Athena Restaurant

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   MelissaM

   Chicago19 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We love this restaurant in Greektown for its ambience and wonderful service
   

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   margaret

   Chicago7 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Had lunch with an old UIC colleague. Location was perfect; food excellent; service great
   

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   DeannaB

   Chicago4 reviews

   3.0

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The service is always fabulous. The menu and food were a little disappointing. For example, taramasalata is my favorite thing to order at Greek restaurants. This was by far the worst that I have ever had. I even asked the waiter if we had received the wrong dish, but alas it was not.
   

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4. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   Chicago1 review

   5.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The staff was very attentive, the food was exceptional and the ambiance made our dinner extremely enjoyable.
   

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   Jeff

   Orange County1 review

   5.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Very lovely place for a corp lunch. Foods great. I’d say it’s more street food feeling but only because I got the Gyro plate.
   

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   Luis VIP

   Chicago7 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent location and the atmosphere in the large glass dining room is an amazing experience. Food is cooked to perfection and their signature cocktails were delicious. Most importantly, their service and hosting is top notch.
   

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   Igor VIP

   Chicago11 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on March 18, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Had friends in town visiting for a concert and only had Monday evening available for dinner. We went with them to Naxos about a year ago so naturally wanted to do a Greek dinner. Athena came to mind, but alas it disappointed this time. Perhaps Mondays are not the best to go? They were out of all the fresh fish, so no Branzino we all were craving. Saganaki was as always amazing, it's hard to screw up. Everything else was just meh. Village salad was disproportionately full of green bell peppers. The eggplant was good, the shrimp dish had 5 total shrimps on it and a bed of what looked like salad. Pork Skewers were really under cooked. Grilled calamari and octopus were good. I would say perhaps don't go on Monday and you won't even disappointed.
   

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8. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   London1 review

   1.0

   Dined on March 17, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 1

   Coming from a Greek this was THE WORST Greek food I have ever had in my life. The saganaki was tragic, very salty no flavor other than that. The bread was hard as a rock. We ordered the braised lamb, oven lamb and mousaka as the main dishes. Both lambs were undercooked and came out luke warm, the mousaka was disgusting only one layer of eggplant and potatoes the rest was all Bessemel and cheese - he even put shredded parm on top without melting it, it was sickening. When we spoke to the owner. He didn’t seem to care and spoke down at us stating that they recently changed the mousaka to be in a pan and not individual pots. That wasn’t the issue! It was simply horrible food/flavor and very salty across the board. After speaking to us the owner gave us deserts on the house - to be honest I didn’t want his stale desert if his main dishes were horrible in the first place. DO NOT GO HERE IF YOU WANT AUTHENTIC GREEK FOOD. SHAME TO MY CULTURE! NOT WORTH IT!
   

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   Laureen VIP

   Chicago52 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 16, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Had the Greek salad with salmon and gyros plate! Both delicious and fresh.
   

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10. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    Milwaukee1 review

    4.0

    Dined on March 14, 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    The food was very tasty and the staff was very nice and, attentive. Valet parking was available.and valet staff was very nice and professional.
    

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