We deliberately came to this restaurant on our arrival in Chania on Saturday evening having visited on two occasions last year when we holidayed in Crete.
We had enjoyed it previously, food was nice and the service and hospitality good, hence our return - disappointed...with the entire experience. Menu pricing is extortionate for the quality of the food served.
There was only 1 other table taken on our arrival just after 6.30 pm, yet most tables were adorned with reserved stones - although this seemed to be dependent on the waiters choice whether you could sit at one of those tables as we saw diners arrive with no reservation when asked and shown to those tables!
The waiter was the same gentleman we had been served by last year. He brought some garlic bread to begin which seemed to be void of any garlic and covered in grated cheese and half a tomato on top. Tasteless.
The house red wine is vile, you could strip paint off wood - orders 1/2 carafe and left the entire thing it was so bad.
To follow we ordered the smoked chicken souvlaki starter which was unimpressive and not enjoyable at all. Souvlaki you imagine to be tender chicken chunks with fresh zingy vegetables either side. No not here, very unimaginative presentation. This was the texture of processed, shaped chicken out of a packet with more tomatoes either side. It was almost like eating luncheon meat, unpleasant.
There were 2 tiny triangles of what may have been haloumi cheese plonked on the top. Neither of us enjoyed it.
So for mains I opted for the beef hotpot/stew expecting it to arrive in a rich, tasty sauce with tender pieces of beef that melted in your mouth like a stifado - no I didn’t get this. No presentation what so ever, the plate arrived with the biggest hunks of beef with a watery liquid with what seemed like the occasional tomato running through it. The beef was tough and very dry. I left most of this. It was served with what appeared to be a mound of potato peelings that had been fried - but fried to the extent they were greasy and not crisp. Awful.
My husband ordered the dorada fish - again served with greasy potato peelings and was brought a dish for the bones - no cloth to wipe his fingers or dish with lemon water to clean his hands after trying to negotiate around this boney fish.
Unpleasant evening, waste of almost £60
Would not recommend or returnMore
