Christmas at Makris Athens by Domes: Entering Chef Petros Dimas’ Utopia

Every December, something subtle shifts. The days grow quieter, the light softens, and the season brings a sense of calm anticipation; a pause before celebration. It is within this atmosphere that Makris by Domes invites guests into a world designed not simply for dining, but for feeling.

For this year’s festive season, Chef Petros Dimas offers something rare: a gastronomic journey that turns Christmas into an immersive narrative. The theme is Οὐτοπία — “my imaginary world, where everything works in harmony and near perfection.”

And for a few hours, this world becomes real.

A Festive Table Set in Utopia

The Christmas and New Year’s Eve menus unfold like chapters of a winter tale — intimate, contemplative, and beautifully connected to earth, memory, and light.

The journey begins with “ The Forest… A Memory of Earth, Smoke and Light” — a signature Makris dish that captures the essence of December. It arrives as a whisper of mushroom cappuccino, chestnut, and brioche feuilletée — the forest distilled into warmth.

From there, each dish deepens the narrative, revealing the chef’s almost cinematic approach to seasonality and flavor.

Christmas Eve 2026 — A Story Rooted in Winter

175 €
Wine Pairing 125 € | Premium Pairing 350 €

Hamachi with pink grapefruit and purple radish introduces brightness — the idea of winter illuminated.
Then comes Red Mullet cooked with its scales, a technique that preserves texture with astonishing delicacy, paired with Assyrtiko, calamari, and caviar.
The heart of the menu is Guinea Fowl with parsnip, plum, and truffle jus, a dish shaped by contrast: light and depth, salt and sweetness, familiar and new.

A gentle pre-dessert of chestnut, rum, forest fruits, and vanilla sets the tone for a closing touch inspired by Italian tradition: Panettone, reimagined through the Makris lens.

It is a Christmas experience meant not to recreate nostalgia but to elevate it — a reminder that festive comfort can also be refined, subtle, and daring.

New Year’s Eve 2026 — A Night for Elegance

250 €
Wine Pairing 150 € | Premium Pairing 350 €

If Christmas is intimate, New Year’s Eve is celebratory — a crescendo built around exceptional produce and confident technique.

Blue Breton Lobster with persimmon and citrus leads the way with a flawless balance of sweetness and brightness. The emblematic White Grouper with Champagne sauce and oyster brings a luxurious marine note — refined yet restrained. Then, the evening reaches its peak with Duck Breast Fillet, paired with quince, blackberry, and a jus infused with cru de cacao.

For dessert, Baba au Rum topped with hazelnuts and Kaluga Caviar N25 transforms tradition into pure indulgence — a daring, elegant finale. And then, naturally, the New Year’s Cake: a moment of symbolism, hope, and shared wishes.

Carte Blanche — Trusting the Chef’s Vision

The most intimate festive experience at Makris is not announced through ingredients or structure. It begins with a question:

“Do you trust Petros Dimas?”

A once-in-a-year opportunity to hand the evening entirely to the chef, allowing him to compose a culinary narrative shaped by inspiration, mood, and the finest produce available that day.

For those who choose it, the Carte Blanche becomes the purest expression of Makris: unbound creativity, quiet luxury, and a meal written in real time.

A Christmas Story Written in Flavors and Light

At Makris by Domes, festive dining is not a performance — it is hospitality crafted with intention, calling guests into a sensory world where winter becomes poetry, tradition becomes texture, and every dish carries a quiet message:

Luxury is not excess. Luxury is presence.
Luxury is attention.
Luxury is the way a single evening can become memory.