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I have spent 7 years trying to love this place because I love greek/mediterranean food.

Every single time we go there - we say we won't go back.

But it is the closest place to us for greek/mediterranean food, so about once a year we decide to try it again.

I am asking waiters specifically, in this forum, what you think of this, our last visit.

We enjoy a decent $50 meal between the two of us, receive our bill and as we are finishing our drinks. Still mostly full drinks. Less than 10 minutes after receiving our bill, our waitress comes to our table and asks if we will be needing any change. Still more than half full drinks.

We haven't even put cash or a card on our bill. There is no leather "bill holder" - just a paper slip letting us know how much we owe. There is nothing on the table obstructing our waitresses view of the bill. She knows there is no cash there.

I would understand maybe she needs to clear the table, but it was past 10pm and the place had maybe 5 other tables. I understand maybe she wants to close out and leave, but asking that question in that situation really bothered both of us.

What say ye?

Background of reasons we always say we will never go back:
Last time we were there we could not maintain any semblance of attention from our server. 45 minutes elapsed at one point and it wasn't that busy.
Another time the restaurant was empty and we were seated next to a giant loud family in a secluded room.
The sea bass is served with a disgusting tomato based risotto.
Nothing is "Great" that we've ever ordered there and it isn't really a cheap place.

I would have interpreted her question as, "I've made enough money today and want to good home and don't care if you leave a tip."

I've always found the service to be lacking there.

Does Mike Johnson still own the place? If so, doubtful he's paying any attention To it.

Olympia Kebob on McCausland. You're welcome.

I've been there too, Lesson. It isn't bad - just a pia to get to. Momo's is close to home.

Our intention was to try The Majestic last night but apparently after like, 50 years in business, it closed a few months ago.

I thought this thread was going to be about Momo the monster and that he was sighted in U city.

docellis wrote:I've been there too, Lesson. It isn't bad - just a pia to get to. Momo's is close to home.

Fair enough. The only other Greek restaurant that I can think of that isn't too far from Olympia Kebob's (granted, you said that was a pain in the ass to get to) would be Ari's on Hampton, but I haven't been there in a few years.

lukethedrifter wrote:Does Mike Johnson still own the place? If so, doubtful he's paying any attention To it.

No. He's a good friend of my former Chef De Cuisine, and he basically gets bored with concepts and wholesale moves on every few years. He's the talented ADD chef. Boogaloo has surprisingly good food and everyone loves Sugarfire. He hasn't thought about Momo's or Cyrano's in years I bet.

Olympia is almost literally right across the street from my house. It sucks. I go to Anthonino's.