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“Papoutsakia, Best dish in Greek cuisine”
Review of Eleni Taverna

Eleni Taverna
Ranked #2 of 6 Restaurants in Karya
Cuisines: Greek
Description: Welcome! Family restaurant “Eleni” («Ελένη») established in 2008 and soon after its establishment started to gain loyal customers. Visitor of the Island and people from Lefkas chose us to taste the traditional cuisine of Lefkas. In the main square of Karya during the summer or in our specially designed interior during winter you can taste traditional dished cooked with great care and commitment to our traditions.
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Description: Welcome! Family restaurant “Eleni” («Ελένη») established in 2008 and soon after its establishment started to gain loyal customers. Visitor of the Island and people from Lefkas chose us to taste the traditional cuisine of Lefkas. In the main square of Karya during the summer or in our specially designed interior during winter you can taste traditional dished cooked with great care and commitment to our traditions.
Reviewed 7 August 2018 via mobile

We had the lentil salad, the riganada and the papoutsakia. Everything was delicious, 10/10!!!! Definitely recommend!

Date of visit: August 2018
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Aris K, Manager at Eleni Taverna, responded to this reviewResponded 13 September 2018

Thank you very much for your comments. We feel honoured.

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Reviewed 2 August 2018 via mobile

Called in for lunch at this beautiful village and chose this taverna because it had goat in origano sauce, we also had the soutsoukakia (meatballs) both were amazing, plus points for real hand cut fried potatoes in olive oil. Great service from the really nice young waiters too. Yummy lemon yogurt freebie as we left. We'll be back for sure.

Date of visit: August 2018
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Aris K, Manager at Eleni Taverna, responded to this reviewResponded 12 September 2018

Thank you very much for your review. I really hope you found your keys later that day.

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Reviewed 2 August 2018

Me and my family (4 persons) visited the restaurant after the good reviews at Tripadvisor. We immediately found a table under a large plane tree in the village square. Here I would like to point out that I am Greek and I know well the Greek food. After a quarter, the waitress brought us the menu. After another quarter, we ordered the food and after another quarter we were served the drinks. We finally served the food after 1 hour and a quarter. Food was not something special. Quality was average and the price was reasonable for a tourist place. If service was not that slow, I would say it was a prety good restaurant, but not something special. Something else that did not make a good impression was the one and only common toilet for men and women, which was not clean.

Date of visit: August 2018
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Aris K, Manager at Eleni Taverna, responded to this reviewResponded 12 September 2018
Google Translation

Καλημέρα σας. Σας ευχαριστούμε για την κριτική και επιτρέψτε μου να σας απαντήσω στα ελληνικά μιας και είστε Έλληνας. Δυστυχώς στις ώρες αιχμής πάντα υπάρχει αναμονή. Αυτό είναι κάτι που ούτε σε μας αρέσει. Ακριβώς γι αυτό το λόγο είχατε ενημερωθεί από την πρώτη στιγμή για τον εκτιμώμενο χρόνο αναμονής. Αυτό κάνουμε πάντα στην πρώτη ένδειξη που έχουμε για ενδεχόμενες καθυστερήσεις.
Επιτρέψτε μου επίσης να πω πως αν και λέτε πως γνωρίζετε το ελληνικό φαγητό βρήκατε την ποιότητα στο μέσο όρο. Κάνετε πολύ μεγάλο λάθος. Η ποιότητα τού φαγητού που παρέχουμε είναι η υψηλότερη δυνατή. Τα πάντα -και κυριολεκτώ όταν το λέω αυτό- είναι φρέσκα και φτιαγμένα από εμάς. Δε λειτουργούμε με όρους "τουριστικού μέρους". Το αν δεν σας εντυπωσίασαν οι γεύσεις είναι κάτι καθαρά υποκειμενικό και δεν μπορού με να επιχειρηματολογήσουμε επ' αυτού.
Τελειώνοντας, για την τουαλέτα αυτό που έχω να πω είναι ότι την ελέγχουμε συχνότατα και αν όντως δεν κάτι διέφυγε της προσοχής μας, απολογούμαστε και λυπούμαστε βαθύτατα.

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Reviewed 2 August 2018 via mobile

Service was really poor. Food - good. We will not repeat it again, sorry. Wish you to improve service.

Date of visit: August 2018
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Aris K, Manager at Eleni Taverna, responded to this reviewResponded 2 August 2018

Thank you for your review. We wish that you were a bit more specific about the poor service. Not because every other review claim the exact opposite, but to improve even the slightest mistake we make.

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Reviewed 22 July 2018

My wife and I spent a week's vacation in Lefkada and ate at Eleni's at least twice a day. The food is beyond excellent, the portions are great, the prices are more-than-fair, and the service and atmosphere are all extremely welcoming. Everything I ate was delicious, but I kept going back to the goat--and now, back in the States, I keep thinking about the goat (mmm, goat). A Russian couple seemed to be there every time we were as well, and the man seemed to be eating the rooster every single meal--so there's that, too. A mother even brought her child from the beach one day because he wanted the meatballs so bad. He came running across the square screaming "Meatballs!" Also, Aris offered us a nice mousse or lemon curd dessert after each meal that was superb as well. A tip though: you may need to turn your spoon upside down to get all the dessert out of the glass--and you will want to because it is that good. Can't wait to get back. Thanks again for everything, Eleni's!

Date of visit: June 2018
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Aris K, Manager at Eleni Taverna, responded to this reviewResponded 28 July 2018

Thank you very much for your comments and for the useful tip. Allow me to differentiate my answer and just ask you if you still play the "komboloi". I hope you still have it and still practicing with it. Can't wait to meet you again next year to see your improvement.

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