Kalyvia is my favourite Greek restaurant! Kalyvia truly serves authentic Greek food. Food: Fried Calamari appetizer is amazing and my favorite dish to order! Kalyvia has the best calamari I've ever had in my opinion! It's a bit pricey at $25 though. Large Greek Salad is also tasty and amazing. Large size is great for sharing between two people. I love their Greek Salad dressing and would also buy a bottle of it to take home. Double Pork Souvlaki Sticks and Double Lamb Souvlaki Sticks are amazing as well! Comes with at least 5 or 6 pieces per stick. Complimentary Garlic Bread was also very tasty and the best garlic bread I've ever had! I would also recommend their Saganako which is kinda like their Flaming Cheese. Service: We arrived at around 5pm and we were the only ones there, but it slowly picked up during our visit. Our server was very friendly and offered their Specials of the Day. Not a huge deal but I was expecting to start off with our salad first but we got our calamari first instead. read more

Kalyvia - Fried Calamari appetizer - Greek Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Came upon this quaint restaurant and decided to give it a try. This was early evening and the restaurant was empty. We were greeted and seated by the friendly wait staff. She explained that all the cooks were from Greece, so authentic. The food was good and basic. The restaurant could do with some updating. Overall good enough. read more

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Home-cooked style, huge portion sizes, reasonable prices. Got the calamari dinner, grilled octopus appetizer, and taramosalata dip - all done well. Calamari and octopus were milky and not rubbery, and the taramosalata was smooth and tasty. I know there are a bunch of Greek spots on the Danforth. Kalyvia gives off a homey vibe and is definitely good value for money. read more

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I went to the Kalyvia for lunch. The restaurant was empty. The service was friendly. I ordered the chicken souvlaki dinner. It came with tasty bread. The food was pretty good, but nothing special. The only problem was that it was very expensive, more than 26 dollars including a soft drink. I think it would cheaper to have gone to a food court. read more

Their Greek (feta) fries is over the world! Amazing flavour and generous portion! They also have an amazing take out special, skewers are 2.75 each. read more

Kalyvia - Pork and chicken skewers. Feta fries. - Greek Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Very rude older woman serving our table. We came from church to celebrate a Christening, and our server was a blonde 60-something year old lady, chubby. My father very politely asked for another basket of toasted bread for the table. He politely repeated himself because he did not know if she heard him or had heard a response from the woman, and she responded extremely rudely, loud, rolling her eyes saying "I ALREADY SAID YES!!" This was one moment of several. We were all genuinely nothing but kind and respectful. What a miserable person. Unprofessional. We are never going back. read more

Breakfast at Kalyvia ia phenomenal. Very attentive service and extremely generous portions served with fresh orange and pineapple. The classic Eggs Benedict was beautiful and tasty, and there are several Benedict variations. Traditional breakfast of eggs with sausage or bacon was large and nicely presented. It was unclear if coffee was included. Very pleasant atmosphere with fresh white tablecloths and mellow Greek music. read more

Popped in on my lunch to get take out. Ordered a large greek chicken salad with some pita on the side. Mostly lettuce, 4 olives, green pepper, bagged shaved feta (not even the good greek chunky feta) and I will say a nicely seasoned chicken breast. Not a greek dressing but something with lots of dijon mustard in it that was not good, and a little container of taziki. I was in a rush so didn't check the price before ordering. I was charged $27!! It's iceberg lettuce mostly. Very disappointed and will not be returning. When did the prices go through the roof!! I get we are all paying more for food but that was beyond excessive! read more

Servers were attentive and the place has a homey vibe- food was excellent- the lamb was exquisite!

I probably would have given 2.5 but since no .5 score is offered I felt overall it was fair to give a 3 score. Ordered through UberEats today. We ordered the Lamb Souvlaki and Moussaka. I will say that they were generous with the sides, the salad was good and they gave some garlic bread with the meals. Hubby really enjoyed the souvlaki and they did follow our special request notes. I was not a fan of the Moussaka. Just was quite blah and lots more potatoes vs the eggplant and meat. Re UberEats, we are normally good with it, but the food took over 30 minutes to get to us for a restaurant that is maybe 10 minutes drive from us. The courier was on a bike and picked up our food first, then went to another restaurant and picked up another order and delivered to those folks first. I hope they enjoyed their meal more than us. It was a chilly day, so the food was also just barely warm. Was quite disappointing. The containers were somewhat smashed up too. Not the best. read more

