The Athenian - Authentic Greek Souvlaki In London

We are Efthymios and Neofytos, two Londoners born and raised in Athens and Cyprus. We have recently launched The Athenian, a small street food venture in London, offering freshly-made souvlaki prepared in the healthiest, most authentic way possible.

 

We are sure you know that our home country has been through some troubling times recently. By creating our own little business here in London, we help support people back home by sourcing our products from small, independent producers and farmers as well as local businesses here in the UK. We aim to keep our carbon footprint low where we can, without ever compromising on the authentic Mediterranean experience we want to bring to our customers.

We are proud to say we can trace back all of the carefully-selected ingredients used in our souvlaki. Our pita is hand-made in Athens, our olive oil is from the small town of Sitia in Crete, our herbs are from the mountainous town of Karpenisi and our dairy products come from the beautiful region of Messinia in the Peloponnese.

On moving to the UK, we realised that Greek cuisine was being somewhat misrepresented here. We were often disappointed by out-dated, unappetizing dishes and our search for lovingly-made, mouth-watering souvlaki was nearly impossible.

That’s how The Athenian came about: we wanted to bring something new to the people of London, with an updated image of Greek cuisine, to the city’s thriving food markets. By paying us a visit you will find souvlaki the way it is meant to be made: simple, fresh and authentically Greek.

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