Greek Taverna - Montclair Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Excellent service, food and atmosphere."
• "Service is good too!"
• "Jerry was very accommodating. He is attentive to his customers."
• "AMAZING SERVER!!!! We will definitely go back and have another event here.. WE HAD AN AMAZING TIME AND FOOD WAS DELICIOUS 💖"
• "Service was phenomenal - highly recommend!"
• "The server had a humorous and attentive quality."
• "The staff was very friendly and attentive."

Cons:

• "The waitress that’s been there years is often rude to me."
• "The manager didn't bother coming by to check with us."
• "Service was not that great, our waitress just came to take our order and didn't come back until the end."
• "The waiters were very friendly but absolutely misunderstood their job."
• "Service was very slow."
• "The service was lackluster because the servers did not pay much attention to the table."
• "Service was an abomination! You literally had to get up to walk over to them to get attention."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Ordered the grilled seafood platter, grilled octopus, and a Greek salad. It was absolutely delicious."
• "Generous portions of fresh, absolutely delicious Greek food prepared with love and pride."
• "The best Greek food I have had. They had the best falafel and baklava I had in my life!"
• "All the food was delicious and the service was great and super pleasant on this cold day!"
• "The Greek fries were absolutely perfect - fresh cut potatoes fried in olive oil."
• "The pork chops were delicious - a little overdone but the seasoning was beautiful and the portion size was ample."
• "The food was delicious plenty choices from pita with two different dips, falafel and a perfect Greek salad as well as than three entrees of chicken souvlaki, salmon And vegetarian mousakki."

Cons:

• "The octopus had cinnamon on top... what the heck is that."
• "The “Greek potatoes” were over cooked boiled potatoes with no hint of lemon sitting in an oily broth - to call this Greek is honestly insulting."
• "The food comes out and was very disappointing, tasted frozen and not fresh."
• "The food was absolutely disgusting. We got an order of mussels and most of them were beyond bad."
• "The falafel was extremely dry and the potatoes were old."
• "The food could of been served hotter, Luke warm Pastitsio doesn’t cut it."
• "The seafood platter was disgusting."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "I loved the ambience and service - excellent space for gatherings or intimate dinners."
• "Really nice environment."
• "The ambiance was spectacular."
• "The atmosphere is warm and welcoming."
• "Great ambience, and the owner is a very sweet woman."
• "The atmosphere is laid back and the parking is a little tight."
• "Decor attempts to transport you halfway across the world in a homey, rustic fashion."

Cons:

• "The place was overbooked and way too noisy."
• "Too many tables squeezed into the space, no comfort or privacy."
• "Mother's Day dinner...too crowded."
• "However, the most concerning part of my visit was when my friends and I spotted a small rat scurrying across the floor of the restaurant after we had already finished our meal."
• "The atmosphere was just noisy not really inviting."
• "The place itself needs a major make over, still have Christmas decorations up umm it's March."
• "From the decor, to the food to the wait staff everything was bad."

Parking & Accessibility

Pros:

• "Availability of parking is an added bonus in downtown Montclair."
• "It has its own parking lot and no steps, a plus for mobility issues!"
• "Another huge plus is it has a huge parking lot!"
• "And to top it off, on-site parking."
• "Plenty of parking in the rear, get the calamari."
• "There is a free parking lot next to the building, so yay."
• "And to have a private parking lot in Montclair is just another bonus!"

Cons:

• "The place was empty of customers other than myself and I actually needed to call out to get assistance."
• "There’s one bathroom for the facility so people from the private party were constantly coming in our party to use the bathroom."
• "Starting off at the parking lot, the skinny man with grayish hair assumed we weren’t eating at the restaurant and rudely told us we can’t park if we’re not eating in there."
• "On the day of our party my fears were confirmed— they had double booked the private room."
• "Also, place was very cold as door was kept open."
• "Bathroom needs improvement all around."
• "Two of the four meals we ordered were delivered with the wrong side dish."