Mediteranean Greek Tavern #511

We are moving east at a rapid pace, passing the Coles, leaving the restaurant dense 300's and have hit the 500's. 

We have visited 12 restaurants since we started this journey in February.  The stats are;

1 Italian
1 "Asian Fusion"
1 Indian
3 Japanese
1 Hungarian
2 Thai
1 Korean
1 Mexican

So a nice variety with Japanese being the most represented.  Tonight was the first Greek restaurant on the strip.  And this could be any Greek tavern in the world.  Blue and white theme, TV blaring, paper tablecloths and 2 guys waiting the tables (although they do have broad Aussie accents).  Lot's of Greek families having good, honest Greek food and loud conversations.  The obligatory photos of Santorini beam down from the walls.


However, there is no whitebait or octopus on the menu which is rather un Greek Tavern like.  So we settle for the unremarkable dolmades which are definitely home made. 

This is followed by a good Greek salad with the familiar lump of feta sprinkled with herbs featured on the top.  We get free steamed potatoes covered with oil and herbs and fat kalamata olives.

The snapper (which comes out with a bonus one) is light, well seasoned and does not let us down.  Gee, they can cook fish well.  The lamb is OK, a bit tough,  but the snapper is the star tonight.

These guys know how to run a Greek restaurant, placing the load families with kids in one area and the grownups in a separate area.  They follow up on the genuine Greek restaurant experience by ensuring the toilets are crap.

However, we do get a complimentary dessert and the whole thing costs us $71. 

Recommended for no nonsense Greek fare that will appeal to people that want to go back to the 1980's and TV lovers are well catered for.  Order the seafood, drain the oil from the salad and it is a pretty healthy meal.