We're here at the Athenian House Restaurant with Louisa, one of the co-owners here in Imerovigli,
Santorini. Louisa it's so nice to be here thank you hello great can you tell me a little bit
about your restaurant where are we what's unique about this restaurant what can people who are
coming here as guests expect so we founded this restaurant only six years ago from the first year
it was a great great success with all our guests because they just fell in love with the spot and
the whole concept of the restaurant the idea was to create the Athenian House meaning we do
not have food only from Santorini so all our recipes are based on Greek local dishes which
blend together on the table where a family sits in Athens and we have influences from all over Greece
so we use a lot of local ingredients we stress on the sustainability of all our producers and
we work with very big chefs in Greece and create local dishes which are twisted in a new version
apart from that we immediately fell in love with the spot my family comes from Santorini and
we've been here since i was a little girl and this is a spot we just fell in love from the
first moment and we immediately imagined a luxury restaurant in an abandoned cave house and so right
here we're in Imerovigli we're right directly above Skaros Rock tell me a little bit about the
view and what people can expect with the sunset. it used to be the the capital of Santorini island
during the medieval ages it was a whole um castle built around this rock right so
it's a very stunning uh view we have uh the caldera with all its parts so the volcano
so diners can expect if they come at sunset time there's really a spectacular spectacular but
after a sunset dinners are also amazing because you have the magic of the caldera and the sky and
the most amazing thing is that this changes during the season so it is very different from April to
October when we are open you get completely different views of the clouds and the whole
view and now during covet i know that there's no interior dining but i'm aware
that you have sort of a collection of Greek artwork and Athenian antiques yeah can you
tell me a little bit about it the conda our logo the logo one restaurant is the tunas so
it's a greek soldier who guards the parliament and he's also the emblem of Athens in a way
we have a large collection of artwork and vintage furniture
which we normally expose in our uh exhibit in a restaurant and this works very well during
the intermediate months from April May to October November nice and so here in Imerovigli we're
close enough that people really can just walk from Fira a 20 minute walk downhill uh to pirate
and all along the coast so you always have the sunset on your side nice great well i have enjoyed
some wonderful meals here can you tell me a little bit about the partnership with uh Santorini Dave
in terms of i know that we have always called the athenian house one of the best restaurants
in santorini and we're happy to send our readers here because we know it's a wonderful restaurant
we say that if you have one special night you're looking for a really wonderful romantic dinner
with a beautiful view that this is a great choice we thank you of course Santorini dave uh for this
support they've been uh amazing from the beginning uh in supporting us we have so many guests
and it's really fulfilling and really fun who come from all over the world not only Americans
who say whom we ask how did you find us how did you end up here and it was through Santorini
Dave so really happy for this and it's a big community and from mouth to mouth it's amazing
from one side of the island to the other word spreads okay and how people embrace
and love a restaurant great Louisa is there anything else that you'd like to say
what i'd like to say is that i think
when you come to the Athenian House you just have to relax and cherish the moment
and forget a bit about instagram and all the media and who's this you know i'm sure
her husband her assistant i hope you enjoy uh Santorini when you come and uh the Athenian House
experience if you visit us we will be very very lucky to welcome you and try the opinion
experience thank you so much we're happy to to point our readers toward the Athenian House
every year great so you'll find all kinds of great restaurant reviews and suggestions and other
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