Taverna Elia — Restaurant in Municipality of Southern Corfu

Welcome to Taverna Elia, where the charming garden serves as the siren song luring you to a culinary abyss.

The 'steak' here is a bloody marvel, literally. When I say bloody, I'm not being a cockney Englishman, I mean the meat was so raw it was practically seeping hemoglobin. In fact, if you took all the undercooked meat from the plates around me and stitched it together, you'd have a cow ready for a reincarnation and a joyful trot back to its herd.

Now, let's talk about the mustard. Picture the most mustard-slathered Massachusetts-style hotdog you can imagine. Got it? Good. Now multiply that by ten and you're approaching Taverna Elia's idea of 'lightly seasoned'. You can almost hear the chef in the back, in a mustard-induced frenzy, shouting "More mustard!" until each dish looks like it's been gilded in yellow.

The dessert. Oh, the 'peppered cake'. This sweet treat might be the only dessert in existence that could make a Carolina Reaper look like a baby carrot. It was like they had a surplus of pepper and a deep-seated grudge against tastebuds. I've had less spicy experiences licking a habanero.

The menu at Taverna Elia is a disasterpiece that rivals the complexity of the Mandelbrot set. The further you delve, the more you're convinced that it's some sort of cruel joke, a mad gastronomical riddle designed to baffle and bewilder.

However, let's not forget the standout highlights: the air, devoid of any trace of their culinary blasphemy, and the water, which they must have outsourced to avoid ruining.

In summary, if you're looking for an experience that straddles the line between daring dining and an outright food war, Taverna Elia is your place. Best of luck, you're...

Identity crisis, sort of. Supposed to be a Tavern, but the Menu and the overall place looks like a Restaurant. The dishes/menu as well. The gestures and posture of the Staff, same thing. However, even though the prices are more like a restaurant, the food is not what would be expected of a Restaurant with such prices and you don't get the feeling you're in a Restaurant. Feels awkward. Got a stuffed (with cheese and tomato) beef burger and it had way too much fat/grease in it. Also, was overloaded with spearmint. Way too much spearmint, which you could actually smell without bringing a piece of the burger near your mouth. Also got a Caesar Salad where the chicken was totally dry and overcooked. The knife wasn't helping as it wasn't able to cut through the chicken properly. Got cheese balls that had a fancy name but were cheese balls that were also almost burned on the outside. Finally got some garlic bread that was as if one had sliced a lot of garlic over the bread and cooked it, but, was immediately soaked and couldn't cut it using a knife. Main dishes arrived before having the time to enjoy the starters, so really bad timing. Lots of room for...

I literally fell over heels for this place!!! Just a short walk to this amazing restaurant!! We were originally trying to get directions to another restuarant that had 78 reviews but a local who we asked for directions advised us of this magnificent place for true local food and entree's. Not to mention everyone kept telling us to try the sardines, mmmm...mmm!! I will continue dreaming of them and i dont like sardines. So my boyfriend and I ordered calamari (fresh and not chewy!), sardines, greek salad (tomato's are so favoriful and not to mention from the Dimitri's garden). Dimitri's wife makes an amazing Orange cake with icecream to finish off the meal! What an amazing beautiful place away from the beach and crowds, beautiful ambiance, quite time lounging and listening to calming greek music while sipping some...