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Overview
When good foodies go to heaven, we imagine it looks a lot like Ergon House in downtown Athens. This parthenon of produce dedicates the entire ground floor – a double-height, light-filled atrium replete with vertical orchard and 200-year-old olive tree – to food glorious Grecian food. There’s a greengrocer, a butcher, a fishmonger (no word on the candlestick maker), bakery, deli and roastery, plus two brilliant bars and a restaurant to write home about. And though it’s a hive of hip Athenians downstairs, you’ll find hushed calm and contemporary cool reigns in the boutique bedrooms upstairs – all muted greys, brushed brass and walnut wood.
Highlights:
Dine like a deity
Zen-restoring rooms
Acropolis adjacent
Smith extra
A seasonal Greek delicacy (with written instructions) to prepare in your room
In the know
Also need to know:
All public areas and a number of bedrooms are fully wheelchair accessible.Went mad on moussaka? There’s a fully equipped fitness centre on the third floor with treadmills, weights and TRX bands. Or if you're in a peckish mood, make a midnight feast of your minibar (it’s more of a mini deli) – they're stocked with Ergon delicacies: crackers, black olive tapenade, pre-mixed cocktails, breadsticks, Greek wine, olives, cheese and chocolate.
Packing tips:
Realistically? An elasticated waistband. It’s not giving up, it’s just being practical.
Dress code:
Embrace modern Athens’ revival by wearing chic Greek brands – Ancient Greek sandals, Zeus+Dione kaftans and Ileana Makri jewels.
Mr and Mrs Smith reviews
Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this modern market hotel in Athens and unpacked their Messolonghi salt and fig marmalade, a full account of their epicurean city break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Ergon House in Athens…
You may be in the heart of ancient Athens, but there’s a new temple in town: Ergon House, a marvellous market and boutique hotel dedicated to the worship of food. The Ergon name isn’t new (you may have heard of the deluxe delis started by two brothers from Thessaloniki, now scattered in 13 chic locales across the world) – but now there are rooms too, so you can spend the night in sated style. What rooms they are too: paeans to Grecian art, architecture and design, with a touch of Japanese asceticism (and double-glazed windows to keep out downstairs’ soundtrack). We need hardly mention that the food is fantastic; you’ll find the best and freshest of everything in the emporium, the restaurant and the two bars: from fresh pasta to taramasalata, marmalade to moussaka, every morsel has been hand-selected to represent the country’s very finest produce. Keen cooks can take their bounty upstairs and whip up dishes in the communal kitchens or just take a seat in the light-filled atrium (near the olive tree or vertical orchard, perhaps) and leave the preparation to the pros.
Accommodation details
Address:
23, Mitropoleos Street, Athens, Greece, 105 57
Athens
Greece
Location:
0.9 mi / 1.4 km from city centre
General facilities
- Exercise gym
- On-Site parking
- Internet services
- Restaurant
- Lounges/bars
- Room service
Dining information
Restaurant:
In ancient Greece, an agora was a market, meeting and gathering place. Ergon House proves the concept is alive and well with its capital-A Agora – the bustling ground-floor where you’ll find a constellation of market stalls, a restaurant and a bar. Chef Panagiotis Xanthis prepares Mediterranean and Greek dishes with the finest ingredients, all sourced according to Ergon’s rigorous standards (you’ll doubt whether you were raised with quite as much love and affection as these vegetables). Start with antipasti boards and homemade bread, followed by seafood orzo and Greek yogurt pavlova to finish. If you prefer to cook yourself, you can buy ingredients downstairs and then prepare them in the fully equipped kitchens – there are communal dining tables too, in case you feel like playing host for your fellow guests.
Top Table:
Take a table next to the 200-year-old olive tree and you’ll have center-stage seats to the bustle (and the scent of freshly baked sourdough bread wafting from the wood-fired oven).
Last Orders:
The restaurant, bars and food hall are open from 7am until midnight.
Room Service:
Room service runs from 7am to midnight (last orders at 11.45pm).
Hotel Bar:
The Agora bar on the ground floor has a sophisticated selection of Greek wines, artisanal beers and a wide range of classic cocktails – martinis, mojitos and margaritas. The rooftop bar is an unexpected oasis dotted with olive trees and sporting breathtaking views of Athens – it looks directly across to the Acropolis. There’s food up here as well (naturally): choose from a hotel-packed Ergon foods picnic or order anything from the full restaurant menu as you watch the light change over the classical citadel at dusk.
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