DK Travel : Athens : Piraeus : Bars & Nightclubs

Bowling Centre Café

A vast terrace with stunning views from Kastella across the sea to Athens compensates for an impersonal, dated interior.
Café Freddo

With comfy wicker chairs in a garden overlooking the boats at Pasalimani, stop here for a morning coffee, an afternoon ice cream, a pre-dinner cocktail or a Greek brandy nightcap.
Don Kihotis

A seductive hillside retreat with an old-fashioned interior. Creaky wooden stairs lead to a roof terrace, with dreamy, romantic views.
Hard Rock Café

This lofty, wooden-beamed space with leather armchairs and great rock music pulls student backpackers and Greeks who wish they lived elsewhere.
Iguana

The young in search of adventure hang out at this bar-nightclub, which plays out disco and techno tracks until 6am – time for an early breakfast. Order water on the terrace if it all gets too much.
Istioploikos

One of the hip places to see and be seen, this vast (and packed) rooftop bar commands a vantage point above the yachting marina.
Love Café

Much hyped bar-restaurant with loud music, young clientele, and 1970s’ interior of white plastic furniture with splashes of vibrant red.
Neon

Open-top jeeps and motor-bikes pull up outside this vast bar-nightclub, with white leather armchairs on three levels and industrial air conditioning to keep the atmosphere just right.
Up Down

Coffee, cocktails and ice creams in a split-level bar with underwater murals and a glass spiral staircase – plus a splendid roof terrace.
Wild Thing

The first in a row of super-trendy late night café-bars overlooking the Delfinario, Wild Thing pulls in the 30-something crowd.