Restaurant

Diethnes Greek Restaurant

336 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Recommended by 20 people

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336 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

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HoursMonday: Closed Tuesday: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM, 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM Wednesday: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM, 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM Thursday: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM, 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM Friday: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM, 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM Saturday: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM, 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM Sunday: Closed

*Opening hours may differ during holidays.

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About Diethnes Greek Restaurant

Step through a modest Pitt Street door into a retro basement dining room serving unpretentious Greek comfort food. Long-time regulars view Diethnes as a Sydney institution, ignoring modern dining trends in favor of home-style cooking straight from a Greek grandmother's kitchen. Tables fill with sharing plates of taramasalata and pita, followed by meaty cabbage rolls, grilled octopus, and rich moussaka, finished off with a strong Greek coffee.

  • Basement institution: An unassuming single door on Pitt Street leads downstairs into a retro Mediterranean dining room that has welcomed diners for decades.
  • No-frills home cooking: Classic home-style staples take priority, from rich moussaka and meaty cabbage rolls to mezze plates and Greek coffee.

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Before you head over

Practical guidance on finding the entrance, course pacing, and walk-in timing.

  • Watch for the basement doorway

    Look out for a discrete single door leading down to the basement dining room along Pitt Street, as the entrance can be easy to walk straight past.

  • Request dishes in courses when sharing

    If you are ordering appetisers like taramasalata alongside hearty mains like moussaka to share, specify staggered course timing when ordering so hot dishes do not arrive together.

  • Visit midweek for immediate seating

    For quick walk-in dining or low-friction dinner options without the need for advance reservations, midweek evenings like Tuesday offer plenty of open tables.

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