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| - Pantheon is always our number 1 choice for Greek food on the Danforth. My husband took me to Pantheon on our first dinner date so it holds a special place in my heart..heehee...
The restaurant is staffed with a number of friendly waiters who genuinely enjoy serving the food and will occasionally sing really loud (and off tune) for you when it's your birthday. All of my Greek friends go to Pantheon so I think that might mean that it has a good reputation in the Greek community (it serves a lot of traditional favourites). The decor is a little dated and tacky with Greek inspired paintings on the wall, but the place is huge. There are usually lots of big dinner parties on the weekends and it can get quite noisy depending on where you are sitting. Also, if anyone around you (or you) orders the saganaki flaming cheese, be prepared to hear a loud "OPA" and have your hair heat up from the open flame. If you're visiting for the first time, have your camera ready to catch the cheese flame--it's quite the sight!
One tip I have is to skip the free bread in the beginning to make room for all of the other goodies that you'll be ordering. Because trust me..you will wish that you saved room once the real food comes to the table.
A few favourites of ours include: saganaki cheese appetizer (flaming cheese...so delicious), grilled calamari (always a generous amount, grilled to perfection), hummus (best hummus on the block!) with whole wheat pita.
Sometimes when we come with a big group we order the small dip platter. It comes with about 5 different types of Greek dips--delicious! The best part of the dips platter is the spicy salmon dip and the hummus.
My husband always orders the traditional souvlaki dinner--either pork or lamb--and goes through a dilemma every time we go because it's so hard for him to decide which one to choose. He usually alternates them because he loves them both. After filling yourself with appetizers, the small souvlaki dinner is more then enough to fill you up. The souvlaki dinners come with a Greek salad that is always fresh and has lots of feta on it. The house Greek dressing is extremely tasty and doesn't overpower the salad. Also, the souvlaki dinners are usually served with rice, potatoes (marinated in something that makes them melt in your mouth...) and carrots.
If the waiters like you or if they're in a good mood (which is usually always), they will bring out special honey cake dessert--on the house! This cake is so amazing! Fluffy and just the right amount of honey to make it just sweet enough. The cake usually comes drizzled with chocolate on the plate, but you don't need to use the chocolate on the cake--it's good enough on its own!
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