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   LarryC

   New England

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on May 24, 2022

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Our second visit - liked it so much a few months ago that we returned on our next trip to FL. Created a dinner out of appetizers this time - all excellent. I love Greek Lemon Chicken soup, and it was excellent. The mini moussaka also great. Ethos is a nice dining experience overall. We had the same very excellent server both times, and he even remembered us fro a few months ago. Highly recommended.

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   OpenTable Diner

   Washington DC

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on May 21, 2022

   overall1food1service1ambience1

   Had a reservation and got inside to find the lobby full and the whole restaurant VERY hot. The average age of the people inside was probably 60 and many people were standing up front trying to get a turn at complaining to the 17 yr old disheveled boy who was front of the house. We actually didnt stay because it was too loud and too hot and too disorganized just in the lobby alone.

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   Boogs

   Fort Lauderdale

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on May 14, 2022

   overall1food3service1ambience1

   The only thing that was ok was the food. Service was horrible. It was as if they just opened that day. No one knew what they were doing. We couldn't order drinks (no one there could make any) finally decided to order bottle of wine. Wine came to table opened. We were told this was last bottle and would be given a discount because it was open. Older man who works there (maybe manager or owner) brought us a different bottle that we never ordered to make up for serving us opened bottle but then charged us for both bottles. overall whole experience was horrible, and we will not be going back.

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   SusanS

   New York Area

   6 reviews

   1.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on May 8, 2022

   overall1food1service1ambience1

   Bad vibe from the minute you walk in. Host reluctantly took us to table outdoor. Sat there for over 20 minutes and no one acknowledged us, although a waitress chatted with other customers. Decided to leave and go to another restaurant. Happy Mother’s Day.

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   OpenTable Diner

   Fort Lauderdale

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on May 8, 2022

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Food and service were excellent. However, they have merged with a Caribbean restaurant and it smelled like fish. We are sensitive to the smell of fish.

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   Jennifer

   Fort Lauderdale

   2 reviews

   1.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on May 8, 2022

   overall1food1service1ambience2

   Horrible service, waited 90 minutes for food. They were bringing out just as we were leaving. Have no idea how good or bad the food was however, the cocktails were okay. I will not be returning nor do I recommend unless you have time to waste on poor service and bad first impressions.

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   Trejo

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on May 7, 2022

   overall1food1service1ambience1

   This places was bizarro. Felt like it was thrown together overnight as part of a competition tv show. Lighting, layout, and noise level made for lousy ambience. We were first ignored, then forgotten by our server and when we asked another server for assistance, they forgot about us too. After 20 or so minutes of waiting, we left. Disregard our “food” and value” rating as there was no ability to skip those categories. We did not eat so we cannot speak to food quality or value.

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   KenD

   Fort Lauderdale

   70 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   70 reviews

   Dined on May 7, 2022

   overall5food5service5ambience4

   The prices for the meals for 2 people were very reasonable & was more than enough for each course that was offered, including the dessert sampler.

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9. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   Fort Lauderdale

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on May 6, 2022

   overall3food4service3ambience2

   I enjoyed the food however, the ambiance was not what I was expecting. I thought by the description I was dining at a Greek restaurant… I didn’t expect the vibes to be half Greek half Caribbean, which is just conflicting and seems a little odd. There is a completely different menu on a QR code which is the Caribbean menu. Then the separate original menu which was the Taverna Evia menu (overpriced). I wasn’t expecting it and the energy of the restaurant didn’t seem to flow naturally and just seems like they mashed 2 restaurants together into 1 venue.

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    newdoll

    Miami

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 30, 2022

    overall3food4service2ambience4

    I've eaten in this restaurant many times and always loved it. This time, the whole waitstaff changed and the waitress didn't know the menu. It took a long time for us to get service. The food changed and was not as good. On top of that, there was a mistake on our bill. When we told our server she didn't understand what we were saying. When the manager came over she told the server to give us back money from "her pocket". I insisted that they credit my charge and bill me for the new amount. It seems the restaurant is changing over to a seafood restaurant and the entire staff is new. I don't think it's going to make it!

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    PauletteB

    New York Area

    5 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on April 30, 2022

    overall2food2service1ambience2

    Very disorganized and disappointing. The manager was pleasant but knew little about the food. He clearly was not Greek. It had a whole Caribbean menu that neither the staff nor signage mentioned until it was too late. The Greek menu is confusing re the dinners for 2 that should say for 4. Much too much food and pricey for 2. Food was decent but the meat used for the gyro is pork and beef, had the texture of pressed meat and tasted bad. Many tables seemed happy. We consoled our disappointment by repeatedly excusing our situation as an adventure. The happy people had the place figured out and knew what and how to order.

