Best traditional breakfast in town. 10+ visits and never disappointed. Fast friendly service. Can be busy on the weekend, for good reason. Italian omelette this time. No wait to sit, and food came out in under 5 minutes. Hash browns are really fried potatoes but they are great. Omelette hangs off the plate it's so big. Love it. read more

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I've ordered from them quite a few times and would highly recommend them. I've had their breakfast (grits were the best I've ever had). Their burgers are really really good. I ordered their pork chops last night for the first time and they were awesome!!! read more

Definitely recommend going here and I was shocked that it was completely empty because the food was pretty good! The Gyro I had was a bit dry, but the flavor was 10/10! Our waitress was super awesome and sweet! Also, they do serve alcohol too, which I would've never guessed! Souvlaki was pretty good and the meat was moist pretty moist and flavorful as well! If you're a dessert person, the strawberry shortcake was super good! read more

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Friendly staff and perfect food for breakfast. I was afraid I was going to have to go to Waffle House for breakfast on Thanksgiving, but no Athena's Cafe saved the day. No overly greasy food. Just quickly prepared and what I needed Happy Thanksgiving! read more

Sorry to say this, but the food was mediocre. I had higher expectations based on a friend's recommendation. Perhaps it was what we ordered (Greek salad with salmon and eggplant parm) but you would think those would have been among of their best offerings. The salad was nothing special, although the dressing was good, but the salmon was disappointing. My DIL's eggplant parmigiana was just okay. We were the only ones there during the dinner hour. At first, our waiter seemed annoyed, but warmed up with a little prodding. I wouldn't go back unless it was to try their b'fast menu, which they offer all day. read more

Athena's Cafe - Large Greek Salad with salmon - Greek Near Me - Mooresville, North Carolina

This local establishment serves a variety of tasty selections at a reasonable price. The food was fresh and tasty.

Food is absolutely incredible, authentic Greek food is hard to find but I'm very glad my daughter introduced me to here. Service is great! The young lady that helped us out was very sweet and hardworking. read more

First timers. We were looking for a good non chain breakfast place. We found it. The service is polite and attentive. The food in great and served fast and hot. We will visit again soon and often. read more

Would recommend Athena's Cafe! Today was my first time and wow it was great! We started with the hummus and pita, hummus was fresh and the pita was warm and tastes like it had just came out of the oven. I had the Chicken Dyonaises for dinner and it was amazing. Being a huge Greek food lover this did not disappoint. Will be back! read more

Athena's Cafe - Chicken Dyonaises - Greek Near Me - Mooresville, North Carolina

We just had dinner for the 2nd time here. We've been in Charlotte for 9 years and Mooresville for almost a year. Finding a true Greek diner has been HARD. The chicken parm is excellent! Tha fish and chips-delicious. My wife likes the French toast so much she has had it both times. The service is quick and friendly, even with only one server on a Saturday night. Can't wait to work our way through the whole menu! read more

We have eaten at Athena's Cafe a half dozen times including breakfast and dinner. The food is consistently delicious, and the staff very accommodating. Their sweet tea, pork chops and flounder/shrimp are family favorites. read more

Athena's Cafe - Greek Near Me - Mooresville, North Carolina

We are regulars but due to this experience will no longer continue to eat here. I'm sorry for doing this because it was always great, but last couple times there hasnt been the same waitresses or waiters. I ordered coffee but it was old & when I asked for a fresh cup the waitress brought me a new cup and had poured the same coffee in the new cup. the coffee was by then cold! the gyro was literally burnt! literally the meat burnt, & not hot at all! the breading was also burnt and un-edible! There were only 2 tables in the restaurant seated. The waitress was too busy talking in the corner table she wasnt even realizing the horrible service she was providing. I don't waste time on reviews but I felt the need to say something because we use to love coming here. please hire better staff both front of house and back of house. till then good Luck to those who chose to go. read more

