Athena - Menu

"The restaurant is located on the busy Ulzburger Strasse, parking lots in this area are generally shortware. After 20:00, you can use the parking lot of the opposite food market. At the entrance I was greeted by the operator pair standing behind the counter, they were talking with a group of guests at the table directly at the window. Then the boss asked me: “1 person?” and when I nodded “You have free choice!”. Then I was looking for a free table and took place. Prompt came the boss, handed me the menu and lit the candle standing on the table. The offer also reads like many other Greek restaurants, but is somewhat unstructured. For example, there are mixed plates for one or two persons in front of the grill dishes. The differences to other restaurants are then in detail: There is no common compilation of the supplements with fries and rice in many places, there are either rice or potatoes as a supplement. I ordered the “Parga Plate, Gyros, Souflaki and Hacksteak, with mixed salad and rice or potatoes” (11,00 €).On the question of what it is for potatoes, I did not receive such clear information, it was clear that it was not for fries. So I ordered the potatoes as a supplement and as a drink a special. It was also brought quite fast, as usual without questioning in the big version (0.4l for 2.90 € . Also without asking if I would like it, an Ouzo was placed next to it. The establishment of the restaurant is mixed from different styles, the treses designed in the style of a Greek temple contrasts clearly to (artificial? Shelves on the side wall and the partitions formed with butt discs on the backrests of the seat benches. At a table in the entrance area there were chairs with carved backs, at the table right next to the counter stood modern, fully upholstered chairs with brown synthetic leather cover. The tables were, however, uniformly covered with pink fabric table cloths and white coverings, followed by the already mentioned candle in the metal lamp, a small pot flower, salt and pepper shaker and a plastic holder with beer lids. On the walls there were different pictures with Mediterranean motifs, the background music was pleasantly quiet. The restaurant was only moderately occupied and filled a little more during my stay. After a few minutes, the salad was served as an appetizer, it consisted mostly of white wort and iceberg salad, which had been poured over with yogurt dressing, which was certainly not touched on itself. There was a slice of sheep cheese, along with a cucumber slice, a tomato quarter, an olive and a peperoni. But the salad was good. The emptied salad plate was cleaned and the main course was served shortly afterwards. On the plate I found a crook Gyros, a very well-stocked skewer and a quite remarkable chop steak, with a Klecks Tsatsiki on a salad leaf and a few potatoes. They seemed rough and then fried on the piece, a kind of preparation I had never seen before. The Tsatsiki was clearly cucumbery and not very creamy, stirred with herbs but only with hardly any flavoring garlic note. On the spit were not the otherwise usual thin sliced pieces of pig neck, instead I found four pieces of pig fillet pressed together. The meat was very delicate and juicy and strongly seasoned with red pepper. Even the chop steak tasted only after pepper, I lacked the usual Greek spicy notes. Otherwise the meat was nicely loose and also tasted good, but not as expected. Even at the Gyros, which was qualitatively really good, the typical herbs lacked, even here taste good, but not as usual. Conclusion: Pregnant. On the one hand, very good and well-cooked meat at a reasonable price, on the other hand, the spiciness unfamiliar with all components and the strange type of potato preparation, the whole in an ambience mixed across the styles – this visit has not convinced me."