Stamna Taverna Reviews Summary

Category: Greek restaurant

Address: 1055 Broad St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003, USA

Phone: +19733385151

Rating: 4.5
based on 140 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was absolutely amazing!"
  • "Authentic, scrumptious food. Everything is fresh and made to order."
  • "If you want amazing Greek food, please check this place out! Their appetizers and entrees are delicious."
  • "The Greek salad & homemade feta was to die for."
  • "The food is deliciously fresh."
  • "The food was so flavorful and portions were generous."
  • "Be sure to try galaktoboureko or baklava for dessert."

Cons:

  • "Gyro and lemon potatoes were salty. Stuffed pepper's rice filling was dry and lacked any flavor."
  • "Moussaka was bland and béchamel was gummy, small portion for the price."
  • "The food that I did receive was tasteless, cold and greasy. Lamb was gross and undercooked."
  • "Food was not warm, and the cold dip appetizer sampler had all the dips meshed together in one serving dish."
  • "The gyro was decent but the salad was not worth the cost."
  • "Food was plentiful, but all entrees came out cold."
  • "The grilled combo meat platter was very dry."

Service

Pros:

  • "Service excellent."
  • "Although our server Victor was awesome."
  • "Service was very good, no complaints."
  • "Servers are attentive and welcoming."
  • "Terrific service is in an even lovelier venue."
  • "Our takeout order is ALWAYS ready, correct and the staff is efficient in checking us out so that we can get home and enjoy their well prepared food!!!!"
  • "Tony was a very attentive server and the back servers made sure we always had water, etc on the table."

Cons:

  • "The waiter act as if he didn't want us there."
  • "Only 3 tables taken by customers yet 4 different waiters that were doing nothing just looked at me and then proceeded to just do whatever they were doing and gave absolutely zero interest or regard to making sure that someone was sitting my girlfriend and I at a table."
  • "Management put a brand new kid waiter named Kosta who had absolutely no idea what he was doing."
  • "Fellow servers and managers didn’t do nothing to help that poor kid Kosta."
  • "Service was on the slower side, but not at all a dealbreaker."
  • "Service was absolutely horrible."
  • "Absolutely terrible service."

Value

Pros:

  • "This place was extremely reasonably priced, it's BYOB which I love."
  • "Their free water tastes great and the waiter refilled our glasses promptly without me having to ask."
  • "Most of the non-seafood entres were $11 - $14, which lends to a surprisingly small check at the end."
  • "It’s worth the $46 spent."
  • "Price was it's a steal."
  • "They have good food and not expensive."
  • "I would have thought the bill would have been at least $20 dollars more expensive."

Cons:

  • "Food is good, but 22 bucks for 4 pieces of little squares of lamb might be over valuing the menu a bit there."
  • "The menu it's not the same the food portions are very small and cost more and always seem to run out of food."
  • "The guy charges my boyfriend's card THREE times saying that all of them got declined."
  • "The rolled up sandwich is SMALL!"
  • "Food was pretty good. Although it was more expensive than I remember."
  • "Also the feta stuffed peppers, $11 for 2 medium sized peppers."
  • "Halloumi app was $9 but the portion was very small."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "Great cozy atmosphere."
  • "The atmosphere is airy and fun - Greek music plays while you eat and a large TV shows gorgeous views of the country."
  • "It's nice during the warm weather to dine outside but inside is nice also."
  • "Lovely outdoor dining! Well- spaced, excellent masked service, tasty food."
  • "The place also has a great ambiance - unpretentious and very welcoming."
  • "Its intimate and full of energy."
  • "Being born in Greece and raised in Astoria NY, one can assume I know Greek food. This place is by far the most authentic Greek food you will find in NJ."

Cons:

  • "It's a little loud inside, but not unbearable."
  • "You could barely move because they pack so many tables into the small room."
  • "Loud, crowded tables."
  • "Place is big but lots of tables make it feel a little small… not the biggest tables for two."
  • "Cavernous, clean dining room."
  • "The food seemed old and not fresh."
  • "We were politely kicked out of the restaurant I went to many times."

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