Brunch in Athens

Psyrri: Agias Theklas and Christokopidou

The Brunchers, at Agias Theklas 5, sits on a pedestrian street it calls one of the most beautiful in Athens. It serves eggs Benedict with bacon, pastrami or smoked salmon, a Thessaloniki bun with Mykonos pork, aged gruyère and two poached eggs, and vegan energy bowls, from 08:00 to 16:00 on weekdays and to 18:00 at weekends.²

A block away, Picky at Christokopidou 14 keeps its kitchen open 07:30–17:00 every day, with smoked-salmon eggs Benedict, tiramisu pancakes, a vegan avocado toast and coffee from Taf.³ Happy Blender on Ifestou, by Monastiraki, adds vegan dishes and bakes.

Koukaki and Makrygianni

On Veikou, Το διάβα at no. 28 serves brunch 07:30–20:00 daily, and Migniardise bakes on the same street. Lostre Cafe, at Theodoritou Vresthenis 1, starts brunch at 08:00 and stays open until midnight, with Wi-Fi and outdoor tables, and Tempo Social Club at Falirou 49 combines a bakery with brunch and outdoor seating.

Hippy Hippo, on Anastasiou Zinni, keeps a simple brunch menu with handmade sweets and salads.⁴

Thiseio, Petralona and Kolonaki

The Underdog occupies a neoclassical building at Iraklidon 8, and its weekend brunch draws on a menu of yogurt and pancakes, served on a large terrace.¹⁵ It opens at 08:00 every day.

In Petralona, Μουρ Μουρ at Kallisthenous 90 serves brunch from 09:00 and stays open until 01:00. In Kolonaki, L’Arrêt du Temps on Vasileos Alexandrou serves brunch from 09:00, and in Exarchia, NuffSaid.Athens at Didotou 31 does so from 08:00 on weekdays and 09:00 at weekends, until 20:00.

Further afield

Samba Coffee Roasters’ larger venue, at Laskaridou 7 in Ampelokipoi, bakes desserts every day and is open 08:00–21:00.¹ In Kerameikos, Latraac, a skatepark with a café, serves brunch from 12:00, and Tailor’s friends on Keramikou opens at 09:00. Toucan, at Karpou 64 in Neos Kosmos, serves brunch 07:00–20:00 on weekdays and closes at weekends, and in Plaka, Acron Café & Bistro on Athanasiou Diakou serves brunch too.

A Greek breakfast instead

For an older kind of morning, Στάνη, the milk bar near Omonia, serves sheep’s-milk yogurt with walnuts and honey, anthógalo (fior di latte), rizógalo (rice pudding) and loukoumádes, small doughnuts drenched in honey.⁶ Bougatsa, phyllo filled with custard or cheese, is eaten for breakfast or as a mid-morning snack, and SANTE on Filellinon, near Syntagma, is a bougatsa shop.⁷

Coffee with brunch costs about what it does anywhere else in the city: in Pricefox’s 2026 delivery-price comparison for Attica, freddo cappuccino ran €2.30–3.00 and Greek coffee €1.20–2.50.⁸