Athens: Private Night Food Tour & 5 Greek Wine Tastings

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1/22

Duration4h

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Taste Athens After Dark With a Local Foodie

You meet your local foodie guide at Syntagma Square at dusk and move through three eateries over the course of the evening, tasting souvlaki, then four Greek wines paired with cheese at a wine bar, then a full dinner with appetizers and salad. The tour ends with gelato in Syntagma. All food, wine, and the guide's knowledge are included; you choose your proteins and mention any dietary needs when you book.

Step-by-step itinerary

Athens night food and wine tour

Meet guide at Syntagma Square
Explore illuminated Greek parliament
Walk to Agias Irinis Square
Taste souvlaki of your choice
Walk to Syntagma neighborhood
Wine tasting of four Greek varieties
Enjoy dinner with appetizers and salad
Drink traditional Greek spirits
Have unique Greek gelato
End tour and return to accommodation

The Experience

The smell hits you first—charcoal and oregano drifting from the souvlaki stands around Agias Irinis Square, the kind of aroma that pulls you in before your guide even points. You start at Syntagma, where the parliament building glows against the night sky, and from there the evening unfolds through three different eateries, each one a step deeper into how Athenians actually eat when the sun goes down. Your guide is a local who knows which places fill up with regulars after nine, which ones still make their own phyllo, and why the wine bar tucked near Monastiraki matters more than the tourist spots two blocks over.

The souvlaki comes first—you pick your meat or go vegetarian, wrapped warm in pita with whatever toppings you want. Then you walk to the wine bar in Syntagma, where four Greek wine varieties arrive with a selection of cheeses, each pairing designed to show you something different about what Greece grows. After that, dinner: a full meal with appetizers, the famous Greek salad, your choice of main course, and traditional Greek spirits poured the way locals drink them. The guide moves you through the evening at a pace that lets you taste without rushing, and there's room to ask about what you're eating or why a particular wine tastes the way it does. At the end, gelato in Syntagma, the kind that tastes different after a night of real food.

The whole thing is private—just you, your group, and one guide—which means if you want to linger at a stop or skip ahead, you set the rhythm. Vegetarian substitutions are built in from the start, and if you have other dietary needs, you tell them when you book. The guide handles the route, the timing, the introductions at each place. You just show up at Syntagma when the sun starts to drop.

What’s included

All food tastings at three local eateries, including souvlaki with your choice of protein or vegetarian option, appetizers, Greek salad, and a main course of your choice.
Wine tasting of four Greek varieties paired with cheese at a wine bar.
Traditional Greek spirits served with dinner.
Gelato at the end of the tour.
Services of a local foodie guide throughout the evening.
All taxes and VAT.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availablePublic transport nearby

Operated by Greeking.me

Is this one for you?Right for travelers who want to eat like locals without arranging stops or timing themselves—the guide handles the route and introductions, and the fixed menu means you taste more than you could order alone. Plan for an evening out; the multiple stops and wine tasting are what make a full dinner possible without feeling rushed.