Nostos Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Between us we ordered a selection of small plates and a vegan moussaka. All absolutely delicious."
• "The Moussaka was absolute perfection in its presentation and authentic taste! A substantial portion while being light, leaving room for stuffed vine leaves and salad."
• "The food was delicious, a real treat, and service was excellent."
• "The food was good, too, with octopus refreshingly served in an orange sauce and taro eggplant with minced pork."
• "All of the food was really tasty and the little one polished his off too. It all tasted fresh and left us full up but not in a gross way that you sometimes experience."
• "The food from starter to dessert was very tasty, attractive & well presented."
• "I had three course meal (ordered separately, actually) and all of them were top notch: nice presentation, fresh ingredients and amazingly tasty."
• "Food looks and presented in an excellent manner."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately, the dishes I tried were relatively small, didn’t quite meet the price range."
• "The food was lovely but not much of it."
• "The problem was that when you actually tasted the food it was ok but not to the level of what was presented."
• "My meal was luke-warm and seemed as if it had been left on the side before being served. The triple-fried chips were soggy and cold as was the souvlaki."
• "The food was very nice, but not traditional Greek which is what we wanted."
• "The moussaka was so dry and one of the starters we ordered that was roughly £7 consisted of 4 prawns and 4 individual pieces of gnocchi, very sparse and a far cry from the description on the menu."
• "The moussaka was dry and I didn't particularly like sides served with souvlaki."
• "I had the chicken souvlaki wrap with the baba ganoush as a takeaway. Everything arrived hot and the chips with the wrap were herby and fluffy and wonderful plunged into the baba ganoush."

Service

Pros:

• "The service was excellent, attentive but also didn't hassle us. We stayed from 7 till 10:30 and were unhurried."
• "Service brilliant and friendly, food fantastic."
• "The restaurant owner is very friendly, the dining environment is very good."
• "I'd heard good things about Nostos but everything I'd heard didn't prepare me for this experience! The feta with honey was a particular favourite. What Kyriakos and his team have created here is very special."
• "The person serving us was very friendly."
• "Needless to say that our experience was just as favourable as them. on arrival we noticed the place was very clean and well organised, nice and warm ambience and friendly welcome even though we didn't have a reservation."
• "The service from the young lady was also good."
• "The servicing staff here couldn’t have been more helpful and attentive, the service was excellent, even down to full explanations about the dishes' history."

Cons:

• "However, the staff returned, asking for an additional £0.59 due to a mistake on the receipt. While the amount was small, the fact that such an error occurred was rather off-putting."
• "We were left for 40 minutes after our main course without any desert menu so decided to leave."
• "We were then charged for two bottles of wine when we only had one and had to get the bill altered (lucky we saw it)."
• "However, my drink was forgotten and we waited 20 minutes for the bill which had also been forgotten and were unable to get anyone's attention and it wasn't really that busy."
• "However staff were rude and short. Where we were sitting my son was getting burnt and the sun was right in our eyes. Could see we were uncomfortable but didn't seem to care."
• "Our table had soup, octopus, and scallops to start followed by the chicken breast ballotine, ox cheek, and lamb shank. They were all incredibly tasty. Just enough space for a huge serving of Baklava at the end. An absolute find, check it out."
• "The food was really good but the staff were rude. We came to the restaurant wanting to enjoy our friends birthday and the stuff came across as rude and didn’t want us there. We weren’t loud or drinking alcohol."

Atmosphere & Ambience

Pros:

• "Lively and bustling, good atmosphere."
• "The attractive seating outdoors in full sun drew us closer, unexpectedly surprising us with our favorite food. Greek!"
• "Atmosphere good, very light and airy."
• "The restaurant itself looks beautiful - but of course I am biased in saying that!"
• "A wonderful restaurant in Hove. Greeted by a lovely lady who served us as we were literally the first people to arrive early afternoon."
• "The restaurant itself was very comfortable and well presented. Wine was wonderful. Staff were excellent."
• "A very disappointing meal. I've been here before and enjoyed it but today the food was very dry and tasteless. Lacking flavour and spices. Extremely plain."
• "What an utterly fantastic Greek restaurant. I had mostly small plates, which were incredible. The staff are super friendly and helpful also. Perfect for lunch or dinner. Very clean and stylish interior."

Cons:

• "Tables were very close together - I understand that this is because it's very small so to maximize space, but it meant very little privacy."
• "Didn’t offer sauce to go with meal. Wanted to love this restaurant but complete opposite! Will not be returning."
• "The acoustics in the room are bad as there are no fabrics, this meant hearing the staff over other customers, the music, and through face visors they were wearing was difficult."
• "Service was good and the setting was lovely but not sure if the chef was having an off day or just because the restaurant is new but the food was disappointing."
• "The food was really good but the staff were rude. We came to the restaurant wanting to enjoy our friends birthday and the stuff came across as rude and didn’t want us there. We weren’t loud or drinking alcohol."