8 Best Seaside Fish Restaurants in Athens

Are you looking for the best seaside fish restaurants in Athens? Or just simply the best waterfront seafood dining in Athens?

Athens’ coastline is 35 km long (from Piraeus port to the Vouliagmeni area) and as you can imagine the choice of Athens Restaurants with water views is just endless.

Find in this post a shortlist of some of the best seaside fish restaurants in Athens in Athens to help you decide easier and pick up the best for you.

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Best Seaside Fish Restaurants in Athens

1. Varoulko

Varoulko is one of the best waterfront Restaurants in Athens, a Michelin Star restaurant, at a fantastic spot in Mikrolimano Marina.

Specialties: All kinds of fish and seafood you can think of. Fish spaghetti with minced shrimp and baked tomatoes and fish with cream beetroot, colored beets, broccoli, and bearnaise sauce. I love their shrimp risotto with raisins, pine nuts & tomatoes.

Location: Akti Koumoundourou, 54-56 Mikrolimano Marina, Athens, 18545, Greece

Average Cost: €80-100 per person

Book online: bit.ly/2YvMgVM

Best Seafood Restaurants in Athens: Paleo Faliro

 2. Nautical Club of Paleo Faliro at Flisvos Marina

The Nautical Club of Paleo Faliro is one of the oldest clubs in Athens. Paleo Faliro is one of the areas belonging to the Athens Riviera and is 15 minutes away from Acropolis by car.

Cuisine: Here you can enjoy tasty Greek salads, sardine, calamari, octopus, anchovy, codfish, and many more.

With lovely views of the sea and a great spot for a magical sunset! Go early to get a good table.

Location: Flisvos Marina in Paleo Faliro

Average Cost: €20-35 per person

Call them at +30 211 4110723 or email them at nopf@multitaste.gr to reserve your table.

Best Seaside Restaurant in Athens: Glyfada

Glydafa is a posh residential and shopping area by the Athens Riviera, 12km far from the Acropolis. It is also a very popular food destination throughout the year as its restaurants and taverns offer notoriously great food.

3. Nikolas tis Schinoussas

Nikolas tis Schinoussas seafront fish restaurant is one of the best in Glyfada. It offers amazing views of the sea, professional service, and great cuisine focused on fish. Try taramosalata, the Schinousa salad, kritharoto (small pasta), steamed mussels, and any fresh fish.

Average Cost: €30-50 per person

Location:  Diadoxou Pavlou 48 Glyfada, Athens GR
For Reservations: +30 210 8949550 &  info@nikolas-schinoussas.gr or visit their website here.

Schinoussa is a small island in the Cyclades group along with Santorini and Mykonos. Find out more about Cyclades islands on my dedicated page

Best Seafood Restaurants in Vouliagmeni

Vouliagmeni is another beautiful area in Athens Riviera, one of the most expensive areas to buy or sell property in Greece. It has quite a few seafront fish restaurants that are all offering very high-quality food.

4. Blue Fish

Set on a small beautiful Vouliagmeni bay, and with direct access to the sea, it is an amazing spot to have your meal. Some of my favorite dishes are fried prawns, shrimp tempura, crispy skin sea bream and cacio e pepe di mare tagliatelle.

If you do not want to have a full meal, go to the oyster bar with comfortable bamboo beds for sunset time, where fine oysters and seafood are served in harmony with different champagnes. At lunchtime the mood is relaxed, the flavors more comforting, the sailboats drop anchor in front of you and you think you’re on an island.

Average cost: €50-60 per person

Location: Poseidonos Ave. 4, Vouliagmeni 16671 Greece

For Reservations: +30 21 0967 1778

5. Garbi Restaurant

Garbi restaurant has been one of the best seaside fish restaurants in Athens since 1924. Garbi’s dinner is very elegant with the white color dominating with large glass windows around the restaurant and at the back, there is a small garden with tables under huge umbrellas.

Choose their crab salad, fish ceviche or seafood pasta, or risotto with their fish coming daily from Leros, Crete, and Andros. Their Greek traditional dishes with some twists like their Mediterranean fish soup and shrimp mousaka. They have one of the best tarama salads in Athens!

