Merlis Taverna

6.80e for Onion soup, Beef Dinner and Strawberries and Cream was the most we paid for one of Merlis's meal deals, the cheapes was 5.50e for a three course meal with the main meal being lasagne. On entering you are met by Melissa, Yolanda , Dennis or the man who takes the orders (we never got to know his name).
On average the bill came to 27e for two adult and two children, this was including puddings.
This was our favourite place to eat as the prices were good, they have a very good understanding of english and like to have a laugh with you and the quality of the food was good.

In Kalamaki at the moment & have eaten at this restaurant twice because it was so good 1st time. I CANNOT BELIEVE the comment before this one. Food is fab & inexpensive. The staff are extremely friendly (especially to the kids). This is one of the few tavernas offering a good selection for the children's menu. It goes to show that not everyone can please all of the people all of the time. For us Mermaids that everyone seems to rave about is no more than average.
Give Merlis a try and judge yourself

Don't go there! Me and my family had better meals for half the price. The waiters are always in a hurry and smashing plates, when thats a risk to the little childrens saftey And also the prices are extreamly high.(They rip you off.)The meal was discusting, it was home made Lasange and i would rather ate my cats felix pouches. rating 0/10

NOT THE BEST OF PLACES WE THOUGHT IT WAS PROBERLY THE WORST

cheap food but not at all good, I suppose you get what you pay for, we were very disappointed with the soups and the swordfish was too overcooked.

We ate here a few nights it was the best one we went to really great food. If you go to Kalamaki you must try here

does anyone know if landis works here still because he moved to athens to work but when i went to kalamaki landis's friend nikos told me he was in athens :( please email me sammy.leigh@lycos.co.uk

I have been going to Merlis every year since 1995 and it is far better than any where else i have eaten. Takis and Nicko have been there every time and are very friendly and chatty all the time. Anyone who doesn't like it must have a problem

We took a trip to Kalamaki in our hired car and decieded to have a meal at the Merlis, It looked like a good resturant from outside (looks can be decieving!)

I had the 3 cource sunday dinner, I wish i had'nt !!! the beef was horrible i think it must have been reheated from the luncetime (I suppose that what happens when you go early for evening meal)
My other friends had chicken in mushroom sauce, which they told me later was warm through out (not pipping hot which it should be!)

I finished of with ice cream, it must have been the smallest scoop i had seen! (i could have got more ice cream using a table spoon!!!)

All in all i think with Kalamaki being a popular tourist area some resturants can get away with serving poor or average food

Fine restaurant ran by Takis and always looked after by Nicholas. Good quality food, fine wines and wonderful ice-cream. The prices were very reasonable and you can tell how good a restaurant is by how busy it was and this place was always full.

Absolutely disgusting - easily the worst meal out we had. The service was rubbish. Definitely don't have the beef in mushroom sauce - it's a piece of beef like you get in those frozen meals!! Even the food smells coming from that place every night made me feel ill.

Great food.Happy people.Friendliest staff in Kalamaki.

Great place set meals good value and excellent service, ate there 10 out of 14 nights.

This was our local restaurant as we were in the Antonis, but that wasn't the reason we ate there most of the time. We ate here because the food was first class, the daily specials should be tried as they prove to be good value for money (between 5.50 euro's and 6.00).
Staff are friendly and the brother that owns this place is nothing but curtious.

We have been going to Kalamaki now for the last 6 yrs and 90% of the time we eat in the Merlis Resturant. It has a great atmosphere, the staff are very friendly and chatty.
The food is also great You must try the Chicken Salad i got hooked on it this year in July. We are going back again in sep this yr so guess where we will be eating !! also must just say that the other place we eat is Spaghetti o'mania there food is cooked right in front of you so you know its nice and fresh. They too have good staff and great PR.

This was by far the best restaurant we tried, we went there 4 or 5 times, having something different each time and the food was lovely. The manager (I am assuming that is who it is) always made a point of coming out and shaking our hands as were leaving each time and the other staff were nice as well.

They also do takeaway food and we had pizzas a couple of times when we couldn't be bothered to eat out.

Definitely recommend this to anyone!

