Stamatis — Restaurant in New York

Being going to stamatis for over 30 years now but I havent being there for 2 years. I am a nurse and I am also 100 percent greek. I decided to take my 7 patience and 3 of my bosses to stamatis because I wanted to treat them all because there my patience and my bosses for 27 years. The food was very good. The service was duscusting. Our female waitress was rude and was saying bad things about us in greek. I didn't tell her that I was greek because I wanted to see how far she will go with her nasty greek attitude. We ordered a lot of food . She was soo angry. She thru 5 of our taramosalata plates on our table and then she came back with 3 plates of skordalia and put them on the end of the table and they fell on the floor. We ordered a lot lot of different types of dishes especially 6 octopus. My bill came to $857 dollars . I paid half in cash and half on my credit card. I gave her 150 dollars cash in tip although she didn't deserve it. As we were all walking out she run to me and said $150 is not enough . I want more tip. I told her in GREEK DEN DREPESAI WHICH MEANS YOUR NOT EMBARRASSED OF YOURSELF. SHE WAS IN SHOCK WHEN I SPOKE TO HER IN GREEK. SHE STILL WANTED MORE AND MORE TIP. THEN I SAID TO HER 150 DOLLARS IS AN EXCELLENT TIP ALTHOUGH U DID NOT DESERVE IT. MY BOSS WHICH IS VERY WEALTHY AND WE ALL WORK FOR SLOAN KETTERING IN MANHATTAN NEVER AGAIN WE WILL BE RETURNING TO STAMATIS BUT BECAUSE WE ARE VERY WEALTHY MY BOSS GAVE HER 50 DOLLARS AND TOLD HER IN HER FACE TO GO TO THD BATHROOM AND CLEAN YOUR MOUTH WITH MY 50 DOLLARS. WE ARS VERY WEALTHY PEOPLE BUT THE WAITRESS WAS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE HUMAN BEING. FOR MY BIRTHDAY WHICH IS ON JULY 2 WE WERE SUPPOSED TO COME TO STAMATIS WITH 46 PEOPLE BUT AT THE DOOR WHILE WE WERE LEAVING WE ARE GOING TO GO BOOK A VERY EXPENSIVE PLACE IN PARAMUS NEW JERSEY. STAMATIMOU SE KSERO POLLA XRONNIA THIS MEANS STAMATI WHICH IS THE OWNER I KNOW HIM FOR MANY YEARS. KRIMA POU EXIS SERVITORA POU EINA SKATA ANTROPOS . THAS MY STORY. I WILL BE BACK STAMATI TO SHOW YOU THE WAITRESS BECAUSE WE FORGOT TO ASK FOR HER NAME. THE WAITRESS WAS IN SHOCK WHEN AT THE END I TOLD HER...

I was recommended this place bc of the great Greek food but I didn’t expect such poor dining experience to come with it. I will start by saying I am aware of how hard it’s been during pandemic times and having restaurants cater to customers outside but I felt that what I experienced was deliberate. I asked for a table for 2 and was seated in a nice spot on the corner with my partner and waited over 25 minutes for menus. I had to get up and ask for them since it was as if we were being ignored by ALL the staff. After another 15 minutes we receive bread and water. Our waiter came to greet us and ask what would we like to drink and we were fine with water but wanted straws. It took another 10 minutes for straws. We ended up ordering food afterwards which was a Greek salad with chicken and a chicken slovaki platter. That took about 20 minutes to make and serve. The food was tasty and delicious. We ate our meal in 30 minutes but afterwards we were left there for another 35-40 minutes. I had say out loud we needed a to go box and a check. Keep in mind my partner and I have made eye contact with our waiter for 45 minutes and he knew we were finished by us just sitting there. We were looking at ppl who sat after us getting their food earlier and leaving faster than we were. I will say my partner and I were the only interracial couple there and started to make me wonder if that was reason for the poor service. When I asked my waiter for the box, a runner gave me the box and eventually the waiter came to our table in which we said we would like the check and he was very serious and said that he wants to give us a complimentary dessert in which we declined. To be honest I feel as though he knew he messed up but couldn’t even apologize and own his energy, he just said no wait for the complimentary dessert. My partner said no to the dessert bc we had enough waiting. We paid and left. We walked by the waiter and he didn’t even wish us a good night. Never...

Tuesday October first 2024 I had a very poor dining experience at this restaurant. We were a party of five.travel far to hit “ The Worst Greek restaurant in Astoria” The waitress did not explain anything about their menu. I wanted to ghave a branding on the grill. I assume the branzino on the grill was on the bone like I always had in many good restaurants. The head was on the bone. The body of the fish was not on the bone and it was swimming in lemon butter. When I wanted to open my mouth and talk about how I wanted the fish …this waitress shut my mouth by telling me this fish was absolutely delicious…she never came back to check on me to see if I had gotten what I wanted. I finally, got tired of waiting and decided to eat a little bit of the fish. She was the only server on the floor and could not care less about what I had to say once she dropped the food on our table. Finally, I got the attention of a male young person that came to my table. This person heard my story and told me that she was supposed to ask me wether I wanted the fish on the bone or out of the bone… The server NEVER apologize for not having done a good job of explaining the menu She said I could have asked questions. She was very intentional about selling me what she wanted. She NEVER intended to sell me what I really wanted

The food is of very poor quality. Very poorly presented on the plate…not appetizing And no on really cares about taking good care of their customers On the way out we notice that the sticker on the window that grades the quality of the restaurant is Not graded but…pending. I warn you not to spend your money in this restaurant but check your dining experience in Astoria very thoroughly...