Food of Greece

Kleftiko

Lamb slow-baked in parchment until falling apart.

📍 Nationwide

Moussaka

Layered aubergine, spiced lamb and béchamel baked golden.

📍 Nationwide

Baklava

Flaky filo layered with nuts and drenched in honey syrup.

📍 Nationwide

Gyros

Spit-roasted meat shaved into warm pita with chips and tzatziki.

📍 Nationwide

Roxakia

Roxakia is a beloved sweet pastry, traditional to Greece.

Skordopsomo

Skordopsomo counts among the traditional food of Greece, a snack locals hold dear.

Souvlaki

Char-grilled skewers of marinated meat, Greece's favourite quick bite.

📍 Athens

Feta

Brined sheep's-milk cheese — tangy, creamy and protected by name.

📍 Nationwide

Galaktoboureko

Semolina custard baked in filo and soaked in syrup.

📍 Nationwide

Horiatiki (Greek Salad)

Tomato, cucumber and a slab of feta under olive oil and oregano.

📍 Nationwide

Loukoumades

Honey-soaked dough puffs dusted with cinnamon.

📍 Nationwide

Pasta Flora

Rooted in Greece, Pasta Flora is a tart enjoyed for generations.

Pastitsio

Baked pasta with spiced meat and creamy béchamel.

📍 Nationwide

Sfougato

Sfougato is one of the classic dishes in the egg dish tradition of Greece.

Spanakopita

Flaky filo pie filled with spinach and feta.

📍 Nationwide

Antikristo

From Greece, Antikristo is a well-known barbecue.

Avgolemono

Silky lemon and egg chicken-rice soup.

📍 Nationwide

Bougatsa

Filo pastry filled with semolina custard or cheese.

📍 Thessaloniki

Dolmades

Vine leaves rolled around herbed rice or meat.

📍 Nationwide

Fava Santorini

Silky yellow split-pea purée with onion and oil.

📍 Santorini

Gemista

Tomatoes and peppers stuffed with herbed rice.

📍 Nationwide

Keftedes

Herby fried Greek meatballs with mint and oregano.

📍 Nationwide

Melomakarona

Honey-soaked spiced cookies topped with walnut.

📍 Nationwide

Retsina

Retsina is a white wine from Greece.