The Athens That Doesn't Appear in Guidebooks
The best Greek food is not served in a restaurant with a marketing budget. It is served in a whitewashed courtyard in Psyrri where the family has been making their grandmother's recipe for moussaka for thirty years, or in a basement taverna in Plaka where the charcoal-grilled octopus is pulled fresh from the Saronic Gulf each morning.
FFGR Greece's Hidden Table Programme
Our culinary team has identified Athens' fifteen finest "hidden" tavernas — establishments known to Greek food writers, chefs, and the city's most discerning residents, but invisible to the standard tourist experience. We arrange private evening reservations, in some cases buyouts of the entire venue for a group, and provide full menu translation with local wine selection.
Island Extensions
The same service operates on Mykonos (away from the harbour tourist restaurants), in the hill villages of Crete, and in Thessaloniki's Ladadika district — Greece's finest mezedopoleio neighbourhood.