Vrisaki Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was both plentiful and of fantastic quality."
• "Very good Greek food, I had a main course with a selection of meats (lamb, sausage etc). It was very tasty and gave a great Greek experience."
• "The calamari are very good (not dry and not chewy). Lamb souvla and taramasalata really delicious."
• "Foods as authentic as it comes and tastes great."
• "Every dish is incredible and tasty."
• "The food was delicious. We had the meze. Food kept coming. And it didn't disappoint one bit."
• "The best Greek Cypriot food restaurant take away I know all my family go there."

Cons:

• "The food was average."
• "The first course tasted like it was mostly out of jars/cans and the last course of souvlakia were dry and the sheftalia were overly spiced."
• "The lamb was fatty and tasteless and covered in way too many herbs."
• "The food was absolutely awful from beginning to end."
• "The pork kebab was burnt and dry."
• "Food was terrible and very very expensive. Poor qualify. Will never go back again. Pure ripoff."
• "I had a takeaway. The donner meat was dry and tasteless (the worst I've ever had)."

Service

Pros:

• "Great traditional service."
• "Service is also first class."
• "The staff is so friendly, always makes us feel so welcome and always valued."
• "Staff very friendly."
• "The staff are friendly and helpful."
• "The service is friendly and efficient and the ambience is relaxed."
• "Service was great and the staff were so friendly."

Cons:

• "He and the waitress had words in public, she wasn’t that much better either."
• "Unfortunately everyone there are rude and aggressive with customers."
• "The waiter is so rude!"
• "The lady with the reddish hair who works at the front is very abrupt and lacks a personable approach you expect from an established restaurant like Vrisaki."
• "Zero patience to explain or double check the orders."
• "Utterly dissatisfied with the service."
• "The service was also awful, there was a lengthy wait for drinks and food."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "For the quality of the meat and the portion size, this was very reasonably priced."
• "Had a great time last Saturday... the value for money ridiculous."
• "Also very reasonably priced."
• "Good restaurant with good quality food... Reasonably priced."
• "Very good value for money."
• "Pricing wise, very reasonable."
• "The food quality is 5* and it is reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "It's a shame cause food is decent but prices you pay for two mixed kebab is laughable."
• "Very cheap and good value for food but seemingly quantity over quality."
• "We didn’t remember the price of the mixed grill so we didn’t question it but checking their menu online they definitely overcharged us."
• "When they first brought the bill it included an extra main for a mixed grill at £14 when we only ordered one. They removed it but then increased the price of the mixed grill to £19.50."
• "Being the one that paid I am still trying to digest the bill which I thought was far too expensive!!"
• "For me was little bit expensive to pay all these 18£ at least the Keftedes was better quality than the chips and seafood salad worth its money."
• "16 pounds three lamb chops and one salad. Never again."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Had a good night out with a very nice lady very nice wine and food and a lovely atmosphere within the place would recommend it too any one take your loved ones there."
• "Always a lovely, family welcome. Good Greek food. Never rushed to leave."
• "It has a friendly vibe, music and Uzo (which is traditional Greek alcohol)."
• "The atmosphere in the restaurant is quite relaxing."
• "We were met with amazing service, some food on the house and a warm atmosphere."
• "Old school, Cypriot Greek food with warm atmosphere, very dated, but nevertheless, still a good experience."
• "Really nice atmosphere and delicious Greek food."

Cons:

• "Needs a thorough modernization -in attitudes and decor."
• "This restaurant has gone down hill, hence why they hardly had any customer on a Saturday night."
• "The décor is looking a bit dated and could do with some renovation."
• "Great food. Waitress was a bit rude. Atmosphere could have been better."
• "I felt high levels of some kind of discrimination."
• "However I did prefer the older decor which had a more intimate feel to the atmosphere."
• "The food is good but nothing special."