Larry's Santorini Greek Food — Restaurant in Poway

While wandering around in Poway, we ran across this place in a strip mall. Being of a Greek background, I'm always looking for new Greek restaurants to try. And the sign on the door said " Best Greek restaurant in town", so we were intrigued. Upon entering, we stepped up to the counter and ordered our food. I chose the gyro sandwich and my spouse chose the lemon chicken. The owner was very friendly and was very generous. After we got our drinks from the soda fountain, we sat down. There are maybe a dozen tables with a large TV facing the tables playing one of those home improvement channels, so the atmosphere was more sandwich shop than sit down dining. Our salads arrived quickly and were flavorful with dark lettuce, fresh onions, feta cheese and one black (not kalamata) olive. A black olive instead of kalamata at a Greek restaurant? Uh oh. There were no tomatoes on the salad as well. But the salads were fine, but we both agreed that they could have been better. Our entrees arrived quickly in matching styrofoam containers along with a plastic utensil and a paper napkin. My gyros sandwich is pictured below. It tasted like a gyro, but both my spouse and I agreed it was lacking some undetermined spices AND it also was lacking tomatoes! This was the first time for me dining in a 'Greek' establishment that there were no tomatoes on a gyro! The tzatziki sauce was a light green color and it also was lacking the yogurt taste in comparison to others we had tried. My spouse's lemon chicken was good without any issues. We had some baklava for dessert and it tasted fresh and was very yummy. All in all, it was not a bad experience, just one that was filled with the some small disappointments. Will we return? The jury is out on that one but I doubt that we would make a special trip to Poway for the food when there are better choices elsewhere in the San Diego area. Finally, we checked around and surmised that it is the only Greek restaurant in Poway, so I guess the sign on the front...

My first time I thought the food was good. I don’t live in the area and went back this restaurant and I was told I couldn’t use the restroom if I don’t purchase anything when my plan was to eat there while I am pregnant. I ordered food and desert the food wasn’t fresh the baklava was old and tiramisu had mold and I actually saw it in the glass case. I wanted to see if the owner was honest and going to offer something else or refund and he took off a bit of mold and gave it to us like that. My husband told him “I think this went bad already it has mold” he put it back in the case and told us do you want a refund or tres leches and I looked at him. Said it was fine. I was so excited to eat there and try the deserts but actually what a dishonest person that would give to customers something rotten food deserts. There was a hair in my food and I don’t recommend this place I honestly am so disappointed disgusted. (What a dishonest person)!!!! Don’t go there! The owner knows very well what he...

I'm writing a comment on this restaurant due to an incident that happened to me last Jan.04. An employee or claim to be an owner of the restaurant posted a garbage disposal on Offers Up. At first, he gave me the wrong address to meet up. It took 30 minutes for him to reply to the message. After replying to my messages, he went out of this restaurant and called me inside. Took the garbage disposal, and I gave my payment to him, Ozzy. That's his name on the Offers up. I took the item and had good faith in him. Knowing it was posted brand new. This week, I called a maintenance guy to install the garbage disposal and surprisingly found out it was a used and old garbage disposal inside the box. I'm so disappointed and upset. Knowing that so many things are happening around us, there are people like this guy who works in this restaurant, scamming other people. Totally doesn't respect other people and a veteran...