Cavo Barbaro — Restaurant in Municipality of Northern Corfu

If I could give no stars I would! Three times we visited this restaurant and on every occasion the staff were rude and very unwelcoming, on our first visit we turned up without a reservation and understandably they could not accommodate us due to the fact the weather was bad and all tables were being moved inside, leaving no spare tables, however, the way we were spoken to was as if we were an inconvenience to them! However we gave them the benefit of the doubt thinking that they were really busy due to the table changes and were therefore distracted, we returned for a second attempt, again with no reservation, again staff were very abrupt with us, saying that no reservation no table, so we went ahead and booked for the following evening, today. Upon arrival we were seated by a miserable male waiter, no pleasant welcome, just handed us the menu and walked away, another male waiter arrived and took our drinks order, again no pleasantries, not even a smile, we gave our drinks order and said we were ready to order our food, we were told that someone else would be over to take our food order. We waited 20 minutes and still no waiter arrived, during this time we watched other guests arrive, being treated with smiling faces and hand shakes, guests that had clearly been before, being seated and having the menu explained to them and recommendations of what to order, none of which was offered to us. After waiting for over 20 minutes and being completely ignored and looked upon as an inconvenience we got up and left the restaurant! We went to the restaurant next door, Corfu seaside restaurant, oh what a difference, very accommodating, friendly staff, same excellent views, with amazing food! I would avoid Cavo Barbaro and go straight to Corfu...

The view is delicious, the garden is beautiful. You open up the menu and you start starving, no matter what. I was there a week ago. My friends and I ordered our food. In Greece, waiters sometimes bring you water or sweets to the table. This time, they came with seven wasps; seven wasps that could not be cast off. Our food looked good and so thought the insects, but, unlike them, I didn't have the chance to taste it. This review should have been more authentically written by them. Even though it was obvious we needed a reservation for ten guests, as the wasps just could not have enough, the waiters took 10-15 minutes to do something about it - unsuccessful, though. It would have been an awesome idea that we were told wasps love what we ordered before we actually ordered, not after. :) Not only were we afraid not to swallow a wasp, but one of them actually cut a small part of sliced meat and flew away. Please visualize that!

In a more serious tone, I am truly sorry for my rating, but being able to eat and having good hygiene...

I’ve been coming to Corfu for 20 years and I have never refused to eat in a restaurant. The people here were rude and insulting and did not give us a warm welcome at all.

Everything I said or did received a really unnecessary comment, such as me being ‘English’ (I’m not English), or my partner getting a chair for herself (weird comment). We were a little young for the demographic and we suspect that this was part of the hostility. When I asked for the bill after 2 quick drinks, someone made a comment about us wanting a snack bar…

We ended up going to the Old School in Kassiopi for an amazing meal and an even warmer welcome (take my money!). It’s very simple, welcome your guests like it’s a privilege to have them choose you, not the other way around…

Oh, and just for fun, they do that thing where they will keep the best tables reserved for larger parties. I would pick a snack bar over these guys any day...