This was the best restuarant we visited in kalamaki just shading out dias.The service was fast and friendly and the food was beautiful.We found the starters just amazing , i had the tomato stuffed with prawns and my partner the stuffed pepper. My steak was cooked to perfection and all our meals well presented and my only regret was we didnt go back there as we wanted to try other places out also (some we wished we never had), the childrens menu was ideal and amazingly they managed to clear there plates which is quite rare !
Would highly recommend this place and also the house white and rose.

The service was good and staff friendly. The food was ok but the Apple pie was excellent!!

Food was good but it took far too long to serve.

Has anyone been here recently, if so does Takis still work here?

I have been visiting Takis, Agilisto and Nicolas for 6 years now and have never had anything less than excellance in both service and food. I would recommend the pork, the beef, the lamb and the fish - but most definately the chocolate ice-cream!

A great restaurant with decent staff and a fast and very friendly service. Takis is a lovely guy who really looks after the customers and you can have a laugh and joke with Agallisto and Nicholas who make you feel very welcome. The food is very nice too.

We ate here 4 or 5 times during our holiday and found everything to be first class.The best Restaurant in Kalamaki.

Best meal we have ever had.THe best pizza anywhere.The staff were friendly and welcoming and let you just sit and enjoy your meal.

WERN'T HALF BAD! THEY DO DAILY 3 COURSE MEALS FOR ABOUT 6 EUROS WHICH IF U GET A GOOD ONE IS REAL VALUE FOR MONEY! CNAT SEE WHY SOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SLAGGED IT OFF..MAYBE WE WERE JUST LUCKY!! :)

yes the boys are back the food is better than ever and the old owners have it back it is a must for everyone!

I said i wouldn't eat there again but then found out the old staff were back this year so we tried it again and i am glad we did . the food was good, with large portions and excellent value for money

The food was good apart from the soups are a little watery! service good and rest of the food i had was excellent! definetly go back again as there is a nice waiter i like there, check him out he's GORGE!!!!

we went in may 2002 I had to agree with other holiday makers the restaurant was run by another person during 2001 and was dire but has now returned to the original staff and the food is excelent the staff are nice and welcoming I will be eating there again next holiday garahm, sandra and janet

WE TRIED THE MERLIS A COUPLE OF TIMES INCASE WE GOT IT WRONG FIRST TIME........BUT WE DIDN'T IT WAS AWFUL THE STAFF SPENT THIER TIME HOVERING ABOUT WAITING TO CLEAR YOU AWAY .AND THE FOOD WASN'T ALL THAT EITHER SHALL NOT EAT THERE AGAIN

sorry but we will not be stopping hear again the food when we got it was not correct,the service was not to good,to long a wait for uor liking

changed hands since we last went in 2000 big thumbs down try the hera resturant as still owned by the family best meal we had in zante last year

By far the worst meal I`ve ever had in Greece. 45 minute wait, and lemon chicken was accompanied by a grand total of 6 chips. Utter rubbish.

Service was o.k. and the food acceptable. However, we only went once so perhaps this indicates it didn't fire the imagination (or perhaps it's too close to Paris?).

This was the worst meal of our holiday, no atmosphere, the food was awful, full of salt, and the service was dreadful, definately one to miss!!

Ate here on the first night, and was very disappointed

Ate here on our first night. Food OK, but nothing special. Service was good, and waiters/waitresses very pleasant. Doesn't seem to be popular as most nights it was empty (compared to all the other full restaurants).

This place was recommended, what a disapointment, the staff were surly and never smiled,its as though they had beter things to do but serve you

Apparently this restaurant is under new management this year, and is no longer associated with the supermarket and car hire. Someone told me that the food is not as good as it used to be. Seems they were right!

Service was good but didn't think much of the food it was very greasy and inside the restaurant was a bit grotty especially the loo's.

I had made a comment above about this restaurant, it just goes to show what can change in under a year we felt as though we were being served by a used car salesman the atmosphere was bad the staff had change completely I will not be eating there again.

we stayed in kalamaki during aug 2000 and found that merlis was the best place to eat on the island, the staff are very friendly and very helpfull, they made us feel welcome everytime we visited anyone who reads this and visits will not be sorry, we will be there at the beginning of june 2001 and we will be eating at merlis during our holiday.

Very nice family run restaurant, I remember when this restaurant was a night club approx 8 years ago, same family running it, I stayed in the Merlos aparts, just next to the antonis aparts!!!

one of the best if not the best one on the island a family run resturant the service is brill the family are lovely and you will find yourself eating in this place more than once!!!