Spaggos — Restaurant in Municipality of Piraeus

Against better judgement I was talked into dining by the proprietor. The overall character of the restaurant felt unwelcoming, old, and trashy but we still decided to give it a shot. Although the service was alright and they were quick when serving our table, in hindsight it was clear that they tried to push the most expensive items of the menu onto us. They even brought out a big platter of supposedly 'fresh' fish and tried their utmost best having us order what would have certainly cost hundreds or euros.

We ended up served very stale bread as well as a beetroot salad and lemons past their freshness. We were given tap water disguised as bottled water and charged 3 euros for it. The seafood salad we ordered was well below standards and similarly past its freshness. It was a soggy, unappealing mess which does not hold a candle to the otherwise superb and fresh salads which we've had at other restaurants in Greece. As for the main course we ordered a seafood platter of grilled fishes. Expecting a full meal, we instead had to wait surprisingly long for just a basket of unseasoned fish; no sides, no vegetables, no sauce, nothing else but grilled fish. We had to do with the provided table salt and pepper.

Ended up paying through our noses for this, 50 euros. "Greek prices" my arse as the proprietor liked to assure you. Didn't even have Iced tea and the Coca-Cola tasted off. Not to forget that the toilets stank badly and they even had a condom machine. I never write reviews but as of 5 days later we are still suffering from food poisoning with the ultimate victim being our toilets.

DO NOT BELIEVE THE OTHER FIVE...

I asked my driver for a local restaurant that wasn’t full of tourists. He recommended this place, claiming it had the best seafood and told me what to order. When I walked in, the only locals I saw were two cats sitting at a table, waiting for their share of the catch (and here, the "catch" was clearly the customer). The restaurant was packed with tourists – a classic Greek tourist trap.

They push the fish priced by the kilo. You order without really knowing what you’re getting, and they bring you a fish the size of a whale just so they can hit you with a sky-high bill. The fish wasn’t even seasoned properly, and the “Greek” potatoes were likely not made by Greeks—again, no flavor. I even invited our friendly driver to join us for lunch.

The damage? €248. To compare, I had the exact same meal at another restaurant in Santorini for four people and paid less than €80. It was a big mistake to trust the taxi driver without checking reviews first. They brag about being a family-owned business, but that family should be ashamed—they bring shame on Greece.

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DON’T GO THERE. Food was average but the waiter was one of my worst experiences as a customer ever. He brought me bottle of wine instead of barrel of wine and he opened it immediately so I didn’t have a chance to say something. When I reached out to him about this mistake, he acted absolutely inappropriately, insisting that I said “bottle” so it’s my fault and was being really rude to me, it made me cry. No apology about his misunderstanding, no nothing. Of course barrel of wine costs 8€ and bottle costs 34€, so you can imagine my frustration with this whole situation. On top of this, my husband got his salad and I was sitting with an empty plate for about 30 minutes. When my husband decided to ask the waiter about my meal, he said he forgot and it took another 10 minutes for my meal to come. That means, I was waiting in completely empty restaurant for one salad with halloumi cheese FOR ONE HOUR. I would never go there again, attitude of the waiter was absolutely terrible and you can find better food in most...