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| - Don't you just love surprises? Well I LOVE them, especially Calypso's!!! What a breath of fresh air. Finally a Greek restaurant that does Greek RIGHT!
After several fails from other Greeks, this will now be one of my go to spots. Right on Centre Street, you can miss it if you don't pay attention, just kiddie corner to Lina's so if you are familiar with the area, you will definitely know where its at.
Restaurant is pleasantly decorated, understated with touches of Greek heritage throughout, nothing blatant and in your face, but it is very clean, neat, and organized. To me that is a sure sign that things are run properly. Seats about 100 which is nice for a private function, and this might be a place I would look into for a Christmas party in all honestly. In fact, there is a belly dancer on Saturdays! Weeeeee!
The menu is not huge, its actually perfect, something for everyone but my eyeballs immediately hit the charbroil portion and I went for the beef tenderloin platter, hubby had the chicken souvlaki. Both came with side salads, rice, potato, and steamed veg. I agree with Julia on the veg...just blah. If they had sautéed some veg that were in season with a bit of garlic and butter it would have been perfection! But still, with food this good in Calgary, its totally not a deal breaker for me, uh uh, hell no!
The tenderloin was perfectly done, and when I say perfect, I mean there was still some pink in the middle and not overtly seasoned to death. A very nice cut of meat done right. The rice was perfect, the potato was nicely roasty and lemony but the veg were simply steamed sting beans, perhaps the frozen variety. Meh. I LOVED the tzatziki, perhaps the best I've had. My husbands chicken was all succulent breast meat, again, not killed on the grill and just tangy, and so darn salivating good, drooling now...
All in all, for about $20 you will have the best meal here! Top that with a sweet talking older fella (owner and chef!), courteous staff and a complementary shot of ouzo for first timers...what else can I say but OPAAAAAA!!!!
I can't wait to come here for lunch, for about $10 you can have this goodness compacted every day of the week, real talk, Rotten Ronnies now runs you about $7.00! I think I should invest in a gym membership soon.
My only little complaint and it is tiny, was I didn't see a desert menu, I could have probably been seduced into indulging in something if it caught my eye, but its probably better that I didn't!
See you soon my new friends!
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