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Best Restaurants Open on Sunday in Athens 2026

Athens is the easy Sunday city on this list. Greek Sunday lunch is a national institution, the kyriakatiko, and the kitchens that matter stay open for it. Even the formal rooms hold Sunday service, which is rare in Europe. Spondi keeps its two-Michelin-star dinner lit seven nights, the seafront tavernas run all afternoon, and the rooftops above Syntagma serve the Acropolis with lunch. The result is one of the deepest Sunday benches in any capital. Six confirm Sunday hours below, ranked by what each is for.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The Parthenon above Athens, where Sunday lunch is a long table.

Athens barely closes on Sunday. Book Spondi for dinner, a seafront table at Varoulko, or the GB rooftop for the view.

How Athens eats on a Sunday

The Michelin guide arrived in Greece in 2023, and Athens now holds a cluster of starred rooms. Unlike Paris or London, where Sunday is the standard closing day, Athens treats it as a peak service. Sunday lunch with family runs long and late, often starting at two and drifting past five, and dinner picks up again from eight. That double rhythm means the city keeps both its tavernas and its tasting rooms open. The harder question is the opposite of most cities: not what is open, but what is worth your Sunday.

The order leads with the formal Michelin and Michelin-guide rooms, then moves to the seafront and the rooftops, and closes with the neighbourhood tavernas that locals actually book on a Sunday. Tipping is modest in Greece, a few euros or rounding up rather than a fixed percentage. Hours are checked against each restaurant's published schedule, and every name links to its full review. For the rest of the week, start with the Athens dining guide.

The Sunday list

1

Spondi

Contemporary French-Med · Pangrati · €140–180 tasting

Sunday hours: Sunday, dinner from 19:30

Spondi is the grande dame of Athenian fine dining, a two-Michelin-star room in a restored Pangrati townhouse with a bougainvillea courtyard. The cooking is contemporary French built on Greek produce, with tasting menus around €140 to €180. It was the first restaurant in Greece to win a Michelin star, back in 2002, and it has held two for years. Crucially for this list, it serves dinner seven nights, including Sunday from 7:30pm, so the city's top table is a Sunday option.

2

Varoulko Seaside

Seafood / Mediterranean · Mikrolimano · €70–110 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, lunch & dinner

Lefteris Lazarou was the first Greek chef to win a Michelin star, and his seafood room sits on the water at Mikrolimano harbour in Piraeus. The grilled catch of the day, the sea-urchin pasta and the fish soup are the markers, for around €70 to €110 a head. Sunday is a full service, lunch into dinner, with the boats moored a few metres from the table. It is the Athens Sunday for long, unhurried seafood by the sea rather than a city room.

3

GB Roof Garden

Mediterranean · Syntagma · €80–120 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, lunch & dinner daily

The rooftop of the Hotel Grande Bretagne looks straight across Syntagma Square to the Acropolis and Lycabettus, the best dining view in central Athens. The kitchen plates polished Mediterranean cooking, and a meal runs about €80 to €120 a head. It serves lunch and dinner every day, Sunday included. Book a terrace table at sunset, when the Parthenon lights up. This is the Athens Sunday for a view that justifies the bill, ideal for a visitor's last night in town.

4

Atlantikos

Modern seafood / meze · Psyrri · €40–60 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 13:00–01:00

Atlantikos is the buzzy modern fish room in Psyrri, a small space that turns the day's market catch into sharp, simple meze. The raw and grilled seafood plates and the natural-wine list are the draw, for about €40 to €60 a head. It runs a long Sunday, one in the afternoon until one in the morning, far later than the formal rooms. No-frills tables and a young crowd make it the Athens Sunday for a relaxed, seafood-led evening that keeps going.

