Restaurant Salaam

A lovely spot all around. The service is friendly, food is delicious and the space is beautiful. Every plate is intentionally made with local & ethically sourced ingredients and the owners are great humans. Each and every plate feels like a warm hug.

Restaurant Salaam is an Athens treasure! The food is second to none, the staff is warm and welcoming, and the atmosphere is a true feast for the eyes with its rich cultural ambiance. I am never disappointed by a Restaurant Salaam experience. Highly recommend! In addition to providing exceptional restaurant service, Restaurant Salaam has also catered special events. Hilarie and her team catered my daughter’s wedding in 2019, and the experience was nothing short of extraordinary. To fully appreciate how incredible the food was, a little context is helpful: we had our East Coast Italian family visiting. Italian weddings in New York and New Jersey are typically lavish, black-tie, multi-course, sit-down affairs featuring lobster, prime rib, and elaborate dessert displays stretching across eigh

The absolute best, and I try to visit every time I can return to Athens. The ambience is cozy, warm, and welcoming with lots of colorful textiles that just feels comforting. The food is always a delicious, high quality, flavorful delight and I especially love getting free bread to start (who doesnt??). The wine selection is great and the coconut curry chicken is to die for. Service is always excellent and I want to give extra kudos for the restaurant providing sippy cups (not just plastic cups with lids, like reusable washable ones as just part of their dishware) and for having toddler toilet seats for those with potty training kids like me. A versatile spot for a casual outing but also can feel like a fancy date night spot too.

We travel several hrs to eat here. You can generally cut the steaks or lamb chops with a butter knife, and are some of the most flavorful I've had. The changing weekly specials are great to try something new. You guys got me to eat liver which even my grandma couldn't get me to do. Good selection of wine and beers as well as non alcoholic offerings too. I'll see you during Ohio Brew Week if not before.

We cannot say enough great things about Restaurant Salaam. They're right next door to my boutique, which is fabulous for me when I get off work. The food is always great, and I do have my favorites like their Salmon Taratour, but I always look forward to their specials. I wait for the Taverna Eggplant appetizer to turn up...it is the best I have ever had. My husband, on the other hand, orders the lamb chops every time he dines there, and we dine there often. He said, they are the best lamb chops around! The staff is wonderful, and the place's vibe is the coolest. It is one of our favorite restaurants in Athens. We have been traveling a lot, but our first stop back will be Salaam.