Tavern Taxiarchos special grill — Restaurant in Municipality of Oropedion Lasithiou

Just visited this place, the service is awful. When we came, the man was very friendly and told that we can have any place to sit. There were not many people and we sat to the double table because there was another family sat near a small table and we wanted to keep a safe distance. I went to the toilet, and met the woman who seems to be the owner of this place. I was asking her where is the toilet, and she said in ruddish way: "the toilet is only for my customers." I was a bit insulted by the tone and told her that I am her customer. After I came back to the table, the lady came to our table and asked how many of us. We said that four. And she said in the ruddish way: "This table fit 10 persons, sit to another table for four persons! We are waiting for a group of people from Safari, and we need space for them!" Now my wife also was insulted, and we decided to leave this place. I said, "sorry but we don't want to eat here." And the lady said: "You used my toilet!" I said thanks for that I can pay for this, and she calmed down and said: "no, have...

Caution to anyone thinking of eating here. Folks started out friendly, even giving us directions to the nearest ATM because the credit machine was broken. Everything went downhill after our order. We ordered some appetizers while deciding what meats wanted from the grill, it all looked really good. The appetizers didn't come with plates, forcing us to use napkins. No one ever looked at our table again so we never got the chance to ask for anything else. A German couple arrived and a French tour group, both were attended well and the server skirted around our table multiple times without looking in our direction and ignoring my calls.

It could be that we did something to offend them, but it felt like they didn't like us because we spoke English. Very uncomfortable and I would not recommend to anyone. Lots of nicer businesses all...

We have been going here when we visit Crete for many years. The atmosphere and food are always great and we've never seen a bigger BBQ which is lovingly tended by Dimitris. His wife Johanna makes great Greek Salads and and has a good menu of traditional Greek food to enjoy. Local wine and beer along with 'Cretan Coca Cola' is how Dimitris describes their home made Raki which he insists on enjoying with his guests. Once you've been there you will always be remembered on your return. A lot of the food is either home produced or sourced locally. We always look forward to returning and cannot recommend the dining experience and friendliness we have...