Stalactites - Melbourne

From any reason it is very difficult to find Greek food in Australia. stalactites is well recommended and based on the line at the door, people naturally love it. I admit, the deck was very cool, but was underwhelmed by the food. our meals were inconspicuous where I expect more boistery from a Greek meal. for me the search will go away, but on observation, much like stalactites, as it is now.

Great eating, beautiful atmosphere, good location, beautiful decoration and always busy. I had stuffed zucchini, and eating is delicious and tasted like home mode.

I don't know why there's always been so long here. eating is superfluous and very average. the waiting staff never saw us as soon as we got our food. they also have an extra charge for the use of a credit card or debit card, and they have the possibility to add a 10% supplement at the weekend. very bad and unheard. would not return.

First up the food (that which we received) was very delicious. However, to bring out 2 dishes within 10 minutes of each other and then only bring the other dish (it was to be shared), 50 minutes later (and it was wrong too), ruined...a lovely catch up with friends from the NT for us. The waiters were clueless about the reason for the hold up, and this after our friends had to reorder because the restaurant was out of the special they wanted. For sake of clarity, the food they ordered was a beef stew dish with vegetables, after the lamb stew was not available anymore. They did get their single pita bread and bowl of tzaziki dip. When their dish finally came out, it had rice, instead of vegetables and nobody wanted to risk waiting another hour. At this stage, my husband and I have already finished our food and our drinks. We all then left and went elsewhere. They did offer us free drinks, to no avail, as our friends do not drink. We were not charged for our one cup of coffee and our one glass of wine. There were at least 4 waiters running around in a restaurant that was packed and there was a queue outside the door as well. The first waiter we tried to order with took out his little book and pen, then got interrupted by another waiter and he left our table never to be seen again. We then flagged down another one, obviously new as he did not recognize any of the dishes we asked for and we had to show him on the menu, He persevered with us through the ordeal, but it was clear even he ran out of ideas towards the end. The restaurant is clearly under resourced and under staffed for the number of people they allow in there. Chaos is a Greek word, after all.

Food was lovely and there was ample of it. Service was friendly, atmosphere was great. The restaurant was good and clearly well liked as the turn around on tables was incredible. My only negative was we were jammed in. Tables were almost on top of...each other, i understand why, as they were full and refilling all the time even on Sunday but it was a bit tight.