Here’s a place to take your con-feta-rates.
Milos, the chic and pricey Greek seafood restaurant known for billionaires and celeb guests, has opened its first-ever hotel.
Chef Costas Spiliadis — the man who founded Estiatorio Milos in Montreal in 1979 and grew it to seven locations worldwide (several more are in the works) — quietly opened Xenodocheio Milos (from $420; XenodocheioMilos.com) in January.
But now as summer approaches, the luxury boutique property in the heart of Athens, is finally ready to shine.
The debut marks the first hotel venture for Spiliadis and a return to his Greek roots. It’s a partnership with the Intra Athinaiki company, and Dimos Stasinopoulos, the CEO of Epoque Collection, a luxury boutique hotel management company.
“I can’t say enough how it’s such a special experience to have my first hotel in the country where I’m from,” said Spiliadis. “I know the Greek way of hospitality and have been showing that to people for decades in my restaurants. This is an opportunity to carry my philosophy over to a hotel.”
Xenodocheio Milos isn’t his first-ever project in Greece, however. Spiliadis opened a restaurant in Athens in 2004, which closed four years ago.
Located in the center of the city near the Old Parliament House and Syntagma (Constitution) Square, the 43-room Xenodocheio Milos is in a prime and historical part of town situated in two heritage-listed neoclassical buildings.
It’s also near high-end boutiques from both international and homegrown brands (Louis Vuitton, for example) and surrounded by buzzy restaurants and cafes.
Syntagma Square, where locals staged an uprising in 1843 against King Otto to demand a constitution, is a five-minute walk away, while the Parthenon…