Gr/Eat Greek Deli and Cuisine
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"You will want to keep the taste of the food in your mouth for a while" says my 11 yrs old boy. I believe he is right! The service is superb! The food is freshly Homemade and delicious. The owner Vasilis knows what he is doing. He is a very good host. All the other staff if very friendly as well. Once you try here, you will not be able to go anywherelse in town. I can't suggest you anything because everything is delicious. Must come more than once! We definetly did come more than 3 times in a week.
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This has become my favourite restaurant locally. It has an authentic laid back Greek atmosphere,and although the menu is limited the food is well prepared and very tasty. It is not the biggest restaurant in the world and can be very busy at weekends. I have noticed it is gaining in popularity and more and more local Greek people are eating there, which says a lot I think. If you are busting Eastbourne and like the feel and taste of the Greek Islands then you should pay a visit.
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The atmosphere is lovely - nicely decorated and welcoming and attentive staff. We had the mezze and in line with previous reviews I would concur that the portions are huge. For £19/head we had six or so different mezze brought out - mostly vegetarian and a wonderful variety of delicate flavours. After finishing those we were feeling fairly full - so when the waitress asked if we'd like a break before the main I thought she was joking - clearly not. We then had pork and chicken souvlaki and a beef stew (served with rice and chips respectively). Then baklava, which needless to say we couldn't finish.
The wine list is very good with some nice Greek wines at very reasonable prices.To answer some of the less good reviews below - understand what Gr/Eat is not. It is not gourmet cooking - it is honest home fare. So chicken souvlaki is just chicken and a few vegetables on a skewer served with chips - but it is seasoned and cooked to perfection, with the chicken juicy and tender. The broad bean mezze is a big plate of broad beans in tomato sauce - but I have not had a better bean stew.
It's the sort of place that if we found on holiday in Greece we would be tempted to go back every night.
The wine list is very good with some nice Greek wines at very reasonable prices.To answer some of the less good reviews below - understand what Gr/Eat is not. It is not gourmet cooking - it is honest home fare. So chicken souvlaki is just chicken and a few vegetables on a skewer served with chips - but it is seasoned and cooked to perfection, with the chicken juicy and tender. The broad bean mezze is a big plate of broad beans in tomato sauce - but I have not had a better bean stew.
It's the sort of place that if we found on holiday in Greece we would be tempted to go back every night.
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Had the evening Meze at just under £20. Great value. Lovely food. Varied and plenty of it. Nice people. Very popular and busy. We booked well in advance and would advise to do too. Deserves No 1 listing
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A friend and I recently visited before seeing a show... One word...excellent!!! From the atmosphere, to the service and of course most of all the food it was all superb! We eat from the meze menu, great portion sizes, really tasty rustic food, we were sad we almost had to rush to get to the theatre. We are booked up again with 7 friends to really enjoy the full dining experience.. A must for anyone who enjoys good food and a lovely friendly welcome!
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My Partner and I went here for our evening meal and the greeting we got we felt bad for not booking a table. On the plus side the food was great and the restaurant itself was great just a shame about the staff they for me weren't great
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The perfect taste of home with the most approachable price menu Always looking forward to a visit there. Keep up the good work, your food is Amazing !
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The menu offers a selection of dishes comprising three courses (appetizers, main courses and desserts) for £19.90 per person, min 2 persons. No choice - they just appear. To start we had taramosalata, hummus, tzatziki and pita bread, Greek salad and extra bread. Next Zamponotiropitakia (ham, spinach and cheese filo triangles), Kolokithokeftedes (deep fried courgettes with herbs, onion and cheese) and fried Halloumi. Then Fasolia Fournou (giant beans cooked with onions, carrots, herbs and tomato). Then Feta Sousami (feta covered in sesame seeds, deep fried and topped with Greek honey). Then two main courses to share: Bekri Meze (spicy beef with peppers, served with rice) and Chicken Souvlaki with chips. Finally Kataifi (filo with nuts in honey syrup), ice-cream and a lemon cake. All for £19.90 per person. Service was excellent and there is a good ambience, with some outside tables. With a glass of Retsina and a Mythos beer, the bill came to £46.05. If you do come here for the selection, make sure that you are hungry!
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Very much a spur of the moment decision to pop in for our lunch today...
boy where we glad we did...it was a wonderful dining experiance of wonderful attentive staff and fantastic authentic greek food..
We will very much be visiting again soon...
boy where we glad we did...it was a wonderful dining experiance of wonderful attentive staff and fantastic authentic greek food..
We will very much be visiting again soon...
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We had lunch with family and we thoroughly enjoyed our meals - Greek salad, Moussaka and chicken souvlaki, dessert was also very good. The food is always flavoursome and well presented. The atmosphere and service was great - it was very busy, being Saturday. I just love this little bit of Greece in Eastbourne. Thank you Vicky and Vasilis.
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Great prices and quick service to start with. The food was made from really good produce. Lovely olives, quality feta and tzatziki made with real greek yoghurt. Halloumi was perfectly fried and golden. We also had the greek "falafel" which was crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. Highly recommended as by others.
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We visited Eastbourne for one night with my girlfriend as a last minute.com something to do.
We went to this restaurant purely on the reviews we had seen on trip advisor. It did not dis appoint and was an absolute beauty of meal!
Be warned.... There is ALOT of food on the £19.50 each meze. Make sure you are Hungary! The food is complexly random
We had garlic bread and dips, with three dishes for starters ten followed by two larger starters followed by two main meals followed again by dessert.
The food was of the highest quality and the staff was extremely helpful and I think it was the owner, the gentleman noticed we didn't eat feta cheese and realised there was one on main meal so changed our main meal. Top top man.
Highly recommend and extremely affordable for the amount and quality of food you get.
