Tavern “Thanasis 1948”

  4.4 – 2,339 reviews   • Restaurant

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✔️Brunch ✔️Lunch ✔️Dinner ✔️Dine in ✔️Take out ✔️Delivery Tavern

Hours

SundayClosed
MondayClosed
Tuesday6:30–11:55 PM
Wednesday6:30–11:55 PM
Thursday6:30–11:55 PM
Friday6:30–11:55 PM
Saturday6:30–11:55 PM

Address and Contact Information

Address: Kon/nou Kavafi 48, Athina 111 43, Greece

Phone: +30 21 0228 8675

Website: https://www.instagram.com/thanasis_1948/

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Reviews

Anna Kousteni
We enjoyed our dinner very much.
We tasted rib eye, picania, burgers and lamb ribs.They all tasted delicious and well presented.Fresh and very nice green salad with light vinegrette sauce . Very good and professional waiters .
Small , but very good list of wines .
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Cookie Chan
While in the more expensive side, the food is delicious, with many rare and original combinations. There’s a great variety of delicious meats and, if you prefer them more well-done than they cook them, they can bring you a mini-grill on the table so you can roast them as much as you like! The staff is very polite, knowledgeable and helpful. The garden is wonderful too! Worth the visit!
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Xx Xenia
Here they are racistic . Really unfriendly, someone just asked for the toilet, they said no.. the girl also asked how much she needs to pay for the toilet, but they treated her really bad. and the food also really not good.

The Restaurant try to tell me it’s the wrong one. But it‘s DEFINITELY THE RIGHT ONE.
To let someone who ask for a simple toilet not go, because someone looked different, that’s kind of racism my friends. Me and my family we will not visit this restaurant anymore. There are so much better and friendly ones in Athens. Which are not that expensive and have a better taste. I‘m really shocked about this !
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Dimitris Barmpakos
We visited the restaurant on November 2nd 2021, a party of two people. It is claiming to be the oldest tavern in Athens (although I have no reason to doubt it). The place is situated in a not-so-popular part of Athens but is however frequented by celebrities. I was persuaded to go from a friend of mine who told me is has the best meat in Athens. So, I arrived with high hopes. We ordered:

1) French fries with truffle and parmesan cheese: We really liked them. We got a second portion as well
2) Carpaccio wagyu al tartufo: Again a very nice dish.
3) Yakiniku wagyu A5: 2 portions of 100g each which are prepared in front of you with a torch. Very delicate meat melting in your mouth
4) Armenian small cheesepies: Tasty but not memorable
5) Pleurotus mushrooms on the grill: Tasty and well cooked
6) Tagliata flap steak: Delicious meat cooked to a perfect medium as we asked

We wanted to try something more and we asked for a menu. Our server proposed a picanha.

7) Picanha: I am afraid the picanha was a disappointment. Too fatty (for a picanha), the meat-to-fat ratio was in some places 50-50. I do know that pichanha tends to have fat on, but this was not a good quality piece.

So -1 star for this. When our server asked us how it was we told him it was too fatty, to which he replied “this is how picanha is” to which we said: “it is too fatty for a picanha”. He apologised and I thought that would be the end of it.

We asked for dessert and the ekmek with ice cream was also nice.

EDIT 1: I forgot to mention in my original post that our servers were very friendly and professional.

I asked to pay and the waiter asked me to come with him as the did not have a wireless POS. There I was greeted by an older gentleman (I do not know if he is the owner or the person in charge) and the following discussion occurred:
M: Me, H: him
H: How was your meal?
M: Everything very nice, but as I explained to our server, the picanha was too fatty
H: This is how picanha is.
M: It was too fatty for a picanha
H: Probably you’ve never had picanha before
M: I assure you I have
H: Probably it was not a picanha, it was kiloto (a type of Greek cut).
M: Please allow me to disagree.

Right then, someone behind me asked: “What is he (me) saying?”. The older gentleman said: “He said something about the picanha. I explained but he paid either way”.

At this stage I want to point out that we never asked for this to be excluded from our bill. I happily paid but since I was asked my opinion by both the server and the older gentleman, I provided it as I do in all places when asked. And I did not do so in bad faith since I liked (or really liked) everything else.

This kind of hostile behaviour will probably deter me from going back. I am taking out one more star because of this and when a place charges you around 150€ per person for what we ordered- wine included- you would expect to take your feedback seriously and try to improve. Looks like the taverna mentality does not go hand-in-hand with the prices. A shame
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Zayn Skyler
A restaurant that only cares about money.

Me and my girlfriend we tried to have a romantic date here.. and ate together, but sadly we also experienced the racist behavior towards a girl who wanted to go to the toilet. They first refused her that. And when she then asked how much she would have to pay, they said no, that’s not possible. Only if she sits here. Then she said okay, what drinks do you have, or small meals — after that she was refused again and was told no, that’s not possible.
A normal drink or a small meal was not possible — because of her appearance?! How discriminatory can one be??
When she asked why it wasn’t possible, they said we are full. (There were so many free tables!)
They treated her like dirt and made her feel that they think they are something better.

I don’t want to give people like this a single cent.
There’s a lack of friendliness here!

In addition, the food was very dry and bland.
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Maria Kriti
You should visit at least once this place if you are a meat lover.We ordered tagliata black angus and japanese wagyu A5,both perfect grilled and delicious! The 4stars goes for the appetizer bugiurdi with 4 cheeses,it was too salty for my taste and because there was no salad without sugar or honey,except the greek sald and the boiled greens wich we ordered. I believe combining sour and sweat you have convenient flavors to suit everybody. But at this restaurant I would prefer to taste pure ,neat dishes.
You are given 2hours to have dinner and that was enough for us due to the fast service.The staff very polite and helped us to have a wonderful dinner!
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D. Revan
Excellent service, expensive dishes but great quantity and the way they cook the meat is on point with amazing flavours. The guys that cut the meat in your table have crazy skills and they are always there to help you understand what you are eating and how you want your meat. They lack in the creative aspect of the side dishes and the sweets need improvements to be more tasty. But overall it’s a great tavern.
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Wolfslayer258
The best steak house in Athens. Big variety of premium meat as well as local meat. Taste is amazing
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Damian Santalidis
A nice and cozy meat restaurant.

Although its prices are higher than normal it offers a variety of meat that are perfectly served and cooked.

The portions could be a little bigger.

The steaks we ordered were good. I was expecting them to be even more tasty but it’s ok.

The dessert we tried at the end, the proffiterol, was extraordinary! Very. very tasty!
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TN
Set on a charming street in Athens. Lovely food and great service! We had the yiarglou (yoghurt kebab) which was tasty. We also had the saganaki which came to us cold but the mains made up for it. Highly recommend a visit there.
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