In Business Since 1968
(312) 726-2407
Greektown's oldest restaurant, award winning restaurant.
Mon-Fri 11am-12am, Sat 11am-1am, Sun 11am-12am, Open 7 Days
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Welcome to The Parthenon Restaurant and Banquets! Since 1968, all of us at the Parthenon have been dedicated to making your visit to our restaurant a happy and memorable experience. Offering a great variety of delicious, moderately priced food, a full-service bar and an extensive selection of wines, our multi-course family style dinner includes: * Appetizers * Mezedes- Smaller portions * Dinner Specialties * Prime Lamb * Beef * Pork * Chicken * Seafood * Fresh Vegetables * Salads *A Vegetarian Delight * Homemade Desserts Our state of the art facility seats 25 to 180 guests. Let us host your next event at a reasonable cost. We can host rehearsal dinners, showers, weddings, holiday parties, buffets, luncheons, business functions (a/v equipped), and just about any event. We welcome tour groups and offer complimentary valet parking. As Greektown's oldest restaurant, come and experience the ambiance - we know how to throw a party. An Award Winning Restaurant, we have been featured on CBS, ABC, NBC & WGN News. Closed Christmas and Thanksgiving Day. We also accept certified checks as an additional method of payment.
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Posted by tsitiridis on 10/5/2008
The food is excellent. The service is outstanding. You can see a lamb being roasted in the front window and the gyros on the spits in the front of the store. We go often and have never been disappointed. I love the music that is speakered in the whole restaurant nice and soft and soothing. This is a fine dining establishment.
Posted by Chicago C. on 3/18/2006
The Parthenon is one of the legendary Greek restaurants in Greektown. It may be a bit touristy, but order the saganaki and watch the theatrical presentation as the waiter sets it ablaze. A good way to sample different Greek foods is to order the combo, with lamb, moussaka, and pastitcio. The interior has some attractive murals and may get you in the mood for a trip to Greece.
Posted by Gina L. on 3/7/2006
Nothing on their menu is bad. Everything is chalk full of flavor, mostly that of salt and lemon, to be honest. Their atmosphere is typical and normal, even down to the wall paper. I really like their wait staff, they've always been really accommodating. There's nothing too special about this place except that its got a comfortable feel. Their meals are basic and they serve large portions. I've really enjoyed their coffee and desserts, and always wind up eating too much when I go there.Try a gyros platter, its much different than your greasy spoon gyros. Their Greek potatoes are also pretty good. Very salty and very lemony. But sometimes I crave that.
Posted by Stan S. on 12/28/2005
This place has been in Greek town forever. It has classic Greek food at very reasonable prices. Dinner entries are in the $8-15 range. The menu goes on forever.I love lamb and that is what I usually order when I go here. They know how to make right. It is great; with rice is most delicious. They also do great sea food; red snapper, calamari, etc.You can be sure someone is going to be ordering flaming saganaki if you don't yourself, so you get to shout "Opa!"I remember the last time I was in here there was a table of college age boys next to us. They order the lamb's head, hoping no doubt to gross folks out. It worked.Such fun.http://www.theparthenon.com/
Posted by Kerstin S. on 9/4/2005
I recently attended a large dinner party at the Parehenon. We choose the banquet option so we had courses and courses of food for a very reasonable $18 each. The saganaki and lamb were especially memorable. The portions are huge so we couldn't finish it all. The restaurant was loud and festive. Good food, but not the best in Greektown.
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