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Welcome to San Stefanos (NW Corfu) => San Stefanos news and views => Topic started by: MrWilko2603 on January 05, 2014, 01:38:37 PM
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Here is a poll, asking about the different tavernas in San Stefanos.
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I couldn't pick just one of these love Nafsica, Little Prince and Zorbas not eaten at Perros but my Daughter and her family are staying there in August so I am sure we will give it a try
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As Di has said would recommend them and most of the others in San Stef as well as they all are good and offer something a little different.
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Nafsica,Little prince, and Zorbas all fared well in the 2013 spoilt for choice poll also. Didn't make it to SS last year but we will be keen to check out all three this summer, like dibully don't think we have been to Perros.
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We always eat in Nafsica. Just love the whole experience. We never eat until about 10pm so it is fairly quiet then and not so hot with the beautiful setting sun! Fortunately, there is something for everyone as far as tavernas go.
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I love Zorbas, I like Nafsica and I dont mind Little Prince
Never done Perros but we'll be staying in July so will give it a bash
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We love Little Prince for the welcome and entertainment, but this year I'm determined to spread our culinary wings and try Nafsica and Zorbas, and if we get time, I'd like to try Beachcomber as well!
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we love dining at the little prince especially the entertainment but our favourite place it fantasea their seafood is to die for!!!!!!!!!!
everyone should try their ouzo mussels
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I think the chef at Fantasea was trained by the marvellous Theodora from Nafsika
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Got to say it depends on what mood I am in. Really enjoy Yiannis grill room, Nafsika, Ozzy Oils, Olympia, Tasty Corner if I just want a snack, Waves if I want fish and if I am in economy mode ... 2star. Will also eat at Zorbas and very rarely Little Prince, but never really disappointed anywhere. If I can get out to Afionas I love the nIght Owl. Amazing food and atmosphere.
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It's strange....... I really want to love the Little Prince...... After all the welcome is fantastic, the service is good, the dancing is brill. However we've had 3 very average meals in there!
I suppose they haven't cost the earth so not a problem and you can only go on your own experience. I know folk on here rave about it but I just haven't had that wow factor from the food...... I think there's too much on the menu!
That said, the overall experience is good, and we will be dining there again on a couple of our 21 nights we have in the village this forthcoming summer.
Fantasea was a real surprise last hols..... Ate there 3 times and loved the ambience, the service and the food. Try their Chicken a la creme...... Gorgeous. I love that part of the village and would love to have known it when it was busier down there
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Gav - I know what you mean. LP is always very busy, so pretty much a standardised menu. I'd recommend the moussaka, chicken souvlaki and kalamari.
Maybe there's a trade-off between vibrant atmosphere and hand-crafted food. But it's hard not to love LP. It's a great place to stay, and you're always going to meet people you know there. It's the village pub of Ag Stef.
My general rule of eating out in Ag Stef (or anywhere, for that matter) is "Does it have to be cooked NOW?" If it's in some cheesy pot, the answer is "No". This may be why people get such widely divergent views of tavernas: you may have a reheated stew and I may have a freshly-grilled fish; there's no real comparison, but reviews and judgements are built on this.
When people say, as they do, "I had a bad meal at xxxx" they should really say what it was. Seems to me that some people just want vast quantities to shovel down to swell their more than ample bellies.
After a few visits you should know how to let the place play to its strengths.
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I agree Jim. On my last visit to LP I had a chicken dish that was basically no more than a few lumps of chicken in a chicken and sweetcorn watery broth. Didnt really like it and left some of it. Don was there and he was aghast that I'd left something. He was with me a couple of nights earlier in Fantasea and I'd finished my main before he'd even picked is knife and fork up!!
Now I've never tried their famous sizzling steak which people rave about. Maybe I should give that a go?!
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Totally agree. We didn't even bother going in last year. Maybe they have got complacent as they are so busy? I'm not knocking the place - love the people and the atmosphere.
