Moka KAFENEIO — Restaurant in Athens

Found this small, unpretentious place by chance and walked in for a light lunch with family. Very nice atmosphere - lots of B&W pictures on the walls of Greek mountain and village life from a while back. Place was filled with all age groups, and got the impression this was a very popular place with the locals. The staff spoke good enough English to make ordering easy for us who don't speak Greek. Didn't seem to be a written menu but we were told that day there was potato salad, chicken, pork, fish or liver. As the chicken contained bacon, we opted for the salad and (beef) liver and had a couple of soft drinks and nice cold water - everything was very tasty and the kids who can be fussy really enjoyed what we had too. The staff were really pleasant and we'd definitely come again. Finally, the value was excellent - altogether it came...

We stayed just around the corner and this place was always packed. We went there on our first evening in Athens and spent the whole time there. It's got great mix of people, old guys sitting around drinking ouzo and singing to the songs on the hi-fi and groups of friends sitting on the street with food and beers. We ate there twice, the fava, sausage, salad and fried small fish were all excellent. The staff were really friendly and work hard. Everyone needs a place like this in their...

I class myself as a foodie. An Aussie that has lived in London for 5 years and now Athens. I was taken here and was seriously impressed by the authenticity, simple food but very fresh produce and made really well. The decor isn't anything fancy and you would probably walk past thinking nothing of it, but it's packed with Greeks always because it's an authentic cafe that is one of my faves in Athens....