Papa Cristos has been serving the Greek community in Los Angeles for sixty years, across from the beautiful St Sophias greek orthodox church.

Complete with take out foods and bakery. You can order greek specialities, lamb, sandwiches and salads, all moderate prices. Order at the counter and your food will be brought to the large and festive main room where you will join a hundred or more diners seated at tables. Papa's is not a formal place. The food is well prepared, customers come from USC and from Wilshire Blvd businesses. It's a great place for foreign visitors to relax and savor good food at moderate prices.

2771 West Pico at Normandie, Los Angeles 90006, 323.737.2970,
www.papacristos.com

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Delicous Greek food and great atmosphere. Lovely Greek musicians playing live music!

Halifax Town Centre off North Bridge

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Wonderful, family-run neighbourhood Greek restaurant. Fresh fish and meat are cooked on an open charcoal grill and there is a great selection of starters. This place is better than many tavernas in Greece and is very reasonably priced. Try the lamb chops or any of the fish/sea food dishes.

122 Junction Road
Upper Holloway
London
N19 5LB
020 7272 0318

Tufnell Park or Archway tube (Northern Line). Also on 134 and 390 bus routes.

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Small, warm, cosy and bistro-like. You get amazing simple Greek food at good prices despite its location in Athens’ poshest neighbourhood. Best to reserve a table.

Kolonaki, Asklipiou Str; tel: 210 7259216

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Great street to explore for cafes, restaurants and shopping. There’s Greek, Italian, Turkish and Lebanese food. Highlights are : Mediterranean Wholesalers - an Italian supermarket - A1, Tabett's Lebanese bakeries and Istanbul Meats. Just wander up and down the street and find lots of hidden gems.

North Coburg tram goes there from Elizabeth St in the City

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There's plenty of reasons for eating something as greasy as a souvlaki, but for the life of me I couldn't think of one that didn't include alcohol. For that end of the night food-binge, there's few that can hold a candle to the souvlakis from the King - fresh ingredients, great flavour and just the right amount of garlic sauce. And great service too! Local newspaper The Age rated it as one of the best in Melbourne.

Brunswick St, Fitzroy (not far from the corner of Johnston St)

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Lygon Street: Italian restaurants
Victoria Street: Vietnamese restaurants
The area of Brunswick (for example, Sydney Rd): Lebanese and Turkish restaurants
The area of Richmond: Greek restaurants
The area of Armadale (for example, High St): Japanese restaurants
And obviously Chinatown for Chinese restaurants

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100% real Greek food, they say. Well, even if that's not strictly true, it's pretty damn good. Order some mezedes (small dishes) to start - gigandes beans, aubergine dip, tzatziki, houmos, octopus, etc - with some pitta bread to share.

Then, as the name suggests, you have to tuck into a souvlaki, be it lamb, pork or chicken, and wash it down with a Mythos beer. And, of course, you can't leave without having some loukoumia (otherwise known as Turkish delight) and a piece of baklava or two.

It's not the cheapest place in the world, which is why I recommend getting your boss to take you there for lunch. As often as possible. Even if you are just about to go to Athens, where they really do have 100% Greek food.

140-142 St John Street, EC1V 4UA
Nearest tube: Farringdon or Barbican
www.therealgreek.com/

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Old style taverna in the once run down but newly trendy area of Exarchia. Don't expect sophistication, this is simple traditional Greek food chosen by the time-honoured method of pointing at it behind the counter.

Do expect however, a complete cross section of Greek society - from business men in suits to students to society kids from nearby Kolonaki - wonderful food, and a sense of the "real" Athens. A word of warning though, make sure you visit the toilet before you go as they too are of an authentic Greek nature.

Expect to pay no more than 10 euro a head for salad, main course and a beer.

Emanuelle Benaki
Exarchia
Nearest metro: Panepistimio

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Marvellous Greek resturant, been going for nearly 40 years. Wonderful food, wonderful atmosphere, a place I go to whenever I am in London. The baby deep-fried squid always starts my meal.

Kalamaras Greek Taverna
66 Inverness Mews
London W2 3JQ
Tel: + 44 (0) 020 7727 9122 / 5082
Fax: + 44(0) 020 7229 6339
E-mail: info@kalmarastavern.com
Bayswater or Queensway tube

www.kalamarastavern.com/

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