MOKKA SPECIALTY COFFEE S.A. — Restaurant in Athens

UPDATE: Since management responded they haven’t changed anything in their quality. Here’s the proof they’re not serving traditional Greek orange cake (before they became a tourist trap, and now). You can see the difference, not only in presentation, but also in the density of the cake. The before, traditionally made with filo pastry, the cake is more dense and flaky. Now, using regular flour, cake is more like a sponge and crumbles.

It’s so sad what this place has turned into - specially regarding quality. I visited about 3 years ago, we left amazed by taste and quality of their pastries. Currently, the “traditional orange cake” is not made with filo pastry, they use regular flour and lacks orange taste. They don’t use honey in their pastries, they use syrup (which is a horrible shortcut). Their nuts in some of the pastries didn’t taste fresh. Coffee is extremely basic and there is no specialty anymore. It looks like the thrive on visitors who doesn’t know about traditional Greek coffee and pastries. I would not recommend anyone to go there. Quite...

This cafe in Athens is well-known for its traditional coffee-making method using hot sand. We visited out of curiosity but found the experience overrated. While the preparation process looks unique, the final result does not stand out in terms of taste or quality and it is also costly. The coffee was decent but nothing exceptional, and the focus seemed more on the show than the actual drink. The place attracts many visitors, likely drawn by the novelty, but we expected more in terms of depth and flavour. The atmosphere is fine, and the staff is efficient, but overall, we left feeling that the reputation of this cafe is built more on its presentation than on the coffee itself. It’s worth trying once for the experience, but we wouldn’t go out of our way to...

My family and i (group of 4) were there and ordered a Greek coffee and a croissant. Waited about 10 minutes for everything to be served. Within 30 seconds of been served a very rude male waiter not the nice female waiter that took our order came over to us and told us we had to move as we had to make space for the tour that just walked in. Didn't even get to take a sip of the coffee or a bite of the croissant and they told us we had to leave. The waiter also made the comment that we should have purchased more stuff if we wanted to stay. I don't understand how you can treat a paying customer like that. Also why us when everyone in Greece just buys a coffee, drinks the free water and sits there for hours smoking cigarettes. You could have gone to...