Athens' most theatrical bar: cabaret, indie shows, late-night programming on the Monastiraki-Psyri border.
Published Oct 2, 2025 · Last reviewed Nov 30, 2025 · How we pick bars Faust sits at Kalamiotou 11 in the Monastiraki-Psyri overlap, a five-minute walk from the metro and ten from Syntagma. The room runs on three rotating concepts: a main-floor cocktail bar, a basement cabaret room with weekend shows, and a small front bar for walk-in drinkers. Time Out Athens's 2024 nightlife coverage called Faust "the most-recommended late-night room in central Athens."
This is the bar for a visitor who wants Athens nightlife without the Kolokotroni-strip queue. The cabaret programme rotates between drag, burlesque and indie theatre on Friday and Saturday; the cocktail programme is competent and reasonably priced. Regulars on r/Athens consistently flag Faust as the city's most-recommended late-night destination outside the Exarcheia bar circuit.
Walk-in or reserve via the bar's official channels. For groups or to confirm hours, check the bar's site or social pages.
The room is three: a main bar with bistro tables and a small DJ booth, a basement cabaret room (capacity 60) with proper stage lighting, and a front bar that runs as overflow. The Athens English-language press has covered Faust's programming for over a decade. Greek City Times described the basement as "the closest Athens has to a Berlin cabaret room."
Drinks are mid-tier cocktails — solid rather than groundbreaking. Order classics or the house signatures.
Skip the long-format frozen cocktails; the bar is built for spirit-forward serves at speed.
The crowd splits by room. The basement is Athens cabaret regulars and the city's queer-friendly nightlife crowd on show nights; the main floor is mixed early-30s Athenians and visiting Europeans; the front bar is walk-in. Greek City Times flagged Faust as "the city's most-recommended queer-friendly late-night bar in central Athens."