Santorini Greek Taverna - Cleveland

Santorini is one of my favorite restaurants in the Cleveland area. If you enjoy Greek food, you will also love Santorini. I just recently brought 8 of my out of town guests. Our service was great and the food was better. Every one of my guests had a positive comment about the food.

Food was spicy and tasty. Mussels were outstanding.

Typical Greek restaurant. Good but not exceptional.

Two of my best friends for 30 years are Greek. The food is as delicious as their family made, and the food, hospitality and entertainment was just like my trips to Greece. Their tzatziki, moussaka and baklava are outstanding. The service is warm and friendly instead of tired and snooty. It gets louder once the band starts and the local Greek community starts pouring in for dancing, so, consider booking after 8 or 9 so you can get the full Greek experience. I am not sure how quick or slow the service may be for someone 's standards. We wanted the traditional experience, where going out for dinner is at least after 8, and that is your entire evening, slowly nibbling on a series of appetizers (mezes), then the main course, then the dessert, all while sipping on drinks and listening to the music. We went for our anniversary, and we felt like we were treated like rock stars, or in a taverna in Greece. Same thing. For service this good, be a good customer. If you are in a 'feed n street ' mentality, or one who thinks they are such a foodie who knows more than the server and pronounces moussaka as mo SOCK ah or gyro as Guy ro or JUY ro (instead of Yeer ro) with authority instead of understandable questionality, this may not be the place for you. Courtesy goes a long way here. Tip the band and they will personally thank you on their break. Ask how items are correctly pronounced. It is compliment, instead of being looked down upon, or answered with the dreaded valley girl upspeak, as if their answer sounds like a question at a trendy place; the servers will be more than happy to help you. Please and thank you will be appreciated, especially if you know, or ask how to say it in Greek. We got a warm greeting from the manager when he heard me pronounce moussaka the correct way. (MOO sah kah) Efharisto poli! (Thank you very much)

It was our first time there. We love Greek food. It was pretty empty for a Friday night. There did seem to be several older men hanging out at the bar with what I'm assuming was the owner. It created a slightly weird vibe. Our server was very nice. We stuck to the very traditional food moussaka, pastitsio. They were totally fine but unfortunately not great. I'm not opposed to charging close to $20 for a pasta dish, it just better be great.