Thalassa Restaurant Rethymno — Restaurant in Municipality of Rethymnon

Do not trust the reviews. This is one of the worst restaurants I've ever been to.

Starting with the food, I ordered pork souvlaki, the meat was dry and tasteless, the french fries had no salt, somehow the salad was incredibly dry with no olive oil. The pita bread tasted very off like a cheap store bought brand and the tsatsiki also tasted very off and horrible. One of the people I was there with ordered pasta. In the picture there were tomatoes and actual sauce on it. However all we got was a bowl of plain spaghetti and two metal bowls one having the "sauce" which was literally just minced meat in water and looked horrible. In the other bowl there was "parmesan" cheese which turned out to be gouda because It's cheaper. They're seriously cutting corners using the cheapest, well everything. There's not one good thing I could say of the food no matter how hard I'd think. The food was also incredibly expensive for its very low and cheap quality.

Next is the service, for all that horrible food we waited 50 minutes. The waiter was rude and kept forgetting things constantly. We ordered a bottle of water and a bottle of wine. The bottle of water never arrived and when we asked about it the waiter rudely asked when we had ordered it, not believing us. Also the wine we ordered never arrived and we had to ask for that again, too. I was given a glass bottle of soda with no glass for it and guess what, we had to ask for that too and wait more.

The atmosphere wasn't appealing either. The place it is in is not optimal. The constant strong wind making napkins and hats fly away is unpleasant along with the busy, loud road next to it.

Do not trust the reviews likI do not recommend this place at all. I'd even say avoid it. Every single part of it...

I dont recommend the staff was so childish I ordered a Caesar salad and my sister a marinara pasta which in Finland it means pasta with tomato sauce but the waitress came with a shrimp pasta my sister is allergic to shrimp my mom said really politely that she is allergic and she order a pasta with tomato sauce the waitress said that if she wanted a tomato sauce pasta she should have ordered a Napolitan pasta My sister got the pasta with tomato sauce But every time the waitress would come to the table he would say it was not my fault it was yours which was very childish The food had no flavor and it was bad The waitress kept calling me and my sister princess which seemed like he was trying too hard to to be friendly I didn’t like it cuz I’m not that social of a person the waitress tried to make me speak to him but I didn’t want to cuz again not that social The place was not cozy After we left the waitress was again remember it’s napolitan pasta not marinara Which like it was an mistake The menu didn’t have the ingredients in the pasta so Also if u are gonna do a ceasar salad please learn how to do the sauce first the ceasar salad sauce tasted like It was expired and it was yellow which it is supposed to be white I have been in a lot of bad restaurants but this...

The service was extremely rude. I visited more than 30 countries around the world and never ever saw such attidute. So I was with my family (3ppl) When a waiter came to me I ordered chicken barbeque and salad and drink. We get used that portion is big here so we share food and we like have a light dinner. He exclaimed "That's all? You took table for 3 persons and u ordered not enough food that occupied the table." I thought I didn't understand that and asked "Sorry" He got angry and grabbed menu from my hands, and my mom's hands. Then he added "I'm trying to be friendly but this..."He wasn't friendly at all. What I can say that when you come to this place service count their tips and ur money already. Thats even more ridiculous when u take in consideration that is "TAVERNA" That means home hospitality... In addition all tables are very close to each other and interior doesnt look...