The food was delicious and chicken souvlaki and gyro meat was flavorful and juicy. The greek salad was delicious. Recommend this for a low key neighborhood place. Service was a bit slow. Ambiance was low key. Bathrooms needed cleaning. read more

Very bland, stingy and overpriced meals at Kalyvia. We ordered two large chicken souvlaki dinners. The chicken was OK and decent portion but lacked herbs and good Greek flavouring. Seemed a cheap way to do things. The bland boiled potatoes were absolutely lifeless. This cuisine calls for roasted potatoes and here they seem to be trying to save every little cent again. The rice as well, completely absent of flavor. Nothing on the plate elevated the dullness of the meal. The salad was also an exercise in cheapness and mediocrity. I worry that the salad oil they use may be not the healthiest when the kitchen is so parsimonious. Poorer food than I remembered from 15 years ago, too bad. With new management this place could easily be five times better. read more

Love their Greek fries! Fast and fresh service. Haven't tried anything else to be honest read more

Gluten free dairy free order for vegan and pescaterian. I grew up on the Danforth and have been eating Greek food there for 40 years. It's going downhill. The great spots like Avli are gone. We got delivery via STD. The grilled squid was the best part, even though it didn't have any char marks. I'd give it 3.75/5. The converted rice we didn't touch. Ugh. The potatoes weren't roasted, as is traditional. There was no jus served with them either. They tasted day old, skinned and boiled with a bit of parsley and maybe a speck of paprika on top Disappointingly pasty and tasteless. For a $22 entree, this was ridiculous, since the squid was quite small. You can see in my pic it's barley bigger than the lemon wedge. I ordered skordalia (potato dip) and melizinosalata (eggplant dip). The former was lacklustre and quite solid. The second I thought tasted really off and kind of barny when I realized it was hummus. There was no zing. I don't think they put tahini in it either. Usually with a 3 dip order you get cucumber and olives; we got nothing. This order just clinched the fact that Greek on the Danforth is really going downhill and getting less authentic as time passes. Won't reorder. read more

Kalyvia - Squid entree sans the 2 cups of rice and 2 dips. - Greek Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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We had supper there last night. We shared a bottle of white house wine ... it was good. Gord ordered Ortikia (two large size quails mixed with herbs and spices baked in the oven) with rice, potatoes and veggies. I ordered Chicken Breast Dinner (two generous pieces of char-broiled chicken filet) with rice, potatoes, veggies and tzatziki. It was delicious! My only complaint is that the veggies weren't fresh (they were cooked from frozen). I'd recommend this restaurant ... the food was good and our server was very friendly. read more

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Of late, I've coming here more frequently as I have found their food much better than the other places in Greektown. Their menu has a wide selection and I've found that my favourite grilled calamari is prepared significantly better than any of the other places around the area. Even something as simple as souvlaki, is done extremely well with portions that are very generous by my standards. read more

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Really good food! Ordered squid dinner through Uber eats and it was very yummy. The portion was big too! It came with Greek salad, rice and potatoes. My friend had chicken souvlaki dinner and liked it too. Adding this to my favourites list! read more

This place was our go to place for amazing calamari. Came back here the other day after 2 years and the taste and quality of the calamari had not changed. We also had the grilled octopus tentacle which was grilled to perfection. I personally believe that these 2 dishes are a must have at this restaurant. Unfortunately the portion of the calamari has been cut in half and is now served with plain room temperature buns rather than hot toasted garlic bread like before yet the price remained the same. Just the calamari and the octopus came up to $40. read more

Kalyvia - Greek Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

We really enjoyed our meal here. We had a variety of dips and spanakopita, and saganaki, and a couple of us had one of the lamb chops and a lamb skewer. Everything was wonderful, and service was great throughout. Recommend this spot. read more

My boyfriend and I order from here almost every week! Great food, good portions and very affordable! We love the saganaki & tirokafteri ( I hope I spelled those right) we share both and get extra pita, we've also had the chicken gyro which was good! Always very full after ordering. The saganaki is really good in person as it's flamed before served to you but ordering it is surprisingly just as good imo read more

We ordered from this place on Uber Eats for dinner, and we had a terrible experience. We had to throw our "Homemade Gyro Plate" in the garbage because it was so inedible. I tried to pick through the meat to get rid of the grisly and fatty bits, but quickly noticed that all of the meat was this way. It also smelled funny. It seemed like the dish was completely made up of the scrapped bits of meat that nobody wanted. We were so disappointed, and we had to order food from somewhere else afterwards so we wasted a bunch of money here. Unfortunately with delivery, you cannot send a dish back. Two very disappointed customers. read more

