Ταβέρνα "Καλλιθέα" — Restaurant in Municipality of Gortynia

I can comment only on our own experience (we were in a group of 50+ people that had booked table d'hôte meals) but it might help à la carte customers to know how this establishment operates. The first comers of our group sat in the table alright, but when the rest of the group arrived (my family included), we were told they had to fill all remaining seats in the tables, before the restaurant would prepare other tables. We ended up seating next to people in the group that we didn't know. Our friends, when they arrived, could not even find seats and left (and they were the better off for that, since they found a fantastic souvlaki place in Dimitsana and enjoyed their meal a lot more). There were not enough seats for everyone, even though we had supposedly booked our visit many hours in advance.

When, at some point, spirits ran high between a fool in our group who probably had had too much to drink and a waiter, the owner came and told the waiter off very loudly, in front of everyone. Reading in other adjacent comments how the owner had boasted in front of the commenters about his outlaw youth, I guess we're lucky he didn't do anything else, directly to the rogue customer (who was inexcusable, don't get me wrong)... But some union representatives that were in our group took him aside and roasted him for the way he treated his employee.

As for the food, I've had worse but I've certainly had a lot better. A pork chop and a grilled chicken fillet were what one could find in any mediocre restaurant everywhere. Not the experience one seeks high up on the mountain, where top notch tavernas offer juicy and tasty grilled meats. The rooster with pasta plate was also just passable, and people who know more about countryside food said that this was not even close a village-bred rooster, but what we can buy at the butcher's in... Athens.

All in all, beware. I can see that other commenters have had a different experience, I can only speak of what...

It's a nice enough family run taverna situated outside of the center of Dimitsana. There wasn't many different food options to choose from and they didn't have a lot of portions of specific dishes, but the food was quite tasty and cheap-ish.

The main problem was the owner himself. While being served our main dishes, he stood in the middle of the floor asking for everyone's attention because he wanted to say something. He proceeded to monologue for about 25 minutes straight about the geography and the history of the place, and about his life in his 30s and how he parted and what he did.

The constant barrage of him talking not only made my main dish cold, because he kept on commanding attention and checking that were listening but also left a sour taste because of the things that he was sharing about his past life.

I wouldn't recommend going to that place even if it was the only taverna open in the...

📌 Ζεστή ατμόσφαιρα και προσεγμένες γεύσεις

Επισκεφθήκαμε το μαγαζί ένα απόγευμα Σαββάτου τον Φεβρουάριο. Το κατάστημα λειτουργεί μόνο τα Σαββατοκύριακα και διαθέτει άνετο χώρο στάθμευσης.

Ο χώρος είναι όμορφα διαμορφωμένος, με ένα τζάκι που δημιουργεί ζεστή ατμόσφαιρα. Το προσωπικό ήταν ευγενικό και εξυπηρετικό, ενώ το μενού είναι μικρό, αλλά προσεγμένο, ώστε τα πιάτα να είναι πάντα φρέσκα.

Από όσα δοκιμάσαμε, μας άρεσε ιδιαίτερα το λουκάνικο αγριογούρουνου στα ορεκτικά, ο κόκορας με χυλοπίτες από τα μαγειρευτά και το ψαρονέφρι από τα πιάτα ώρας. Η χωριάτικη σαλάτα ήταν προσεγμένη και δεν έλειπε το ελαιόλαδο, όπως συμβαίνει σε άλλα καταστήματα.

Στο τέλος του γεύματος, μας προσέφεραν σπιτική γαλατόπιτα, μια ευγενική κίνηση. Ο ιδιοκτήτης ήταν ιδιαίτερα φιλόξενος και πρόθυμος να μας μιλήσει για την ιστορία της περιοχής και να μας προτείνει μέρη για επίσκεψη.

Μια πολύ καλή επιλογή για όσους επισκέπτονται...