Plateia, another spelling of platia (πλατεία), Greek for a forum or a meeting place, is exactly as the subtitle says—"where friends meet".
Most strikingly when we arrived was the try-hard, hit-and-miss service. One of their staff—a non-Greek fella—had pretty poor English, which was fairly shocking given the amount of patrons in the area, though perhaps it doesn't matter too much because it is, here. The other members—Greek—had markedly better English and were fairly friendly, except for a lady. Despite not having too many orders (and also limited seating), the staff couldn't keep track of who ordered what and the patrons were all totally out of it and didn't even know what they had ordered...
I can't speak for the dining in experience but I ordered from this restaurant on Deliveroo and it was horribly wrong. They rang me to say they had run out of spanikopita. They offered to replace it with something, I was put in the spot a bit and agreed to two 'Greek desserts' suggested instead even though we don't really go for sweet food much and the spanikopita was going to be my partner's dinner. I understand that restaurants run out of food sometimes but what happened after is unforgivable. When the food arrived it was missing the salad we ordered and paid for. Since I had their phone number from the spanikopita issue I called to let them know. The proprietor was so rude and unapologetic...
Plateia, another spelling of platia (πλατεία), Greek for a forum or a meeting place, is exactly as the subtitle says—"where friends meet".
Most strikingly when we arrived was the try-hard, hit-and-miss service. One of their staff—a non-Greek fella—had pretty poor English, which was fairly shocking given the amount of patrons in the area, though perhaps it doesn't matter too much because it is, here. The other members—Greek—had markedly better English and were fairly friendly, except for a lady. Despite not having too many orders (and also limited seating), the staff couldn't keep track of who ordered what and the patrons were all totally out of it and didn't even know what they had ordered...
Have been coming here for the chicken yiros since they opened. Yiros is very simple, but it's hard to find a good one. This is the best I've tried outside of Greece. And I've had a few in my lifetime, being half Greek myself. Everything is perfect from the flavoursome chicken to the fluffy bread. Even the authentic few chips inside. With just the right amount of tzatziki. Perfection. The only reason I have not rated 5 stars here is that on visiting recently, they had decided to slightly alter the recipe. Big mistake! Why fix something that ain't broke?! The tzatziki has been substituted for a yellow-ish, sweet sauce. Like a type of sweet mayonnaise. Terrible. I cannot understand the re...
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Greek style souvlaki joints are possibly the third in line of new Sydney foodie trend over the past 12-18 months behind burgers and, more recently, fried chicken.
Plateia offers inner Sydneysiders a taste of Greek street food, in Kings Cross.
My fave gyros is the slow cooked lamb, however I've also had the chicken and rate it also.
For the lazier foodies, Plateia also recently started delivering via Suppertime and Deliveroo so you don't even have to leave your couch (apart from opening the door ????) to get your own taste of Greece!
I like that you can get a square meal of meat, bread, chips and salad. None of it stands out though. The souvlaki meat wasn't great quality but was ok, but very bland and the small amount of good tzatziki ran out very quickly. Most of the chips were soggy and the bread may have been stale. It adds a fast food option to the area but just seems disappointing. Nice place and friendly service though and a number of people were just stopping in for a coffee, so maybe that's good.
I had a great experience at this hidden gem in Kings Cross. The portions were generous and the food was delicious. The service was prompt and professional.
The lamb gyros pita wrap is the bomb! The meat and zatziki are like soulmatesLoved every single bite of itDefinitely recommending this place.
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I can't speak for the dining in experience but I ordered from this restaurant on Deliveroo and it was horribly wrong.
I aways enjoy the care and love that Greeks put into their food.
Befteki Chicken And Haloumi Salad
Gyros Open Plate Lamb And Chicken
Befteki Chicken And Greek Salad
Skepasti (Greek Club Sandwich)
Befteki Beef And Haloumi Salad
Befteki Plate Chicken And Beef
Grilled Haloumi Skewers Plate
Befteki Beef And Greek Salad