I come to this page and am greeted by the suggestion to book a table...I think not!!! Spent $40 on take out and my order is wrong and missing a main part of the meal. Not impressed, as this is the second time this has happened. They seal the take out bag like Fort Knox so there was no way to check without making my car smell like a kitchen. Not impressed and will only be returning for a refund of my meal. This is my second bad experience in as many weeks with take out on the Danforth. Having worked in the service industry for many years, I'm not a fan of folks not doing their jobs (kitchen to front of house). If you're 'above it all', find work elsewhere. read more

Not great. $10 for a chicken on a pita which was not big nor flavourful. $5 for the Greek salad which was smaller than the size of my fist. Overall the food didn't taste horrible, but was not at all worth price I paid especially considering the amount of options for great Greek food on the Danforth. This was recommended by a friend and now I will not be recommending this to anyone. read more

Not too bad, but too expensive for the amount of food I paid for. Clearly paying for the location in greektown more than the food itself. Standard Greek dinner. Decent salad (too much lettuce), rice was fine, potatoes were really good, meat was fine, bread was good, and finally tzatziki was not bad but I have had better. read more

Kalyvia - Taken after a few bites just for posterity! - Greek Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Our experience at Kalyvia was a lovely one. Beautiful evening weather, seats at one of the three tables on their cozy patio, yummy food, lots of white wine and a waiter keen to please and entertain. We arrived just as one of only three tables on the patio was leaving so managed to snag ourselves a seat at this prime real estate. It was perfect for watching the hustle and bustle of the Danforth rush by and soaking in the beautiful summer weather. Upon our waiter's recommendation we went with (see pictures): Spanakopita: Little triangle of spinach and feta wrapped in phyllo pastry. The phyllo was light flaky and delicious. I prefer mine with a little more filling but they were still definitely tasty. The Pork Special: This was a huge portion, very tender and very tasty. Chicken Souvlaki (the small size): One skewer of chicken, tzatziki, roasted potatoes, and rice. It was tasty, tender and flavourful without being greasy. No veggies served with this dish. With every meal comes a complimentary salad which according to our waiter came complete with secret recipe house dressing (pretty tasty and they're definitely not skimpy with the feta cheese), and toasted house bread. Beware the charismatic waiter. He's funny, keen to please, proud as can be of his little restaurant, and ... a bit of a hustler. I'm not entirely sure how it happened but we ended up with a second half litre of wine on our table without asking for it. Huh? Anyway, stop into this place if you're on the Danforth. They make some great Greek food. read more

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I still need to expand my Greek food horizons by checking out the plethora of restaurants on the Danforth, but its hard to when you've already found one that you thoroughly enjoy. Kalyvia is one such place. My review could be biased because I don't ever get anything except for a beef or chicken souvlaki. Usually I find all souvlaki dinners to taste close to the same, except for the tenderness of the meat (is it dried out or not), and so for me, the 'fringe' items are the factors that decide how I review a place. Now I am not a wine drinker, I wish I liked wine, but I don't so the wine selection I cannot comment on. I found their souvlaki to be very tender and not dried out. It could be the luck of the draw, but so far so good. I didn't have any issues with the service, and if you are one of the lucky ones to eat on their patio on a nice evening, its all the better. Why Kalyvia stands out for me is the tzatziki sauce, the pre dinner bread, and their salad. The tzatziki sauce was very garlicy, something I enjoy, and they are very liberal with how much they give you. I have been to other places that charge for extra, which seems ridiculous to me. Their bread basket was fresh (I really enjoy bread), and I actually enjoyed their salad. I can admit that they put more oil in their salads than other places, but to me it actually made it taste better. The olive oil was rich and left a hint of vinegar taste to be enjoyed by my tastebuds. I'm not sure of the popularity of this place (some restaurants I see lined up almost out the door), but I'm perfectly fine going to this less hyped place. read more

Kalyvia is my favourite place to dine on the Danforth! My experience has always been comfortable, fun, clean and yummy. The big menu, quality, and portion of the food are very exciting. If you love gyros that is leaner and not dripping of oil everywhere, this is the place for you! I also love the staff there because they have such big bubbly personalities and care about giving you the best service possible. You can dine inside the restaurant which is very clean and has a beautiful cozy decor, or, you can dine on the patio and enjoy their delicious Greek dishes, all for reasonable prices! read more

