Man, I wanted to love this place. Given the reviews, you'd think this was a local gem, but sadly…read morethat was not our experience. I hesitated even writing this review, as the guys inside were super friendly, hospitable, and seemed to want us to enjoy our meal, but at the end of the day, the mark of a restaurant experience ultimately ends up being the quality, freshness, and preparation of the food - since, you know, eating is what you go to a restaurant for.
Perhaps it's just a misnomer in the South about what Greek/Mediterranean food is supposed to be, then. As pretty much every Greek spot around here serves more Middle Eastern food, as compared to anything the wife or I had any of the times we've been to Greece - and yes, we know this place is called Santorini's Table, but having actually been to Santorini (twice) the flavors here more certainly do not match what you would get from the island.
We started with an appetizer sampler platter, this being our first time and all, so we could experience several different things and try to get a feeling for their offerings. We were kind've immediately put off. The sampler platter came with grape leaves, falafel, hummus, and baba ghanoush. I'll say this - in all fairness to them - my wife and I just don't like baba ghanoush. We weren't looking forward to it, but it was on the sampler platter, so it just is what it is. The grape leaves were odd - no zesty citrusy flavor in the rice, and something of a bit off taste inside. The falafel was fine, but they were TINY. The hummus lacked seasoning and FLAVOR. But the big offender, that others posting seem to like - so again, maybe its just our palates - the fried pita strips. They were so fried they were hard to bite through, not soft and pillowy like pita should be. They had no seasoning (sorry, but if you're going to fry something hard, it needs to be seasoned), and dipping them in the hummus didn't help since the hummus itself had no seasoning or flavor to speak of.
We also got a large "Greek Salad" to share. The menu says it comes with olives. It arrived without olives. They seemed shocked that we wanted them when we asked, and they said olives had to be 'requested' for the salad - even though they were clearly listed as an ingredient in the menu. Ok, whatever. We received them separately, and they were sliced, crappy black olives. Come on - if you're going to call it a Greek Salad - it had better be kalamata olives. Again - same complaint as with the rest of the food - no seasoning, no citrus, no flavor, no love. Yes, yes, I get it - we ordered an appetizer and a salad, not an entree. But based on the food we did receive, we simply didn't have any faith that the more expensive entrees would be any better.
Alas, this was ultimately a one-and-done for us, which is sad because we love to support local small businesses and want them to succeed - especially with how friendly they were, but what we received just wasn't it!