Athena Greek And Lebanese - Monroe

We stop very time we are driving by Monroe. Great food. Our pre-teen likes the food, too! Hummus is so creamy and good. Only 2.5 miles off of I-20, a perfect stop.

Love this place! The food is amazing!! I especially like the gyro platter. It's a ton of delicious gyro meat, pita bread, and rice with a feta salad and the best hummus ever! Go try them out and you'll see for yourself.

Food, atmosphere, and staff were excellent. Great restaurant for a city with few great restaurants. I will definitely dine with Athena again.

Wow! I read all the reviews not only on this site but yelp and a few others. I was optimistically guarded about this place but I have lived here three years and was ready to look for something new.The place looked closed but was just empty at 630pm on a Thursday . The waitress was obviously not expecting anyone but immediately snapped too and was very attentive as soon as she saw us walk through the door. Being some what new to Greek food we asked for recommendations. The waitress was not so helpful at first. She obviously didn't know the menu and maybe never eaten at the restaurant? . I asked specifically about the grape leaves, as they where well described on the menu, and asked about a half order so we could sample it verses the whole order of six. She was more than accommodating and seemed interested in us trying something new we will call it a social experiment I guess. We settled on the Athena's Combination Extravaganza for two. It was more food than the both of us could eat! I am not sure what other peoples experience was but the food was HOT temperature , seasoned well really wish the waitress would have know what was on the chicken love to reproduce that in my kitchen and the hummus was GOOD! The two of us paid $35 plus tip for a small appetizer, two teas try some unsweetened lebanese tea with just one packet of sugar OMG ! and enough food to take home some for lunch the next day. There was one big down sides the menu pictures on here need to be updated expect to pay between $5 10 more for all the dinner menu. Do not be afraid of the higher price it's worth it!

I love the food there I love the atmosphere was great the food to taste so good and I love How everything was there I will come back again.