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With mouthwatering dishes inspired by Asia Minor and Greece, and ingredients from both the land (seasonal vegetables and quality meats) and the sea (fresh shellfish and seafood), this place is a satisfaction-guaranteed stop for lunch or dinner. The menu changes with the season, but luscious desserts, such as the delicious profiteroles and homemade ice cream are a must-try year-round. Whether you visit during the hot months, when white tables with colorful mats are laid out along the pedestrianized Old Town street, or during winter, when tsipouro-sipping locals huddle over loaded platters, Ap’Allou can best be described as cozy, jovial, and a joy (with a gourmet twist) for the tastebuds.
Patriarchi Ioakim 5, Vergina, Central Macedonia, 59132, Greece
Known For
- Good prices for high-quality food
- Friendly service and familial ambience
- Excellent selection of regional wines
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A successful cooperative venture that has been delighting locals with their delicious seafood and veggie innovations for a few years now. Apart from the regular table seating there is a stainless steel bar in front of the open kitchen where you can watch the chefs strut their stuff up close as you chow down. Every tantalizing dish is well thought out and is interestingly presented. Why not start with the cheeses, served with pickled fern and nettle, a myrtle jam and a sprinkling haroupi crumbs? Moving on, the black bean cassoulet with smoked swordfish and cod roe or the pan-fried crayfish finished with a garlic goat butter are outstanding. The house wine is fine but the drink of choice is raki.
Christopoulou 12, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, 54635, Greece
Known For
- Excellent seafood
- Good value
- Great atmosphere
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Serving Thessaloniki's most well known fish-and-chips since 1940, this is a classic hangout where you can get your fingers greasy as you dig into crispy fried cod and fresh-cut fries. Your fish-and-chips are always accompanied by pungent skordalia garlic dip and casually served on grease-proof paper. Drink it down with a glass of tsipouro on ice, and if you are still hungry, try the stuffed eggplant or shrimp and feta saganaki as well.
Katouni 3 and Fasianou 2, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, 54625, Greece
Known For
- Locally sourced fish
- Historical atmosphere
- Casual and affordable food
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Excellent food and true Greek filoxenia (hospitality) await at the combination tourist shop, café, and three-meal-a-day restaurant. Recommended are the loukanika (sausages); rolled, spiced, and spit-roasted meat; and the excellent yemista (stuffed tomatoes and peppers) and papoutsakia (eggplant halves baked with cheese, spiced ground beef, and garlicy tomato sauce). If you want to try the specialty of the area, katsikaki sti souvla (roasted goat on a spit), order at least a day ahead. The krasi hima (house barrel wine) is locally produced, and the owners also serve homemade tsipouro (the Greek version of grappa) in a small carafe served with snacks.
Village center, Dion, Central Macedonia, 60100, Greece
Known For
- Quick, ready-made food
- Grilled meats
- Hima krasi (homemade wine) and tsipouro (Greek grappa)
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: No credit cards
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$ | Kentro |
Diners at this side-street Thessaloniki institution rub shoulders with lawyers, students, out-of-towners, and workers from the Bezesteni market. Complete with an outside terrace, this family-run taverna sits opposite an old Turkish bath (loutra means "baths"). Try grilled koutsomoura (baby red mullets), grilled eggplant, mussels in rice pilaf, or smelt or shrimp sautéed in a casserole with cheese and peppers (saganaki). Do sample the owner's own retsina from the barrel and check if they have the exquisite kazan dipi, a marvelous flan with a slightly burned top, sweetened with a hint of rose water. For extra atmosphere, there's the bouzouki music every Friday and Saturday night.
M. Kountoura 5, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, 54624, Greece
Known For
- Fresh fish and other seafood
- No frills
- Traditional taverna
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
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This lovely, unpretentious little restaurant in the trendy Ladadika district has become a local favorite. Delightful Greek-Mediterranean dishes are tastefully presented to reflect the chef-owner's culinary stint in France. As one would expect, the menu, written in chalk on a blackboard at the front of house, varies according to what's been netted at the local food market. The grilled fish is succulent and well-seasoned, showing a delicate touch, and the seafood risotto with a tomato pesto is a staple that keeps people coming back again and again. The great prices ensure Omikron always stays busy.
Oplopoiou 3, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Known For
- Popular locally
- Good prices for well-prepared dishes
- Seafood risotto
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Sun.
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$ | Kentro |
Low-key and extremely popular, this ouzeri in the art-grungy Bezesteni neighborhood has good food, great service, and a friendly atmosphere typified by Thessalonians relaxing over lunch or dinner. The fish soup is highly recommended, as is the braised monkfish and any of the hearty salads. Wash it all down with the distilled spirit made from grapes called tsipouro, and top it off with the dessert or fruit that is offered on the house.
