Porfyra Restaurant — Restaurant in Municipality of Ierapetra

The food was pretty good (nothing spectacular).

The problem was the service. We went in the afternoon. It did not look at all busy maybe 4 tables.

About 15 minutes before anyone came to give us a menu. Then we had ordered drinks and food but had to ask where the drinks were after 20 minutes of waiting. I don't mind waiting but it's a hot day and it makes sense to at least serve the water as soon as you can.

To make things worse we then had to wait around 45 minutes for any of the food.

You must ask them constantly otherwise nothing will arrive.

Also the first establishment I've ever been that ask you to pay before seeing the bill, they were unable (or unwilling) to show the bill before the card transaction.

Overall nice location and decent food, better service would go a long way. I didn't expect a stop for a drink and a light lunch to take...

We were disappointed when our tuna tartare arrived. It was supposed (as stated in the menu) to have cucumber and avocado. When it arrived, there was no avocado and when we asked where the avocado was, instead of just saying they didn’t have avocados they said it was “inside the dressing”… which was a normal mayonnaise (not even an avocado mayonnaise). We also had a virgin piña colada for our son and when we were about to pay the bill, not only they were charging an extra euro 😳 they were not even trying to be open minded or friendly. We had to negotiate with them and they only took 1€ off the virgin piña colada. The overall experience was quite disappointing. Bummer since the place looks really nice and the plates are not bad, even if more expensive than average plates everywhere else in...

Wir haben mit Freunden im Oktober Urlaub im Hotel El Grecco gemacht, zu welchem das Restaurant gehört. Zum "Ausgleich" für eine gebuchte Juniorsuite, die ein Paar von uns erst nach 2 Tagen beziehen konnte, haben wir ein Essen für 4 im Porfyra bekommen - ein Glücksgriff. Das Porfyra ist anders als die umliegenden Restaurants. Die Speisekarte ist übersichtlich, bietet aber für jeden etwas. Es gibt keine "klassischen" (häufig überladene) Grill- oder Fischteller, sondern lecker und optisch schön zubereitete Gerichte. An 3 Abenden haben wir im Porfyra gegessen und hatten u. a. AngusBurger, eine der Pizzen, Caesar Salad, Beefsteak, gegrillte Sardinen, gegrilltes Fischfilet oder Pasta mit Trüffelsaucce. Das absolute Highlight war aber das 700 Gr. Schweinesteak, ein Kotelett mit angesetztem Rückstück, gegrillt, saftig und top gewürzt. Der Hauswein in rot und weiß ist lecker mit der jeweils richtigen Trinktemperatur. Das umfangreiche Hotelfrühstück gibt es übrigens auch zu einem wie ich finde angemessenen Preis für Nichthotelgäste - direkte Lage am Meer und...