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    Shauna

    Naples

    4 reviews

    4.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on April 24, 2022

    overall4food4service4ambience3

    Generous portions and good food Greek salad is tasty and chicken is good

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    RhondaH

    Fort Lauderdale

    10 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on April 23, 2022

    overall2food3service2ambience3

    Our first waitress was awful. Someone finally gave us menus after sitting and waiting for 15 minutes She waited 15 minutes until she brought over water and silverware which was dirty. The food was greasy and overall it took the manager over an hour to see if we needed help. It was a really bad experience and we won’t be going back after 5 yrs of being a patron. They need to get their act together. They didn’t even know feta cheese and goat cheese were 2 different types of cheese. One is made out of goats milk and other made out cows milk and I can’t to tell them the difference even though they kept on insisting it isn’t and I can’t have a lot of salt because of a medical condition and they call themselves a Greek restaurant! Stay away they have gotten really bad. By the way the food was really greasy gyros. Need I say more?

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    Hmom86

    Venezuela

    47 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    47 reviews

    Dined on April 23, 2022

    overall4food4service5ambience5

    Birthday dinner. Why did you stop serving pita bread on the table with some dip.? It’s a Greek restaurant. ! Italian restaurants serve bread as well as other restaurants. Other Greek places do . Really miss that level of service. Meal was good as usual , Greek salad came out without olives ! Had to ask for those Cutting back on “Greek” expectations is not good , can go elsewhere. There’s no shortage of Greek restaurants

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    HeatherJ

    Fort Lauderdale

    14 reviews

    5.0

    14 reviews

    Dined on April 22, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Excellent! Food was good.Love the outside seating.

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    LoraF

    Miami

    1 review

    vip
    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 9, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Wonderful food and service.. such large delicious portions! Highly recommend..

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    KenD

    Fort Lauderdale

    70 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    70 reviews

    Dined on April 9, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    Waitress was very friendly & attentive. There was entertainment while we were there on Saturday night. We purchased the dinner for 2, which had enough food for 3 meals for my wife & I.

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    Bocadoc

    Charleston

    65 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    65 reviews

    Dined on March 27, 2022

    overall3food3service3ambience3

    Decent Greek food. Nice place. Friendly staff. I've had better food though.

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    MichelleW

    Fort Lauderdale

    15 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    15 reviews

    Dined on March 26, 2022

    overall3food4service3ambience2

    First time visiting this restaurant. We are new living in the area. We had a reservation at 7:30 on a Saturday evening. The restaurant was not packed. It took 10 minutes for our server to come over to our table, which is way too long. He had tables outside also. We ordered the Greek salad, the Octapus appetizer, Pita and Tzatziki to share. It was delicious. Nice size servings. I ordered a Dirty martini from the drink menu cost was $12, I asked to switch out the vodka and was told I could no upcharge. The drink was ok. I am not sure who made it as there was no bartender. There was a guitar player. It was nice but not Greek music, it was kind of odd. The decor - well there was none. No atmosphere like at a typical Greek restaurant. The walls were all bare and no settings on the tables. Main courses were Branzino, really well prepared and approx. a 6 oz serving, and Chicken Kebab. This was good actually two large Chicken breasts cut in half. Not your typical Kebab which we were expecting. More than enough for two. Our included sides were Lemon potatoes, Green beans and Spinach. Our server came back to check on us once. Priced on the higher priced side for Greek food, though the food really was delicious. All very generous sized servings. We definitely over ordered we could have shared the chicken kebab dinner easily, but leftovers are always a plus. We were waiting for our server to bring us boxes, another server came and removed our plates. Long story short our leftovers were thrown away. Our server was embarrassed and told us that he was giving us two new dinners to take home. We appreciated this, it was not expected. The bill came, the charge for the drink was for a $16 not $12. With all that happened we let it go. We waited 15 minutes and the server brought us our to go package and was extremely apologetic. We will go back again to see if its a better experience, first we will try out some other Greek restaurants in the area.

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20. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    West Palm Beach

    6 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on March 19, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    The food and beverages were very good, as was the service. We will be back!

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    Bryan

    Fort Lauderdale

    29 reviews

    4.0

    29 reviews

    Dined on March 19, 2022

    overall4food5service5ambience3

    Our waiter Aiden was very enthusiastic. We got there and it was a bit on the hot/still side inside, but it was adjusted. We arrived a bit earlier than usual dinner, and it was e extremely quiet (awkwardly quiet…too quiet inside) until the guitar started. He was good. We’ve dined here several times before and will be back again.

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22. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    Fort Lauderdale

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 18, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Had a fabulous time. James was our server and he was the best. Very attentive but not too much!

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    Layne

    Naples

    21 reviews

    5.0

    21 reviews

    Dined on March 4, 2022

    overall5food5service4ambience4

    I love ordering the Tours of....Always have enough good food for two meals for me and my wife. Layne

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    JudyC

    New York Area

    21 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    21 reviews

    Dined on February 26, 2022

    overall3food3service1ambience2

    Food was okay. Chicken was over cooked. Server was not nice , especially when we asked for a recommendation and she said she doesn’t eat this food. Couldn’t find her after food was served for things like a fork, refills, etc.

