Fulihua Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Athens

I read the past reviews on Google with amusement.

This restaurant is not meant to serve the average tourist. The restaurant is situated on the fringe of the red light district in Athens. The owner, staff and chef are all native Chinese and speak basic Greek and fluent Mandarin. No English. Clearly the main clientele is the local Chinese community. This also means smoking is allowed in parts of the restaurant. They play a Chinese soap opera on their TV. No soccer unlike most of Greece!

If all that does not intimidate you, this place is a gem. Because it serves the Chinese community, the food is 100% authentic mainland Chinese food. It is unadulterated - the best we had in Greece. The chef even allowed us to create our own dish. If the conversation is in mandarin, the folks are chatty. They all hail from Wenzhou.

Because of the authenticity, we ate twice in the place and was prepared to pay the premium they charged. For multiple dishes with drinks, be prepared to pay €20 per head. The food is seriously good!

So if mandarin is not your strong suit, perhaps show the pictures from google of your favourite Chinese dishes and they will...

We wanted a nice Chinese experience, whilst living in Athens. we went off the reviews on Tripadvisor and boy were they wrong.

Firstly the restaurant is in a red light district. Its seedy but we never felt in danger. Walk up the small flight of stairs and it looks as if you are going into somewhere that is quite smart. We were shown into a backroom, which was full of Chinese smoking and drinking and watching TV. It was quite frankly a smokey dump. The waitress did not speak English so we pointed to the menu. We had Chicken Fried Rice and Sweet and Sour Chicken. The rice came 10 minutes before the main course. The Sweet and Sour was incredibly sour. Not to our taste. This is not somewhere to go for any kind of romantic meal.

On leaving we were not thanked in any way for coming and ignored on our way out. Overall this is a dump, which serves food which is below par, with poor service. We will not...

€33 for beer, tea, and a large meal for 2 people (including tip). Menu in English + Chinese (with photos). Staff speaks English & Greek. Vegetable & tofu options available.

Options include Peeking Duck (€45), Crispy Duck (€15 with pancakes), Noodles (€6), and many vegetable + tofu options! Also dessert, tea with honey (€2 in the red can), Xingdoa beer (€3), beef, pork, chicken, crab, salmon, tofu and more. Highly recommend the spicy shredded potato dish (crispy & deliciously fresh). See my photos for full menu.

While it is located down a poorly lit street (with many drug users on the streets nearby) and up a steep flight of stairs, what awaits you is a friendly team and a delicious meal at a fantastic price! Clean with 6 tables + 2 private rooms with lazy susan rotating table for large groups to celebrate...