Opa Opa Greek Restaurant — Restaurant in Rother

Where to begin, food was exploding with flavour, price was very reasonable, staff were polite, to me and waiting time was quicker than McDonalds drive through. The portions looked small but were the perfect amount of filling where you were satisfied you didn’t want more to eat but you weren’t waddling to the car with anticipation of undoing your belt to breathe. My only complaint would be ive never eaten Greek food before and ordered the Opa Opa Special, reading this I thought the Mixed Lamb & Beef meat Kofte were 2 separate things. I was abit confused when my meal came out and there were 2 Koftes on my plate I thought the lamb was missing, I did question this to the waitress and asked “is this the lamb or the beef?” thinking I was missing one, she looked at me and agreed with me which didn’t really answer my question. I then realised it was a lamb and beef Kofte, not really an issue but communication was a tad dull. The table opposite mine had a few issues which the way Opa Opa resolved it left me questioning if I’d come back. The lady at the table ordered Chicken Souvlaki which comes with 2 chicken skewers. She went to put salt on it using the salt grinder and the lid came off pouring salt all over her meal... shame really. She notified the waitress who explained how a salt grinder works to her like she didn’t already know, she probably meant well but you could see the lady was feeling a bit patronised and rightfully I would have too, it did come across sarcastic like saying “it’s a pull door” to someone who pushes it (No S* Sherlock). The lady explained it was just a loose lid and she was left to her demise, eventually another waiter came over and offered to swap it out and she accepted politely. Upon getting her new meal the chips were brand new, but the two chicken skewers she sent back came back as one and a half skewers. Turns out the chicken skewers were not replaced the kitchen tried to remove the salt (by scraping it off she described by the looks of it) and removed half a skewer. She questioned this to them and they insisted that it was all brand new when you could clearly see it wasn’t. In the end of trying to eat it she couldn’t hack the saltiness of it, one last time she called the waiter over to take it back, she finally was defeated by the salty content of her plate explaining politely to the waiter its still too salty and sent it back. They offered if they could get her anything else but she politely declined, I could see the frustration in her face and her partner looked like a really grumpy Colonel Sanders, safe to say they probably wouldn’t leave a good review. You shouldn’t offer to do something then not really do it. After we finished our meal we looked at the pudding menu and the options were Churos, Cheesecake (neither which are really Greek), Baklava and Kataifi, after reading what these two pastries are, the conclusion was it’s the same thing really. Unfortunately, the only thing about the menu that had any variety was the drinks menu. To sum this up, id probably go back there if I fancied but I wouldn’t be beating people back with a stick climbing though a window to...

Great food. Great welcome. Service lacked when it got busy.

Positives: We had the sharing platter which was delicious...fantastic selection of tasty vegetables and meats with dips that was a lovely start to the meal. I especially liked the tzatziki and leaf wrapped parcels.

The butter bean main with sausage was delicious. Smooth flavours with a great bite from the sausage and warm bread to dip! The Opa burger had some excellent meats inside with a great bun and chips to perfection!

The team were really friendly when interacting and the menu was very well laid out.

Negatives: The inside dining chairs are a little uncomfortable to sit on - especially for 90mins. As we got into the service the place got really busy so we were keen to have desert and then free up our table for the next cover - it took 30mins to get a desert menu after asking twice and so when the menu got to us we didn't fancy staying further. Took a while for the bill too...paid at the counter to speed things up a little.

I think it would be a good idea maybe to have a service supervisor or something to have a bit more structure at...

Visited the restaurant for evening meal with friends. Nothing wrong with the service and the restaurant is lovely inside. Spacious, so you are not sitting near other diners which was great. Unfortunately my food was underwhelming. My portion on spanakopita was large. However it was fairly bland and once I started on the second piece It started to seem dry.I really needed something like a sauce, dip or side salad with it. I chose halloumi salad for main. Very disappointing for £11.50. Heaps of shredded white lettuce, cherry tomatoes and small pieces of grilled halloumi - that's it! No cucumber, olives, julienned carrot, radish, bitter leaves, all those things you'd expect in a nice salad. It came ready dressed in the balsamic dressing which was unpleasant and tasted shop bought. The chips were nice. Maybe the meat options are better but wouldn't recommend for vegetarians. Not...