I've just remembered - last time we were there, once the dancing started a teenaged girl at the next table got up, stood right in front of me and started filming on her phone. She was most put out when I politely told her she was completely blocking my view!!
For the record, the kokinista at Fantasea is fantastic
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Love Kokkinisto...... Katy up at Romanza does a mean one!!
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I think the chef at Fantasea was trained by the marvellous Theodora from Nafsika
His name is George and he is the son of Kostas who has sunbeds on the beach.I believe he did work at Nafsica and before that he worked as a chef on another Island,can't remember if it was Crete or Rhodes.
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We stayed at the Perros last August (family of 4) on b&b basis,the food was tht good we ate there 6 nights out of 11.Apart from that my wife really enjoyed Yiannis Grill Stifado,our Son (16) and I enjoyed the Barras mixed grill and our daughter loved the new Ice cream parlour up from Athens bar,and also the Rice at Perros.
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Barras is another I've never eaten at!!
Good to hear the Perros is good....... I've heard their currys are to die for
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We've stayed at the Barras and had no complaints about the food there, it did not have the wow factor but nor was it overly expensive. Given its location I'm surprised it is not busier. I wonder if any particular parts of the main village have more footfall than others? Some towns and nightspots have a sheep mentality with crowds moving in sub conscious waves,is San Stef the opposite of this?
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We ate at the Barras twice last year, both times I had the Kleftico and I rate it as good as any I have eaten. Excellent value overall aswell (€26 for 2 starters, 2 mains, 1 kids spag boll and drinks) My daughter absolutely demolished her meal which is a compliment in itself because she is a very fussy eater.
We'll be back to see George and co in August.
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Another vote from us for the Night Owl in Afionas if you want somewhere different and have transport. in San Stef I think most of the tavernas are good it depends what you are in the mood for. We like Manthos for 'things on the spit', Yiannis Grill room, Waves (mainly at lunchtime) Little Prince for cheap and cheerful. I think people just have to try them all and decide.
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Barras is another I've never eaten at!!
Good to hear the Perros is good....... I've heard their currys are to die for
With it being very warm in August we found the Barras nice and roomy,unlike the 2 Stars round the corner where we felt we had been squeezed in a bit,got a bit over heated but in fairness we had a meze starter at 2 Stars which would have made a good main meal,especially on a hot night.
I didnt have the Curry at the Perros but a lot of the regulars raved about it.I loved the Tomato Soup there of all things,lovely omlettes at breakfast too.Rosemary Chicken was my sons favourite and the rest of enjoyed the Kokkinisto and Stifado.
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Quite surprised by the scores so far. Would put Ozzie Oil and Yiannis Grill ahead of these. Maybe we were unlucky but the worst meal last summer was at Nafsica
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Odd, isn't it. One of the worse meals we had was at Ozzie Oils!
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Yep and the not so great meal at Nafsica was moussaka, which was rather over engineered. Think they may have dropped the salt pot.....
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Even stranger - Theodora's moussaka has to be the best in Ag Stef. Was it when she and Georgios were away in the USA?
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Thank you everyone for the comments. Has anyone been to Dionysis?
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I know it's popular, but I've never quite got Little Prince. My not to be missed are Fantasea, and Illias up in Avliotes. And then of course there's Manthos Taverna, keep an eye on that one this coming year.
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My favourite taverna in San Stefanos is Yiannis (opposite Town Pizza). A little gem among lots of terrific tavernas in San Stef to be honest. :)
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My favourite taverna in San Stefanos is Yiannis (opposite Town Pizza). A little gem among lots of terrific tavernas in San Stef to be honest. :)
My Wife agrees with you there Tigger!
Was quite impressed myself,seemed decent lads working there too.
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Hi Jimbo it was in September -same time that you were there-saw you in Sunset one morning when we were enjoying a coffee and watching the san stef world go by.....
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Is Illias the taverna overlooking the olive groves? :)
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Ilias is next to the Town Square in Avliotes.
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My Wife agrees with you there Tigger!
Was quite impressed myself,seemed decent lads working there too.
