Restaurant in Athens, Greece
Book early. The setting is unrepeatable.
Makris Athens holds a 2024 Michelin Star and sits at the foot of the Parthenon in a building that was once Greece's first inn. Chef Patron Petros Dimas runs three tasting menus built on farm-sourced ingredients, backed by a 300-plus label wine list. Open Tuesday to Saturday, dinner only — book well ahead.
Makris Athens operates on one of the most constrained schedules in the Greek fine dining calendar: dinner only, Tuesday through Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday. With a historic building, a terrace view of the Acropolis, and a 2024 Michelin Star backing the kitchen, the five-night window fills quickly. If you are planning a visit to Athens and want this on your itinerary, book before you book your flights.
Makris Athens is worth booking for anyone who wants Michelin-level creative Greek cuisine in a setting that no other restaurant in the city can replicate. The combination of a glass-floor dining room revealing the building's ancient foundations, direct sightlines to the Parthenon from the terrace, and a kitchen working from farm-sourced ingredients puts it in a category of its own among Athens fine dining. At €€€€ pricing, it is not a casual choice, but the value case is stronger here than at several peers charging similar rates. Book it for a special occasion, a serious food-focused evening, or any night when the setting needs to match the meal.
The building at Astiggos 10 has been feeding people since it operated as Greece's first inn. That is not background colour — it is directly relevant to the experience, because the dining room preserves that history underfoot. A glass floor section lets you look down into the archaeological layers below, which makes the space feel less like a restaurant and more like a meal suspended above centuries of Athenian life. For the food-and-travel enthusiast who comes to Athens looking for depth rather than surface, this detail matters.
Chef Patron Petros Dimas runs a kitchen that draws directly from the restaurant's own farm and a network of local producers. The menu operates on three tasting formats: Genesis, Utopia, and the vegetarian Physis Vegan. This is not a kitchen hedging its bets with an à la carte safety net bolted onto a token tasting menu. The à la carte exists alongside the three menus, which signals confidence in what the kitchen can deliver across multiple formats. For the explorer diner, the tasting menu route gives the fullest picture of what Dimas is doing with Greek gastronomic heritage , sourced ingredients treated with the kind of technical precision that earned the Star, not the kind of ingredient-forward simplicity that sometimes gets mistaken for it.
The wine list runs to more than 300 labels, split between Greek and international options. That depth is notable: Athens has no shortage of restaurants with perfunctory wine lists, and 300-plus labels at a restaurant of this scale suggests a genuine commitment to pairing. Cocktail and juice pairings are also available, which makes the experience accessible to non-wine drinkers without the programme feeling like an afterthought. For reference, the farm-to-table sourcing philosophy places Makris in company with venues like Arpège in Paris and Quique Dacosta in Dénia , kitchens where the ingredient sourcing story is inseparable from the dish quality.
The Google rating of 4.6 across 370 reviews is a useful signal: this is not a restaurant trading on location alone. Acropolis-adjacent restaurants in any city can coast on the view and the foot traffic; a 4.6 from nearly 400 reviews, at €€€€ pricing, means the food is pulling its weight independently of the spectacle. That matters when you are deciding whether the price is justified on a per-dish basis rather than a per-view basis.
If Athens fine dining is a category you follow, Makris sits alongside Delta, SENSE, and Simul as part of the city's current Michelin-tier conversation. Outside Athens, the same commitment to Greek regional produce and creative technique appears at Etrusco in Kato Korakiana and Koukoumavlos in Fira. For island dining with similar ambition, Aktaion in Firostefani and Almiriki in Mykonos are worth noting. If you want a broader sweep of where to eat across Greece, our full Athens restaurants guide covers the tier. You can also find recommendations in our Athens hotels guide, our Athens bars guide, our Athens wineries guide, and our Athens experiences guide.
Reservations: Essential , book as far in advance as possible, particularly for Friday and Saturday. The five-night weekly window and the Michelin Star make this one of the harder tables in Athens to secure on short notice. Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 7 PM to midnight. Closed Sunday and Monday. Budget: €€€€ , expect tasting menu pricing in line with other starred Athens venues; factor in wine or cocktail pairings if you plan to use the full list. Dress: Smart dress is appropriate given the price point, setting, and award level; formal attire is not required but underdressed will feel out of place. Getting there: The address , Astiggos 10, at the corner of Ermou , places the restaurant in the Monastiraki area, walkable from central Athens and easily reached by Metro. Leading for: Special occasions, solo food-focused dining, couples, small groups of 2–4. Terrace: Available for Acropolis views; availability by season and reservation , confirm at booking.
See the comparison section below for how Makris sits against its Athens peers.
Yes, with a caveat. The tasting menu format works well for a solo diner who wants to eat seriously and at their own pace. The historic setting and focused kitchen make it a more engaging solo experience than a large group-oriented restaurant. That said, the €€€€ price point makes it a deliberate choice for a solo trip rather than a casual evening out. If you are visiting Athens alone and want one serious meal, this is a strong candidate. For a slightly lower spend, Hervé offers modern cuisine at a step down in price.
