Souvlaki Bar - Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu — Restaurant in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

We ordered the chicken souvlaki platter. I was looking forward to a good ´ol souvlaki with tzatziki and a nice Greek salad on the side. We ordered 2 chicken souvlakis in pita, looking to share the rest. The waitress told us there would be a $3 surcharge because we would each get our own dish with potatoes, etc. I was ok with that.

What was delivered was 1 dish with 2 empty plates. The meat insides was not chicken souvlaki from a skewer but shawarma carvings. The waitress was nice and offered to change it, but I learned to never return a dish. I figured it would be a few dollars cheaper.

The sauce was ok, but not the delicious tzatziki that I love. Potatoes were very good. The most disappointing was the salad. It was not Greek at all - it was iceberg lettuce with a tiny piece of feta and a few slim slice sof tomato with a lousy dressing (and way too much dressing). We picked at it but left most of the salad untouched. I was hoping for an authentic Greek salad of tomatoes, onion, feta, olives,…

When we were ready to leave, it was taking a while before we saw our waitress, so we went indoors to the cash register. I stood there for a while watching our waitress come and go. She never noticed that we left our table and never noticed me standing there for a while. Eventually another employee noticed, addressed me and told our waitress we were waiting to pay.

The last disappointment was with the bill - turns out the gyros chicken carvings were the same price as chicken skewers (brochettes). How disappointing.

It seems that every Greek restaurant I try these days is a disappointing Americanized version of Greek. I’ll continue to search for a restaurant that serves...

We've been here about twice a week since opening day. Whether in their dining room or take out the food has always been very good. The greek potatoes are a part of our order every time! They are absolutely delicious and remind me of home. Our other regular orders are the gyro, tzatziki, kopanisti, rapini, and fakes (lentil soup which is sweeter than what we're used to but none the less delicious! ).

Weve tried everything on their menu at this location as we've frequented the other locations for years. We wondered if this location was on par with the taste and quality of the others, and it hasn't disappointed.

The service is always friendly and personable.

The one negative we have come across is the take out order sizes are inconsistent.

This is the best place to eat in...

The food is good but the service was horrible. One of the employees was rude when we asked for a booth she rolled her eyes which made us feel very uncomfortable. The gentleman who served us had a very nice smile but he did not take care of us or ask us if we wanted to order drinks, desert of anything else. My daughter waited 20 minutes to order a sprite and she gave up as her meal was pretty much done.

It’s unfortunate because this used to be our favourite place! I think restaurant staff don’t realize that when customers eat out, it is not only for the taste of food. We pay to get served, for ambiance and for tasty food. If customer service sucks, well I’ll stay home. Hard times are coming in the futur. It would break my heart to see this place not make it...