I found this restaurant to be one of the best on the Danforth. The atmosphere is very pleasant and relaxing. I found the service to be excellent, and the waiter to have a good personality. Furthermore, the decor is also quite nice. As far as the food is concerned, everything I had was really good, both in terms of quality and quantity. This place also has an excellent amount of choices on the menu. Moreover, their prices are also great compared to a lot of other Greek restaurants on the Danforth. Overall, Kalyvia is a great restaurant. read more

Kalyvia is an OK pick on the Danforth, it has some Greek dishes that are tricky to find elsewhere nearby. (sigh) I suggest ordering off the appetizers/mezes menu and sharing. The food is much more interesting than the boring mains (souvlaki and rice, really people? Stop it, just stop...) We tried a combo platter which was a bargain for $16.95, just enough to feed two of us for lunch. It came with keftedekia (greek meatballs), marinated octopus slices, dolmades (vineleaves stuffed with rice and beef), 2 mini spanokopitas, 2 mini tiropitas (cheese pies), and greek sausage. The dolmades still tasted quite briny (grrr!) but everything else was A-OK. Service was good, prompt but not overly friendly. Decor isn't as exciting or nice and some of the other places on the Danforth (Ouzeri or Pan) but Kalyvia has a more functional family dining type feel. read more

First time coming here with a group of co-workers for lunch. This place strikes me as a casual and family-friendly restaurant . The owner was the only one available to seat the customers and serve the dishes, but there were only several tables full anyways. The owner was friendly, though you can tell he is very proud of his restaurant, and he must be as the food really stood out. Ordered the chicken souvlaki dinner option (I know, I should have been more adventurous to try something different). Served with garlic bread, Greek salad, roasted potatoes and tzatziki. The Greek salad was outstanding and came in such a large portion. They certainly didn't hold back on the feta cheese and it complimented well with the dressing. Delicious. The entree itself was less inspiring though. Roasted potato tasted bland. The chicken souvalki was juicy and flavourful, but nothing special. Though I do have to compliment the other dishes, as they all looked so much more appetizing than mine. The home-made gyros is a large portion and my co-worker couldn't get enough of it, quoting it to be one of the best she's ever had. The beef special came in a small stew pot, complimented with cheese and tomotoes. I watched as he wolfed it all down. I would definitely come back and try something new next time. And it's right next to Dolce Gelato! read more

From a Greek...food was great and service was good! Love the Greek feel and music playing! Authentic pork or chicken just like in Greece! Calamari was AMAZING! In the heart of Greek town Toronto! read more

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Grabbed their $4 pork souvlaki at Taste of the Danforth this year and the massive line up? Totally worth it. Couldn't stop raving about the pita - it was so thoroughly heated through, soft, smokey, & yet just slightly crispy on the very outside. Super juicy pork, and lots of flavourful tzatziki to top kept me happy while I hunted down some more food. Could've had a better balance on the onion to tomato ratio, but still, with quality like this for a busy street festival, I'm curious to see how the rest of their food is! read more

Our first trip was today ans what a great experience! The venue was a very comfortable old world feel, but not dark as some of the ones along that strip can be. Our waiter was very good, but a tad full of himself and didnt give you a very warm fuzzy feeling with your visit. He was an older gent and has obviously been doing this a lifetime and has lost his capabilities to be warm and friendly, he is now just professional, too bad really. Our meal was fantastic! we started with the bread basket and greek salad, the bread is awesome!! and salad is really good, loads of feta! Then onto the saginaki! They do flame this at the table for you! I enjoyed this very much, but my husband found it rather salty. The house wine was very good and not acidic. I had the chicken gyro dinner and my husband had the large pork souvlaki and both were awesome. The flavour of my gyros combined with the sauce, chicken, rice and pita was excellent! So all in all we very much enjoyed our visit, we may try another one of the locations just to test the waters and the serving staff, but I would and already have recommended this restaurant!!! read more

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A lovely experience of casual dining and fabulous hospitality. Servers clearly enjoy the food they serve. Nice outdoor seating, and its location next door to a gelateria or ice cream shop of some sort makes it a nice spot to people-watch while you dine. I was here for a late dinner on a Monday, and it was fairly slow, but I bet this place gets busy on the weekend. I had a couple decent glasses of red wine, a not-so-decent spirit of some kind, good bread, a flamed ("Opa!") cheese appetizer, and the most delicious pork souvlaki. Spicy baklava and a coffee rounded out the night. The server says it's the best salad on the Danforth, and the best dressing on the Danforth. Maybe so. It was good. I second the awesome reviews of the tzatziki. Delicious. The bill (for one) with tip was $68, but that was four courses + 3 drinks. You could spend under $20 for a good meal (entree with salad and bread included). read more

