Ftelias — Restaurant in Municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands

I was excited to try this place based on the photos, but left feeling pretty bummed out. The food looked nothing like the menu pictures and tasted bland for 20 euros, honestly reminded me of cheap student meals.

Service was rough too. It really affected my travel on that day. Waited 30+ minutes for our food, and the old lady seemed annoyed with customers the whole time. She kept complaining about cash vs card payments, then would mutter things in Greek after speaking to us in English, which felt pretty unwelcoming as tourists.

I rarely leave bad reviews, but I'm genuinely wondering if some of the 5-star reviews are from friends of the owner. The experience just doesn't match what others are describing.

Save your money - there are much better...

As belgian tourists we went to see the ‘sun set taverna’. At arroval, were dissapointed by the vibes and hospital white tables of the sun set taverna and wanted something really local.

We walked two minutes down the same road to discover this amazing ‘home made disch only’ - ‘Ftelias taverna’.

The woman was lovely (the kindest citizen of Corfu). She only serves meals that she made herself.

We’ve tried the Stifado, the Gyros, the Baklava, the orange pie, the greek coffee, tc and we adored it. Full of taste, authentic and with a charming vue on local life.

If you want an experience in a nice village, local and with meal made with love. You...

The food was not really nice, the chicken souvlaki was not really cooked and we had to ask her to cook it again. It was also a bit tasteless compared to others we had. The owner was constantly shooing the cats around us, even though we liked them. People next to us ordered red wine and as I went inside to pay I saw the owner pouring something transparent into the wine glasses, seemed to be water to me? When we were talking to people next to us she came out and asked if everything’s ok, seemed to me she really has...