoclassical mansion right on the pedestrian walk in Thissio which skirts the Acropolis. Pil Poul's Michelen star awarded French chef Jerome Serres masterfully prepares unique French dishes with Mediterranean accents. During the summer months reserve a table on the terrace and dine under the stars with the Acropolis and Lycabettus Hill as a backdrop. A real treat! Reservations recommended.

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This Michelin Star-winning restaurant has a marine theme, which is brought out by the blue and beige hues of its interior. Wiz chef-cum-owner Lefteris Lazarou transforms recipes into magical culinary delights at this eatery. Although it is spread over two floors, you'd better be early, or your taste buds will have to do without the delicious fare! The Smoked Eel, and Monkfish Livers with Soy Sauce are both worth a try. The desserts may seem rich, but don't leave without trying one - they are simply exotic! Reservations recommended.

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The opening of the Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel in 1983 brought Polynesian cuisine for the first time to Athens. The splendid Kona Kai introduced its loyal clientele to the exotic flavours of far-away places with influences of Hawaiian, Melanesian and Chinese cuisine. This culinary trip doesn't come cheap, though. Konai Kai is among the more expensive restaurants of the city, but the affluent clientele doesn't seem to mind paying the price for the excellent food and the efficient service.

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This simple, year-round restaurant attracts locals in the summer and skiers in the winter. The menu is typical Greek taverna fare (grills and stews), but there's usually a wide variety of mezedes, and wood paneling (just about everything in Delphi that can be wood-paneled is!) makes the room cozy.

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Easily the best restaurant with a view in Delphi, with an astonishingly extensive and varied menu (including tasty veggie fritters, delicious local olives and formaella cheese, lamb with fresh tomato sauce, keftedes (grilled round meatballs) and sousoutakia (oval rice-and-meat-balls, stewed in tomato sauce) and, in season, wild boar, casseroled with tomatoes, onions, and herbs). If you come early, you may be one of few diners not with a tour group; come after 9pm and you may dine with Greek visitors and locals.

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This small taverna gets many of its customers from the youth hostel. This means that the prices are very reasonable, the clientele casual, and the food basic (although they sometimes serve game in winter). The back room with its veranda has good views over Delphi, across the plain of olives, and to the Corinthian Gulf. The neighboring Taverna Lekaria, at 33 Apollonos, is a bit more ambitious and a bit more expensive and has a nice courtyard with flowering plants. The Lekaria usually has excellent local loukanika (sausages) and briam (a veggie stew steeped in olive oil) and sliced apple rounds sprinkled with cinnamon for a healthy dessert.