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| - I'm usually skeptical about Greek restaurants in Greektown just as much as I am skeptical about Italian restaurants in little Italy....just because they're in the area doesn't make them good.
I have been to Kalyvia several times because the food is actually pretty decent. The sizes aren't huge but the food tastes like it does in Greece. I would say Kalyvia is in my top two Greek restaurants on the Danforth, no. 1 being Pantheon.
The service is great, the staff is usually on the ball. The interior of the restaurant is okay, not very fancy looking. I would suggest sitting by the window, because you can at least see whatever is going on outside.
Anyways, I came here this past weekend for a friend's party. They were very friendly and able to accommodate 31 people on a Saturday night, so that was a bonus. I have to complain though about the HEAT. it was BOILING. I know the summer's over, but were they cheaping out on AC? I asked them to turn the AC up and the waiter said he did, however it did not get remotely comfortable until the end of the night, which was 4 hours later. The heat was distracting me from the actual food!
I had the tiropitakita, the cheese fillo pastry puffs and grilled calamari. They were delicious. I also had the small souvlaki dinner with rice and french fries, also good. We got a bottle of santorini white wine, which was okay, not the greatest white wine in the world...guess they're better at making ouzo;)
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