Tiniako — Restaurant in Athens

Hello everyone, this place is a ouzeri.

This is a traditional Greek place where ouzo is served. Ouzo is a drink made in Greece and one might say that together with wine and tsipouro, they're the three traditional drinks of Greece.

Apart from ouzo, tsipouro, raki, the beverages and beer and the soft drinks available, you can order platters of food, mainly sausages, cheese, fried cheese (saganaki), tomatoes, cucumbers, french fries and other various assortments of pickings, this is what in Greece we call a meze.

There's a bit of history behind this place. It is called Tiniakon, which means from the Greek island of Tinos. The Greek brotherhood of Tinians residing in Athens was formed in 1876. The active community made this place so everybody can enjoy it ouzo and meze like in Tinos.

Tiniakon has been around at least since 1983, when we frequented this ouzeri as students. Apart from being an extremely popular place for the Athenians know where to go, another reason we would come here is because of the prices, everything is priced so economically that we could afford to come here every day!

Nearest metro station is Victoria square, and then it's just a 10-minute walk to get here. If you want to see what Greeks do, how we drink, how we eat, come by this place you'll love it!

Cheers!...

Having booked an apartment up above the restaurant, we found ourselves among what I would say was, an authentic greek experience. The guys were the most friendly people and made sure we felt welcome immediately. This quickly became a go to place to unwind at the end of the afternoon heat. the other discovered Ouzo and we figured, yes it's noisy but the restaurant next door was no different and unfortunately they were right above the bedroom so we opted to join the friendly bar staff at Tiniako. A younger crowd there, made us feel right at home and I noticed those closer to our age, had been returning since it opened. great effort guys . You are sorely missed but we look forward to catching up soon. as they say in NZ, Kia Kaha (stay strong) and here's a tip, don't push your granny while...

Great place the later it gets, the better it gets. Snacks and drinks all day and most of the night. Good friendly staff. I returned from Idra to find the place closed down, apparently from a noise complaint. The old coffee shop next door had recently copied their outside dining and we're not doing as well as they thought they should. At 3.30 in the morning the noise was so great I had to pull the shutters, Talk about business practices in Athens. Well, anyhoo, I met a guy called Chris, from Moldova, he did not like the way s certain American president treated his prime minister, I can tell you that for nothing, so put your...