lefkas taverna

i’m a disabled, recently widowed gentleman from melbourne up in brisbane on first holiday in 49 years. i decided to try lefkas on recommendation of a local taxi driver. when i arrived, i was treated like family. the wait staff were lovely. it was a wednesday night and they were very busy. i ordered a saganaki for entree. when it came it was quite a large slice of sour, salty, cheesy perfection. i ordered for main dish the chicken souvla. expecting the chicken gyros, i received two very large chicken breast pieces, greek salad and 4 lemon roasted potato halves. i thought the chicken being breast meat might be a little dry but on the contrary it was beautiful and moist. the lemon potatoes were to die for!! i also had 2 of the biggest pieces of turkish delight and 2 rather expensive small imported greek soft drinks which also very nice. the whole lot of entree, mains, 2 desserts & 2 drinks. came to $50. i could hardly walk out the door i was so full. because i was a table for one on my own and it was very busy, i felt guilty taking up precious table space but i was not pressured once to vacate the table after my meal. friends, do yourselves a favour and visit this stunning restaurant. you won’t regret it!!

rude service, average food. disappointed, especially after reading all the reviews. extremely rude, unhelpful staff. pork souvlaki average. would not recommend. have been to other greek restaurants in west end that are far superior in service and food quality.

opa!. absolutely beautiful home cooked food.

will continue my patronage here!

so much food! the servings at this restaurant are very generous indeed and the food was delicious! my brother said that the calamari was the best he'd had and the chicken and lamb were both excellent! come on an empty stomach!!

great meal, friendly service good value. i'm not an expert in this cuisine, but we all thoroughly enjoyed our meals. platters were generous and tasty. will be back.

greek tragedy!. service was very poor. waitress was very rude to us. our food was very dry and flavourless. almost tasted like yesterday's food. wouldnt recommend

on this occasion we had the grilled baby octopus and the calamari lightly floured and fried for the entree.  it was about $20 each.  i normally also order the home made dips in the past - well worth a try as well.   for mains, we ordered a mixed yiros with a combination of chicken, lamb and pork - the holy trinity of meats!  

ive never liked lefkas but tonight got a yiros. food was good very well priced and decent service.

do your tastebuds a favour and go to lefkas.
a m a z i n g food. quick and courteous service. great location. home style, share plate type arrangement.
did i mention the food? 😍

the real deal. lefkas taverna feels like every good taverna i've ever eaten in, in greece. the food is authentic and truly delicious, portions are generous and prices great value. definitely the best greek food in brisbane. even though it's not in the hub of west end it gets packed so be sure to book - even on weeknights.

why so rude, lefkas?. my friends and i went to lefkas taverna last night and we were all really excited. it was some of our first times trying this restaurant and we heard it was byo, so we were all really pumped about it.

we were late for half an hour, we did feel bad, but accidents do happen. the guys didn't even say anything, or call and ask whether if we are okay. (i used to work in hospitality, and we understand that some customers can be late due to traffic and other reasons.) as we soon as we walked in the guy was like "you only have an hour and half to dine here" we were really confused and wondering why. he then said "it is only two hour dining time, so your booking was at six so you need to finish at eight; and you are half an hour late" then he add "it is normal on friday and saturday, to have 2 hours dining time"

what kind of attitude was that? nobody told us there is only two hours dining time when we made the booking, and he talked to us like we should have known. well, we didn't

as mentioned we heard it was byo, so we have a bottle with us. when we sat down, the guy said immediately "sorry, we are not byo." because one of our friends came here before so she said she went there many time and it was byo. he gave us the most ridiculous answer "we are only byo on tuesday, wednesday and thursdays only." then my friend mentioned again she went there before and it wasn't those days. he answered back with "yes, we have changed it, and it says on the website too."

so what could we have said? it has already ruined happy mood towards it. we didn't have our wine, we ended up ordering a bottle. thankfully the food wasn't bad. however, it still didn't make up the rudeness and the uninformative service.

we don't have time to check your website, every time, we might have to go in. we do not know that on friday and saturday, there's only 2 hours of dining time. your restaurant is either byo, or not byo. that night we saw three other tables that had the same problem! so is it, really that the customers didn't check the website? you as the staff need to inform your customers when they make the booking!

so overall, i wouldn't go back unless i have to. did the food make up for the service, no. did the atmosphere in the restaurant make up the fact that they were uninformative, no.

disappointed. the pork giros was fine and mousaka poor but the biggest dissapointment was the service and attitude of one of the waitressess there. my wife is greek and we get asked all the time for the best place to eat real greek food in brisbane, but no way can we say that this place lives up to some of the reviews. sorry for the truth but better to say it and save somebody from a dissapointment.

even impressed a veggo!. we took our relatives, who are visiting from the uk, out for dinner last night. one of them is a strict vegetarian and the staff at lefkas were more than happy to answer any and all questions. she enjoyed the stuffed capsicum while the rest of us dined on lamb and pork yiros, cabbage rolls (my favourite), moussaka and the greek baked chicken. we left very full and extremely satisfied! we are regulars at lefkas, and johnny and his staff never disappoint. best greek outside melbourne!

i did not like lefkas at all we went today i took my family three generations of mothers for mothers day from the get go things were poor no music.sitting on the footpath in the sun. entre was ok but pita and greek? dips from coles have more flavour. there were 20 people in our group no explanation or discussion was given from the waitresses to let us know what was being served platters were dropped in front of us and waitresses ran the only thing on the plate tasting good was the olive oil and the onions in the salad. i octopus was especially dissapointing as it was the rubberiast i have had the misfortune of tasting at least now i know what bad greek food tastes like as it sorry guys you fail as so many others do

disappointed/not traditional. quite disappointed with our mothers day lunch experience. nothing had flavour. the dips were tasteless. octypus was chewy and absolutely disgusting. was that meant to be pickled. it's an insult to traditional greek food. wouldn't go back. $700 for the bill and wouldn't even be worth $200.00. could write more but a waste of time.