Xenodocheio Milos

Xenodocheio Milos, a gastronomy hotel in central Athens

Xenodocheio Milos is a 5-star hotel presented by the estiatorio Milos restaurant as the first luxury property dedicated to gastronomy in the heart of Athens. The project brings the Greek notion of philoxenia to hospitality, understood as the art of making visitors feel at home, and is built around three pillars that the website itself sums up as accommodation, taste and experience.

Accommodation: 42 rooms and suites

The hotel has 42 individually styled rooms and suites, designed with Greek harmony and elegance in mind. Their features include high ceilings, marble bathrooms, wooden floors, velvet upholstery, high-quality beds and linens, and spacious, sunny outdoor terraces. Some of these terraces offer standout views of Lycabettus Hill and the Old Parliament House building.

The accommodation offering is organised into the following categories:

• Milos Terrace Suite
• Milos Signature Suite
• Premium Terrace Junior Suite
• Premium Terrace Room
• Executive Junior Suite
• Executive Room
• Lycabettus Executive Room
• Classic Family Room
• Classic Room

Gastronomy: the cuisine of Costas Spiliadis

The hotel's restaurant is estiatorio Milos, a culinary project founded by chef Costas Spiliadis. Born in Patras, a port city near ancient Olympia, Spiliadis arrived in New York in 1966 and studied at New York University in Manhattan and Concordia University in Montreal. In 1979 he opened the first estiatorio Milos in Montreal, which quickly became one of the city's most influential dining destinations.

The group has since expanded with locations in New York Midtown (1997), Athens (2004), Las Vegas (2010), Miami (2012), London (2015) and New York Hudson Yards (2019). The offering is based on selecting quality ingredients, the freshest Mediterranean fish and seafood, and precise cooking with minimal intervention on the product. The chef himself sums up that philosophy by noting that nature's ingredients are so beautiful that any attempt to alter them is wrong.

Services and facilities

The property offers guests a spa, a gym and exclusive events services, conceived as a complement to a stay in Athens. The website also allows both the hotel and the restaurant to be booked through its availability forms.

Location and historic building

The hotel is located in the centre of the Greek capital, opposite the Old Parliament House. The building dates from 1880 and follows the architectural model of the period, with a commercial space on the ground floor and residences on the upper floors. In 1979 the Greek Ministry of Culture declared it a protected building, underscoring its heritage value. The immediate surroundings bring together museums, historic sites, the city's fashion district and the urban centre of Athens.

Updates and context

The site's news section covers the opening of the hotel in central Athens, presented as elevating hospitality to the Greek concept of philoxenia, and a notice about the strict application of current health measures to ensure a safe stay. It also includes an editorial-style entry about the experience of staying at the property and about Athens in spring.