Nice you agree, we just feel so relaxed there - took us a few years before we ventured in but so happy we did :)
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I was just thinking to myself, I wonder if other holiday forums are as obsessed with food as this one?
Maybe it's to do with age. When I started going to Greece the food was absolutely terrible. Remember those old Tourist Police menus with hundreds of items, of which about four actually had a price pencilled in? Remember the tooth-busting souvlaki, the fossilised kelftiko, the cold chips that looked like pale fingers chopped off in a mortuary and preserved in formaldehyde? And so on.
We didn't give a toss about the food. We swam a lot, drunk a lot of Greek champagne at about £1 a bottle while gambolling in the surf, got ratted, laughed a lot, screwed a lot and danced in the discos until the early hours. Maybe it's a sign of the age of the clientèle here that the size of the starters has become more important than sex in the surf.
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Thank you everyone for the comments. Has anyone been to Dionysis?
Do you mean Dionysos in Afionas?Lovely family,very welcoming,excellent food and spectacular views.
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Beachcomber and Olympia are my favorites, I use to love the Olive Press but alas it is no more. Roll on summer so we can enjoy the wonderful meals served at some great taverna's. Off to Spain tomorrow for some Winter sunshine,well at least I hope so! :) :)
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Nice you agree, we just feel so relaxed there - took us a few years before we ventured in but so happy we did :)
Will be going more this year.
Whats this Sex that Jimbo keeps talking about?
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Which taverna in San Stefanos serves the most traditional dishes?
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Whats this Sex that Jimbo keeps talking about?
I'm not sure, but I think it's South African for 6.
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Thank you Jimbo. :)
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As for the "most traditional dishes," that's a very difficult question to answer. Greek food is regional. Every family cooks its "traditional" dishes in a slightly different way, much as a Sunday roast will vary from family to family in the UK.
On the whole I suspect that less olive oil is used in tavernas than would be the case at home.
Spiros, at Nafsika, is very knowledgeable about Greek food, and will usually have at least one really authentic special on the menu. Spiros is usually very happy to talk about it, and after a suitable number of visits you might even get a specially-cooked ultra-authentic dish. Corfiot food is highly influenced by the Italians, so there are probably more pasta-based dishes than in Aegean.
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Well I've read all of this thread and I am a bit mystified as to why the voting was restricted to those four.
Jimbo and others made a lot of obvious and valid comments earlier and it's true that poor meals depend on what you ordered.
I have always found that the times I have had a slightly under-whelming meal it was usually in a very busy restaurant,
yet when we went there on a quieter night the food was great.
I often wonder how the chefs cope some nights in the entertainment Tavernas - LP / Zorbas etc & it's not hard to understand why a lot of meals have to be pre-cooked and re-heated.
Sandra loves the sizzling steaks - and I have tried them quite a few times - but I have never thought wow.
In saying that I will always eat at LP etc, because they also do some great meals I really enjoy there and I love the place.
I actually still think that you will get a great meal in all of the restaurants in San Stefanos, but to get that great meal, think about what you are going to order.
Quite funny actually, Linda and I had meals in the Mediteranean Village last Sept.. Lindas Stifado was fantastic, my Kleftico was poor, but Ok enough for me not to make a fuss.
Just an example proving Jimbos earlier statement.
I don't think you can go wrong with most Grilled dishes in San Stefanos though, if you are not sure.
We have had good meals in every Restaurant over the years and sometimes it comes down to who you are friendly with rather than the food as most are really close in quality.
Our favourites, Fish in Waves, The Beachcomber Bistro's different menu is fantastic and Nikki is a brilliant chef... always good.
Fantasea is always brilliant, Nafsika is great, Ozzie Oils is Great, love some of the meals in Olympia, some less so... quite international...
Actually difficult to knock any and I won't.....
Lets see what 2014 brings - - chefs can change who knows..... try them all - - it's a great part of your holiday... enjoy!!
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Thank you very much. I have learnt a lot from this. :)