10/17/09

Roaches EVERYWHERE!!!

by Diningout

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!!!

• Pros: None
• Cons: Roaches

06/06/09

Wonderful!!!!!

by coping

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!

• Pros: Great service
• Cons: Small

05/31/08

Just Lovely

by eatstuff

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!

• Pros: Service, setting, food
• Cons: Inside could use a makeover

05/06/08

Decent food that's not worth the lousy service...

by PhillyPhoodie2

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...

• Pros: Food can be good at times, patio is nice break from street dining
• Cons: Font room smoky, back room is exile, service is just plain awful

03/08/08

Delicious food, slooow service

by caryn73

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.

• Pros: delicious food
• Cons: hour and a half wait for entrees from the time we ordered them

03/06/08

Great food, poor service

by astar2

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...

01/27/08

A Charming Mainstay

by Phoodelphia

Effie's is a wonderful little place serving up home-cooked mediterranean-style food. I usually eat-out and everything is always great. The gyros are the best in the city (not greasy but filled with perfectly seasoned meat) and the lemon soup is probably the most comforting thing you could eat after a rough day - and, the baklava is to die for. If you eat-in, ask to sit in the back - it's more roomy and romantic. If you're just with friends then sit up front.

• Pros: great food, reliable, friendly staff
• Cons: wish it was bigger

11/13/07

Cute and Delicious!

by bfish47

my boyfriend and i were just walking by and decided to stop in for dinner because we didnt feel like cooking. We couldnt have walked into a better place! We sat in the back room, which was adorable (exposed brick walls, chandelier, double doors leading out to the courtyard), the service was excellent and the food was great! The mussels were delicious (they are spicy) and i was able to take some of the mousaka home for lunch the next day. Dont forget the baklava for dessert!

• Pros: BYOB, outdoor seating, great food, good for groups, excellent service

05/26/07

BEST PLACE I HAVE EATEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!!!!

by julmai

First of all, to the previous user who said that you should'nt "waste your time there", they are entirely wrong! It is the best food I've ever eaten in my entire life. The servers are nice and welcoming! The food is always hot and toasty when I get it. The prices are reasonable, too! So no one should listen to the people before us, because they are so wrong! I give it 20000 stars!

• Pros: EVERYTHING
• Cons: nothing

03/27/07

Great food, cozy place

by anama24

We made reservations for 8 the day of. Great food, not the best service. Also, we were seated upstairs which isn't as nice as the back. Regardless, I would definitely go there again, and I highly recommend this place to anyone that likes casual, BYOBs, good food, and reseaonable prices.

• Pros: BYOB, prices, food
• Cons: atomosphere, not the greatest service