Greek cuisine consists of a large variety of dishes that can fully satisfy the gastronomic quests of both vegetarians and meat lovers. Main characteristics are good quality of fresh ingredients, correct use of flavorings spices, and the famous Greek olive oil. Greek olive oil accompanies almost all Greek dishes, it is used abundantly in most of them, it is of excellent quality and it is very healthy. Wine is cultural geritage as the Greece is the birthplace of wine making. Greek wines are produced from various varieties of grapes. There are wide variety of restaurants in Athens, ranging from Greek and Mediterranean cuisine to Asian and Arabic.


National specialities: Honey...Greek honey is famous for its high quality, aroma and outstanding taste. Its many variations in taste and aroma is due to the rich Greek flora. The flower-honey is well-known honey.

Olive oil: As the basis of every recipe found in traditional cuisine, olive oil plays a dominant role in Greek nutritional habits.
Cheese: The most famous is Greek feta cheese. This is a white semi-soft, heavily salted cheese which is the basic ingredient for the Greek or Horiatiko salad, but it is also used in many other recipes. There are also unique cheeses of exceptional quality such as kaseri, graviera, kefalotiri, myzithra and metsovone.
Moussaka (With Eggplant)
Tomatoes Stuffed With Rice (Tomatoes Yemistes me Rizi)
Meatballs (Keftedes)
Stuffed Grapevine Leaves With Rice (Dolmadakia me Rizi)
Lamb Stew in Clay Pots With Pasta (Yiouvetsi)
Lamb Fricasse With Lettuce (Arni Fricasse me Maroulia)
Grilled Lamb on Skewers (Souvlakia)
Spinach Pie (Spanakopita)
Fish Roe Salad
Garlic Sauce (Scordalia)


Deserts:
Baklava
Milk custard Pie
Almond cookies
Chrismas Honey Cookies
Sweet Preserves: there are variations to these sweets, which are prepared from fruit or seeds that have not yet ripened (e.g. pistachios, walnuts, bitter figs), while there are also spoon sweets with various vegetables as the raw materials (small tomatoes or small eggplants).


National drinks: Mastic: A product that is unique in the world, produced from the resin of the mastic trees and can be consumed untreated without chemical or industrial processing. 
Traditional liquors: made of roses, cranberries, plums, mint, mastic, walnuts etc.
Wines: Greek wines are produced from various varieties of grapes and there are four basic categories: the “controlled appellations of origin” (CAO), the “appellations of origin of superior quality” (AOSQ), “local wine” and “table wine”.
Oyzo: The world famous Greek aperitif, produced from distilled alcohol, water and aromatic ingredients, with aniseed prevailing. It is drunk neat or with added water or ice, and is the perfect accompaniment for mezedes (appetizers).