Dinning during our Greece Trip

Last November's trip to Greece was more than sightseeing of ruins, mountains, and churches. Tasting Greek food was an important item on the agenda because our food loving son accompanied us.

We did not just go to any restaurants that seemed to be ok by looking. We made reservation ahead of time for  a restaurant listed in Michelin guide and looked for specific restaurants for lunch according to online reviews.

Our first dinner at Athens was at a restaurant a few blocks away from our hotel. That was an authentic Greek food restaurant, where locals went for casual dinning.

Greek Salad

Stuff Vine leaves - Dolmades

The next day we had lunch at Proedros near ancient Agora, after visiting Acropolis and the Agora. It was a very popular restaurant,  people waited in line to be seated despite the next door restaurants had open tables. The wait was worth it,  Greek salads, gyros and kebab  - the serving was large, the food was fresh  - we could not finish what we ordered!

On the way to Olympia, we stopped at Port Nafplio, selected a port side restaurant, according to Google review, for lunch.

It was low season for tourism when we visited Greece, destinations outside Athens, did not have many people. What amazed me the most was that for any decent restaurants we visited they treated nice, and cooked fresh. We had lunch at Delphi on the way back from Meteora.  The restaurant we went was To Patriko Mas, a Greek Mediterranean restaurant. A neat, large restaurant, but had guests only for two tables including us. The food was superb. The view was great, mountains, meadows and sea! It was the most formal restaurant we had been to thus far.

moussaka

The best was left for last, For the last dinner at Athens, we went to Merceri Restaurant, a Michelin guide recommended establishment. The setting was elegant, the servers were formal, the food looked exquisite, and the serving portion was small. It was a fine dinning experience, first time for me at a Michelin restaurant

When we stepped out of the restaurant, the rain stopped, the lit-up Acropolis was in front of us, sharp, grandeur, and mysterious in the pitch dark night.