First of all, I give this restaurant 5 stars for the food as everything I have received has been freshly made, great tasting and the portions are huge especially in a time whereas everyone is cutting back. Second, this restaurant, owner and staff went above and beyond today (01/04/24) with exceptional customer service on a door dash order gone wrong. I placed an order and the staff called me to let me know the pasta was still cooking and it would be awhile and asked to sub another dish. I really wanted the dish I ordered so I tried to cancel the door dash order but couldn't and in the interim of waiting on my food, a dasher inadvertently canceled out food on my order. To my surprise the owner allowed me to pay him directly and he had one of his staff personally deliver the food. If that wasn't enough, he threw in extra food at his cost. This restaurant has all day breakfast and a huge variety of food on their menu, including vegetarian options. Go check them out! read more

race city finally has a little greek joint in town! yea for us! the offerings are a bit restrained by midwestern-greek-joint standards but still cover a lot of ground in a few pages: standard breakfast fare plus salads, sandwiches, and pasta. add some seafood and some diner dinners and it starts to get busy like all good greek joint menus... stopped in for a morsel a while ago and did alright... coffee, icy water, hot tea and a table outside please? way too peopley inside and September was being kind to us so yeah, lunching al fresco. MLB got cakes and eggs and bacon which were about what you'd expect: eggs over easy with soft yolks, bacon still a little bendy, cakes light and fluffy but yellower on the inside than we are accustomed. CFS for me: breaded chop steak under sausage gravy plus two eggs up, taters and toast. all of it done well and served hot with refills on the beverages in a timely manner. no complaints this time around, time will tell if it's a fluke or normal operations. hoping for the latter as a good non-doughnut breakfast is getting hard to find. read more

Athena's Cafe - cakes and eggs - Greek Near Me - Mooresville, North Carolina

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The husband and I just tried out Athenas for breakfast and it was great. We were greeted when we entered by a very friendly waitstaff. I ordered a strawberry cranberry mimosa, it was delicious. The pancakes were huge! And everything was tasty. They serve the whole menu, breakfast lunch and dinner all day long so we will definitely come back. read more

Athena's Cafe - The country breakfast....Chicken Fried steak, eggs with cheese, homefries and a biscuit. - Greek Near Me - Mooresville, North Carolina

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Athena's Cafe on River Hwy really hit the spot tonight. We both had breakfast (served all day!), and it was all so good. Eggs, French toast, pork chop, bacon, and biscuits and gravy. They also serve lunch and dinner, which we plan to try asap. Go and give them a try! read more

Finally another breakfast place in Mooresville.. everything I have had has been delicious. Huge portions. The cornhash was great along with the breakfast potatoes. Will definitely be back to try lunch and dinner items. read more

Visited on Saturday for breakfast with my family. This place was busy! Every girl working the floor was moving at the speed of light. They were hustling!! So impressed by our service especially with how busy they were. The prices are reasonable and the food was delicious and served quickly. Can't want to come back again and try something different. We had pancakes that were cooked to perfection and my husband had an omelet with fresh veggies. For less than $7, I was highly impressed. It was $24 for all three of us to eat and we drank coffee. Atmosphere was clean and they took the time to wipe the booths and clean the floor between each guest. We will be back! read more

Athena's Cafe - Pancake plate - Greek Near Me - Mooresville, North Carolina

Just had an absolute great meal. The meatloaf and the potatoes and green beans were fantastic. The strawberry shortcake dessert was phenomenal. I tried the soup and it was wonderful. My wife got a sandwich and the turkey on it was really good. Not some deli meat but real turkey. I can't wait to try all the different omelettes and breakfast items. read more

Been there several times. I cant think of anything that I've ever gotten there that wasn't good. The wait staff is the best and friendliest people your going to find anywhere. I'm more of a breakfast person and they are muy go to for breakfast when I'm eating out locally. read more

Finally, Mooresville on Lake Norman and north of Charlotte has a Greek restaurant! It is really good, and everyone in our surrounding neighborhoods are visiting it. Everyone raves about it including my spouse who goes there practically every day. Hours: M - Thur 7 am - 9 pm; F-S 7 am - 10 pm; Sun 7 am - 3 pm. We have not tried their breakfast...yet. They just opened, and their staff is stoked and full of energy. The fried calamari is probably the biggest I've ever seen, and the saganaki is terrific (although they don't fire it up and yell "OPA," yet.) They have Avgolemono soup, great gyros, great fried okra, and terrific sweet potato fries. And, my spouse loves their spanikopita. Charlotte and its surrounding areas have numerous Greek-owned restaurants, but those restaurants don't serve Greek food (except for gyros). This is currently the only place north of Charlotte where you can get Greek dishes. They don't have Pasticcio and Moussaka, yet. But, if our surrounding neighborhoods continue to pack this place, who knows what the future holds. They don't have their beer/wine license, yet, but they are working on it. And, their Coke is the best I've ever consumed. It's possible that if people wanted to bring in their own beer/wine, the restaurant wouldn't care. That's just an assumption. Now, it's time to eat some left-over calamari for breakfast. OPA! read more

