Mystic Pizza & Pasta — Restaurant in Athens

I ate here in the summer. It was excellent.

Although dark, I thought venture deep into Exarchia and and eat at Mystic.

What I wanted was not available. I settled on tagliatelle Jamal.

What was brought to the table bore no resemblance to tagliatelle. It looked disgusting and tasted even worse. Very dark, was not fresh pasta, and for perverse reasons known only to the chef, very hot and spicy. I left uneaten. I had specified a hot dish or plate as getting annoyed hot food served on a cold plate, served on a cold plate. I was then ignored, even though not eating the dish.

Tagliatelle bore no resemblance to tagliatelle. Nothing like the excellent tagliatelle I'd eaten two days previous at School.

WiFi did not work.

Bill was screwed up in a glass as though waste paper.

When I said I wished to leave, to add insult to injury, offered to pack it up to take away. I said no, uneatable, bore no resemblance to tagliatelle. That they had a serious problem in the kitchen. I was still charged for something I had not eaten. I should have refused to pay.

Very disappointed that what was excellent a year ago , where I was looking forward to eating again, has gone so...

They now have a separate little place right next door dedicated to vegan options- “Mystic Vegan”. It’s a cafe with vegan options and they sell some items. The vegan menu is large, with several appetizers, pizzas, and risottos. The food comes from the kitchen of next door but it’s nice to eat without having to see meat items. We got the vegan pizza with vegan cheese and avocado slices- it was excellent. As with most vegan cheeses on pizza it was a little over melted but If you wait for it to cool off it helps- and the flavor was superior to any other vegan cheese pizza I’ve had (pizza fan and dominos) . They brought as a gift a starter of bruschetta which was amazing. Spirulina pasta was very good also. The desserts need improvement , neither the kormo or the mousse...

I don't have enough words to describe how of a pleasant experience it was to have lunch at Mystic Pizza & Pasta. Very good and affordable pizzas - among the best I have tried (they make their own custom pizza dough). Vegan friendly and low gluten options - also good for lactose intolerant people (amazing for people who have food restrictions). Small quiet place with free wifi and pleasant background music (if you pass by on the street, you may not notice the restaurant). Owner extremely polite and thoughfull - all the small things made the experience great (small package to bring pizza home, a jar of water besides your normal drinks, greek brand beverages instead of international, glycemic index in the menu food). 10/10 would come back...