Γυριστρούλα-Gyristroula — Restaurant in Athens

This was a sham place in 2017 and 2018 when I came. My ex Ariel has just eaten a huge kabab on his livestream which I watched from a Birmingham Greggs in the Jewellery Quarter area. The toilets were unclean and unkempt back in 2017 and 18. The hairy guy the manager physically yanked Ariel and myself into the outside seating area off the street. To top it off Arils abusive parents Lorraine Viera Ortiz and his namesake dad also another Ariel both kicked off a fight and encouraged the hairy guy's bad behaviour. The rude boss, server, Ariel the dad and Lorraine kicked, punched and hit young Ariel and myself. Push and shove. The complaints here are of course not in regards to the Greggs in The Jewellery Quarter Birmingham. Ariel was the guy who came into your venue at around six o clock UK time and around eight o clock Greek, your time. Ariel was the guy with a phone gimbal eating a huge kebab and wearing a black floral shirt with white flowers on it. He has grey hair and is five foot two. He is in his mid thirties and my ex partner and he runs a channel called Urbanist Exploring Cities on YouTube. He is a vulnerable person and deserves respect and a healthy stomach. Especially in 38 degrees while the UK is freezing...

We waited 40 minutes for our lunch (just 2 dishes) and still nothing had arrived so my wife asked (she speaks fluent Greek) and the waiter told us it was on the grill but it was taking time (it was X1 chicken kalamaki pita and a gyros skepasti, which would normally take less than 5 mins to prepare) but it turned out he had forgotten our order completely. He tried to cover it up and say it wasn't his faukt but my wife could hear the conversqtiin in the kitchen about the forgotten order. So the waiter had blatantly lied to us rather than just admitting his error and apologising. We kicked up a big fuss and instead of being apologetic they yelled at us and gave attitude. Never ever...

So great I went back twice! My friends and I popped in here on a whim and were wowed! We had the stuffed tomatoes and mousaka. My vegetarian friend had a disappointing experience where meat was cross contaminated with her falafel club, but they were very apologetic and offered to replace the food while waiving the cost. I ended up coming back by myself on my last night in Athens (my friends and I separated for different destinations). The Greek salad was also fresh and devine. The feta here in Greece is surreal.

Ultimately: do NOT skip the mousaka (if a meat eater) or stuffed tomatoes (if either).

DO eat here. I can’t figure out the name but it’s 100%...