Spotted this place and decided to give it a shot. So glad I did! The owner greeted me and suggested a fantastic Greek wine. I wanted to order everything on the menu...it all sounds delicious. I wasn't super hungry so went for the Saganaki Flambe (flaming cheese) & the Horiatiki Salad. Both were very fresh and f read more

Athens Cafe - Flaming Cheese - Greek Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

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Cannot say enough about this place, you have to try it. This is not a restaurant, you are actually walking into the home of the owner who will even seat at your table for a great conversation Absolutely everyone is nice and offered an excellent service Now to the food, this might be the most authentic greek place you will try outside Greece. We have been there several times, always trying new dishes and every time has been better than the one before There is one dish, to me the star of the menu, is a pasta with a feta cheese sauce, i can't keep from ordering it every time, is the only dish we have repeated in every visit read more

Great find just minutes from highway hotels. Owners are hands on and super friendly. Takeout kabob dinner and salad was super fresh and packed great. Will stop by again on next trip South! read more

5 stars all around !!! Excellent atmosphere, food , staff and drinks . My husband and I have been wanting to try this place out and I sure am glad we did . The staff is so friendly they make you feel right a home and relaxed . My husband and I ordered the grilled octopus , my new favorite appetizer! The mixed drinks here are custom made and very unique. Nick the bar tender is awesome, knowledgeable and makes the best drinks ! I've been eating Greek food my whole life and this place has the best dolmas in Jacksonville hands down . Go try this place out you will be so glad you did . Belly dancing and live music . What else could you want !? read more

Athens Cafe - Omg delicious grilled octopus - Greek Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

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I had the grilled chicken Greek Salad and it was delicious. The chicken was very juicy and flavorful. I've been here many times before and will definitely be back. On Friday nights they have belly dancing and traditional Greek music. It's so much fun to dance and enjoy the cultural experience. This place is definitely a hole in the wall. The only thing I wish, is that the owners would invest money into a remodel. The layout and decor could be better. read more

Athens Cafe - Grilled chicken Greek Salad - Greek Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

Amazing! We came in for a late lunch and it was so good. So authentic! Everything was perfect. Our server Niko was the best! Will be back again read more

Absolutely LOVE this restaurant- for our whole family - the most sumptuous, authentic gyros, spanakopita and I also never forget the most moist, delicious chicken kebabs. I'm a food snob and I recommend this place 110%. Visit now and weekly to support this unique find! read more

Athens Cafe - Doesn't get any better than this gyro! - Greek Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

I highly recommend this restaurant. I overlooked it for years due to its location, but finally tried it a couple of years ago. The service is friendly. The food is great - my favorite Greek food in Jacksonville. The Yiakni - Sautéed Eggplant dish over orzo is delicious comfort food. I've tried to recreate it many times at home - and I fail every time! read more

Drove to Athens Cafe 30+minutes expecting a great time since the reviews were 4+stars. First off it is in a run down strip shopping center. The restaurant was empty & the decor seemed run down. We ordered our meals & the server forgot the spanakopita appetizer. The Greek Salad was tasty & Spanakopita we're very good. The Salmon & Pasticcio were tasty as well except the serving size was meager more like a lunch serving size. We enjoyed the taste and finished our entrees in a couple of seconds!! I don't mind paying a couple of $$ more but don't feed me a tiny serving for dinner prices. We will not be coming back. Quality was there & if they made it white table cloth, charged a little bit more, maybe it would rate a better review. read more

This is one of my favorite restaurants in town. The food is authentic Greek and always yummy. I love that it feels like a family owned and operated business and the servers always remember me and my family. Stella is one of our favorites! The lemon chicken and rice soup is a MUST every visit. If you don't know what to get, try the Athens Sampler and you won't be disappointed! read more

OMG this place is outstanding!!! I ordered the KIMA with fettuccini topped with Greek ground beef sauce. The Portion was large and the taste was... Well let me say I will be ordering it again. My wife got the GYROS and she loved it. Oh and I purchased an extra 2lbs of the meat. Just love that stuff. One more thing, the service is great and for all you get the prices are acceptable. read more

This place has little regard for safety. I get that I'm in FL & expect reckless behavior like this but WOW! There were 2 older men sitting at the bar, 1 who works at this restaurant & the other who is a regular, both hacking up their lungs & not wearing masks, the owner & waitress wore masks incorrectly as chin diapers. The waitress was a very close talker, extremely rude & argumentative, & too stubborn to be in a hospitality field. She also tends to spray when she talks which is a bit much when u aren't wearing ur mask properly. I think ordering Greek food is the best way to go as the rest of the food was the same as you could get from anywhere. I think just ordering carry out from here is the way to go. If there was no pandemic, Friday nights here sounded fun as they have music & belly dancing. read more