The tasting menu route gives the clearest picture of what the kitchen does. Three formats are available: Genesis, Utopia, and the vegetarian Physis Vegan. The Michelin citation specifically calls out the kitchen's use of farm-sourced and local ingredients channelled through creative technique, so a tasting menu lets you see that programme in full rather than sampling it through individual à la carte dishes. If you want wine matched to the food, the 300-plus label list includes Greek options that are harder to find elsewhere , lean into those rather than defaulting to international labels.
Dinner only , Makris Athens does not serve lunch. Hours run Tuesday to Saturday, 7 PM to midnight. There is no lunchtime option, so this is purely an evening venue. Plan accordingly, particularly if you are hoping to catch the Acropolis illuminated at night from the terrace, which makes the dinner-only format a feature rather than a limitation.
Smart casual is the practical answer. The €€€€ price point, Michelin Star, and historic building setting mean that turning up underdressed will feel wrong even if there is no stated dress code on record. Jacket not required for men, but a shirt and trousers rather than shorts and trainers. For women, the equivalent register. Athens fine dining at this tier does not enforce the formality of a Paris two-star, but it rewards a degree of effort that matches the occasion.
Yes, more so than several peers at the same price tier. The Michelin Star provides an independent quality benchmark, the 4.6 Google rating across 370 reviews confirms consistent delivery, and the setting , a historic building with a glass floor revealing ancient foundations and a terrace facing the Parthenon , adds value that you are not paying a premium for at comparable venues. Against Botrini's or Spondi, Makris makes a strong case on setting and ingredient sourcing. The price is high, but the components that justify it are real rather than aspirational.
It is one of the strongest special occasion choices in Athens. The layered experience , Acropolis terrace views, glass-floor dining room, farm-sourced tasting menus, 300-plus wine list , means the evening has multiple anchor points beyond just the food. For a significant birthday, anniversary, or a first serious meal in Athens, the setting and the kitchen together make a more complete occasion than a venue that delivers only on one dimension. Book the terrace if weather permits and confirm availability at reservation. For other Greek island special occasion options, Myconian Ambassador in Platis Gialos and Avaton Luxury Beach Resort in Halkidiki are worth considering if your trip extends beyond the capital.
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makris Athens | Located at the foot of the Parthenon, this restaurant comes as something of a surprise for various reasons. Firstly, for the stunning view from its terrace; secondly, for its setting, in a historic building that was once the country’s first inn, with a decor that ensures a unique experience enabling guests to view its historic vestiges through the glass floor in the dining room; and, lastly, its cuisine, the main attraction, which comes courtesy of chef Patron Petros Dimas and which showcases the country’s gastronomic heritage through dishes that are creative and impeccable technique. The majority of the ingredients used are sourced from the restaurant’s own farm or from local producers and provide the basis for the à la carte options and the three tasting menus: Genesis, Utopia and the vegetarian Physis Vegan. Guests can also explore the impressive wine list, home to a selection of more than 300 labels, including Greek and international options, plus cocktail and juice pairings.; Michelin 1 Star (2024) | €€€€ | — |
| Botrini's | Michelin 1 Star | €€€€ | — |
| Hytra | Michelin 1 Star | €€€ | — |
| Spondi | Michelin 1 Star | €€€€ | — |
| Tudor Hall | Michelin 1 Star | €€€€ | — |
| Aleria | €€€ | — |
How Makris Athens stacks up against the competition.
It depends on your comfort with a formal tasting-menu format. Makris runs dinner only, Tuesday through Saturday, and a solo diner at a Michelin-starred table in a building with a glass floor revealing historic foundations can be a genuinely absorbing experience. The à la carte option gives you more control over pacing than the three tasting menus, which suits solo visits better. If counter or bar seating is available, ask when booking — it is not confirmed in the venue record, but worth requesting.
Makris offers three tasting menus — Genesis, Utopia, and the vegetarian Physis Vegan — plus à la carte. The tasting menus are the format the kitchen is built around: chef Petros Dimas uses ingredients sourced from the restaurant's own farm and local producers, so the menus will reflect what is seasonal and available. If you want to explore the wine list of over 300 labels, including Greek options, the tasting format with a wine or juice pairing is the more structured way to do it. À la carte suits guests who want shorter visits or more autonomy.
Dinner only. Makris does not serve lunch — hours run 7 PM to midnight, Tuesday through Saturday, with Sunday and Monday closed. There is no lunch option to weigh against dinner.
The venue data does not specify a dress code, but a Michelin-starred restaurant in a historic building at the foot of the Parthenon, priced at €€€€, warrants smart dress as a reasonable baseline. Overly casual attire would be out of place with the setting and price point. When in doubt, dress as you would for any formal dinner reservation in a European city.
At €€€€ and with a Michelin star awarded in 2024, Makris sits at the top of Athens fine dining by price and credential. The case for the price holds if you are booking one of the tasting menus: the farm-sourced ingredients, creative technique, and a setting inside Greece's first inn with a glass floor over historic remains are not replicated anywhere else in the city. If you want Michelin-level food without the full tasting-menu commitment, Spondi also holds two Michelin stars and offers an alternative format worth comparing before you book.
Yes, and it is one of the stronger cases in Athens for a milestone dinner. The combination of a Michelin star, a historic building dating to Greece's first inn, terrace views of the Parthenon, and three tasting menus with wine or juice pairings gives the evening a clear structure that works well for occasions that need to feel considered. Book Friday or Saturday as early as possible — the five-night weekly window means those slots are the first to go.
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