Restaurant

With 5.3% “race” the prices in food – Large price increases and in health, clothing, hotels-coffee-restaurants

Turkish restaurants are facing a growing problem of customers making reservations and then not showing up, and to combat this issue, the industry is considering implementing a prepayment system for reservations, a sector representative has announced.

Athens has always belonged to its cars - not its pedestrians. After the Covid-19 pandemic, however, when the "temporary" expansion of tables and seats was allowed on sidewalks to support cafes and restaurants, the city has become literally impassable. 

A pivotal regulation, effective since Jan. 1, 2024, now mandates the visible display of price lists at the entrances and tables of restaurants, cafes, and bakeries. The Trade Ministry's regulation, prompted by a surge in complaints about undisclosed charges on bills, aims to ensure consumer protection and foster transparent pricing.

One of the new methods of fraud that has emerged in recent times is to copy the websites of well-known restaurants and to ask the customers to pay a deposit for a fake reservation.

Scammers use artificial intelligence systems to copy the websites of famous restaurants and share all the information about the restaurant on these websites as if they were real.

With off-the-wall dishes like butterfly wings or simple local products, restaurants Denmark, the recent darling of the culinary world, in are outdoing each other to emulate Noma, a soon-shuttering three-starred eatery.

One of the oldest and most popular venues in Athens, the Aegli cafe-restaurant in Zappeio, will open again by the end of 2023 after a tender awarded a 20-year-lease to the Grigoris catering chain. It has been closed since October 2020.

It remains an uncomfortably foreign idea for some, but even the wine-loving French are experimenting with non-alcoholic drinks these days. 

Being pregnant or the designated-driver in France or attempting a "Dry January" after a booze-soaked festive season has tended to leave few exciting drinks options when dining out. 

Superb eateries, at lush forest settings, established and run with devotion by individuals honouring the meat-eating tradition of mountainous Greece

Some restaurants apparently began charging customers for heating in the face of rising electricity prices and other costs, triggering a debate and criticism among people, but representatives from the sector say this is not a widespread policy.