Restaurant Archeon Gefseis - Ancient Greek Cuisine

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Destination	Category
Athens, Greece	Restaurants

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Hop in your handy time machine and travel back 25 centuries to dine at a restaurant with a difference: it only serves ancient Greek cuisine. The Archeon Gefseis, or ‘Ancient Flavour’ restaurant is a true world first and has garnered a huge amount of well-deserved attention in the international media. Pontificate over philosophy, debate democracy or hold your own symposium in this authentic environment surrounded by classical statues, frescos and torches.

Your waiter, attired in a flowing red robe, will lead you to your table where you can sip wine from an earthenware cup and choose your dishes for the evening. Of course, America hasn’t been discovered yet so there’s no potatoes, tomatoes or rice, ruling out many modern Greek dishes. And there are no forks – only Poseidon is allowed one of those. Thankfully the ancients were just as good at cooking as they were at everything else. Stuffed calamari, succulent smoked pork and tender chicken are all on the menu, along with pork pancetta with a honey and thyme dressing. All the salads involve plants that Socrates would have eaten, including silphium, a variety of fennel whose leaves grace ancient coins. Without our 21st century sugar obsession, sweetness comes in healthier and more exciting forms: ruby red pomegranate seeds, juicy figs and sticky honey. Luckily for us, the wine still flows plentifully – as does the conversation.

Spend a night in the sandals of Plato and Aristotle, Hippocrates and Homer and travel back two and a half thousand years to another world. Discover the surprising, innovative and delicious dishes of antiquity at the Archeon Gefseis. Enjoy your meal, or as the ancient Greeks used to say, ‘evdipnias’!Dioni Menu

Salads: Cyclopean (garden rocket with goat grated cheese, olive oil and vinegar)
Starters: cheese with Greek berry sauce
Main dish : smoked pork with cooked cabbage
Desert: milk pie
Drinks: 1 welcome drink glass of wine wine with honey.


Triton Menu

Salads : lachanea (cabbage, garde rocket, beetroot, sesame, parsley, silphium, olive oil and vinegar)
Starters: tomi allanton –sausage slices with sinapi and leek and cress sauce.
Main dish: chicken cooked using an ancient recipe with ground barley
Dessert: miloroia: ancient dessert with Greek yogurt, honey, apple pieces
Drinks: 1 welcome drink glass of wine with honey.


Kronos Menu

Salads: prassea: cabbage, garde rocket, celery, asparagus, eggs with pine – kernels, nuts, vegetable bulbs, raisins and pomegranate)
Starters: smoked fish slices with lentils
main dish : tefthis - kalamari stuffed with cheese and Greek herbs
Dessert: pantanamicta: assortments of dry nuts plums, figs, almonds, dates, hazelnuts with Athenian honey, with or without yogurt
Drinks: 1 welcome drink glass of wine with honey.


Trilogy menu

Salads: prassea: cabbage, garde rocket, celery, asparagus, eggs with pine – kernels, nuts, vegetable bulbs, raisins and pomegranate)
Starters: cheese with Greek berry sauce
main dish : creokakkabos – pork pancetta with sweet and sour honey, thyme, vinegar and grid barley
Desert: milk pιe
Drinks: 1 welcome drink glass of wine with honey.


Start/opening time: 7pm Wed – Sat, 1pm Sun.
End/closing time: Midnight Wed – Sat, 6pm Sun.
Others: Please confirm your booking 24 hours in advance.