The Real Greek - Soho Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "This was outstanding food."
• "Authentic Greek food."
• "The food was excellent and plenty of it."
• "Amazing for vegans, so much of the menu is clearly marked as vegan, and it's delicious stuff."
• "The food so tasty! It reminded me of Greece."
• "The food quality was great."
• "The food was delicious. We ordered a varied selection (octopus, lamb, pork, chicken, vegan) and we were not left disappointed by any dish."

Cons:

• "Smallest portions I've ever seen in a Greek takeout."
• "Souvlaki was tasteless and below expectation."
• "The food is not as good as it was, and it gets progressively worse."
• "Probably the worst meal I ever had. Food was terrible, really tasteless and poor quality."
• "Unfortunately, the food wasn’t so good. We had the chicken kebabs which were dry, greasy and hardly any vegetables on the skewer."
• "The food was freezing."
• "The food was not good at all, we got a chicken wrap which was dry chicken and cold pitta, the fries smelled fish and was overcooked."

Service

Pros:

• "All the staff were great - so approachable and nice to talk to."
• "The waiting staff was friendly and helpful and a small error in the order was corrected quickly and politely."
• "The service was fantastic and as mentioned, the food was just amazing!"
• "The service was also very friendly and efficient."
• "The staff were very friendly our waiter spoke Greek that was a plus."
• "Great table service."
• "Anusha one of the servers was so very good to us, especially with entertaining our one year old to give us a small break to eat our food."

Cons:

• "Never coming to this place again..."
• "Really poor service, only had 1 waiter! Who was actually running around the restaurant!!"
• "Not to mention the plates were pretty unclean."
• "The staff didn’t seem to have a record of our booking."
• "Don't waist your money, choose another reel greek restaurant."
• "The atmosphere sucked."
• "The waiter was extremely rude and disrespectful towards us."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "There was a great acoustic musician playing almost the entire time we were there. Created a great atmosphere."
• "The highlight was definitely the vibrant atmosphere coupled with deliciously fresh and well-prepared food."
• "Busy with a great atmosphere, attentive but not pushy service."
• "Nice atmosphere, walk in possible, prices okay."
• "Lovely atmosphere, fantastic food and great service."
• "Nice atmosphere, quiet, no blaring music. Soft lighting, so relaxing."
• "The atmosphere was enjoyable."

Cons:

• "Very noise atmosphere and tables are very close to each other."
• "The atmosphere sucked."
• "However, I need to point out that the live music (which lasted for the totality of my meal, over 1 hour) was way too loud to allow for any conversation."
• "the big issue we all had was that it was ridiculously loud music blaring out the speakers we could not hear ourselves talking."
• "The lack of carpet and/or curtains meant it was so loud in there."
• "A mouse ran past our table."
• "The restaurant was super super hot."

Value

Pros:

• "Prices are reasonable for the quality of the food."
• "Looking for authentic greek food with vegan options? well look no further... This restaurant serves the best food. Try everything on the menu and if you want to save few more bucks go during lunch hours as they have special menu which allows you to select any three items on menu and a drink too at just £12.50."
• "I've booked via TheFork app and got 50% discount."
• "Really responsible price."
• "The quantity - quality - price was very reasonable."
• "For London it was good value (set menu plus extras and wine/digestive for two)."
• "They have a £9.99 and a £14.99 set menu, which is quite good value."

Cons:

• "Don't waist your money, choose another reel greek restaurant."
• "Service was okay, we asked a few times for chilly sauce which we never received but got charged for."
• "Rather dear for the quantity we got."
• "Food is expensive and not Greek!"
• "I thought it was appalling to charge £6 for a small plate of taramasalata and have nothing to eat it with."
• "The only down side is the street outside carries an unsavoury smell."
• "Found the flavor of Gigantes (Bland) or the Chicken pitas mostly filled with chips."