Ζεν Σάμος — Restaurant in Municipality of Eastern Samos

Terrible experience. Took over half an hour to even get to order, and when the waiter arrived at our table, he just stood there silent, didn’t even say anything; WE had to start the conversation. When speaking to us he were very rude. From the moment we ordered until the food arrived, about 75 min passed. I am a vegetarian which is the reason I ordered fried zucchini and French fries. The zucchini tasted like fish which I definitely did not appreciate; in fact I had to ask wether it really WAS zucchini or not. The French fries were tasteless and badly fried. On top of that the food was the most expensive dinner of our stay in Samos. We didn’t get an apology for being late, didn’t get compensated or anything. We actually considered leaving the restaurant when the waiter hadn’t showed up when half an hour had passed, but just when we were getting up, he arrived. Conclusion: do not visit this restaurant,...

Unfortunately, it was a real disappointment for us, especially with the arrogance of the boss (?). Because the restaurant doesn't open until 7 p.m., we ended up waiting somewhere for two hours. The start was perfect: the Caesar salad was good, fresh, and large, but the local white wine was a bit sour. Then came the fish, fried in lots of oil, with absolutely no side dish at all, not even a small green decoration. My complaint was met with the arrogant remark that it had been done this way for 20 years. If something has been done badly for 20 years, that just shows the wrong attitude. Every Turkish restaurant has nicer decor, not to mention the rest of the world. The plate of garlic shrimp tasted perfect but was small. What a shame, it really ruined our last evening. .... für uns war es leider eine richtige Enttäuschung, vor allem was die Arroganz der Chefin (?) angeht.. weil dieses Restaurants abends erst um 19 Uhr öffnet, haben wir zwei Stunden irgendwo gewartet. Der Start war einwandfrei, der Ceasars Salat gut, frisch und gross , der weisse lokal Wein etwas sauer. Dann kam der in viel Oel gebratene Fisch absolut ohne jede Beilage, nicht einmal eine kleine grüne Dekoration war dabei... Meine Reklamation wurde quittiert mit der arrogant ausgesprochenen Bemerkung dass dies seit 20 Jahren so gemacht wurde.... Wenn etwas seit 20 Jahren schlecht gemacht wird zeigt dies eigentlich nur die falsche Grundeinstellung. Jedes türkische Restaurant dekoriert schöner, vom Rest der Welt ganz zu schweigen.. Der Teller mit den Shrimps mit Knoblauch war geschmacklich einwandfrei aber klein. Schade , das hat unseren letzten Abend ziemlich vermiest. . Δυστυχώς, ήταν μια πραγματική απογοήτευση για εμάς, ειδικά με την αλαζονεία του αφεντικού (?). Επειδή το εστιατόριο δεν ανοίγει μέχρι τις 7 μ.μ., καταλήξαμε να περιμένουμε κάπου δύο ώρες. Η αρχή ήταν τέλεια: η σαλάτα του Καίσαρα ήταν καλή, φρέσκια και μεγάλη, αλλά το τοπικό λευκό κρασί ήταν λίγο ξινό. Στη συνέχεια ακολούθησε το ψάρι, τηγανισμένο σε πολύ λάδι, χωρίς απολύτως κανένα συνοδευτικό πιάτο, ούτε καν μια μικρή πράσινη διακόσμηση. Το παράπονό μου αντιμετωπίστηκε με την αλαζονική παρατήρηση ότι γινόταν έτσι εδώ και 20 χρόνια. Αν κάτι έχει γίνει άσχημα εδώ και 20 χρόνια, αυτό δείχνει απλώς λάθος νοοτροπία. Κάθε τουρκικό εστιατόριο έχει πιο ωραία διακόσμηση, για να μην αναφέρουμε τον υπόλοιπο κόσμο. Το πιάτο με τις γαρίδες με σκόρδο είχε τέλεια γεύση αλλά ήταν μικρό. Τι κρίμα, πραγματικά μας χάλασε το...

It is strange to review a restaurant where we did not eat, but it is strange too what we experienced there. We (2 persons) arrived and sat at a small table outside. We waited for about 10-15 min, and then the waiter came and told us that ...we had to leave! He said that he was expecting a group of 9 people to arrive shortly, and was planning to join our table with some more (still occupied) tables, to serve them. Both he and the manager whom we met and complained had no words of apology or explanation why the table was not marked reserved, and that we had to wait for so long for anybody to pay attention to us. These are the facts and we leave the conclusions...