Timi‘s Place — Restaurant in Municipality of Rhodes

In a country renowned for warmth and good vibes, Timi's manages the rare achievement of making hospitality feel like hostility.I regret the sour aftertaste of this restaurant, as most of the food was good, but the extraordinarily unpleasant management colored my experience.

At Timi's, that was not only absent but actively hostile. Over the years, my partner and I have spent around thirty weeks cumulatively in Greece, eaten fava countless times, and never once even thought of sending a plate back. Here, the fava arrived drowned in vinegar and with pickled, rather than raw, onions. When I asked about sending it back or exchanging it, the manager dismissed us with the claim that “normal fava is too boring.” He leaned on the “policy” that a plate could only be returned before it was tasted — meaning that one must judge a dish by its appearance alone. It wasn’t simply the refusal that mattered, but the evasive, patronizing way it was delivered, which reeked of contempt.

Equally telling was the response when I noted the 5-euro charge for water. “This is how it is in Greece,” I was told. After decades of travel here I can say confidently that, outside of a few hotspots in the Cyclades, I've never paid more than 3.50 at a modest restaurant. The point, of course, isn’t the price difference, but the arrogance in brushing off a genuine query with a falsehood, as though we were naïve first timers.

TLDR - you may enjoy a solid meal, but you will likely leave with the impression that your presence was a nuisance rather than a pleasure. They don't seem to agree that an essential part of dining out, especially in a holiday destination, is...

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