Fanari - (Restaurants in Laganas)

Aaron M  (16 September 2006)         

Just got back from a quality 2 weeks in laganas (c.40 degrees most days). Myself and my partner ate out pretty much every single night during our stay and this restaurant was the only one that we didn't enjoy ourselves in. I don't know if standards have slipped since previous comments have been made on here, but let it be said we were glad that we didn't order a starter each as well. We had to wait around 15 mins just for our drinks to come to the table, and even when they did, they were brought to the table several minutes apart (a pepsi and a bottle of beer, its not like they had to go and pop any corks). We then had to wait a further 50 mins or so for our main course (lamb kleftico) to be brought. There was no smile, no enjoy your meal either. It looked as though at first we both had a lot of meat on our plates so we began to tuck in. Over half of it turned out to be bones and fat. The food wasn't bad at all, its just with the small portions we ended up with its hard to pass true comment. One other thing, I will never understand what the point of the waiters waltzing about looking very smart in pressed white shirts, when the pr at the front of the restaurant is dressed like a complete chav (jeans, hoodie, etc) and their 7 year old boy is flitting from table to table, watching people eat their food and annoying families with babies. 

The Isles Greek Restaurant - (Restaurants in Laganas)

Aaron M           

Hello to everyone at the Greek Islands!! (Its Ronnie and Amy - the germans (yeah cheers Babis!) We just got back home last night and I promised Babis I would write some comments for him on the restaurant. If you are looking for a traditional greek restaurant which does the best food on the island then this is the place to go. Just a few points to consider.... 1. Babis the PR at the front of the restaurant and the whole of the staff here are complete legends, they really do make you feel welcome and they are so humble. 2. The view and setting of this place is amazing (on the beach looking out to turtle island). 3. They do the most fantastic food you will ever taste in Greece (and I've been to most restaurants on most greek islands during my life). 4. The music, dancing and plate smashing is great. 5. The prices are really competitive (on our last night we both had starters, a massive greek salad, chicken and swordfish for our mains, 2 puddings and 3 coffees, and oh yeah a bottle of Makedonico rose wine. All that came to just 55 euros!!). For those of you with young children, they really look after you in this place. All the waiters make a fuss of them and dance with them. We asked for the bill the other night and the waiter proclaimed that he didn't understand what we meant. He then came back with a little girl that had been following them around all night and asked me to ask her because her english was better (!) This place is fantastic. We went there 3 times during our 2 week stay and I even got Babis to write a little 'wish you were here' note for my mum back home (thanks again for that my friend!). It was so hard to leave Zante because I hadn't yet tried everything on the menu (there was still the red snapper, the dolmades, etc). One last thing, if you like steak and fire, make sure you order the pepper steak flambe (you will feel like you are celebrating your birthday!). 'Yamas' again to everyone at the Greek Islands for some great memories and hopefully we will be seeing you all soon. All the best and keep up the hard work - you are doing the island proud! Missing you already. Lots of love from Amy and Ronnie xx