Cafe Avissinia — Restaurant in Athens

Food great but waiter very unfriendly.

One day before our dining we entered shortly to see the place, and one of the staff super friendly convinced us to come the next day later for what we thought was "drinks at the view of Acropolis" at 21.30 .

Because we thought they will only serve drinks in the night, we had already dinner. When we were sited at the table our Waiter, a lady with short hair, was not that friendly with us, but this doesn't end here. We just wanted to have some drinks enjoy the view and have some Tzatziki. When we ordered some wine and the Tzatziki the waiter watch us bad at our misspronunciacion and told us "you came here for dinner not snacks". We kindly explain to her, smiling, that we didn't knew because we thought was a invitation for drinks at 21.30 and we are full, we already had dinner, but she insisted that we needed to order food and then she left. In that moment we were thinking that we should go somewhere else but she came with our wine and waited us to order food. My boyfriend ordered food but I was too full and couldn't eat so I ordered some dessert (Icecream, super good) but she watch me very bad for my order and was very unhappy with us. All the experience made me feel bad, I didn't enjoy the evening there, I would recomend the food but be aware that u should order food! The other stuff was very friendly, but never have I experienced such a thing....anywhere, and I was a waitress for 4 years, worked in 2 restaurants.

Why would u force someone to order food when they are full, we left half of the food on the table and got throw to trash ... and was a mistake that we didn't realised was a dinner reservation, which was not specified when we reserved. If we knew we wouldn't have dine somewhere else and probably would have had a nice experience.

But kindness and understandness is important....before ruining someone's evening with bad looks...

How can you enjoy your dinner/drinks/dessert when you feel unwelcome...

Restaurant in the traditional Old Town Square in Monastiraki. The décor is very beautiful and quite attentive, referring to the old times of Athens definitely referring to the square in this way as they have used many old furniture table lamps a wonderful sofa and upholstery of another era. The food is Greek cuisine with many traditional elements tangled up a bit at east and even far as India . Certainly you will not eat anything bad though it is purely a tourist shop. Very good service fast enough friendly and helpful. Some weekends or holidays have attentive Greek live music of the old days. Prices are moderate to economical compared to what they offer and the place they are located. Definitely recommended.

Εστιατόριο στην παραδοσιακή πλατεία των παλαιοπολειων στο Μοναστηράκι. Η διακόσμηση είναι πολύ όμορφη και αρκετά προσεγμένη που παραπέμπει σε παλιά εποχή της Αθήνας σίγουρα γίνεται και αναφορά στην πλατεία με αυτό το τρόπο μιας και έχουν χρησιμοποιήσει πολλά παλιά έπιπλα φωτιστικά τραπέζια έναν υπέροχο καναπέ και ταπετσαρίες άλλης εποχής. Το φαγητό τώρα είναι ελληνική κουζίνα με πολλά παραδοσιακά στοιχεία που μπλέκεται λίγο με ανατολή και ακόμη ποιο μακριά φτάνει μέχρι Ινδία σε κάποια πιάτα .Οι μερίδες φαγητού είναι ικανοποιητικές η ποιότητα του φαγητού είναι αρκετά καλή και αν κάποια υλικά είναι λίγο μέτρια τα καλύπτουν με έντονες γεύσεις ώστε να μην το καταλαβαίνεις. Σίγουρα δεν θα φας κάτι κακό σε καμία περίπτωση αν και είναι αμιγώς τουριστικό μαγαζί. Το σέρβις πολύ καλό γρήγορο αρκετά φιλικό και εξυπηρετικο. Κάποια σαββατοκύριακα ή αργίες έχει προσεγμένη ελληνική ζωντανή μουσική της παλιάς εποχής κυρίως. Οι τιμές μέτριες προς οικονομικές σχέση με αυτό που προσφέρουν και το μέρος που...

I visited many times cafe avissinia over the years and it is always one of the best food and fun experiences i had. Not only the food is excellent , cooked in greek local recipes that are getting lost over the years, but also the material that are being used are better than what i buy for my own home ! Fresh , excellent quality ! for meat eaters for example you cannot find this quality of meat nowhere -even not even in private homes in the city. Let, alone the food -the views to the Acropolis, the magic rooftops, the moon , the locality of the antiques market, the polite people that greed you at the entrance and later serve your food ! The live music when it is the day .. there are no words to describe the whole. As somebody that has spent there most of my special days like anniversaries, work meetings, birthdays i bless “godess Athena “ that this place exists and remains open over the years to make our life richer in Athens. If you want the real local experience where you can meet locals that know their city and food , you should not miss this. Value for money beyond words -try and judge on yourselves! It is incredible how they keep the price for such a service in so moderate levels. As for the greek readers i will not now translate all these-The foodies that do not look for a quick fix found in plastic processed meat and food ( as it is everywhere) know well avissinia and what i am writing ! They know who they are are. For the rest join our club we...