Frumel — Restaurant in Athens

Cool and well-executed vintage concept. Truly very tasty bites, cooked on the spot in a tiny kitchen right behind the bar.

However, I’m knocking off three stars for the following reasons; firstly, EVERYONE was smoking inside. The manager (owner?), when asked if smoking is permitted inside winked and brought an ashtray. The space is small as a shoebox (again, concept is really cute), meaning it transforms into a smoky hotbox really fast. In a second (typically Greek) disobedience of the law, no receipts are given. Finally, the gentleman serving us was borderline rude.

A crying shame, as this place has the potential to be really special. I’m sure the proponents of the place’s “authenticity” will keep on going, and celebrating its...

Not a very good experience. The food was super super super salty (and I love salt), the yogurt in one of the dish was like extra sweet, which made the dish super weird... Huge chunk of salt on one hand and sweet yogurt on the other.

It took ages for the very unwelcoming waitress to take our order so we didn't bother to explain that this dish was the biggest joke on earth...

Same with the mushrooms. The only nice dish was the baked feta.

Overall, not a good experience. We felt like we were not welcome (you know, this Exarxhia vibe towards tourists...

Beautiful spot in Exarcheia, away from the busy cafe center! Small and peaceful. The reason for subtracting 2 stars is that we were sitting there for almost an hour and nobody came for our order, or even to clean out our table from the previous people. We talked to the waitress (the only person apparently to be waiting on tables) who said she would be right with us, but time passed and she never showed. Very disappointed, but will visit again to try the things. Everything passing by for the other tables looked delicious and I feel bad for...