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This Beachfront Café in El Nido, Palawan, Is Perfect for A Leisure Greek Meal with A View—the Café Athena!

Enjoy Mediterranean food with your feet in the sand at Cafe Athena!

By: Mira Maestrecampo | September 01, 2023
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Café Athena is a unique café for food lovers and travelers exploring Palawan.

Images: Café Athena Facebook page

Are you thinking of refreshing and healthy food by the beachfront? Undeniably, there are many beaches in Palawan, especially in the beautiful El Nido. It is always possible to take a holiday beach and food trip. Especially when you are about to discover this unique dining spot in the first and only strip mall in El Nido, Palawan, Vanilla Beach—Café Athena! Besides the unique café in El Nido, Palawan, you can also discover other homegrown shops and beach restaurants while viewing the stunning sunset in Palawan. Add this to your list of where to eat in El Nido, Palawan.

Greek Mediterranean food meets Palawan’s beaches.


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Who would have thought that the busy beachside streets of Palawan have this dining place that offers fantastic food for travelers and foodies?

Images: Café Athena Facebook page

The Café Athena is a café and restaurant that serves Greek Mediterranean food, with a theme perfectly matched with the beachside vibes of Palawan. Café Athena was born out of a passionate business venture of a couple who fell in love with Palawan’s stunning nature and beaches. This restaurant and cafe in El Nido, Palawan, has been proven to serve delicious cuisine. The beachfront location of the café makes it a popular food destination often visited by locals and tourists.


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Food favorites, Souvlaki and Gyros, will satisfy your tummies and an insatiable taste for food.

Images: Café Athena Facebook page

Café Athena specializes in Mediterranean food, emphasizing fresh and locally sourced ingredients. The beachfront view of this cafe in El Nido, Palawan, with the appealing sight and different food flavors, is a must-try while relaxing on the warm beaches of El Nido. The versatility of the food choices makes it the more tempting since most of the menu is perfect for consumption anytime within the day—breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner. With this, you will surely be satisfied with the savory and healthy food in Café Athena.

Their uniquely popular dishes include Greek Moussaka and Souvlaki Skewers, plus more food choices with various refreshing salads and seafood menus. Souvlaki is bite-sized skewers served with garlic yogurt sauce, homemade pita bread, and French fries on the side. You can choose meat or vegetables at Café Athena, each with varying prices. Chicken is at PhP425, Seafood is at PhP485, Beef for only PhP515, Lamb is at PhP555, and Vegetarian for only PhP340.


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Café Athena serves impressive tasting food, an itinerary worth adding to your Palawan trip.

Image: Café Athena Facebook page

If you don’t know where to eat in El Nido, Palawan, that serves Mediterranean dishes try the newest dish among the bestsellers, the Greek Moussaka, a baked eggplant tomato dish dashed with a generous layer of mashed potato for only PhP490. This food dish at this cafe in El Nido, Palawan, is also a popular staple in many Greek Mediterranean restaurants.

Another bestseller from Café Athena’s unique platter of food choices is the Horiatiki Salata, a traditional Greek salad with tomatoes, cucumber, and red onion with feta cheese. This food is as delicious as it sounds for only PhP300 for solo serving and PhP420 for sharing. This salad dish tossed with a red wine vinegar dressing is the perfect, healthy, and delicious meal to brighten your day.


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Find out why Café Athena’s Souvlaki skewers are among the best on the menu.

Image: Café Athena Facebook page

As mentioned, Café Athena ensures that the ingredients and food served to the customers are guaranteed fresh and locally sourced. Besides the main theme, Mediterranean food, the café also boasts distinct seafood selections. That is why a must-try in this cafe in El Nido, Palawan’s menu is included—the Seafood Platter for only PhP1,050. This food dish comprised a tasty selection of squid, grilled seafood, shrimp, and tuna steak with Greek salad and baked potatoes. Due to popular demand, the Seafood Platter is a special dish added to the food menu at Café Athena.

Chill and unwind by El Nido, Palawan’s beachfront


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Unwind with your friends at this beachfront café in El Nido.

Image: Café Athena Facebook page

Now that you have gotten your tummies full of deliciously excellent Mediterranean food, you can relax while feasting your eyes on the beachfront view of the café. Take a break from your afternoon beach stroll, stop by Café Athena for drinks, and admire the calm waters, clean and grainy sand, cool breeze, and relaxing ambiance. The café in El Nido, Palawan, serves various beverage options, from healthy juices and shakes to coffee and herbal drinks. The beverage menu includes fresh Fruit Shakes from PhP140 to PhP180, Detox, Healthy Fruit Juices from PhP180 to PhP220, Hot Beverages such as coffee, a selection of teas, and fresh ginger tea ranging from PhP90 to PhP160.


Address: Serena St., Vanilla Beach, Vanilla Beach Corong Corong, El Nido, 5313 Palawan
Budget: PhP90 to PhP1,050
Contact Number: 0917 324 4544


Trying out local food is excellent, but exploring different internationally inspired food is also a good take on your travel and food trip getaway, especially on the well-esteemed island of Palawan.


Visit Yoorekka Magazine for more excellent dining spots in Palawan!


Stay safe as you travel and dine in! Follow social distancing protocols and observe health precautions wherever you go. For now, keep safe!


This article was initially published in Yoorekka on December 08, 2021.


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About Mira Maestrecampo
Mira - with a long surname - is a girl who dreams of becoming a news anchor someday, in God's perfect time. She loves to read books and eat different kinds of cheesy or saucy food. A coffee addict and a dog lover, she loves long hugs, hot coffee on an afternoon break with friends, or simply sleeping all day with her stuffed unicorns.
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