The questions you ask before you order: answered.

Yes. Both King David venues in Athens, King David Burger at Ermou 78 and King David Kosher Food at Fokionos 12, are kept Mehadrin kosher under Tiferet Yisrael (Vaad Rabbanei Europa). The certificate hangs on the wall at each venue, and you're welcome to look it over before you sit down.

If you keep kosher in Athens, King David is the safe address. Our two venues, the burger on Ermou and the Fokionos address, are Mehadrin-certified under Tiferet Yisrael. There may be other places in the city that call themselves kosher, and each is worth checking on its own terms. With us there's nothing to check: the supervision and the certificate are out in the open.

The supervision is Mehadrin under Tiferet Yisrael (Vaad Rabbanei Europa). King David Burger on Ermou 78 is supervised by Rabbi Harel Asher Yazdi; King David Kosher Food on Fokionos 12 by Rabbi Yaron Chanukah. The meat, the suppliers and the kitchen are inspected every working day, not once a month, but daily.

King David Burger, Ermou 78, by Monastiraki. One minute's walk from Monastiraki Metro, and two or three more put you on the route up to the Acropolis. As far as we know it's the closest quality kosher food to the site. Eat before the climb or after, and skip the salad-for-dinner routine.

King David Burger is fully meat: no dairy is served there, so there's no meat-and-milk waiting period to count. King David Kosher Food at Fokionos has two fully separate kitchens, including separate equipment: a dairy & fish kitchen (breakfast, sushi, salads, pasta, pizza and desserts) supervised by Rabbi Yaron Chanukah, and a meat kitchen (€10 mains and sides) that carries its own separate meat certificate. Both kitchens are Mehadrin-certified under Tiferet Yisrael. For the dairy kitchen's chalav yisrael status, message us on WhatsApp before you come.

Not on Shabbat itself. King David Burger at Ermou 78 closes on Friday before Shabbat comes in and opens again after Shabbat ends, around 21:00. King David Kosher Food at Fokionos 12 stays closed all of Saturday (Fri 10:00–19:30 · Sat closed). On weekdays the burger is open Mon–Thu 11:00–23:00.

Yes, both. King David Kosher Food at Fokionos 12 serves sushi, pizza, pasta and fish from its dairy & fish kitchen, Mehadrin-certified under Tiferet Yisrael and supervised by Rabbi Yaron Chanukah, on equipment kept entirely separate from the meat kitchen. It is a two-minute walk from King David Burger at Ermou 78. Every dish and every price is published on the full menu.

Both menus are published in full on this site, as text, with a price against every dish. At King David Burger, burgers start at €16, or €22 with chips. In the meat kitchen at King David Kosher Food, Fokionos 12, mains are €10 with sides. Prepared Shabbat food is €45 per person. Fokionos 12 also publishes a full drinks list with prices.

Yes. We prepare Shabbat food at €45 per person: fish patties, a choice of asado cigar or arayes, five salads, a main course and a side. A Shabbat hotplate (plata) comes with every order. Order on WhatsApp by 14:00 on the Friday you need it, and collect before Shabbat from either Ermou 78 or Fokionos 12.

“Jewish restaurant” and “kosher restaurant” are usually used to mean the same thing. King David is a kosher restaurant: both venues are Mehadrin under Tiferet Yisrael (Vaad Rabbanei Europa). There is also a beit midrash — a room for prayer and study — inside King David Kosher Food at Fokionos 12, open to everyone, with a minyan and shiurim. No fixed timetable is published, so message us on WhatsApp for the next minyan.