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The Real Greek, Covent Garden

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60-62 Long Acre,
Covent Garden,
London,
WC2E 9JE

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Reviewer hostile17
01/01/2008
This is a really fab restaurant. Small, cosy and great food and service.

I believe there are some main meals, but the focus of the menu -- and what I have had on both occasions here -- is the Mezze. The mezze are absolutely delicious. I particularly recommend the olives as a starter (the best I've had) and the cheese balls.

The costs are very reasonably, and they average around £3.25 each, so five mezze (which is quite a bit of food) is only around £15.

It's not a massive place, and with mezze we're not talking huge amounts of food, so this is probably best as a restaurant to eat at before the theatre or going out for the evening. But the staff are very relaxed, and there's certainly no pressure to move on. They say on the menu that you can order more mezze throughout the meal, and that adds to the relaxed feeling of the place.

They add the service charge automatically, which I'm never a fan of. It sometimes leads to lazy staff, and an almost obligation to pay the tip. Well I'm glad to say that's not the case here... in fact the tip added on already was to their detriment, as I would have happily paid more than 12.5%. Oh well, their loss!

All in all, fantastic. Really delicious food, good service and the perfect place to grab lunch of a simple dinner before a night out in Covent Garden.
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Reviewer kchowns
31/12/2007
Dined on the evening of 28 December 2007. Extremely disappointed with quality and price of food.

Lamb kebabs presented in a wrap were so tough they were barely edible and we noticed another table had left theirs. The so called "Horta" (beetroot) salad had about four minute pieces of beetroot in a damp squid of a salad and a dry piece of feta cheese.

My wife had grilled octopus which we suspect gave her stomach problems later on. I also suffered, but not so bad as only ate a couple of pieces.

The fava lentil dip was dry with little or no taste.

We wont be going back and will pass on our experiences to friends.
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