Triantaphyllos - The Little Square — Restaurant in Municipality of Eastern Samos

Hidden deep within the sacred labyrinth of Samos (read: a village with three streets), I embarked on what can only be described as a life-changing odyssey… for lunch. My companions? A heroic bowl of tzaziki, a mysterious “traditional dish” whose name I instantly forgot, and the ever-faithful Alfa beer. The bill? €25. A small price to pay for immortality.

The tzatziki alone could start a diplomatic incident—silky, refreshing, and with just enough garlic to ensure nobody would kiss me for at least two days. But the so-called “traditional dish” was pure poetry: tiny shrimp and even tinier fish, united with onions, all lightly dusted in flour and fried with the grace of Zeus himself. Honestly, it felt less like a plate and more like a TED Talk from Poseidon.

This, dear traveler, is not just a restaurant—it is a pilgrimage site. After your meal, you can wander the village, where time stands still, mostly because the streets are too narrow for modern cars. Park wisely: the locals recommend leaving your vehicle somewhere reasonable. Translation: don’t even try to drive in unless you’re auditioning for Fast & Furious: Samos Drift.

I reserved for 3 p.m. At first glance, the place seemed empty, like a Greek ghost town. But each table bore the sacred word “Reserved.” Within an hour, the place filled like Mykonos in July. To those who dare to show up without a booking and then complain: my friends, even TripAdvisor Karens have warned you. Every vlog, every comment, every whisper on the wind says the same thing—no reservation,...

Let me say at the beginning what I would normally say at the end: NEVER AGAIN. This is our 5th time in a row in 5 years. Until this year, it has always been our favorite, that also explains why we kept going there; however, this year, it has been our last time. As always, we ordered grilled kalamari; however, we got fried kalamari. When we told the waitress that we ordered grilled and not fried, she went for jugular and she literally said “You ordered fried kalamari, I never make mistakes.” She did not want to accept their mistakes. Why would we order fried kalamari if we wanted to eat grilled kalamari. Anyway, she didn’t bring the fried kalamari back and we ate it. Although it’s ok to eat fried kalamari which was also delicious, her statement was UNACCEPTABLE. The end of the night when we wanted to pay, we saw that they added extra ouzo to the receipt that we did not order. Meaining, the same waitress who said that she never makes mistakes made a mistake. After our warning, they paid us back. In the end, we faced the terrible behavior of the same waitress (probably the relative of the owner so she doesn’t care even after complaints) that so many people...

We come to Samos almost every year and was in love with that restaurant but today the experience was really bad. I really like the service, working people but the food was a big disappointment. First of all I asked the home salat ingredients since my mom does not eat many food , he answered that it is only green ingredients without cheese, the plate was mixed of many things fish, nuts, veggies. He should warn me on that. Second the saganaki was smelling really deep sea and not cooked tasty at all , we did not even eat one piece of it. My fav kalamari was really not good fried the entire inside of the calamari was full of pane… and at least I was expecting from them to not charge the saganaki…. Only chickpea balls were good but I was so disappointed, I wanted to take them with me did not want to eat at all. Since they are very nice people I do not want to blame for service and we come every year but TODAY it was a very big...