Yamas Taverna — Restaurant in Kelowna

Hats off to our waitress, she was nice.There was 16 of us in our group that went here for a nice dinner. My 12 year old grandson who loves calamari and steak, had ordered his steak medium rare. When he got it ,it had been cooked well done and was tough as leather and it was a $40 steak. so we sent it back for a new one to be cooked. While waiting the manager Tyler had come out to inquire about the steak. One of us from the table had gone to the washroom and while waiting, over heard the cooks talking about this quote "f..king little kid bitching about his steak being cooked wrong and what was the problem he had already got his calamari". The only way those cooks could have known this is if it wasn't for the manager saying something to them. The cooks were using profound language about my grandson. This was quite shocking to the person that overheard these comments. Needless to say we did not allow him to eat the steak when it finally was ready,as you hear all kinds of horror stories about what is done to food that is sent back to the kitchen. This was our yearly trip and our second time to Yamas as well as our last. As well the good was not the greatest overall. Very salty potatoes and rice. And my husband's linguine was very salty and glue, dry sauce. This pretty much was a complete buzz hill to our dining experience and could hardly wait to get out of there. 5 stars to our waitress. No stars for cooks and Manager Tyler. Unprofessional and should not be in this industry. Will...

Listen, the food here is great. I've always enjoyed Yamas - we order take out often and dine in occasionally.

Tonight, when I was picking up my food, there was a group of 3 servers folding napkins at the bar. Today, new health order restrictions were placed due to a COVID outbreak in Kelowna. One server was loudly complaining about the new restrictions, saying they were absolutely stupid and said that someone needed to shut down Bonnie Henry. This was also the only server not wearing an actual mask - just one of those plastic mouth covers that doesn't actually protect anyone. Not her, not me, not her colleagues, or her customers.

I understand how challenging the last year has been, especially for the hospitality industry. I work in the hospitality industry. But we all have a responsibility to each other, and it was clear to me this server didn't take her role in that seriously. It was upsetting, and it wasn't a good representation of this wonderful restaurant.

The longer we have irresponsible people acting irresponsibly in this pandemic, the longer we'll have to...

You cannot go wrong here.

A must eat for me every time I’m in Kelowna. Family run restaurant for decades. I know someone who worked there 30 years ago and was told it is still the same chef from back then. The ambiance is your typical Greek restaurant. I think they still have a belly dancer once a week. It was a nice addition to a wonderful evening a couple years back.

And the food is outstanding. I pretty much had items from the menu and not once was disappointed. Everyone said the fried calamari are the best they ever had. The tzatziki is delicious with a good portion of garlic (be careful if you have to get on a plane the next day like I did LOL) The Ekmek is still made in-house by the same Chef and delicious. Keep some room to try it.

The staff are very friendly and cater towards your needs. I found the prices to be decent for what you get. Definitely a place to have a nice dinner or family get together.

My Rating: '4 Stars' = Very Good, '5 Stars' = Way Above...