Kapodistriou 5, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, 54625, Greece
Known For
- Cheap food
- Cheerful atmosphere
- Traditional ouzeri
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed 2 wks mid-Aug., Credit cards accepted
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"Ouzo's Mansion," established as Greece's first ouzeri franchise in 1993, attracts a mainly young crowd. The chefs here are trained in a style that is essentially Mediterranean and focused on meat, with some French and Turkish influences. Pick from irreverently named items, such as "transsexual lamb" (it's chicken) or "Maria's breasts" (cones of fried phyllo filled with ground meat) on the exhaustive but inventively twisted menu. Don't forget to order from the eclectic choices of ouzo.
Karipi 21, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, 54624, Greece
Known For
- Irreverently named dishes
- Popular and buzzy
- Friendly service
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
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Choose from traditional foods such as moussaka or try the highly recommended fresh local pasta. The regional vegetables are especially delicious, and fresh frozen yogurt is made with local fruits. Self-serve cafeteria-style lunch is available, but this is also a taverna-restaurant. Reservations are not necessary, but be warned: tour buses do stop here.
Vergina, Central Macedonia, 59031, Greece
Known For
- Quick bites before or after visit to Royal Tombs
- Self-service
- Decent Greek fare
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
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$ | Ladadika |
Award-winning chefs Dimitri Pamboris' and Yiannis Ziagas' new project is this street-food eatery centering around their hand-made bao buns. Pork belly, beef, and chicken fillings doused with secret sauces will tickle even the most discerning tastebuds. Thre are some good choices for vegeratians and vegans, too.
Kalapothaki 3, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, 54645, Greece
Known For
- Latest project from award-winning chefs
- Delicious bao buns
- Vegan options
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Ordering your meal at this establishment in the heart of the bustling Ladadika district is quite an experience. The waiters bring their own eccentric individuality to this often mundane ritual, and the menu is printed on a "newspaper" with photos from old Greek films and articles heralding the dishes you're about to munch on. The taverna itself is done up as a deli (as a matter of fact you can buy Greek charcuterie and cheeses), which gives a rough idea of the fare served. There is a wide array of cheeses, smoked meats, and fish (served either straight up or cooked in spicy sauces). It's food that goes great with a beer or an ice-filled glass of ouzo on a hot summer evening.
Katouni 3, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Known For
- Eccentric (but somewhat erratic) waiters
- Tasty traditional Greek mezedes
- Deli-style decor
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Reservations not accepted
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$ | Kentro |
This casual, friendly place in the midst of busy Modiano Market is known for great garides (prawns), served in many different ways, and its humor: the name translates as "the meteoric step of the prawn." The locals also come time and again for the tamaras (white cod roe), butter beans with chestnut, and homemade dolmadakia (stuffed vine leaves). Order your ouzo and a selection of mezedes, and take in the bustle of market life.
Irakliou 31, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, 54624, Greece
Known For
- Fresh seafood straight from the market
- Charming old-school taverna atmosphere
- Mezedes menu
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed mid-July–mid-Aug; dinner only on Thurs., Fri., and Sat., No credit cards
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This homey restaurant is known for its outstanding seafood—it's always fresh, artfully prepared, and surprisingly cheap. The grilled meats are good, too, as are the fresh bread and the dips—especially the kopanisti (the punchy spiced cheese dip) and the melitzanosalata (lovingly made from roasted eggplant and garlic). The fish soup in winter is also a specialty. Follow the signs 100 yards up from the main square and to the left around the corner.
Martiou 25, Litochoro, Central Macedonia, 60200, Greece
Known For
- Old-style taverna
- Traditional Greek fare
- No-frills but well-prepared food
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
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$ | Ano Polis |
A tree shades the terrace and blue, multipaned storefront of the Tsinari Ouzeri, the last remaining Turkish-style coffeehouse (opened in 1850) and the only one to have survived the fire of 1917. During the 1920s it became the social hub for the refugees from Asia Minor who lived here. Now a café and ouzeri (a bar where appetizers are sold), it is especially popular before siesta time (12–2 pm) and gets busy again after 9 pm. Have an ouzo and share delicious appetizers such as melitzanonsalata (pureed eggplant salad), octopus, or charcoal-grilled sardines.
Papadopoulou 72, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, 54633, Greece
Known For
- Local meze
- Good ouzo
- Popular with groups of locals