We arrived a bit early for our reservation, which was no problem. They seated us. They brought no…read morewater, no silverware. When they asked if we wanted wine, we ordered one small glass and one small carafe. Neither of which came. A second server appeared and asked if we'd like to order, to which we responded. We had already ordered the wine. He laughed. He did bring us the wine. One glass each. I returned my glass for a small carafe.
We still have no silverware, no salt and pepper, no water.
When approached for our dinner order, we said we were splitting a Greek salad, and three appetizers. We were dissatisfied with the fact that the appetizer platter they offer of six appetizers, is of their choice. Not our choice of appetizers.
Therefore, we ordered three of our own to share: tzatziki, fried zucchini, meatballs.
Unfortunately, at our small table for two, they brought four dishes at the same time. There was not room enough for all four plates. They did not bring us our own small plate to put our individual portions on. We were forced to eat out of the serving dishes, Which came with no serving spoons. Moreover two times, not once, but two times, they brought us grape leaves. And we reiterated that we had ordered meatballs. I have no idea what the issue was with that. Until the waiter said the menu has a misprint. I was speaking English, meatballs do not sound like grape leaves. In any case, the fried zucchini was unpalatable. Was not thin strips, not delicately fried. They were balls of raw dough with zucchini thrown in. I could not eat them. The tzatziki was very good. The meatballs never came. After we were done with the salad, zucchini and tzatziki, they brought us four small meat patties (on the house). To be honest, they were hot and flavorful. Moreover, the feta cheese in the Greek salad was completely flavorless. Embarrassing. But I was no longer hungry.
I must say the craziest thing of the evening was they had no pita bread. They ran out. What kind of Greek restaurant runs out of pita bread? They offered us baguette (it is France). However, it is not what we wanted. And they neglected to say when we ordered our appetizers that they had no pita bread.
Eventually forks came, no small plates for our individual eating. They did bring us two small pieces of orange cake again on the house. Very sweet, slightly flavorful. Not interested.
My friend and I were completely dissatisfied with the service, the quality of the food, the competency of the staff. We practically had to beg for forks, water, the correct item we ordered from the menu.
The ambience is cute. We enjoyed each other's company. But this place was an utter and complete waste of time.
We live very near Astoria in Queens, New York. And these people should be embarrassed to say that this is a Greek restaurant.
