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| - Nefelie's says it's Greek. If that's the case, then there are much better options for good Greek in Charlotte (e.g. Greek Isles).
Quite simply, the food is sub-par. It was edible, but not even close to "good."
The first thing a good Greek restaurant should be able to do well is a horiatiki salad. We ordered this to start, and instead of nice large chunks of fresh tomato, cucumber, and red onion with fresh feta and good olive oil, you get: diced cucumber, flavorless diced tomato, diced white onion, feta chunks that were clearly not the freshest, and some kind of sickly-sweet vinaigrette. Having lived in Athens and eaten very good horiatiki (including Greek Isles), this was the worst take on this dish I've ever had.
Next I had a chicken wrap pita (their version of a chicken souvlaki pita). This was made with the same low quality vegetables, but with the driest chicken imaginable. The flavor wasn't terrible, but I only ate this because I was very hungry. The saving grace was the fries, which were hot and crispy and pretty good (though I think there is a good chance they started frozen because they had a similar crispy coating as the fries that Burger King came out with in the 90's when they "upgraded" their fry recipe). My partner had a fried fish sandwich with slaw and hush puppies, which was ok but overly greasy). All of these elements tasted ok, but nothing really noteworthy.
Nefelie's is a bar, not really a restaurant. At one point a REALLY drunk guy (not sure if he is affiliated with the place, but he did seem to know the bartender/only waitress by name) stumbled through the door, and spilled whatever he had in his hand all over the floor. He then stumbled to the bar and knocked over a glass of beer, breaking the glass in the process. 2 obnoxious spills in less than 1 minute. Loud cursing ensued, and pleas to the bartender for a rag and mop. If he's affiliated with the place, he's a disgrace and should be kept out of sight of customers.
For food alone this was 2 stars (again, it was edible at least), but atmosphere bumped it down to a 1. The bartender/waitress was trying her best and was friendly, but this place is kind of a mess. We won't be back.
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