Skip to content
The Athens Yacht Club
Book a table

Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026

The Athens Yacht Club · Greek · ChristchurchYou'll remember the people.

Ask anyone about Athens and they'll tell you about the welcome. A warm, family Greek restaurant in central Christchurch where the plates are shared and nobody's in a hurry to see you go.

Our story
The Athens Yacht Club team, nine of them, laughing together on the footpath outside the restaurant
The AYC Flamed Cheese alight in a cast-iron pan, flames rising high above it, with a wedge of lemon on the board

The menu

Greek plates made to pass around the table: the flaming cheese, slow-cooked lamb, the trio of dips and Giannis' pita. The menu moves with the seasons; the favourites stay.

View the menu
Raw white fish fillets on a cream platter beside bowls of curly kale and white beans on a rustic timber table

Boat to table

A fishmonger's restaurant.

Emilios is a fishmonger by trade, so the seafood here comes in fresh, straight off the boat.

He tastes and approves every dish and every wine before it reaches your table.

Emilios' story
Emilios in the cellar, studying the label on a bottle of red beside a wall of racked wine

Emilios' Wine List

Every bottle, tasted first.

A list Emilios has tasted bottle by bottle. Browse it before you come, or share it with whoever's organising.

View the list

Private dining & events

Bring everyone.

A long table for a birthday, the private dining area for the office, set menus including the Greek Feast. Tell us what you're planning and we'll look after the rest.

Visit

179 Victoria Street, Christchurch

Hours
Monday to Sunday
5pm to late
Book a table