Throubi Restaurant at Andronis Concept — Restaurant in Municipality of Thira

My wife and I came here on our honeymoon. This was our first night in Santorini and we were incredibly excited to dine at Throubi, seeing as we had just came from 4 nights in Mykonos after 2 nights in Athens, during which every single dinner had been spectacular, all at different establishments.

When we arrived at Throubi in time to enjoy our first coveted Santorini sunset, we were sat at a table in the corner of the patio that should not have existed in the first place. While we could tell that some tables had a wonderful view of the Caldera, we were stuck next to the concrete wall which completely obstructed our view. We had to get up from our table and walk off the premises to be able enjoy the view without awkwardly lurking over other tables. I initially didn't let this put a damper on the mood, as I was still very excited about our meal. However, when the sommelier arrived at the table, things continued to spiral.

We were offered a glass of champagne to start. We initially obliged, as we are accustomed to high end restaurants giving a complimentary glass of sparking wine to patrons upon arriving (as was the case at multiple other restaurants in Greece as well as in our home country). However, we were quickly informed that these were 28 euros each. At this point we said nevermind and asked to just see the wine menu before committing to any drinks. The wine menu was extensive, but had been marked up beyond belief. I am used to overpaying for wine at restaurants, but the cheapest bottles available were 76 euros, and most of the selection was far pricier. We went with a 76 Euro bottle of wine that retails for 15 euros or less. Absolutely insulting. After our subpar wine arrived, we were finally brought a menu, at which point we learned they had a tasting menu that had a wine pairing option for a mere 20 euros more than our exorbitantalty priced swill. If we had known this was an option, we would not have bothered with a bottle. This was awful execution, though at this point I'm confident that the pairing would have been equally disappointing, so I digress.

Upon looking over the menu we noticed all of the starters were in the 40 euro range, while the fishes and meats started there and got far pricier. This would be acceptable, IF the food was anything special. But NONE OF IT WAS. Our 40+ euro octopus was not even a full tentacle. It was 3 bite sized pieces with little flavor and a tough texture. My 40+ euro lamb had a piece of bone that had not been removed--not by design (this was a lamb filet that was pre sliced, not a rack of lamb or a shank). The flavor was bland, it could have been frozen for all I know. My wife's 38 euro chicken breast was similarly unspectacular. Neither of these dishes came with anything special as a side, only garnishes. We felt as if we were eating In a caricature of a high end restaurant where you pay insane amounts of money for a splash of drizzle across a single bite of food all in the name of trendiness.

At this point we had decided there was no way we would even consider dessert, but that we would instead raid our hotel room minibar, as it was assuredly of better value and quality. Of course, we were never even asked if we wanted dessert which we found utterly bizarre.

I want to end by saying that I LOVE nice restaurants. I am accustomed to paying for expensive food, and have been doing so our entire honeymoon, during which time we have enjoyed some of the best meals or our lives. In fact we paid more than twice as much at a restaurant in Athens that we felt was more than worth it. The difference is, they executed well enough for us to actually order the degustation menu along with the wine pairing, along with additional desserts and drinks. We felt this was 100% worth it, while Throubi was nowhere close. I have never been more disappointed in a dining experience than I was at Throubi. I cannot underscore how much I recommend other travelers avoid this place like the plague. I can only hope that the rest of our dining experiences in Santorini are...

Our reservation was at 8pm, we were punctual. The service was however dragged out and we ended up having the main dish at 10:45 pm and we were just uncomfortably hungry at this point. The starter came about an hour earlier, but it was two bites. The food in general was nothing special, especiallly for the price and there are lots of cheaper places with much better food. The portion sizes are about half of what you would need as a healthy adult. We ended up having a second dinner after going back to town, which for this price, should not happen- we also all had starter and main at the place, so it’s not like we just didn’t order enough portions. The waitstaff however was very friendly and they offered us a drink on the house for the delay in bringing out the food (however only just when we asked what’s taking so long)- That’s where it went south again though, because they managed to put pineapple inside the drink, even though we told them one of our group was allergic (it was fine, we asked again). The sunset and views are amazing; but you get that in lots of places on Santorini and certainly don’t need to have dinner at the place to enjoy it. In the end though, they did deliver on our expecations, just not how we expected: We will never...

I just came with friends and the experience we had was THE MOST TERRIBLE. Overpriced. Awful quality. I agree with everything another person mentioned on her review. If you don’t want to feel cheated don’t go to this place!

Gina Andrade 1 review

11 months ago I have to say that we were very disappointed with this restaurant. We have no complains about the service, it was perfect, but for this kind of restaurant is what you would expect. Our main complains are about the food. First, the prices are very high and for those kinds of prices we were expecting either very generous dishes or amazing food. The answer is we got none of the mentioned above. Basically, each dish they offered were 2 spoons of food, so do not go hungry here. Related to the quality of the dishes, they were not bad, but it was not something impressive for the quality we were expecting and for the prices they have. Our biggest disappointment was with the lobster, no taste at all, an awful combination of ingredients, they basically killed the taste of the lobster. Therefore, I would not recommend this place. They cannot reach the quality of food they want to sell. It can look fancy, nice place but after all, it is a restaurant and most important thing...