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  • Yay! Some delicious greek food close to home. Loving the new places going into Royal Oak landing and this is one of the very newest. My first impression of establishment when entering was another OPA! with a better designer. Thankfully, ordering style and the cooking line and the general flow of the menu is the last of the reminders of a subpar greek chain. Paros Soulva is really fresh, bursting with flavour and high quality for a "food fair" type service. The only thing weird is eating such good food with plastic forks - it could easily be served in a good quality table service establishment with an inflated price. This place has been open a week - I've been in twice already! At first the menu confused me, and the cashier was new so we bumbled through it together but I've got it figured out now. My first trip I got a veggie souvlaki plate which is a skewer of roasted veggies served with a side (lemon potatoes for me, pita, tzatziki and roasted vegetables. A skewer of veggies has a HIGH potential of being very boring but it was executed wonderfully as it was seasoned to perfection. Each element of the plate had a unique, bold and wonderful flavour. I have to say I am totally in love with the lemon potatoes - very much a powerful lemon flavour but missing the acidity and it wasn't too sour. I've had a bite of the rice which was also nice and tried some fries which are alright but a bit too crunchy for my tastes. The greek pita is so good - I'm not sure if they are making it there but it's so fresh and moist while still browned on the grill as expected. I would be so surprised if the tzatziki is not freshly made there - some of the best I've had in a long time. Really the only negative things to say about the veggie plate is that it was very heavy (no fat free dieter allowed here) and that the roasted veggies featured eggplant which is not a veggie I like that much (in fairness, I ate them because they were still prepared well). We finished off with Bougatsa which is a creamy custard filled phyllo pastry sprinkled with white sugar and cinnamon. These things are HUGE - Easily shared by two and possibly 4 if you want just a small sweet treat. I really enjoyed it but I certainly didn't need a full portion like I had ordered for myself unaware of the size. Trip two I got a veggie wrap, shared the spanakopita and an order of pita and tzatziki with some baklava to go. The veggie wrap was yummy but I liked it less than the full plate. I like the amount of food better - it's a smaller meal but the roasted veggies were moist and added tzatziki made it very messy and drippy. The pita wrap was probably the best part - just love them - but the filling was all very good. Maybe there is a better strategy to eat the wrap (even if it's just eating the filling a bit with a fork first) to make it a better experience. The spanakopita is good - it's a large square shape making it softer than the small triangle style alternatives. The pastry was moist but the spinach wasn't over moist which is the other extreme. It's a fairly large portion and it doesn't come with tzatziki so I was glad to already have some to go with it. Baklava was good - very nutty and more so than some others I can think of but well prepared. I think I prefer the bougatsa though if I have someone to share with. prices for this and the other food were reasonable but a touch high for the typical food fair style food - good thing it's much higher quality making it a bit of a deal! :) As a vegetarian I've made it this far while glossing over the Soulva - which is spit roasted meats and kind of one of their main things. My fianace tells me these are fantastic - I find it interesting you can order it by the 1/4, 1/2 and full KG. That's a lot of meat and it doesn't come with sides! The pricing of it seems reasonable but I'm guessing you'd have to have a number of people to share those larger portions while ordering some sides to go along with it. Service here is good even though minimal service levels are expected in this style of dining. I'm thinking the majority of the cooks are owners and maybe related. They have really gone out of their way to make the experience a nice one and are invested in the food being successful. Table service doesn't seem to be the operational plan but a number of things were served to us. I love the food here and the only think I love more is that it's close to me. Opa across the street is in for a world of hurt now that they are on the scene. The only wish was the food was lighter with less oil for the health reasons and so I can justify coming here a bit more often. Totally give this place a try, the menu says they offer delivery but didn't specify the range.
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