We decided to try something different today. The last time we found we were not impressed with the Greek food we at at Astoria so thought we would give this place a whirl. We started with saganki it was quite good. It had a nice bit of crunch and a good size. Like everyone else says the tzakiki is delish and the garlic bread tasted like the good old garlic bread we had before. My husband had the chicken breast dinner the chicken was good a little too much Dijon spice flavoring for my liking but it was good. I had the beef souvlaki and it was good. Definitely worth going back. read more

First time ordered today for delivery. Loved the food. I am a huge calamari fan...fried or grilled...and the fried today was great, especially for a delivered food item. Our souvlaki's on pita were very good. The only reason I won't give it a 5 star is that the onions in the souvlaki are too strong...a milder white onion would be better. read more

Great food...too bad about the dead, upside down cockroach in my son's iced tea today though. Pretty much killed my appetite for the remainder of my meal. He was however offered a new drink and a free piece of baklava...thanks? They said they've had a pest control problem ever since the recent subway renovations. Apparently it's been driving the aforementioned pests into the annals of their restaurant? Perfect but I think I'll pass next time. read more

For my first visit to Kalyvia, my BF and I went on my birthday. It was a Wednesday and very quiet. In fact, the place was 3/4 empty but I'm sure that on weekends it's packed. First off, the decor. The place can definitely use a good sprucing up. When Ehsan F. wrote "feels somewhat outdated and drab", they were spot on. But on to another issue which was our somewhat overzealous, TOO ATTENTIVE waiter. I swear, this guy was at our table EVERY TEN MINUTES between six o'clock and six thirty. To say it was annoying is an understatement. The fact that he was so nice prevented me from unloading a very nasty "Could you please just leave us the f*&%k alone for ten bloody minutes, so we can decide what we want?!!" He was that annoying and my friend and I agreed that we really should have said something, had we not been mellowed out by the wine. I thought, Dude...come on. It's Wednesday and dead in here. It's not like you need the table so stop rushing us! But like I said, the place was not busy so maybe he was just bored. The food was disappointing. Very typical, middle-of-the-road Greek fare that one can get at pretty much every single restaurant on the Danforth. Nothing special. The Feta Fries while very tasty, did not live up to my other friend's rave reviews. The Greek Salad I ordered also fell flat. Iceberg lettuce......REALLY?!!! Could it not have killed them to use Romaine for a change? And as far as the much ballyhooed "secret salad dressing?" Mine tasted just like good old oil and vinegar and really could have used more of both. I will say that my chicken souvlaki was the one shining star in the whole evening - tender and juicy but again, I can get the same thing anywhere. I have yet to have bad souvlaki on the Danforth. All that to say, the only saving grace was that I had a gift certificate so I didn't have to pay for it. Upon seeing the bill, I was surprised at the amount for such a nothing dinner. I will not be returning to Kalyvia. With all the competition on the Danforth, I am very surprised that they have such a loyal following for serving such mediocre food. read more

As the waiting line was so long at the Messini I decided to try my luck at Kalyvia based on Yelp reviews. I guess this restaurant could be good in other conditions. - Based on a tuesday night we were unlucky enough to have a table next to us with very noisy customers laughing off like they were alone in the restaurant. - The wait was quite long even if we were five to have ordered simple sandwiches. Almost 30 minutes to get served is a good reason to leave no tips. - One positive point in all that : the food was quite good, the meat was tasty and the french fries very good. - Note to the owners : try to give like detailed bills with the name of the dishes next to the prices, it will be much easier for the customers. -Finally : the staff is overwhelmed, you know what to do...... read more

I must admit, I love Greek food. It always hits the spot for me when I'm hungry. As a visitor to Toronto I had to check out the Greek area on Danforth. After travelling through the congested streets of Bloor-Yorkville we finally got to Greektown. This area certainly has a Greek flavor to it. We were looking for a place that other yelpers had recommended, but I think they either changed their names or fell into a deep pita pocket. We looked around at all the Greek restaurants but most were closed because it was the transition time between lunch and dinner ( it was 4:00 PM) We did stumble upon Kalyvia and were able to get take out. We had the pork and chicken gyros in a pita wrap. The meat was tender and the tzatziki was flavorful. All these goodies were wrapped up in a warm toasted pita shell. This little hand held meal was my saviour on a hot Toronto day as I drove madly through the streets to my next destination, a blue jays game. read more