Average cost: €30-50 per person

Location: 21 Iliou, Kavouri, Vouliagmeni 166 71 Greece

For Reservations: +30 210.8963480 / +30 210.8963460

Best Hotel in Vouliagmeni: Four Seasons Hotel

6. Ithaki Restaurant

Ithaki is one of the most famous, old, and classy fish restaurants on the Athens Riviera. Overlooking the Aegean Sea, you will get high-class service and food. Check out their seafood risotto, grilled prawns, and octopus.

Average Cost: €50-100 per person

Location: Apollonos, Athinas 28, Vouliagmeni

Reserve your table at +30 21 0896 3747

7. Lambros Restaurant in Vouliagmeni

Lambros is a historical restaurant, operating since 1889, and a famous fish restaurant in Athens. Set right across the Vouliagmeni Lake, is fortunate to have all of Vouliagmeni Bay in front of its tables.

The legendary dishes of Lambros are the mussel pilaf, with raisins, pine nuts, and dill, while the marinated anchovies, the crayfish, and also the saganaki with shrimp are excellent choices.

At the end of your meal, try kataifi ekmek, a mouthwatering traditional sweet.

Average Cost: €40-60 per person

Location: Poseidonos Avenue 20, Vouliagmeni 166 71 Greece

Reserve your table at +30 21 0896 0144 & +30 210 8961829

Best Seafood Restaurant in Athens Center

8. Aiolou 68

Aiolou 68 is a very central fish restaurant in Athens, close to Monastiraki Square founded in 2015 by three young men who love the sea and its food.

They bring their fish from Aigio and Preveza seaside Greek towns and cook them in a Greek traditional way accompanied by a wide selection of ouzo.

Specialties: Their dishes include exceptional sea bass, crab salad, steamed mussels, and bloody mary shrimp. Try their own fava spread and don’t hesitate to choose local salty greens and their fabulous Greek salad.

Average Cost: €25-35 per person

Location: Aiolou 68, Athens, book at +30 21 0324 7925

Best nearby hotel: La Maison Athenes

Google Map for Seaside fish restaurants in Athens

In the Interactive Google map below, you can find all the Athens fish restaurants that we are visiting in this post:

Tips for first-time visitors to Athens

• Try the koulouri, a small round piece of bread usually with sesame and a Greek coffee and you become instantly a Greek local!
• If you are staying for more than a day in Athens buy the 30 euro combination ticket, valid for all the archaeological sites for 5 days
• If you are not squeamish about blood or fish smell visit the famous Varvakios Market, on Athinas Street, a 10-minute walk from Monastiraki Square an indoor and outdoor food market. The vendors sell fresh meat, fish, fruit, spices, and products from around the country
• If you have the time, besides the stunning Acropolis Museum, I highly recommend the National Archaeological Museum, the biggest Museum in Greece with ancient artifacts from all over the country
• Other significant Museums are the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (1 metro station far from Acropolis, at Fix Station) and Goulandris Museum, 5 minutes away from Panathenaic Stadium 
• You may enjoy: 25 Top Things to Do in Athens Greece

Where to Stay in Athens

Looking for the best hotels and apartments near old Athens Plaka and Acropolis Parthenon? Find in my complete list below the best accommodation in Athens for a really unique travel experience!

•  Where to Stay in Plaka, Athens’ Old Town (Hotels and Apartments)
• Acropolis View Hotels & Apartments in Athens
• Best Athens Beach Hotels (By the Athens Riviera Coastline)
• Central Apartments in Athens (near Acropolis)
• Athens Budget Apartments
• Athens Budget Hotels

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How to Get to Athens Port (Piraeus) from Athens Airport

• Bus: If you are arriving at Athens International Airport you can travel straight to the port by taking the X96 express bus (€5.5, children <6 yo, free entrance), which departs every 40 minutes and the average trip lasts 1 hour – runs 24/7.
• Metro: (€9 ) is easily found across airport arrivals (blue line – M3) going directly to Piraeus port. The average trip to Piraeus lasts 1 hour.
• Taxis are available in front of the airport (around €40 to Athens, €55-60 to Piraeus (depending on the traffic in Kifisos), and take up to 3 or 4 people with small luggage)
• Rent a car with Discover Cars to rent reliable new cars at affordable prices
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