The Real Greek Solihull Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is top tier and value for money."
• "The food was real genuine greek food and the deserts were so nice."
• "The food was excellent, hot and very tasty and plenty of it."
• "Juicy meatballs and Moussaka was a beauty."
• "The food was fresh, piping hot."
• "The food was amazing and environment is quite friendly, very experienced staff, amazing prices for the food, food portions are very good and quite filling."
• "Cod in beer batter lived up to its name - I could actually taste the beer! Deliciously succulent as was the Calamari."

Cons:

• "Some food was sent back because it was barely warm."
• "Food bland."
• "The chicken skewers which were very dry."
• "Chicken and pork slouvaki wraps were dry, flavourless, and the meat quality was appalling."
• "Terrible the food was cold the meatballs were like rubber so was the pork."
• "Food even worse 😫 tastless, nothing to it."
• "The food was bland, had one mouthful of rice and left the rest, chips under cooked."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were attentive, ensuring the menu was explained well and delivered our starter plates very quickly."
• "Our server Sunita was the best waitress I’ve ever had."
• "Staff would check if everything is fine and/or if there is anything that they could do for me."
• "Service excellent, waitress of the name of dee working there is very professional and polite, took care of us very wonderfully."
• "The experience was amazing and the service given by the manager Mr Vancy was really appreciated."
• "Our waitress was the lovely Annisa, she was absolutely amazing at her job, gave such good recommendations and gave us super fast service."
• "The service was fast and very helpful, Vaishnavi who served us was very kind."

Cons:

• "live music was far too loud and it was quite cold in the restaurant."
• "However, after a 40min wait and asking a couple of times the food finally arrived.... wasn't worth the wait, food cold."
• "We seemed to wait a very long time for everything, including our payment."
• "Service: Really bad, timing, forgotten orders, wrong plates.... total disaster."
• "Customer service lacking. We had to wave someone down to order."
• "The service is weak (where's the water?)."
• "Only issue was the service being incredibly slow!"

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Really nice. Relaxed atmosphere."
• "You will have high quality food with brilliant service in a very welcoming setting."
• "The restaurant has a really warm and welcoming atmosphere and we have found our new place!"
• "The decor is very simple and yet inviting."
• "Everyone is all smiles."
• "Lovely atmosphere, quick efficient service."
• "A nice quiet restaurant inside Touchwood in Solihull."

Cons:

• "Although food and service was very good the restaurant room temperature was very cold with a constant cold draft."
• "The lack of soft furnishings makes for a very loud restaurant."
• "Shown to table with soaking wet chairs that had been outside and pool of water on floor."
• "No atmosphere, no uniforms with staff and had from hoodies to denim shirts, didn't look or feel like a Greek restaurant."
• "Its NOT a Greek restaurant."
• "The temperature in the restaurant was dreadful."
• "Its not REAL GREEK."

Value

Pros:

• "For a top of the range value-for-money Greek meal, I can no better than direct you to a new restaurant at the Touchwood Centre, in Solihull."
• "Good variety of food freshly cooked nice and tasty, good value for money."
• "The food was delicious, hot and very tasty and at £11.50 for a meal and drink, great value."
• "Delicious food, reasonable 4 plates for 17 £ pp."
• "Their pork skewer is unique and weekday lunch deal is only £10."
• "Good selection of both food and drinks, and great prices."
• "really good experience, lovely food at really good price and such quick and friendly service."

Cons:

• "Think it but overpriced but as said had a Groupon voucher."
• "The only thing was that the portion sizes felt a little small considering the price."
• "Drinks were slightly pricey with beer not being cold."
• "Charging £9.95 for 5 small pieces of octopus on a small plate of mushed up lentils is excessive."
• "Word of warning: 10% tip is automatically added to the bill."
• "Prices are higher than you would expect for such small plates."
• "Very overpriced and without the courtesy of quality food."