Athens — Restaurant in Jonesboro

Seeing an ethnic restaurant in town, I was excited to try it. But WOW! THE FOOD WAS TASTELESS. There was literally no salt and seasoning in my food whatsoever - it’s like the “chef” missed this ingredient entirely. I took a bite and spit it out. The lemon chicken was dry, chewy, and inedible. To top it all off, this so called chef/owner calls me back telling me that he is the top 100 chef in the country. What a joke! He told me that I should come see how he prepares the lemon chicken. ROFL! NO THANKS! How about take ownership for something getting messed up? Talking to him was like talking to a mob boss. Kitchen nightmares anyone? Please go to a real Mediterranean restaurant in Memphis or something! They don’t even have a website - the menu is basically photos on Google images. The person that took my order over the phone misinformed me. Yet the owner blamed me for not ordering on DoorDash instead. Really?! The owner’s daughter / manager was actually sweet and apologetic about the lack of website and misinformation over the phone, etc. But that was before I ever tasted the food and had to call back and had the misfortune of speaking to the mob boss/chef/owner. What a...

I was very excited to try this place but man, it just wasn’t a great experience at all. so kind but she didn’t really do a good job at serving. She rushed us to get an appetizer order in, and then didn’t put it in the kitchen. So when our food came, about 25 minutes after placing our order, we still didn’t have our appetizer. We mentioned it and also asked for ketchup. She said she totally forgot about our appetizer and would go put it in. We ate our entire dinner and still waited 15 minutes after finishing for our appetizer. Absolutely crazy wait time. The tzatziki was more like dill ranch, the chicken was BONE dry, the shawarma said it come with cooked onions and it absolutely does not, it comes with raw onions as well as other toppings that are not listed, and $7 for two of the most pitiful spanakopitas was just bonkers. When we finally got our appetizer, our waitress then told us that they were out when we ordered but that she also forgot to put it in so that’s why it took so long. And we still never got our ketchup. They were not busy at all tonight. Just not a great...

We've ate there MANY times and food was excellant. I've recommended MANY people to go eat there. Yesterday we wanted a steak. I talked my husband into going to Athens. I said we've NEVER eaten anything bad. Yesterday was a disappointment with the steak. We ordered the 12 ribeye. It was tough. We weren't even given a steak knife until we were almost done and finally the Waitress came and I ask her for one. We used the butter knife and was ALMOST Impossible to cut. I ordered a Sweet potato also. It was cold and couldn't melt the butter. When the Waitress came to our table and I ask for a knife I ask if my potato could be heated. She said it had to be put into the oven. When it was brought back she warned me that the dish was hot but the potato was still not hot enough to melt the butter. The owner's daughter knows who we are because we've been in there a lot. I even had two birthday parties there in December and brought family each time. I'll come back.. might be a while but won't be getting a steak. ...