Grill House - O Gyros tis Plateias - Argostoli — Restaurant in Argostoli Municipality

Came into Argostoli for a late evening gyros and struggled to find somewhere traditional so had to settle for this. It’s in a more touristy bit of the centre so, yes, we knew what little to expect and what we’d be paying, but the total lack of, or, rather, terrible service, we’ve just experienced is totally unacceptable and not a true representation of the wonderful hospitality you can experience elsewhere in Kefalonia. The waiting staff were not the least bit interested, professional nor hospitable. Their whole attitude was wrong and when we were asked at the end of the meal whether “everything was good?” and we replied honestly that it wasn’t and we’d had to wait 45 mins+ for our food (gyros, souvlaki and kebab) while other tables got seated after but served before us (Greeks/locals/regulars) they said that they were busy (they weren’t; if they consider 11.30pm on a Sunday night busy I’d hate to see how badly they cope with it being rammed in high season!) and also that “kebabs take a long time”…a bit of mince meat that’s been pre-prepared on a stick takes longer than gyros or souvlaki how?! It could have so easily been a much better experience if they just cared to try, and also stopped smoking instead of attending...

Food is great and service is fast but during Summer Time it reminds you of the Apartheid regime in South Africa.

Prices skyrocketed within a week faster than Tesla stocks plummet when Elon Musk posts about DOGE on X, and as a local you feel like an impoverished medieval peasant that struggles to afford bread and meat, as you read the comments of tourists talking about cheap food, since they are used to paying 24 to 40 euros for a tasteless chicken thigh in their countries.

Fortunately, there is a solution to the problem. If we want the actual prices, we can to inside and get a takeout.

This effectively says: It's tourist season boys, locals go eat at home, coz eating outside is for tourists or those of you that make a ton of money. Have a nice summer.

Thus, like blacks and whites under the Apartheid regime, we go our separate ways: tourists sit outside and enjoy their dinner or lunch, while those of us who are locals must take a separate way, get a takeout, and go eat at home or on a bench. Because when half the country earns 900 a month, these prices are simply the like the dreams of kids in third world countries:...

Don't recommend this restaurant at all. So the female manager does everything to get you to sit down but once you have sat down she couldn't care less and doesn't bother to even give you eye contact when speaking to you as she is CONSTANTLY eying up passers by to try and get more customers to sit down, it made us feel unwelcome ( fair enough but there has to be a balance). Meal arrived and chips were cold, told the women and to her credit she was off like a shot and i had hot chips in less than 120 seconds. ( no apology but fair play the situation was remedied very quickly) shame the new chips came with a raw potato chip in it.... but hey its not that big of a deal. The squid itself though was pretty bang bang average which is a shame for a coastal town in Greece. The musaki and feta was gorgeous tbf. But yes the owner needs to have a word with the female manager and explain to her that looking after customers is just as important as brining in new ones ( they clearly think being on a touristy square they don't think they need to worry about return business ) I would recommend going to somewhere else...