Tommy's Taverna — Restaurant in Municipality of Rhodes

The place is very nice for dinner. Tommy the owner will welcome you. At 77 years old, with his smile, positive energy and life stories he will make you feeling as the family friend. Sharing stories that at the end of the day, all guests will know. But this is part of what Tommy’s taverna is about. I admire the waiter who was serving alone all tables with the same kindness and energy despite of the hot. The food was good. The fresh fish of the day, Dorada, was well grilled. But something was missing: spices? The speciality of the taverna, lamb with feta , is really well cooked, the meat very tender. Feta and lamb together is really good. Same with the stuffed calamari. But nothing particular which could make the food outstanding. No misunderstanding: the food is good. Just making the comparison based on...

I was recommended to eat here from friends but as a vegetarian was a little weary. I was very mistaken. The food was amazing. There were so many options from the hummus, tzatziki, salads, Greek version of eggplant parm and many more dishes. For the non vegetarians my friend is a carnivore and loved the food as well. He said the veggie dish was his top 20 all time and the meat dishes stuffed kalamari and lamb kleftica were even better. As great as the dishes were make sure you talk to the owner Tommy. He is a real gem and the best part of our meal. He made us feel at home and told us about the town and told us stories from his childhood. Not only is the food amazing also priced very well. We loved it so much we went back for dinner the same...

It wasn’t particularly good. We tried to order pita bread with hummus as a starter. The waiter told us they didn’t do hummus but recommended to us a cheese sauce that tasted like hummus, so we ordered that.

After a very long wait we received a bowl of tzatziki that we did not order. A few minutes later we received our pita bread and we asked for the cheese dip we originally asked for. The waiter left and, a few minutes later, we received the cheese dip. We discovered that, contrary to the waiter’s suggestion, it tasted nothing like hummus.

After a long wait my main, the beef stifado (Greek beef stew), came out. It was absolutely ginormous (American sized!) and came with an oversized side of chips.

All-in-all I do not...