Makris Athens

A Michelin-Starred Table at the Foot of the Parthenon — and Harder to Book Than It Looks

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.

The Verdict

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.

Portrait

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.

Practical Details

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.

How It Compares

See the comparison section below for how Makris sits against its Athens peers.