Souvlaki GR Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is totally authentic."
• "Every dish that we ordered tasted great."
• "A real authentic Greek cuisine with appetizing colorful plates."
• "The food was good and came quick."
• "The food is delicious."
• "It is some of the best Greek food I have ever tried in Manhattan."
• "The food was excellent and beyond my expectations."

Cons:

• "The portion is generous and reasonably priced (considering the location) but the taste was not spectacular."
• "The lemon chicken and potatoes left something to be desired."
• "The food itself was decent."
• "The Greek beef, was horrendous, and the fries came from frozen to microwave."
• "Every dish was tasteless."
• "The food, doesn’t worth at all, everything not fresh and obviously pre-made."
• "The lamb was tasteless."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was fast and friendly!"
• "Extremely friendly, energetic and generous staff."
• "Service was excellent and moved along."
• "The staff is awesome, friendly very attentive."
• "The service was great, from the hostess to the server, they were attentive and responsive."
• "The servers are very nice and that’s so rare in NYC, it makes the experience alone worth it."
• "Fantastic attentive service!"

Cons:

• "Staff were rude as well."
• "We were rushed to order, to eat."
• "The hostess was put off that I didn’t want to sit at the bar since I was eating alone."
• "The host was really rude to me with really no reason."
• "The staff was friendly but it didn’t make up for the overall experience."
• "The only reason why I am giving this place 2 stars was because of the service. It was horrible!"
• "Customer service at times can be super horrible and rude especially after 6 pm."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Decorated wonderfully and with great music and staffed with actual Greek people."
• "The setting is as if you are in Greece on an island."
• "Cute interior that looks like the outdoor streets in Greece."
• "The atmosphere is great so is the music, I felt like I was in Greece."
• "The decor inside and out will make you feel like you’ve left midtown for a little while on a much needed vacay to Greece."
• "The environment was like walking through a portal into Greece."
• "The space itself is a bit small but makes it cozy and the decor reminded me of my days in Santorini!"

Cons:

• "But the music was too loud."
• "I Just wasn't comfortable on the wobbly chair that they have."
• "The area is really bad, surrounded by homeless etc people that can pee next to the restaurant."
• "The inside is pretty small and stuffy."
• "The tables are really close together."
• "The space is packed with tables and it’s very very loud."
• "The dining space is very small crowded and noisy."

Value

Pros:

• "Good food and lots of it! Very reasonable price especially for the neighborhood."
• "EXCELLENT food at very reasonable prices."
• "Very well priced and with delicious food."
• "We found the price very reasonable for this quality and location in midtown."
• "Great prices considering the location."
• "Great value."
• "Food is excellent and well priced."

Cons:

• "Certainly not the cheapest place to eat."
• "Overall, it is on the pricier side but as my Mama always says - you get what you pay for."
• "If I’m paying almost $20 for a drink, you better make it right!"
• "Small portion, not best taste, over priced."
• "The other dishes were not up to the standards and it was overpriced."
• "Prices are a little high, but to be expected just across from Carnegie Hall."
• "Quite expensive IMO for small plates and a couple of drinks."