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    OntheTown

    Washington DC

    22 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    22 reviews

    Dined on February 20, 2022

    overall4food4service4ambience4

    Friendly staff and great food.

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    OpenTable Diner

    Denver

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 12, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Been here three times, a neighborhood gem with a nice outdoor sitting area and a musician there to entertain us while we eat our delicious meals, at a very reasonable price

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    OpenTable Diner

    Miami

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 11, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Nice outside seating area! Service was excellent and the octopus and shrimp santorini were unbelievable! Everything was delicious! Can’t wait to go back!

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    dashburn

    Washington DC

    87 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    87 reviews

    Dined on February 5, 2022

    overall4food4service3ambience3

    Lamb shank with orzo was great. Octopus was very good. We shared a Greek salad which was fresh. Wife got broiled fish she said was great. We wish service could be a bit better, waiter was slow and not very attentive.

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    Suzanne

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 4, 2022

    overall1food1service1ambience1

    1.when the client takes the time to make a reservation, make sure they get the best table not near the service door. 2. Insufficient inventory of beers had to change brand on the second one. Had only two non alcohol beers. 3. Waiter young and inexperienced but nice. 4. Barmaid slow to serve. Received our glass of wine as we were finishing. 5. Food expensive and quality acceptable. 6. Will never go back

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    JILLC

    Fort Lauderdale

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on January 30, 2022

    overall5food4service5ambience4

    It took a while for someone to come over as the Hostess seems to be young and not so wonderful. However, we asked for our last server Dominick and he is amazing. Immediately brought us our water and bread, took our order and everything came out very quickly. He is new to the restaurant and he is a fine young man. Really happy he did come over when we motioned him and he took great care of us. The food was good... we always order salads and chicken, nothing to exotic but very good and the guitar player added a wonderful touch.

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    Bianca

    San Francisco

    46 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    46 reviews

    Dined on January 30, 2022

    overall2food3service4ambience1

    If you love Greek food and you’ve been to Greek restaurants then I have to agree with lots of reviews here- this is not authentic at all. Food is bland. No taste at all. Octopus on a bed of onions?!?! Lamb with no salt at all. Fish overcooked. The plače looks sad. Grey walls, emty. Two girls at the front desk dressed like they are going to the gym. The only nice thing here was the guy who was playing the guitar ( but not Greek music- he is from Argentina) and our waitress Jasmine, who was very friendly. Truly disappointed with the food and really not liking the place in general, so sadly we won’t be coming back here.

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    NancyA

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 22, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Our server James did an excellent job. He was attentive, friendly, and efficient. The lemon soup was delicious as was the bronzino.

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    StevenN731

    Fort Lauderdale

    23 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    23 reviews

    Dined on January 19, 2022

    overall4food4service5ambience4

    The service was excellent and the food was good.

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    MitchW

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 15, 2022

    overall5food4service5ambience5

    Great Food Great Service Nice Atmosphere with some live music playing outside

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    alfredw

    Miami

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on January 1, 2022

    overall4food4service4ambience4

    Food was okay, but not great!

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    ClaireG

    Fort Lauderdale

    25 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    25 reviews

    Dined on December 30, 2021

    overall4food4service5ambience4

    Good service. Generally the food was very good with one exception. We ordered the branzino which was very fishy tasting. The lamb chops were delicious, salads and apps were very good, gyro was also good.

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    JodiF

    Fort Lauderdale

    60 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    60 reviews

    Dined on December 17, 2021

    overall4food4service5ambience4

    We had a great experience at Taverna Evia. Our server, James, had a fun personality and was very attentive. We had the flaming saganaki (terrific), bread/dips (really good) & zucchini chips (disappointing-not as thin as we've had in other restaurants and a bit greasy) for appetizers. I had another appetizer for my dinner, shrimp in a tomato sauce with feta, which was delicious & had about 5 large shrimp. My husband was disappointed with his chicken kebobs, because the chicken was a bit fatty & grisly. (Surprising for chicken breast chunks.) Our friends enjoyed their dinners, one had the kebobs and the other had a penne pasta in a creamy feta sauce. There was someone playing a guitar, which was nice, but the music was a bit loud for where we were seated. The restaurant is very pretty and we would definitely go back.

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    Layne

    Naples

    21 reviews

    5.0

    21 reviews

    Dined on December 10, 2021

    overall5food5service4ambience4

    There was a large party outside that was a bit distracting. But food and service was great!!!

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    OpenTable Diner

    Orlando

    7 reviews

    vip
    1.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on December 4, 2021

    overall1food1service1ambience4

    Our main entrees like the Lamb shank had no flavor but amazing acoustic guitar player in the background

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    JMM00

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 4, 2021

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    As always, the food was very good. Two of us had the Greek specialties, and the third person in our party had the salmon. Accommodations were made due to food allergies. The ambiance was very nice, as was having the live music.

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