The Greek Vine Restaurant — Restaurant in London

Firstly being greek myself i feel i can comment on both food and authenticity quite well. The starters such as spanakopita were very nice however the tzatziki and cheese bite things tasted store bought and flavourless. In terms of vegetarian options, don't bother the vegetable mousakka was mostly cheese and underneath that layer there was nothing appetising awaiting. The rice and vegetables alongside the main were microwaved same with the stifado. It felt very low quality for the price tag. Baklava was nice.

Now into service and atmosphere They clearly haven't got a system in the kitchen that allows them to cater for different tables eating at different pace or times. Ive never been held ransom by a restaurant before where after 2 hours we had only had starters and desperately wanted to leave butwe hadn't been served our mains and rest of our food despite asking. So Instead we had to wait till the whole restaurant was being served mains. From 7.30 till 11pm we were sat there at each stage waiting for the next course and having to endure what was happening. 11pm dessert and as soon as it was done we asked for the bill- infact we asked earlier but were told to wait for dessert first

Onto the actual vibes: Very dark couldn't see our food and just blue lighting. Music so loud you can't converse with the people around you and not being able to communicate for the whole 4 hours as food was delivered instages was dry. It was a caricature of greek culture with the plate smashing and dancing and instead the manager spent the night being the MC of the restaurant. It would be perfect for someone wanting a very tourist snapshot and who wants to just get drunk and spend the night singing "British classics" rather than anyone wanting to have good food with good company. It just seems silly that the food was interspersed with forced dancing as opposed to allowing service to continue and then those that wanted to stay for "cheesy party" vibes could.

Staff themselves were very nice and friendly to their credit but the manager was quite rude to a member of his staff unashamedly in front of us No one came to ask us about our food or ask for additional...

Enjoyed the night but ruined by an absolutely dreadful management!

The night started with great music, everyone singing and dancing. The food was decent, not amazing and took a long time to come out, especially between the starter and main.

The night began to go downhill when the restaurant completely forgot about the New Years countdown.

Towards the end of the night the tables were cleared for people to enjoy themselves dancing which myself and my group of friends did. All customers were getting along, dancing with each other. One of the customers decided to cause an argument with one of my friends which got a little heated, therefore, my friend walked away back to our table. Another man from the same party followed my friend... he decided to walk up behind him, catch him off guard and head butted him, for absolutely no reason! Now this is not right! The management did absolutely nothing, claiming he didn’t see anything even though he had many witnesses saying they saw it, including one of the waitresses. Management refused to call the police or ensure that the man who head butted my friend left the premises. As told by one of the staff members that the man who head butted my friend was actually a friend of the owner.

As you can imagine, due to all of the above the group of us felt extremely uncomfortable and wanted to leave so the night could just end. We said to management to make sure that the man and his wife do not follow us, as soon as we get outside the wife then comes out. Now this is terrible from management.

We will not be returning and I am disgusted with the way the restaurant dealt with the situation. I am now taking...

THE WORST DINNER EXPERIENCE EVER My family booked a table for my 70th birthday and it proved to be the most appalling evening. The service was beyond terrible: we sat down at 1920, the starters were served 45 minutes later!!!! The main courses took a further 1 hour and 10 minutes so it took 2 hours to get our main courses!!!! The food was very poor, I am Greek and a runny moussaka and some chicken thighs are not acceptable. Also,when did falafels became a Greek dish? Beyond bad. After finishing the main courses we decided to have the desert and leave that dreadful place but we were told that we have to wait an hour for the desert!!! You cannot make it up As for the Greek music and dancing this is what we got: A random guy appeared wearing a wig, ran around the restaurant smashing5-6 plates and then a Greek song came on. The waiters grabbed few customers from the tables, jogged around the tables (believe me it was not Greek dancing) and after the ONE Greek song ended the rest of the evening we had Viva Espana !!!(it is a Greek restaurant) Rocket Man (???)and other songs but not a single piece of Greek music. It is also important to point out that the tables were very close to each other for large groups so we were constantly pushed and elbowed as people were trying to get through. The noise was incredible, virtually impossible to have a conversation so we decided to leave without our desert to escape the worst restaurant environment ever. I am Greek and it takes a lot to criticise a Greek restaurant but my advice is if you want to enjoy Greek food, Greek music, Greek hospitality and customer care, this is NOT the...