The family-made food of Philhellene in Moonee Ponds.

Philhellene

Family-run institution for Cretan-influenced feasts.

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

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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Ntinos Fotinakis is bringing his dishes from Greece to his curated pop-up at Manta.

Sydney’s love for Greek restaurants hits fever pitch with a wave of openings (and a hot new pop-up)

From a souvlaki bar on a rooftop to village-style cooking at Olympic Meats,the harbour city is embracing all things Greek.

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The chicken pitogyro.

A Greek ‘grill house’ where the gyros actually taste like they do in Greece

The sourdough pita is baked to-order in a wood-fire oven and the meat is prepared over three days,before it’s cooked on a rotisserie.

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Olympus Dining’s retractable oculus glass ceiling looks like it came off the set of Dr. No.
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Move over Totti’s,Olympus makes a bid for Sydney’s long-lunch crown

There isn’t a more in-demand restaurant in Sydney right now,but does the food (and service) live up to the hype?

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Tucked on a side street in Strathmore,Athos cafe is drawing crowds for its home-grown Greek food.

This humble cafe in the ’burbs is taking Melbourne’s Greek food back to its roots

“Mixed grills,platters – that’s never the way Greeks have eaten.” A couple with 30 years experience are drawing people from all over with their homemade and ultra-fresh approach.

  • Emma Breheny
Taverma’s venue manager Chrysa Kogkou,co-owner Angie Giannakodakis and co-owner Guy Holder.

This popular Greek pop-up has found its spiritual home in Melbourne’s north

Taverna,which popped up in the old Epocha space in Carlton last year,goes permanent this week,reviving one of Melbourne’s legendary Greek dining sites.

  • Daniela Frangos