Panos Kleftiko Greek Taverna

02/22/10

Great Greek for a Small Group

by Kelsey Hulse , Citysearch Contributor at Citysearch

Panos Kleftiko is blink-and-you-can-miss-it gem located at the foot of Queen Anne. Other reviewers have said great things about the entrees, but we didn't even get that far - there was so much delicious stuff on the apps menu. This is traditional Greek at its best. Teh dolmadakia, olives and cheeses are delicious. Try the fassolia salata - a delicious fresh-tasting white bean salad. Make sure someone in your party orders the saganaki and be ready to shout "Opa!" when it is lit tableside.

• Pros: Cozy, friendly, great food
• Cons: Small with few tables

01/15/10

best Greek food in Seattle

by csmk at Citysearch

This is the best Greek food in the greater Seattle area that I've found. The owners are Greek and they do a great job educating you on the dishes you are ordering, indicating the significance or regional origin of each dish on the menu -- there are dishes from Crete, Athens, Corfu, Macedonia and other places. You can't go wrong - everything ordered was delicious.

• Pros: everything on the menu is delicious

11/26/09

Great Greek Food!

by yannisdosios at Citysearch

I like it a lot

• Pros: Great lamb
• Cons: Lots of garlic

04/17/09

Best Greek restaurant in Seattle

by yannisd at Citysearch

If you are looking for an authentic Greek taverna experience in Seattle, Panos Kleftiko is the closest thing. The atmosphere is warm and cosy with tables very close to each other, pictures and decorations on the walls, good Greek music, and a relaxed and friendly staff. Panos, the owner, is there every night and frequently sits down to chat with the guests and make sure they know what's good that day.

But what makes the place really great is the food. The gigantes yahni (lima beans) are delicious, as is the Greek salad and the lamb dishes. The taramosalata (egg roe salad) melitzanosalata (eggplant salad) and tirokafteri (spicy cheese spread), spread on authentic Greek pitta bread are fantastic.

The one thing to know before you go is that many of the dishes have a lot of garlic. I personally like that a lot, but you will have to watch it after you leave or the morning after - one trick that works well for me is eat some fresh parsley after dinner, it does wonders.

• Pros: Authentic food and atmosphere
• Cons: Must love garlic

03/12/09

WORST EVER!

by tpq22 at Citysearch

I have never left a restaurant in such disbelief!

I read so many reviews online about how good this place was and I certainly did not experience that!

I ordered an appetizer for about $7-$8...and out comes four meatballs. Four tiny meatballs that were not even that good. Then comes my boyfriend's main course with lamb. We joked that it would be the size of a small bowl after how small my meatballs were. Well out comes his lamb in very small dish, similar to the size of a rice bowl and a small spoon of rice on the side. I have never been so disappointed in not just Greek food but any restaurant. I've had delicious Greek food in Fremont and University district and I will never return to this place again.

Also, our waitress was very slow with our service, she seemed to be enjoying helping a larger table next to us much more and even made time to go find one of them a bag of corks for an art project while we sat and waited for our check.

• Pros: NONE
• Cons: food portion, quality, service