I am so impressed with the quality of the food, the freshness, flavors, and authenticity on top of the great courteous service. There were only two servers, the lunch time had the restaurant really full of customers and these two girls were on top of it. They did not miss a beat. If you like Mediterranean, Greek food, then welcome to a very enjoyable and reasonably priced meal. read more

no wait, clean, friendly. Service was excellent. Had grouper sandwich with battered fries as side. Very fresh, hot with great flavors. Homeade sauce was excellent. My wife had shrimp tacos with homeade pico and greek potatoes. Was delicious. This is our favorite place to eat in Mooresville. A treasure for lunch or dinner. read more

Met a friend here for lunch. We ordered the Vegetable Pita for each of us. It had large, raw brocolli and squash on it, no seasonings. Our sides were good though; onion rings and the Greek potatoes. We sent them back and ordered the Veggie Sub instead. It was supposed to come with "Mixed greens, tomatoes, onions, banana peppers, olive oil, oregano and green peppers. Items cooked to order." We were not asked how they should be cooked or given any option. When our very nice waitress served them, it was terrible. Think of a 'hoagie roll taken directly from a plastic bag, opened, and chopped dry salad placed on it"....that was exactly what we were served. There were 2 long banana pepper stems in mine. No toasted roll, no olive oil, oregano, no choice of anything on it, just dry. It may be a better place for breakfast, just not a lunch place for us. read more

Best customer service in town! Breakfast was delicious! This will be my breakfast place to go. Thank you for such good service!

Met a friend for breakfast. Service was great food not so good. I might go back but no planning on it anytime soon.

We've eaten here for both breakfast and dinner. Food is excellent, good size portions. Fish and chips were delicious!

Great food at a reasonable price and very friendly service. We're new in town and have been here twice already.

$13 for a dry omelet and meh coffee. Very disappointing. Was hoping that a smaller non-chain restaurant would offer something special.

Was so excited for a Greek restaurant but was very disappointed. The service was fine but the restaurant was dirty. They had plenty of staff and weren't very busy but had to wipe our table before we could sit. All the empty tables had the dishes removed but none of them were wiped. Strange. I walked by the kitchen to use the restroom and the kitchen was a mess! Food on the floor, dishes everywhere, just a mess. Now the food...it was edible but not really Greek. The meat in the gyro looked like it came out of a can and not sliced off a rotisserie but the fries were delicious. The large Greek salad with chicken was fine but sad to say we probably won't be going back. So sad and so disappointing. read more

I wish it was good, but it's not. Great Greek Diner concept, but poor follow through. Very sad looking interior. The food was way too expensive for what you are getting. The home fries were good, but everything else was disappointing. Very low quality food. The service was good, but disorganized. I was hoping for a great beautiful delicious Greek diner experience, but was severely disappointed instead. Ownership needs to renovate, offer better prices, better quality, and they will succeed. If things continue as is I don't see this place operating more than a few months. Good luck. read more

I've made 3 trips to Athena's in the past several weeks. This place fills a needed space in Mooresville. Athena's offers an extensive breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu that is free of pretentiousness. Good simple food that satisfies. I recommend the beef tips or the moussaka. Breakfast is excellent too. read more

We are so lucky to have this place in Mooresville! It is filling a need that was there. Love the food and the family that serves it! Highly recommend! read more

Did the chef change? Everything in our usual order was completely different and terrible.

Had bfast today, first food was tasty, I love breakfast this place did not disappoint. Wait staff was friendly, price was fair, it just seemed dark and I wished for a counter. Interior dining area was very plane Jane. Really, this a 4.5 review not a 4. I'll check lunch out soon! read more

Great breakfast at an affordable price. Very tasty grits. Very good service! Will become the go to breakfast joint on Saturday mornings.

The grits had way way too much salt. The waitress' with black hair didn't have it pulled up. They all kept flinging it around. The girl that was cleaning the tables had a bad attitude. No smile gave dirty looks to everyone. The only good thing the restaurant had going for read more

Waited for 15 minutes after being seated. No one came to wait on us. There were several parties that came in after we were seated and they were greeted promptly. Lack of service and lack of the ability to respond to polite gestures. I do not recommend read more

Friendly & clean tasted good only been 2times pancakes are huge my Grandkids loved it there

I highly recommend Althena's .... The food is great and the service is outstanding. The portions are really generous as well