Porta Anihti — Restaurant in Pavlos Melas Municipality

This is a nice place, with a kind and helpful staff. Its major shortcoming is the food. The staff recommended the T-bone steak which was either not fresh and/or poorly prepared. The most unfortunate part of the dish was the accompanying potatoes which must have been prepared three or more days in advance. Such a mistake for this place to offer this side dish. The spinach salad was interesting but with an overpowering use of garlic in the zucchini, unnecessary, to say the least. The baked vegetables were prebaked, left aside and reheated. And here is the question: why does a cook feel the need to do that? The place was empty, there was enough time to prep and cook everything and serve it to us freshly made warm and delicious. Finally, we had a nicely coated and deep-fried cheese with honey which compared to the rest of the meal was decent. On a friendly note, this is a place where someone could do so much more if food wise they stick to the basics. Simple and fresh is...

I'll begin with positive things I really liked that there is a non-smoking area.

Now I think that my risotto was very tasteful but for the price I would demand more things from the restaurant.

The female bathroom has a broken handle you cannot close the door.

I went to use the men's bathroom but the bathroom was super tiny you cannot get in I guess it's just because men stand up and they can pee while standing up and not close the door.

I asked a female staff to hold the door for me and make sure no one would look at me while I went to the bathroom.

For the price of the food I do think that they need to have much better bathrooms.

My company was surprised by the bathrooms and would like to have used the staff bathroom but we were too shy to...

Visited Porta Anihti with friends. It is located in the charming part of western Thessaloniki near a fantastic "forgotten" museum and a theater. Porta Anihti has a modern and fresh interior but reflects the soul of the neigbourhood. With an outdoor serving area and the entire front of the restaurant opening up to the square in good weather it really lives up to its name "open door" (if my Greek is not failing me). The service was very good and the staff spoke English. We had a variety of dishes and they were all fantastic. Well prepared and with flavours that makes your mouth water for more. The menu has many vegetarian choices as well as fish and meat. We are definitely coming back to try the rest...