Big thumbs up. Thank you.
We went to this restaurant purely on the reviews we had seen on trip advisor. It did not dis appoint and was an absolute beauty of meal!
Be warned.... There is ALOT of food on the £19.50 each meze. Make sure you are Hungary! The food is complexly random
We had garlic bread and dips, with three dishes for starters ten followed by two larger starters followed by two main meals followed again by dessert.
The food was of the highest quality and the staff was extremely helpful and I think it was the owner, the gentleman noticed we didn't eat feta cheese and realised there was one on main meal so changed our main meal. Top top man.
Highly recommend and extremely affordable for the amount and quality of food you get.
Big thumbs up. Thank you.
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I m from Greece and I visit few days ago the gr.eat greek restaurant I enjoy so much my dinner its very difficult to find in England taste greek food
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We visited 16th July for a belated wedding anniversary family meal. We all chose something different then we all got to have a little taste, every thing was really good and reasonably priced. Will definitely be going back.
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Away on business and checked reviews for local restaurants. This was near the top so thought I would try it out.
Was shown to table and handed menu. Young lady took order but wasn't customer friendly. Starter of hummus arrived which was ok. Ordered lamb shank for main but was given lamb chops. Being typically English didn't want to make a scene so just accepted it. I'm sure they would have changed if asked. Lamb was ok again. Restaurant clean and had a nice ambience. Gentleman (possibly owner) attentive but both ladies working didn't add to the experience.
Was shown to table and handed menu. Young lady took order but wasn't customer friendly. Starter of hummus arrived which was ok. Ordered lamb shank for main but was given lamb chops. Being typically English didn't want to make a scene so just accepted it. I'm sure they would have changed if asked. Lamb was ok again. Restaurant clean and had a nice ambience. Gentleman (possibly owner) attentive but both ladies working didn't add to the experience.
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We visited today 20th July for my husband's birthday. We had an excellent meal and as I'm gluten free i was happy to find some great choices . I would love to see some gluten free deserts other than ice cream and yoghurt with fruit. That really would be the icing on the cake . Fab night and lovely staff .
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We popped in without booking on a Sunday afternoon.
After perusing the menu we opted for the meze menu.Once the food started arriving we were left wondering when it was going to stop.
It was all clearly freshly made in house with an authenticity that screamed home made.It was truly excellent and worth more than the price charged.
The only very minor fly in the ointment was the forgotten coffee, but I was happy to overlook that.Definitely a place to go back to.
After perusing the menu we opted for the meze menu.Once the food started arriving we were left wondering when it was going to stop.
It was all clearly freshly made in house with an authenticity that screamed home made.It was truly excellent and worth more than the price charged.
The only very minor fly in the ointment was the forgotten coffee, but I was happy to overlook that.Definitely a place to go back to.
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Literally one of the best value meals ive had- three courses for two and two bottles of wine for 75 quid. Food was excellent from great mezze to moussaka. Wine was surprisingly good for 15 pounds a bottle.
Only downside was service- manager was killing himself but two waitresses were a little slow and clueless. Took a long time (30 mins) to get mains cleared
All in all, very highly recommended.
Only downside was service- manager was killing himself but two waitresses were a little slow and clueless. Took a long time (30 mins) to get mains cleared
All in all, very highly recommended.
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It was a lovely Saturday so me and my better half Niki went to Eastbourne to do some shopping. Once we had decided on Eastbourne, there was only one place I wanted to go to lunch and this was the place. We had stumbled across Gr/Eat a month or so ago but we were in a hurry so ate and ran. This occasion we had more time. Took a street table - the sun was shining and we had a lovely leisurely lunch. I had greek sausages with hand made chips. Niki the gyros with chicken. A couple of dips and bread. Tasty, simple food with great service. I will be going back there again as soon as I can.
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We went to what we thought was going to be a fabulous evening in this Greek Restaurant & left very disappointed.
My husbands sausage meal was good but my chicken skewers was very ordinary with some rice & a few chips on the side.Dessert looked like someone had put yoghurt in a bowl & tipped a jar of honey on top, really not what I was expecting. Left hungry!
My husbands sausage meal was good but my chicken skewers was very ordinary with some rice & a few chips on the side.Dessert looked like someone had put yoghurt in a bowl & tipped a jar of honey on top, really not what I was expecting. Left hungry!
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This is a great restaurant that serves traditional Greek food. The service is perfect and the food is served in nice big portions with lots of flavours. We had a really lovely evening here and will be back!
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Visited this great restaurant last weekend.The restaurant is fairly small,so booking a table is a must.The food was excellent,especially the Meze starters,which were so tasty.All five of us had wonderful meals,the only negative being on the drinks side.We found the service slow,and a couple of the drink orders were brought to our table totally incorrect.The house red wine was not good at all.Superb food,but need to get the wet side of the business right.
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Found from previous Trip Advisor ratings. We booked on the day and were one of the last bookings. very popular during the day and evening. Excellent food, we had the Greek specialties which were more than enough for the two of us.
Great atmosphere excellent service, well deserved first place in Eastbourne
Great atmosphere excellent service, well deserved first place in Eastbourne
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Booked on the off-chance. The set Meze and main course were amazing. Home cooked authentic Greek food. All delicious It just kept coming! Wine reasonably priced and very nice friendly staff (one of whom was the owner, I think).
Not hugely busy but steady even on a wet day.
Not hugely busy but steady even on a wet day.
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I highly recommend this restaurant. We ordered the meze for £19.90 and we couldn't believe the how much food kept coming to our table. The quality was really excellent and I have to say that the selection of Greek wine available was really top class. We were so happy to see a bottle called king of hearts that was our favourite when holidaying in Greece recently. I can't wait to go back!
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