Alexander — Restaurant in Municipality of Thira

This started out as a mildly bad experience -- but the restaurant's response made it much, much worse. When I expressed some concerns about the meal, the hostess explicitly told me that they don't care what their customers think because they are "always full." That tells you something about their attitude to hospitality.

My initial impressions were as follows: The decor was disappointing. I was seated inside, and the inside of the restaurant is not nice at all. It's hot and sweaty. There's a refrigerator in the middle of the room -- and not in a charming way, but in a dilapidated and run-down way. The service and food were not great either. Not atrocious, but nothing special and there are many better options in Santorini. The experience to that point was not great, but perhaps not meriting of a one-star review.

Where things really went downhill was at the end of my meal when the hostess asked how my meal was. I explained that I was disappointed. I also expressed my concerns to the waiter when he came by with the bill. I wanted to give them a chance to make it right before I posted a negative review here. Although the waiter recognized my concerns and was somehow apologetic, the rest of the staff went into a fit of pique that anyone had dared to complain.

The hostess came by and told me, "This restaurant is open 20 years and we are always full. If you don't like, I don't care." The chef came out shortly after demanding to know what my problems were, and how I liked the food. I told him the food was OK and then started to explain what I was unhappy about. Before I could finish, he muttered something under his breath and walked away.

Needless to say, the unprofessional behavior of the staff overshadowed the experience. Rather than try to fix a bad experience, they became vindictive and openly hostile. Before this experience, I couldn't imagine encountering a hostess so openly disdainful of her customers as the one I met here. It's unfortunate, but her ignorant and provincial mentality prevails here--as long as new customers keep coming, they don't care whether their existing customers are satisfied or not.

The one thing that can be said of this place (and perhaps the main reason it continues to attract customers) is that it is very, very cheap. I didn't realize that when I booked it. They seem to fill up the tables with cheap prices, in lieu of good food or service. Although others completing reviews of this place on TripAdvisor may feel differently, personally I think a nice experience is worth a few extra euros. I had a much better experience at other, nicer restaurants in Santorini. In light of the staff's lack of grace or hospitality, I could not...

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