Fish-Taverna Tsambikos in Kavourakia — Restaurant in Municipality of Rhodes

My Group and i thought that a Restaurant that prides itself with a Sign saying they are open since 75 could be a pretty good greek experience... Well, the Food is sadly Pretty overpriced especially if you look over to ne restaurant next to it with almost the exact same Menu (and better taste). So when we came at around 18:45 there was almost noone there, should have been the first sign, the Restaurant next doors was buzzing with people. The waiter came and was... Not very friendly to say the least. After we have ordered our food and got our drinks it took the Restaurant about 35 Minutes to prepare our food (Saganaki, fries, a "Burger" which was only the patty and a few fries some orzo noddles with prawns and rice with seafood) which is a damn long time for the type of food we ordered... well and after that it was pretty silent we ate our food and then waited... and waited some more... it took a waiter over an hour to come back to our table and ask if everything is alright. Meanwhile there was another waiter who was talking to a colleague just about 20meters away from us... after a long time(30-40minutes) he came over and we told him we'd like to pay, he said yes and went into the Restaurant and that was the last we saw of him and he didnt even tell anyone else.

Overall it was a pretty Bad experience but we are still going for 3 stars because maybe it was just one of theyre bad days and the experience for someone else is much better... we told ourself not to...

When you first climb the steps to the restaurant terrace, it feels a bit like a mass catering venue but don’t be fooled. There is plenty of atmosphere provided by the excellent staff and the food was amazing!

Why do you always find the best restaurants at the end of the holiday?!?

Our waiter, Giánnis, (John), was great. He was patient and took a lot of time to talk us through the menu, checking on personal tastes and making suggestions accordingly.

This is a fish restaurant and I can’t stand fish but there were some options for me from the grill and my wife got a description of just about every fish in the sea. We stared with a Greek salad with the most amazing Feta cheese, along with bread and olive oil and a rich Tzatziki that was incredible. I followed up with a pork chop whilst the love of my life had the Sea Bream and made noises whilst eating it that made me jealous. She said it was amazing. (I’ll get me coat). All the time, Giánnis kept checking in , bringing beer and wine and water to keep us lubricated. The bill at the end of the meal was fully itemised and very reasonable. I left a good tip because they thoroughly deserved it.

It was a great meal, made wonderful by the staff.

We have just two days left on the island but at least one of them will be spent here.

Highly...

BE PREPARED TO WAIT A VERY LONG LONG TIME to be served! AVOID!!!

We were so excited to try this restaurant as some people had recommended it as we were staying at the hotel nearby. We were looking to try the local fresh fish.

Unfortunately, right from the start as soon as we got there we were already thinking of leaving because the staff were busy talking to the other customers joking and laughing to even bother to come visit our table and give us any menus or take the order. We were there for nearly 15 mins before someone came handed us the menu and just walked away not even a friendly hello.

We then waited another 10 minutes for the order to be taken, in this time two other table of “local” customers arrived, oh wow they got served quickly, friendly and laughing with them and guess what they order came out in 10 mins meanwhile we were still waiting for ours - how is this possible???!!! We then realised that unless you are a local you will not get good service, they only care for the locals so be warned.

The food came eventually after nearly 30 mins, the calamari was nice, my swordfish was overcooked and dry overall the food was average nothing special. The most annoying part was we had to pay nearly 100 euros for that terrible service and...