"Despite having booked a table, the four of us were seated at a large round table, making conversation near impossible. The food was good greek. Entrees were really tasty, mains ok. Service was lackluster bordering on rude. Not particularly accommodating to dietary requirements."
Booked for 27 people including 9 kids. The first thing head of the restaurant told me is that they didn't realise so many kids were coming ( Even though we had asked for 3 high chairs) and that they had to turn away bookings. There was one whole large table that was unoccupied all night! They told us to have the banquet at $40 per head. We didn't know what we were getting and with my friend who has Seafood intolerance he would hen fine. First 3 entries were seafood. Then we didn't have enough starters. I spoke then to the head of the restaurant who said we were meant to cut them in two. I told her they were just dumped down one end of the table and no one told anyone what we were eating or h...
We booked for Sunday Lunch and expected that the restaurant would be crowded, but throughout our time there, fewer than half the tables were occupied. It's a nice modern space with tables spread out so that conversation was possible.The welcome (?) by the maitre d' was abrupt and as soon as we were seated he was hovering over us, pushing to extract our orders. When we tried to ask questions about contents and accompaniments with the dishes, he ignored the questions and pushed for our orders. As a consequence, we ended up ordering known stock-standard suburban Greek cafe plates rather than exploring some new gastronomic territory.The food was ordinary: I am aware of four or five suburban Gree...
The restaurant was aesthetically pleasing, well air-conditioned and has easy parking. The senior waiter did all the order taking while others delivered meals. He rushed us and actually spoke over us while trying to order, certainly not interested in explaining the menu and didn't tell us there were specials (which I noticed on a small blackboard later). We ordered 5 mezee dips for 5 people to share and only one came with bread to dip. Even then it was only a 5cmx5cm paper thin piece per person, so how are we supposed to eat the 5 entrees? After requesting more bread, thinking like a normal place would bring a basket of bread for that many dips, we received another tiny piece each. Had a laug...
First time at Orexi and very happy with the experience. Amuse bouche a nice start, excellent shared entree special (feta stuffed rings) followed by deboned baby snapper (on a bed of spinach/wild greens) and melt in your mouth lamb shoulder (with potatoes). Very generous servings. The service was friendly and attentive, the Greek wine (a Sauvignon Blanc on recommendation - not normally a fan) very good. Next time we will ask for a space (5-10 mins) between entree and main course. We had also been given a small sample of the seafood risoni with our entree (delicious) so a 'breather' would have been good. Slight hiccough with the wine price on the bill but quickly sorted out. Noticed at the nex...
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Went to Orexi at the Hellenic Club in Woden for the first time yesterday for lunch. They have only just started to open for lunch. The food and service was fantastic from the get go. We had mains and dessert. The food is absolutely authentic Greek food. Had chicken slouvaki for main and loukamadis ( excuse spelling) for dessert. A big Greek salad was put in the middle of the table and it was Devine. Have never tasted ( or seen) such beautiful tomatoes in my life. The plates and bowls very Greek and you felt you were at mamas table. The servers were really friendly and happy to explain food to you. Serves were big. Friends had moussaka and the stuffed capsicums and rice and both were beautifu...
Greek wine, Greek beer and Greek food. It was a lovely night out my partner and I had at the Hellenic Club. We did book a table but when we arrived we were the only two eating at 7pm. The whole restaurant was empty so we were looked after very well!A little too much red/ purple (Spanish) onion in all of the dishes for me but I found the food more comforting than anything. The Greek Riesling on the menu was definitely a winner for me and the squid/ calamari as an entree was fantastic.The fact that it was so quiet was probably a bit of a let down, either it's not a favourite place for people to go to but as a restaurant I was expecting a bit more with how the food was all served and plated up.
As long term members of the Hellenic Club Woden, we were eager to try this restaurant by Yiannis Baxevanis, "The Greek Magican of aromatic herbs". So underwhelmed and disappointed. Firstly we were served inedible burnt pita bread, which we piled burnt side up for the waiter to see, he chose to ignore it. My lamb cutlets were over cooked and dry and accompanied by a spoon of yogurt dip and four, count them, four wedges, not a herb in sight. The rest of the family also left most of their meal on their plate. The staff were totally indifferent, no smiles, no thanks for coming, no nothing. We will not be coming back and will certainly never recommend this place to anybody.
Thank you SO much to the owners and staff for such a lovely meal and experience. I went with two friends (and my baby) and everything about our lunch was wonderful. Very warm and friendly people with great advice. We had a bottle of lovely rosé and really fresh dishes, filled with flavour and love. The quality for the price was undeniable and the staff went out of their way to assist with me and the baby and made us all feel very relaxed. We will return again and again!
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In town for business and took a chance on this restaurant. What a find, it was excellent. The service was extremely attentive and the meal one of the best I've had in Canberra. I tried Greek white wine for the first time and rate it very highly. Will definitely return and thoroughly recommend.
Despite having booked a table, the four of us were seated at a large round table, making conversation near impossible. The food was good greek. Entrees were really tasty, mains ok. Service was lackluster bordering on rude. Not particularly accommodating to dietary requirements.
