The Greek - Princes Avenue Reviews Summary

Authenticity and Taste of Food

Pros:

• "This great space serves authentic Greek food that’s cooked to perfection and tastes delicious."
• "If you enjoy Greek food, cooked over real charcoal, this is the place for you."
• "The food was incredible, fresh, tasty and very mourish!"
• "Delicious, fresh Greek food combined with a fantastic service!"
• "The calamari was amazing and cooked fresh (to order) and the bread was just sublime."
• "Food was excellent and the service was brilliant too."
• "The foot itself was amazing."
• "The food is made fresh that day and you can tell. Super tasty and portions just right."

Cons:

• "The food was nice apart from the calamari it was chewy because it was overcooked."
• "Food was mostly lovely, however it's not a patch on the Hessle location, the chefs there are so consistently good."
• "Food was... fine. It's more of a lunch spot than an evening dining place."
• "Very average food all round and very small potions the gyros was only just warm."
• "The simple but delicious dishes at The Greek are packed with flavour."
• "The food was very nice. It's a shame they aren't participating in the govt scheme."
• "1st time visit with family and although it has a lovely atmosphere with attentive staff, we all found the reasonably priced food quite tasteless."
• "Would have given a 5, the food that was offered was excellent and staff brilliant. However menu is more what I'd order on a lunch time in Greece not an evening meal."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "The staff are friendly and very welcoming. They’re also incredibly attentive."
• "The service was amazing."
• "The staff were so welcoming and accommodating."
• "Staff were extremely welcoming, friendly and nothing was a problem at all."
• "Staff were very helpful and friendly and made us feel completely welcome."
• "Staff friendly and welcoming. Setting thoughtful and clean."
• "Very friendly and accommodating staff, food is authentic Greek, fresh and delicious."
• "Friendly staff, incredible fresh food."

Cons:

• "Having to chase for additional drinks and paying the bill; everything else was perfect."
• "Service here isn't great, everyone is nice enough however they are very slow."
• "The waitresses seemed more keen on hanging around the bar than taking orders."
• "Service was okay bit of a mix-up with drinks but sorted."
• "The service was nice but they messed up our order which initially took a long time to make."
• "Slight confusion with their online table booking system was quickly cleared up by their friendly staff."
• "Service was a bit on the slow side this occasion but aside from that I have no complaints."
• "Service was good, had a pork gyro which was okay, and the houmous felt very garlicky and very lemony."

Atmosphere and Ambiance

Pros:

• "The space is small but really cosy and intimate."
• "Great starters! Got a variety of starters to share and loved them! So tasty! Pretty restaurant interior, lovely staff."
• "Had a lovely early evening meal with my son. Great ambience with Greek radio playing."
• "Cosy Greek restaurant with parking in the side streets. Friendly staff. The decor is pleasing."
• "Lovely food, great atmosphere, no empty tables on a Sunday night, which is rare these days."
• "Fabulously Greek! Totally authentic, lovely owner, proper Greek food excellent value for money and good friendly service."
• "Had a fabulous afternoon at The Greek, it has a real Greek taverna feel with lovely selection of small meze dishes at a reasonable price."
• "A warm welcome from the staff and the menu explained."

Cons:

• "For this reason, we had an issue with the food we wanted to order not been available for everyone which initially we were disappointed with."
• "Not particularly loving the fake vines and flowers on the ceiling. That added nothing to the ambiance except looking cheap and gathering dust."
• "Food here isn't great, everyone is nice enough however they are very slow, not sure if new staff."
• "Atmosphere not great, not somewhere you want to stay chat and laugh compared to the Hessle store."
• "This was my second visit and was very disappointing compared to the first time."
• "The food portions weren't as generous as I expected, we ordered more, however the food was delicious!"
• "They only lost the last star due to the first delivery going astray."
• "Walked in at 8pm on a Saturday night walked out at 8.35pm very cramped and all very rushed, food tasty but busy and we felt we were very rushed."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The Greek salad was amazing."
• "They pride themselves on using fresh ingredients and if they don't have a great fresh supply then the item is taken off the menu."
• "The prices are very reasonable and the staff are friendly and efficient."
• "3rd time we have been and it never disappoints, the food is very authentic and fresh as it can get."
• "Visited again last night we not from Hull but we have some favourite places to eat when we visit which is at least 4 times a year..great great flavours, good service what more could u want."
• "Order your food and within minutes it's all on the table. Food was excellent and the service was brilliant too."
• "Definitely recommend this place, although we’d have preferred a different menu for evenings, as most of the items on the menu were snacks and lunch time items."
• "Food was amazing! Ordered through JE and we didn't check the address, thought it was for Hessle but ended up being Princes Ave. Bit of a drive but definitely worth it."

Cons:

• "Rip-off by design. Exercise caution. We went as a family on Saturday night. Lovely food, (nominally) good value and a buzzing atmosphere. However, wild horses wouldn't get me back They knowingly tried to rip me off."
• "Expensive although food is good but not enough, £1.60 for a small bread roll is excessive when it's £3.50 for a saucer of houmous, pitta/bread should be included with the houmous etc."
• "Very average food all round and very small portions the gyros was only just warm and the soutzoukakia (meatballs) very foul tasting the desert cheesecake was asda value at best..good points the beer was cold..first and last for us!!"
• "Not what we expected. Very rushed. Order might end up and didn't turn up. Arrived at 8.15 and they had run out of half of the things on the very small menu. Choice was very limited."
• "Walked in at 8pm on a Saturday night walked out at 8.35pm very cramped and all very rushed, food tasty but busy and we felt we were very rushed would not go again on a night may give a try on a lunch."
• "Very disappointing this visit. Not anyway the standard that it was a couple of months ago. Soggy chips with inedible feta on top and Sausage that definitely wasn't Greek."
• "What a ridiculous place. The menu looks like it was written by a two-year-old without any kind of description of what you're ordering. Left without trying this lucky dip, won't be going back."
• "In and out in 35mins ppl stood over you waited to much tahini in the hummus English tomatoes don't do a Greek salad justice, no draught beer, disappointed 😓"