Who runs Lot51 on Brazil Square in Ilisia, Athens?

Lot51, at Papadiamantopoulou 24B in Ilisia, was launched by three friends and baristas: Kostas Spiliopoulos, Spyros Lappas and Panagiotis Zotiadis. A 2026 renovation made the bar the focal point. June Coffee Roasters supplies a house blend and rotating single origins, and DJs play at night.

Where do students drink coffee in Zografou, Athens?

Goodhood, at Georgiou Papandreou 33 in Zografou, serves single-origin coffees from Latin America, Africa and Indonesia, with brunch, sandwiches and laptop space that draw students and professionals. A 2010 student guide also pointed to Αρχιτεκτονική on Oulof Palme for something calmer, and in 2020 students from Zografou were among the first customers of the day at Lot51 in Ilisia.

What is Lalupa in Zografou, Athens like?

Lalupa is a rooftop at Dimokratias 7 in Zografou with a bougainvillea, string lights and lounge seating that mixes 1960s and 1980s pieces. Mornings are quiet, it gets busier through the day, and the bar takes over in the evening with spritz and cocktails. The espresso is Bristot Bean to Cup, a 100% Arabica Italian blend.

Cafés in Ilisia & Zografou, Athens: Hours and Map

Ilisia (Ιλίσια) takes its name from the Ilisos, a river that rises near Kaisariani on Hymettus and now barely shows except in heavy rain.¹ The lower western end is nicknamed “Hilton” after the hotel, while the upper part, Ano Ilisia, belongs to Zografou (Ζωγράφου), a separate municipality about 4 km east of the center with Hymettus on its eastern edge.¹²

The two halves drink differently. Lower Ilisia has an all-day café-bar on a square and neighborhood counters with handmade cakes; up the slope, more of the customers are students and university staff. Papadiamantopoulou has the most cafés, ahead of Grigoriou Afxentiou.

Local tip: Go up to Lalupa in the morning if you want the rooftop quiet; by evening the bar has taken over.⁷

At a glance

127Cafés listed

7With opening hours

06:00Earliest opening

02:30Latest closing

Opens earliest: Marianha's, from 06:00 (Mon–Sat 06:00–15:00).

Closes latest: Ταρτούφος, until 02:30 (Mon–Sat 11:00–02:30 · Sun 11:00–01:30).

Most listed streets: Στρατάρχου Αλέξανδρου Παπάγου (2).

Most common features: outdoor seating (7%), wi-fi (4%), card payment (3%).

Lot51 on Brazil Square

Three friends and baristas, Kostas Spiliopoulos, Spyros Lappas and Panagiotis Zotiadis, launched Lot51 at Papadiamantopoulou 24B, with outdoor tables by the small park.³ In 2020 two bars split the day, one for coffee and one for evening drinks, and Travel Food People found students from nearby Zografou arriving first and after-work drinkers from about 20:00.³

A renovation reported in September 2026 made the bar the focal point, in green tile, exposed concrete and brown leather.⁴ June Coffee Roasters now supplies a house blend and rotating single origins, with babka and Basque cheesecake on the counter and rotating DJs at night.⁴ LOT51 (MicroLot), nearby on Mikras Asias, keeps daytime hours, 08:00–16:00.

Hopper and the lower end of Papadiamantopoulou

Hopper, at Papadiamantopoulou 6 near the Ilisia theater, is run by siblings Dimitris and Louiza, who share the shifts.⁵ Athens Voice singled out its freddo espresso in 2023 for the freshly roasted beans.⁵ The cakes come in many flavors and are cut when you order, some of them vegan or sugar-free, with a traditional tyropita (cheese pie) in handmade phyllo beside them.⁵

It also serves a proper lunch: omelettes, grilled chicken with quinoa salad, and grilled salmon, plus salads and sandwiches on dinkel bread.⁵

Zografou, the campuses and Goodhood

Ioannis Zografos bought about 1,250 stremmata around Goudi in 1902 and sold plots on installments; the first houses went up in 1919, and the area split from Athens as its own community in 1929.² The University of Athens has a large campus in Ano Ilisia, the National Technical University is here too, and many residents study or work at one of them.²

Athens Voice’s student guide of 2010 opened in Zografou, as the area where many students both spend their time and live, and pointed readers wanting something calmer to Αρχιτεκτονική (Architektoniki), which is on Oulof Palme.⁸ Goodhood, at Georgiou Papandreou 33, is the newer model: single-origin coffees from Latin America, Africa and Indonesia in a bright, minimal room, with brunch, sandwiches and laptop space that draw students and professionals.⁶

Lalupa above Dimokratias

Lalupa is a rooftop at Dimokratias 7 in Zografou, with a bougainvillea, string lights and lounge seating that mixes pieces from the 1960s and 1980s.⁷ LiFO’s 2026 write-up describes quiet mornings that get busier through the day, with the bar taking over in the evening for spritz and cocktails.⁷

The espresso is Bristot Bean to Cup, a 100% Arabica Italian blend with notes of toasted hazelnut, black sugar and dried fruit.⁷ For late hours at street level, Zu on Grigoriou Afxentiou runs 08:00–02:00 daily.

Cafés in Ilisia & Zografou

At a glance

LOT51 (MicroLot)

Passaggio-Etien

The Rendezvous

Willy's music cafe

Zu

Ταρτούφος

Marianha's

222

Anthropology

Apistos

Art & Wall

AtmosPoint

Black Bean

Bless Hopes & Drinks

Blue Sky

Boost

Buongiorno Cafe

Cafe Amigoes

Cafe Zwgrafou

Cataskepos

Charlies Coffee Boutique

Choco Creta

Code

Cozé

cup

dallon

Dolce

Dr. TASTE

Epoca

Espressaki

EspressoHOLIC

Flaneur

Foinikas

Goodhood

Hendrix 917

Hood

Coffee chains in Ilisia & Zografou

Coffee Island

Il Toto

Mikel Coffee Company

Coffee Berry

Cupaki

Baristi

Bourbon Specialty Coffees

Lot51 on Brazil Square

Hopper and the lower end of Papadiamantopoulou

Zografou, the campuses and Goodhood

Lalupa above Dimokratias

Sources

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Ilisia & Zografou cafés: questions

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