5

Psarras Taverna

Traditional taverna · Plaka · €30–45 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, lunch & dinner daily

Psarras has poured wine in Plaka since 1898, a taverna on the steps below the Acropolis with tables under the trees. The grilled octopus, the lamb and the classic meze are the order, for around €30 to €45 a head. It serves lunch and dinner every day. Touristy in location but genuine in the kitchen, it is the Athens Sunday for the postcard setting, an afternoon table under the vines a short climb from the Acropolis itself.

6

Oikeio

Home-style Greek · Kolonaki · €25–35 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, lunch & dinner daily

Oikeio means "homely," and this small Kolonaki room earns the name with the kind of Greek home cooking that fills on a Sunday with locals rather than tourists. The stuffed vegetables, the moussaka and the daily mageirefta stews are the markers, for about €25 to €35 a head. It opens for lunch and dinner every day. Tables are tight and booking helps, but it is the most honest, best-value Sunday table on this list.

How to book a Sunday table in Athens

Athens makes a Sunday easy, but the two best tables still need notice. Spondi books its Sunday dinner a week or two ahead, and the GB Roof Garden fills its terrace at sunset, so reserve either online in advance. Varoulko sits out at Mikrolimano harbour and is worth the taxi from the centre, a fine choice to impress a client in Athens over a long seafood lunch. The tavernas, Psarras and Oikeio, take same-day Sunday bookings and walk-ins, and Oikeio is the friendly neighbourhood pick for a solo Sunday, a good solo-dining seat. Atlantikos runs latest if your Sunday starts after dark, and seats a group well for an Athens team dinner.

Frequently asked questions

Is Spondi open on Sunday in Athens?

Yes. Spondi, the two-Michelin-star room in Pangrati, serves dinner every night including Sunday, from 7:30pm. That makes Athens unusual: its top table is a Sunday option, where in most European capitals the flagship would be closed. Tasting menus run about €140 to €180, and a Sunday booking still needs a week or two of notice, especially for the courtyard tables in summer.

Which Athens restaurants are open Sunday for a nice meal?

Plenty, because Greek Sunday lunch is a tradition. Spondi runs its two-star dinner, Varoulko serves seafood on the water at Mikrolimano, and the GB Roof Garden opens lunch and dinner over Syntagma with an Acropolis view. For something more relaxed, Atlantikos in Psyrri runs late, and the Plaka taverna Psarras and the Kolonaki room Oikeio both serve all day Sunday.

Where can I eat with an Acropolis view on a Sunday?

The GB Roof Garden on top of the Hotel Grande Bretagne is the central Athens choice, open for lunch and dinner every day, including Sunday, with a terrace facing the Acropolis and Lycabettus. Book a sunset table to watch the Parthenon light up. A meal runs about €80 to €120 a head. For a lower-key view, Psarras in Plaka sits on the steps just below the Acropolis.

Are tavernas open on Sunday in Athens?

Yes, Sunday is one of their busiest days. Greek families eat a long Sunday lunch out, so neighbourhood tavernas like Psarras in Plaka and Oikeio in Kolonaki run full service all day. Bookings help in the early afternoon when locals fill the tables, but walk-ins are usually fine later. Expect about €25 to €45 a head, and tip by rounding up rather than a fixed percentage.

How late do Athens restaurants serve on Sunday?

Later than most cities. The formal rooms like Spondi seat dinner from 7:30pm, while the GB Roof Garden serves into the evening. The casual spots run latest: Atlantikos in Psyrri seats until around one in the morning on a Sunday. Greek dinner starts late by northern-European standards, often after nine, so an 8:30pm Sunday booking is normal rather than late.

Keep reading

Plan the rest of the week with the full Athens dining guide, or by occasion: impress a client in Athens and an Athens team dinner. By cuisine, see the best Greek restaurants worldwide and the best seafood restaurants worldwide. Travelling on through Greece? Compare with the Thessaloniki dining guide and the Mykonos dining guide. For the global view, read where to eat well on a Sunday or Monday.

Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule as of June 2026; confirm directly before travelling. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.