Edesma — Restaurant in Town of Hempstead

One of the best new restaurants we have tried recently! The minute you walk in, there is a warm welcome and you feel like you’re part of the family. The menu is the most authentic Greek food that you can get in the US. The sharing plates are generous portions while still allowing the family style sharing that it is designed for. We had the dip sampler, which the eggplant dip is absolutely delicious!! If you run out of pita, not a worry, they bring more and brought a bonus sampling of their hummus! We also got the grilled shrimp, tigania (delicious seasoned pork cubes) and the beef souvlaki. All the dishes were seasoned well and the portions good for sharing. Do yourself a favor and save room for desert!! We got the orange custard, which is so satisfying sweet and delicious and pairs exceptionally well with the Greek coffee. Both the owner and the waitress were so attentive and offered explanations about the menu items and made sure we were comfortable for the entirety of the meal. A definite gem of a restaurant in Franklin Square! We will...

My wife and I are ALWAYS looking for new places to eat where we live. There are simply not enough good restaurants around here. So, when this new Greek restaurant opened, we were eager to give it a try.

We did takeout and my wife got the Branzino and I got the Souvlaki entrees. Her's was a generous portion of fish, which she really liked. Mine was very tasty too. However, it only came with one skewer that had seven small square pieces of beef. The rest of the dish was fries and cut up pita bread. It's bad enough that this wasn't enough food to satisfy me, but I had to watch my wife fill up on hers.

I get that beef is expensive. But why not add another skewer or provide the option and charge more? My wife's meal cost 50% more than mine. I would have paid that same amount if it meant it would come with more beef. To me, one of the worst things is paying a lot of money for food then having to get something else to eat afterwards because it wasn't enough. Like I said, the food itself tasted great. I just wish there was more. ...

I was extremely surprised with the great customer service, soon as you walk in it feels like you’re home, John the owner very pleasant man professional kind hearted, do you feel like you’ve known him 20 years, Jayda our waitress was fantastic, recommendations were spot on service was great, and she’s very pleasant, Everyone I came with the contact here was very friendly, The biggest surprise was how delicious and flavorful the food here is, it’s not just your typical Pizzeria they have a dining area and the food is just as good as Umberto’s, This place is very well run and it shows in how they treat their customers, I felt like a VIP , I will definitely be back, if you happen to be in the area stop by the food is delicious, grilled chicken bruchetta was the...