Stamatis Tavern — Restaurant in Municipality of Andros

Tried to reserve a table 2 hours(ish) before arriving to get a front seat overlooking the port. Left my name with them but on arrival was told that no name was left - could be due to a miscommunication between staff. Was still seated at the front so no real issue here. Ordered the tzatziki as a starter which was very good, not enough bread to get through it all though, so ordered some more to go with it. About a minute after the extra bread came to finish off the tzatziki (which was still unfinished) - the mains came out before clearing the starter which is unheard of for a restaurant. My girlfriend had the goat which she enjoyed (had no idea what the mystery orange stuff was). Whereas I had the cod and garlic puree. It came battered so was expecting it filleted but alas there were many bones in one of the pieces, which put me off my meal if I'm honest! We sat there for a while for our mains to be cleared and had to grab the waiter walking past to do so. After this it seemed we were just forgotten about and tables that had arrived after us were already paying / getting coffees. Safe to say, we chose not to stay for dessert and went to the local, very decent, bakery instead. I'm sure this isn't what most people's visits are like as I can see from reviews, and maybe I just chose the wrong thing, but out of the 4 of 6 days we're staying in Batsi, every restaurant so far has trumped this place, so we won't be returning this holiday. On the plus side it does have some very good views...

The restaurant is very nice, we ate grilled sardines which were really great, peppers and stuffed tomatoes which was very tasty and moussaka which was fine. Overall a pleasant experience, maybe next time we will focus more on fish and seafood.👇👇👇 Update😓 In short - an unpleasant atmosphere, a long wait for food and a smoking staff inside the restaurant. The day before we had enjoyed the same restaurant (it was almost empty then) and decided to go back for dinner. When we entered the hostess (who is probably also in charge / owner) was not welcoming. We waited 10 minutes until they took the order, we ordered 3 main courses and one main, the restaurant has a mess and the staff can barely keep up, the manager really shouted and got angry at the waiters and the kitchen really made an unpleasant sense, the waiters tried very hard. But it did not help. The first courses took almost half an hour and the main course (fish soup) took almost 40 minutes! Although it was reasonable, it really could not be considered as a main course and did not justify the wait.

The thing that really ruined our experience is that the manager sat down in the middle of the restaurant and smoked next to the rest of the customers. The waiter was nice and offered us dessert at the expense of the house but we no longer had the urge to stay. Reasonable food but overall experience...

At first the place seemed nice. We were welcomed by a nice waiter who even tried to speak French with us. But after having ordered our meals.. we have been waiting for about 40 minutes. All the other people were served before us though we arrived before them (we may have taken some time to decide what to order.. but still.. I felt like we were waiting like forever). My friend was just starving and looked at the waiter showing him her watch so that he could understand we were waiting... and he just made a little wave to say to wait. Then we were served and as soon as we have finished, the only thing we wanted was to go home. So we stood up before the bill was ready. Then the waiter asked if we were waiting for something. We said the bill because we wanted to go home.. Well, he asked if we wanted something to drink but it was way too late... I mean.. he could have at least said sorry for the long wait. But no. So was my quick reply: « No. ». I really hope this place deserves its rate. But the experience was not our best moment in...