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Akti’s dining room.

Hellenika chef heads up new Greek restaurant on the wharf

Akti, meaning coast in Greek, is your port of call for charcoal-grilled kontosouvli skewers and bubbling saganaki on the Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf.

  • Erina Starkey

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Plenty of lunch options to grab and go at Foti and Friends.

Foti and Friends

Grab-and-go cafe for Greek lunch packs and sweets.

  • Dani Valent
Slow-cooked lamb shoulder with labne and salad.

Athos

This cafe is a finalist for best food in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Olympic Meats proves takeaway food can offer the same level of care as a fine-diner.
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The stakes are high in Sydney’s gyros heartland. Does Olympic deserve the hype?

Large families, pilgrims from far-flung suburbs and locals flock to Olympic Meats for briney octopus, crunchy spanakopita and barbecued chicken, pork and lamb.

  • David Matthews
Saganaki at Eleni’s.

Eleni’s Kitchen & Bar

Longstanding Greek restaurant for time-honoured favourites.

  • Daniela Frangos
The family-made food of Philhellene in Moonee Ponds.

Philhellene

Family-run institution for Cretan-influenced feasts.

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Caffe Greco gives equal billing to Greek and Italian dishes on its menu.

Caffe Greco

A revived Melbourne dining icon from the ’90s.

  • Emma Breheny
Bougatsa and coffee.

Clarence and V

An all-day eatery that’s all about minimum fuss and maximum flavour.

Enjoy a Greek feast at Taverna.
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‘Olive oily, lemony, salty deliciousness’: This corner is a rollicking Greek party once more

Taverna was created in a hurry, but it’s instantly timeless, writes Dani Valent. And there’s a lot of Hellenic history here.

  • Dani Valent
Taramasolata, bread and octopus.

Astoria Bar Ke Grill

Home-style Hellenic cuisine in a 129-year-old terrace.

  • Daniela Frangos

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