The food here was mediocre. I came here 3 times with colleagues and each time was disappointing. Calamari was ok, but everything else I had was a miss. The older lady was also not very friendly. read more

We went on a rainy Tuesday night early; there were 2 groups (private) in the restaurant by 6PM. No one other than myself and wife were in main dining room. The server was very friendly and was from Greece. The owner was playing cashier. She told me they have been there for 20 years and there are numerous awards for charity that they have done. The food was very good and I really enjoyed the braised lamb shanks. My wife got a dish with artichokes and some other vegetables. I tasted teh artichokes and thought they were probably canned as the had that slightly salty taste that led me to believe they were not fresh or fresh frozen, but the meal tasted fine. I thought the prices were a bit high and the waitress said that lunch is much less expensive, but I don't know how the menu changes. I would go back -- they served fresh hot bread with an olive oil/ Greek spices which was fine. read more

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Recommended by my daughters Greek friend. Authentic, fresh, wonderful! Free glass of wine or dessert with Yelp check in. I had a Greek Wine than drank like a Pinot Noir, yum! We had the saganaki, flaming cheese, for appetizer, omg! Tsatziki and pita was wow! New fav is Papoutaki, stuffed eggplant. Nice atmosphere, great waiter/waitress. Overall FAB experience! read more

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Sam has a great restaurant! Great food, great Customer Service, our local restaurant!

Go one Friday night!!! I even order food to go home! Just check out the menu. Too good to list everything. Get reservations. They have dancers there too! Lots of fun! read more

Athens Cafe - Greek Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

In Jacksonville for the kids' soccer games and stopped to try out this cute place after seeing the positive reviews. The food was fantastic. My in laws are from the Mediterranean, so we are picky. The gyro platter and baked chicken and Greek salads were fantastic! The dressing on salad at most Greek restaurants is overwhelming, but not here. It was just right. Everything tasted home made, food was hot, meat moist and flavorful. We gobbled the food before taking a photo, but here is the delicious baklava cheesecake and homemade traditional baklava. Would definitely come here again next time we are in Jacksonville. Service was excellent. Owner stopped by to make sure everything was ok. read more

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I love Athens Cafe! Tucked in a quiet corner, this restaurant has a lot of good things in store for those who enter. The interior is clean, well decorated and peaceful. There is even greek music floating in the air. The menu has variety and you can pick and choose what you like. I ordered a cup of the Avgolemono (The Healing Soup) and the greeks are right! It heals you and leaves you satisfied. Next, I ordered their Greek Fish and Chips, with skordalia (A greek version of tartar sauce) and it was delicious and filling. For dessert, I tried their greek frappe and a chocolate baklava cheesecake and both items were delectable. Athens Cafe was worth it and I hope you visit this awesome eatery. You won't regret it. read more

Truly felt like u was in vacay, gone to Greece! Lots of attention from the owners, food was awes read more

Athens Cafe - So fresh! - Greek Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

Great food and excellent service. I'll be back for sure!! Barbara made she all my food allergies were taken care of. Thank you!!

We're passing through Jacksonville and stopped here for a take out dinner. Egg lemon soup, lentil soup, spanakopita. All we're excellent. Very friendly as well. Thanks! read more

I was very impressed!! I ordered a few items from the menu, and I was not disappointed. Everything was delicious! Try the humus!! read more

My new favorite Greek restaurant! This place was incredible. The staff was awesome, the food was fantastic. Can't wait to come back to Jacksonville we will be back! read more

Definitely a favorite dining spot of ours, love the friendly staff, the atmosphere and of course the food! They have wonderful deserts as well. I usually get the chicken souvlaki. The portion sizes are generous, and I love the bread they bring out while you're waiting. Bottom line is this place is the real deal! authentic Greek food for very reasonable prices. I'm a customer for life read more

Athens Cafe - Greek Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

Great ambiance and delicious food. Our server Barbara was the best! I'm definitely returning on a Friday night when they have live entertainment! read more

Amazing food! The owner is very welcoming, and explained the whole menu to my family! I brought my son here for his final dinner with the family before leaving for boot camp, and they arranged for us to be in a private room, which made our last evening with him even more special! Also try their desserts and Greek coffee! (Top notch) read more

Just stopped in for a Gyro, and it was delish!! Who even knew this little "Athens Cafe" on St. Augustine & University West was even there. VERY healthy portion & tziki sauce the best!! Menu has grilled octopus..I am all in!! Will write more after one of their dinners. read more

Fantastic Greek food! I'm from Chicago and the Greektown in Chicago has some of the best Greek food in the country. This place compares with Greektown's food! It not only has great food, the owner, Sava, treats you like family. So glad to find a place that fills the Greek food void that northern Florida has. read more

