Taverna Panorama — Restaurant in Municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands

We were in search of a restaurant that offers a taste of the greek taste of life. I tell you, this is not an easy task and - let's be honest - a task that is too often fulfilled by chance. That is also how we found this restaurant. Sitting next to a random street we passed on our way down to Dassia, we were stunned by the views this restaurant offers - either on the inside or the outside: Albania, the foot of Pantokrator or Corfu City lights.

We decided to return a bit later and eat here. We were greeted by the owner who gave us a caraffe of the - i must say the best white - wine of the house ... on the house. A wine, made purely of grapes from the owner and by hand. It tastes a little like mead. For those who don't like white wine, there is rosé and black whine, too. The food is freshly made on a grill you can see when sitting on the front porch. We ate a greek salad (the Feta!!!), the recommended pork chop and a Sofrito. Everything tasted very good.

But it is not only the food. It is also the ambience, the music, the love put into the food, an owner who shares a word with you. A daily weather ballon, starting at the brink of the night, rising above a darkening sea. A place where you could sit forever. A true...

It started out really nice but went down hill real bad. The nice old man who served our 15 strong (adults and young children) table was patient enough at first but when some meat dishes were served dry, he couldn’t care less. By the time we asked to pay, he said no credit cards. We haven’t had enough cash to cover the entire dinner so one of us was preparing to drive off to the ATM to get more cash while someone stays as ‘collateral’ and the rest go to the hotel to tuck the children in (it was 10pm) but that’s when it got really weird: he refused to let eveyone go, expecting us to somehow magically come up with the rest of the money; he said he is going to lock the parking lot gate so that we are not going to be able to get in our cars and go, and that he is calling the police. Can you imagine yourself being the hostage of a restaurant? At some point he got angery and smashed his already broken credit card terminal on the table. Perhaps it helped his cooling down because that’s when our original plan suddenly made sense to him. I am sure that I speak for our entire group saying the whole ordeal was extremely uncomfortable, very stressful, awkward and embarrassing, so much as intimidating, scary, and offensive. A...

Absolutely superb! We stayed five nights in Kato Korakiana, close to Dassia and this was by far the best meal we had

All the food is fresh and home cooked so that means that not everything is available or dishes available may run out if the restaurant is busy. That did not bother us one bit but seemed to upset a group near us.

One small thing is that if you want fish, you have to order it the day before.

I believe the couple running the restaurant have been here for a very long time and they certainly produce very high quality food. Without wanting to be disrespectful, it is simple food cooked superbly. I had the meatballs for starters, followed by the stifado. The beef just melted in my mouth and was delicious.

And it may be the first time ever I have had to help the owner use the card payment machine to pay for my meal but to me, that all adds to the ambience of the restaurant. I would thoroughly recommend the restauraurant

If I could give it six out of...