Effie's

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Sandy12111

Joined 2 years ago

Very Nice place! Great food!. They had great food at a reasonable price. The atmosphere was very inviting, warm, and made me feel at ease. The outside garden is very lovely, and is remarkable with the scenery. I sat in the garden watching the snow fall down and it just gave me a warm feeling inside. Not many places can do that!!! The waitresses are nice, and inviting. Not much to say on that. In the short, i shall be returning for more guests!It is worth a try for everyone!

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craiggannon

Joined 3 years ago

decent food but ignored by waitress. the food is good, but not great.

the salad did serve 4, but it ought to for $16 - and there was very little dressing and flavor.

the feta was very tasty, and good olives.

our table was very cramped for 4 adults.

we ordered salad and another shared appetizer (not worth 18.50 - we each only got a small plate full) - when we were done with these plates she never came back to clear the table.

she just chatted away in the kitchen.

never came back to ask us how it was.

our dinners came - fish was ok, special eggplant was good, but it came on a bed of unseasoned white rice.

Still all of our finished plates remained on our table.

there was only 1 other group of 4 in the restaurant, so it wasnt as if she was too busy!

she was friendly, just inefficient.

this place is very small, and the decor is tacky like a bad hotel. there is even 1 whole wall that is just exposed sheet rock, half painted.

if they deliver - do that !!

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CSMobileUser

Joined 5 years ago

Lovely. The best authentic greek food in town. My favorite dishes are the grilled feta with hot peppers and tomato the avgolemono soup is better than my grandmoms and the mousaka is to die for. So if you are looking for authentic greek you must go and Effie and her husband the chef will greet you.

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Jan Keller

Joined 4 years ago

Best Greek Food. Effie and her team are always pleasant and welcome you as if you are family. We have dined often over the past few years and love the food.

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Diningout

Joined 4 years ago

Roaches EVERYWHERE!!!. I actually had a roach land on my head and another land on my arm. When we looked around, there were roaches all over the courtyard. One was crawling up a man's leg and many were crawling into the kitchen. it was grotesque!!!

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coping

Joined 4 years ago

Wonderful!!!!!. My Sister-In-Law and I ate here on a Friday night and the food was delicious! I was visiting from Tennessee and we had such great service. Our Waiter, Andre was the best! We had an appetizer sampler, greek salad with gyro meat and a lamb sirloin steak with potatoes and fennel. YUM!

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eatstuff

Joined 5 years ago

Just Lovely. Had a wonderful meal with my wife here recently. It was a Saturday night, somewhat late, but still very busy. We were seated inside which was hot and boring, but were shortly moved to an outside table. The food is very good, very straight greek. No flourishes but delicious, with substantial portions. The service, in opposition to some of the reviews here, was wonderful. Very friendly and casual- but attentive. We were never rushed- even when we were the last to leave. A great neighborhood place- I just wish it was in my neighborhood!

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PhillyPhoodie2

Joined 5 years ago

Decent food that's not worth the lousy service.... Effie's has charm, and the food can be good, but the service just never fails to disappoint. It can be slow, surly, uneven, and just plain wrong, even with just a few tables full. The restaurant also has a bad habit of booking a reservation then not honoring it, especially for the patio. Their favorite refrain (oh, we don't take reservations for the patio, when they had confirmed a patio table by phone just one hour earlier). Overall, there are much better options in Philly. Stay away from Effies until they realize that we're paying for an experience, and not just a dish of food...

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caryn73

Joined 7 years ago

Delicious food, slooow service. We should have listened to the previous poster! The host was great, waitstaff were nice, though not very attentive, but our dinner took an hour and a half to reach our table, with no acknowledgment of the long wait.

Evidently slow service is the rule, rather than the exception. I really did enjoy my meal, but knew better than to order dessert-that might have tacked on another large chunk of time.

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astar2

Joined 5 years ago

Great food, poor service. I love greek food, and am very impressed by effie's. However, I like good service to accompany a good meal - and while the waiters/waitresses are courteous, the service is slow and it's hard to get a waiter's attention. Also good to know: there's a seating area when you first walk in, and then there's one in a back room, disconnected from the restaurant-- I ate in the back room once this winter and it was an awful experience. The waitress had to keep opening double doors to the freezing cold outside to go back and forth into the kitchen to get our food/drinks, blasting in wind right into the tiny seating area. The front seating area on the other hand is much more pleasurable.

Summary: good food (especially the spanikopita), poor service....but the service doesn't keep me from coming back...