If I could give zero stars, I probably would. Where do I start? I unlock the Yelp deal. It's for a free glass of house wine. The server takes my phone over to the owner, who then comes to my table to tell me that he doesn't honor those "coupons". Ok, so why don't you fix that? It's totally misleading. Next, I order the large Greek salad. It's barely enough for one person. More like a side dinner salad. I order a glass of the house white. It's $6, which is fair. I get half a glass. What's up with that? I order the whole fish that comes with spinach, and I order a side of potatoes. The fish has no price. It is listed as "market price". It's decent. Nothing special. No spinach of course. Anyway, $38.95. Ridiculous. I get the bill. My house Chardonnay that is supposed to be $6, rings up as J Lohr for $9. Do I complain? No. It's just not worth it. The bartender was an awesome guy. He actually brought over his own new drink for me to try. It was good and a nice gesture. Anyway, I will never go back. Terrible portion sizes. Server was clueless. Prices seemed to be a bit much. Food was decent at best. Plus, I don't like the misleading Yelp deal, bait and switch on the wine price, or pretty much anything else. Sorry. read more

A few months ago my wife and I made a trip to Crystal River for a two days of diving for our SCUBA certification. We decided to drive down to swing through Tarpon Springs and the sponge docks, an area that I visited back in the 80's and wanted to see again. I don't eat Greek food often, but I knew Tarpon Springs had a lot of Greeks and thought it would be a great place to go for dinner. We went to Hellas and I had a great sampler plate. Everything on that plate was flavorful, cooked just right and delicious. It was a fantastic dining experience. Craving some more amazingly good Greek food I searched for a local source. Athens Café has a lot of good reviews so we decided to give it a try. We were walk-in's and it was about 5PM on a Friday so we thought we would be able to get a table. It was a little odd that when a hostess finally came to seat us she said she didn't know if they had room. The only people in the place was a group of four that arrived just ahead of us. She sat us a table for two that was in an OK spot. Up until the time we left only three other tables were used and a couple was also seated at the counter. The waitress was nice and attentive. When the food arrived the top was over browned and didn't look good. The food had little flavor. It tasted OK, but it wasn't great. Others describe it as good Greek food, but in comparison to my experience at Hella the Athens Café was very disappointing. I won't be craving Greek food anytime soon. read more

I'm of Greek heritage so I can't help but being a bit biased. It's been quite a while since I've been here and it appears they have expanded. The food - Gyro platter, Gyro wrap, Athens sampler and the Retsina - all good. The guest that accompanied us had never eaten Greek food. They very much enjoyed the wrap and sampler platter. Looking forward to a return visit on a Friday night to enjoy the food and live entertainment. read more

Absolutly delicious lunch of gyros and and an eggplant dip! Can't wait to go back for the lamb shank and moussaka!

Food was great! Service was amazing. Manager came out and greeted us and gave us a free flaming cheese appetizer for our non profit board meeting. read more

Authentic feel of an old world restaurant . Very friendly staff. Numerous menu items not found elseware. Food had great flavor. Will be back. read more

This is the best Greek Restaurant I have ever eaten ate! Great service and the food was fresh and authentic! Five Stars!

Unbeknownst to me the restaurant got new owners a few years back and MAN has it gotten even better! The gyro platter was insane. My husband said the moussaka was the best he's ever had, and he spent every summer in Greece as a kid/young adult. And let me tell you...if you leave without getting a slice of the baklava cheesecake..you will regret it forever!! My mouth is watering just thinking of it!!! read more

Every meal, every visit, is on point. Wait staff is kind, Mama is inviting, and the restaurant is kept clean. I recommend the appetizer sampler and the lemon chicken soup. The spaghetti and meatballs are really good, the chicken souvlaki are yummy, and even the bread basket is special. Definitely recommend! read more

A great place for lunch. If you imagine your meal beginning with warm freshly baked bread, you're going to like this place. Imagine a friendly staff, you're going to like this place. If you've ever wanted to taste the most amazing pan fried grouper, you're going to like this place. One of the best lunches I've ever eaten from the service to the fresh bread to the wonderful ( I have no idea how it's cooked) spinach, Athens Cafe is worth stopping in. I plan to come back for dinner. read more

Easily the best Greek food I've had since moving down to Jacksonville from NY, with excellent service and good prices as well. The chicken lemon soup was really good, the tzatziki was unique but totally on point, there was chewy, delicious bread with an herb oil that came with the meal, and my dolmades were very fresh and tasty. Service can't be beat--my waitress was so friendly and efficient and simply improved my experience. Living on the west side means I won't be close by to Athens cafe often, but when in the area again for work I will definitely be back for lunch. read more