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| - 5 stars for food, 2 for experience.
After having been to the same restaurant in Montreal and absolutely loving it, I was eagerly anticipating trying the one in Vegas.
The food did not disappoint. The food fantastic; fresh, simple and delicious. The lunch menu is a great deal and the wine pairing ($16 for two half glasses, highly recommend) was very enjoyable. We ordered the saganaki (fried cheese) off the meze menu (not on the regular lunch menu) - it was wonderful, deep fried I think and not soaked in grease like it can usually be, the lemon squeezed on top finished it perfectly, recommended. For first courses we tried the meze dips and tomato salad, for mains the fish and shrimp, and for dessert the Greek yogurt (of course) - We would recommend all or any of that - it was all very good.
Our waiter was wonderful, welcoming, knowledgeable, kind and attentive.
The letdown came in the timing which I'm not sure who to fault .... Kitchen or waiter.... But it was rushed and unprofessional. When we first sat down (12:30 pm) our waiter asked if we had any time constraints, we told him no that we would like to have a leisurely lunch. It should be noted the restaurant was not even 1/2 full the entire time we were there. We ordered the saganaki and hesitated ordering the rest of the meal as we did not want to be rushed, but our waiter assured us he would not put our lunch order in until our appy was done, which he did oblige. The problem came when we were finishing our first course our main arrived, and the service staff literally sweeped in moving our first course plates out of the way to make room for our mains. So now we're put in a position where you have to decide if you want to finish your first course while your main gets cold or just start eating the main. For this calibre of restaurant I found that extremely disappointing. Furthermore I saw the same thing happen to at least 2 other tables around us, and they had the same bewildered look we did.... There's no way I can give even 4 stars when diners are faced with that sort of issue leaving you uncomfortable and rushed, it completely takes away from the rest of the what would have been wonderful lunch. Nonetheless, go for the food.
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