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Best Wine List Restaurants in Athens 2026
Restaurant cellars & sommelier programs · Athens · 6 lists ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 20, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Spondi has poured from a cellar of more than 1,300 labels since it won Greece's first Michelin star in 2002, which is the natural place to start a wine ranking in Athens. Around it sits a small, serious scene: the country's only two-star room over the sea, a 500-label Greek-Italian kitchen, two rooftop tables and a marina seafood star. Here is who each suits, what to expect walking in, and how to book it. Six, ranked on depth, the pairing program and value rather than trophy labels alone.
1.Spondi
Athens's deepest cellar, 1,300-plus labels behind a kitchen starred since 2002. Book it for a landmark French bottle.
Spondi has held a Michelin star since 2002, the first awarded in Greece, and its cellar of more than 1,300 labels, with Bordeaux and Burgundy in real depth, is the reason it tops a wine ranking. Owner Apostolos Trastelis runs the room in Pangrati near the Panathenaic Stadium; head chef Angelos Lantos cooks a modern French menu under group chef Arnaud Bignon, with the lobster tartare and Petrossian caviar a fixture. The Discovery tasting runs about 170 euros before wine. Reserve two to three weeks ahead, name a region and a budget, and let the sommelier pull something aged.
Book on the Spondi site; ask the sommelier for an aged Burgundy from the cellar.
2.Delta
Greece's only two-star, on the fifth floor over the sea, with a sustainability-led cellar. Reserve weeks ahead for the pairing.
Delta is the only two-Michelin-star restaurant in Greece, on the fifth floor of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Kallithea with the sea on one side. Chefs George Papazacharias and Thanos Feskos cook a 12-course Omnivore menu around fermentation and sustainability, and sommelier Dimitris Zannikos builds a pairing that tracks it course by course; the kitchen also holds a Michelin Green Star. The Omnivore is 240 euros. This is the destination dinner for a couple who want precision and a wine team that ranges from a grower bottle to something rare. Reserve two to three weeks out and take the pairing.
Book on the Delta site; take the pairing and ask what is drinking best.
3.Botrini's
Ettore Botrini's one-star with a 500-label list strong in Santorini and Champagne. Best for a long Greek-Italian tasting.
Ettore Botrini won his first Michelin star in 2014 and still holds one in the current guide, cooking a Greek-Italian tasting that runs between Corfu, Thessaly and Tuscany in a converted school building in Chalandri, northern Athens. The list behind it is more than 500 labels deep, with real strength in Santorini Assyrtiko, German Riesling and Champagne. This is the booking for a leisurely, story-driven tasting where the pairing is part of the plot. Reserve a week or two ahead and ask the floor to lean into Greek bottles you cannot find at home.
Book direct; ask for a Santorini Assyrtiko flight alongside the tasting.
4.Hytra
A one-star rooftop with a broad Greek-and-international list and a fair pairing. Try it for the view and the value.
Hytra has held a Michelin star since 2010 and sits on the roof of the Onassis Cultural Centre in Neos Kosmos, where chef George Felemegkas cooks a creative Greek menu, the deconstructed spanakorizo its signature. The list ranges wide across Greece and the wider world, and the pairing is one of the better-value programs among the starred rooms: 11 courses at 80 euros with a 115-euro wine flight. This is the booking for a couple who want a serious wine night without the top-tier spend. Reserve a week or two ahead and take the pairing.
Book on the Hytra site; take the wine flight and ask for a Greek surprise.
5.Varoulko Seaside
Lefteris Lazarou's marina seafood star with a list built for the sea. Book it for white Burgundy by the water.
Lefteris Lazarou became the first Greek chef to win a Michelin star in 2002, and his Varoulko Seaside looks over the boats at Mikrolimano in Piraeus. The cooking is seafood to its bones, the cuttlefish risotto with its own ink the dish to order, and the cellar is built to match, long on the crisp whites and Champagnes that sit beside fish. A set menu runs 95 euros, with grilled catch around 115 euros a kilo. This is the booking for a sunset dinner by the water where the wine follows the sea. Reserve a week ahead and ask for a white to carry the meal.
Book on the Varoulko site; ask the floor for a white Burgundy with the catch.
6.CTC Urban Gastronomy
Alexandros Tsiotinis's one-star blind tasting with a thoughtful pairing. Pencil it in for a wine-led Voyage.
CTC Urban Gastronomy has held a Michelin star for three years running, where chef Alexandros Tsiotinis serves the Voyage, an 11-course blind tasting, in a low-key Kerameikos room. The Voyage is 105 euros, with two pairing options at 80 and 130 euros that the floor builds to push the menu rather than coast beside it. The list is modern and Greek-forward with the reach to surprise. This is the booking for a diner who wants the wine to drive the night and is happy to be led. Reserve a week or two ahead and take the higher pairing if the menu is the point.
Book direct; take the 130-euro pairing and let the floor steer the Voyage.
Avoid for a wine night
Great view, thin cellar
Dionysos Zonar's. The dining room at the foot of the Acropolis has the Parthenon framed in the window, but it is built for the view and the tour-bus turnover, not a deep cellar. Go for the panorama and a glass, and keep the wine night for Spondi or Delta.
Papadakis. Argiro Barbarigou's Kolonaki seafood room is a lovely meal, but the list is deliberately Greek-only and shallow on international depth. Have the fish, then drink seriously somewhere above.
How to drink well in Athens
Name a grape or a region and a number and let the floor work inside it; at Spondi, Delta and Botrini's that conversation reliably turns up a better bottle than the label you would have reached for, and all three are deep enough to range from a Santorini white to an aged Bordeaux. Book the destination rooms two to three weeks ahead through their own sites, where the best weekend tables go first.
The better-value end — Hytra, Varoulko and CTC — rewards taking the pairing and asking for Greek bottles you do not know. For the city's other tables, compare the best rooftop restaurants in Athens or see how Istanbul's cellars compare across the Aegean. If you are celebrating, say so when you book.
Frequently asked
Which Athens restaurant has the best wine list?
Spondi in Pangrati holds our top spot, with a cellar of more than 1,300 labels that is the deepest in Athens, strong in Bordeaux and Burgundy. It has held a Michelin star since 2002, the first in Greece. Reserve two to three weeks ahead, name a region and a budget, and let the sommelier pull something aged from the list.
Which Athens restaurant has two Michelin stars?
Delta, on the fifth floor of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Kallithea, is the only two-Michelin-star restaurant in Greece and also holds a Green Star. Its 12-course Omnivore menu is 240 euros, with a sommelier-led pairing that tracks each course. Reserve two to three weeks out and take the pairing.
How much is a tasting menu at the best Athens wine restaurants?
Plan on a wide range: Hytra runs 11 courses at 80 euros and CTC's Voyage is 105, while Spondi's Discovery is about 170 and Delta's Omnivore reaches 240, all before wine. Pairings add a further 80 to 130 euros at most rooms. Setting a budget with the floor is the smart move at every one.
Do Athens fine-dining restaurants need a reservation?
Yes for all of them, and well ahead for the destination rooms. Spondi, Delta and Botrini's release tables in advance and the best weekend seats go first, so book two to three weeks out. Hytra, Varoulko and CTC are a little easier but still worth reserving. For a rare bottle, call a day ahead so it is confirmed.
Where can you drink wine by the sea in Athens?
Varoulko Seaside, on the marina at Mikrolimano in Piraeus, is the wine-and-water booking, with a seafood-led cellar long on crisp whites and Champagne. Delta, on the fifth floor of the SNFCC in Kallithea, pairs a sea view with the country's only two-star kitchen. Both reward a clear evening and a sunset table.
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