Gypsy Jungle — Restaurant in Athens

This is the kind of place that gives Athens a bad name. Terrible food and atrocious service. Everything a place could do wrong, they did, and worse.

The place looks gorgeous so I took a seat outside to enjoy the view. There were only 2 other customers. I had a massive smile on my face. I ordered coffee and cake. Both cost double what one might expect to pay but I thought what the heck, I'll enjoy the view. Not 30 seconds later, I received a call from a friend inviting me to to lunch so I asked to cancel the cake. The waitress's smile disappeared and I was told abruptly, it was too late. It was clearly not too late because the waitress, who had scribbled the order on her pad, and who suddenly became unbelievably rude, hadn't yet gone back inside to place the order. Nevertheless, I thought what the heck, I'll enjoy the view.

The coffee took 20 minutes and the cake another 10. The coffee was ok but the cake was awful. I took one bite and left it. Again, I thought what the heck, I'll enjoy the view. Then, as if reading my mind, they re-arranged the outdoor seating, for no apparent reason, blocking my view. This was the last straw. I went inside to pay and they managed to stuff that up too. I am not a local but I am fluent in Greek. They overcharged me and I was forced to show them the prices on their menu and argue with them, before they corrected it. Suffice to say, I did not leave them a tip.

Stay away from this place. It's nice to look at, perhaps to take a picture of, but the food, prices and most of all service, was atrocious. I wish I could give...

My wife and I traveled into Athens and wanted to find a place to have small plates and good cocktails. Gypsy Jungle seemed to be that spot. Once we were seated, our table had a swarm of flies that were constantly around the table. We then asked to be moved and were sat inside. We ordered drinks and food, after ordering we waited 25 mins until the food arrived.

We ordered the jumbo shrimp, shrimp sushi roll, chicken souvlaki, and two water lilly cocktails.

Cocktails- pretty decent.

Jumbo shrimp- under cooked, very over breaded and mushy. Don’t recommend.

Shrimp & Rice Sushi Roll- I actually don’t even know what it was. Truly one of the worst mushy things I’ve tasted with a rubber piece of fried rice shrimp on top of it to top it off. I had one bite and didn’t touch it again.

Jungle Chicken Souvlaki- overcooked, dry, and basically had a side of sweet baby rays bbq sauce to cure the dryness. Do with that as you will.. the upside was that it was the most edible thing.

Even when food is bad I typically still eat it since I paid for it. This place truthfully serves inedible food and made me leave it and order room service at the hotel. The waitress was kind and asked what was wrong when she saw we barely touched the food but offered no remedy or fix and still charged us full price.

To add- the couple next to us also faced the same issues and was speaking with the...

This place has cool decor but that really is the only nice thing about it. We unfortunately were tricked by the beauty and stayed for dinner as well as drinks and were truly disappointed. It was inauthentic and poorly seasoned and really did not justify the price whatsoever. The wait staff all seemed unhappy and overworked. They had 3 front of house staff trying to draw people in, one of which was being really strange and confrontational to one of the other tables. Although our particular server was sweet and tried to accommodate my vegan requests, I was served dry falafel with dry bread without any sauce replacement (they don't make hummus?!). My friend had soggy pizza that looked like it was bought at a supermarket, and the other had "chicken souvlaki" that was just battered fried chicken on a stick. I cannot stress enough how awful the food was. When we complained about the food and that it was vile and overpriced the manager was very angry saying we should have told her before we ate the food (literally impossible??) and refused to take money off because we had eaten some of the food and would only offer another round of drinks. The cocktails were not that nice. A truly odd vibe in this place. Don't be fooled by the decor, honestly not worth it. Especially as there are so many other wonderful restaurants that make truly delicious and authentic food, made with...