Tsiakkos & Charcoal

zebwong

It's ALL Greek to me 19th October 2009

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Had a birthday party here a few months ago and even with a large crowd (14) - everything was phenomenal. The tarama is THE best I've ever tasted and the beetroot salad is to die for. I've yet to see the menu change or anything else really at Tsiakkos and that is a good thing. It's all Sublime.

bevsue06

Great place amazing food incredible vibe 5th March 2008

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I just spent a wonderful week in London and the cherry on the top was Tsiakkos! I spent two amazing evenings there and I highly recommend it. Great atmosphere and delicious food.I recommend the Cleftico (lamb on bone served with delicious rice)(I took the bone home to my labrador who loved it!!) great Tarama,excellent Greek salad with a very generous serving of Feta, yummy hummous. The owner Xen was very hospitable and the music was perfect. I will definitely return on my next visit to London.

gastro1

I would return 2nd March 2008

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This is the first time I have said this about a Greek restaurant in the UK.

Had a great simple and well prepared meal today with my wife and kids along with my friend Tony with his wife and kids.

Proper Taramaslata , Melinzanosalata, Tzaziki , Horiatiki as wel as great Souvlaki and Kleftiko. Will be back soon and not just to collect my son's NY Yankees cap but for another fix !

Not normally open on Sundays but the owner was kind enough to cater for 9 at lunch today as he has a private party tonight. He is a charming man by the way and he made everyone including the bambinos feel at home !

Bravo !

gilka

not a trusted place! 24th January 2008

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I went to check this place after reading the reviews on TrustedPlaces.
We entered the place which looked very friendly and unpretentious.
Candle lights and cosy atmosphere. We ordered 3 starters:
tzatziki, fasolia (beans) and beetroot salad.
The beetroot was the winning one but just because it is a tasty vegtable not because
of the way it was made... I have tasted much greater tzatziki before and the fasolia tasted like beans from a can.

The worst thing of the overall experience is that the owner decided that it is acceptable to watch a movie on his computer while other people are eating in the restaurant...In such a small place it is very difficult to ignore.
he even did worst by trying to discuss the computer noise by putting the music volume higher...

For mains, we ordered meat on the grill. It seemed that while being busy watching the film, not enough attention was given to take the skewers out from the grill and they arrived overly cooked and barely eatable.

I am not going back there for sure and also very surprised by the reviews on this page.

sokratis at 24/01/08

C'mon Gilka, the owner is part of the the attraction ;-) I think it must have been the son of the owner you're refering to.

I've been there three times now, most times with a Greek crowd, and everybody loved it. Even Mez who doesn't shy away from a complain, so I'm sorry it didn't turn out to be good for you.

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TimParlett

Lovely Authentic Greek Food 1st December 2007

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Family atmosphere. Well prepared, typical Greek food (in vast quantities). Extremely friendly.

onya

Can it really be this good..............YES 19th September 2007

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Well what can I say, in the words of the great Victor Kiam this food was so good I wanted to buy the restaurant. I went here Monday and it was so amazing I had to go back on Tuesday. Today is Wednesday and guess where I have just had dinner, yes at Tsiakkos and yes it was not only as good but better today. The starters are fresh and wholesome greek mezze of salad, haloumi, spicy sausages, Greek salad, stuffed vineleaves (these and the potatoe salad deserve a special mention) whilst the main courses are a choice of freshly cooked lamb, chicken or pork kebabs marinated all day in a glorious marined or whatever the masterful Xenophobe has decided to cook throughout the day. Everyday ther is the greatest Kleftico I have ever eaten and sometimes there is Mousaka and then there is normally a fish for cooking on the open coals. Just when I thought it could not get any better, and I could not eat any further, Xen produced his wifes Trifle, which some of the regulars were eating for starters (it's that good), and I managed to squeeze in a portion closely followed by yet another - it was that good. The perfect mix of custard, fruit, cream, chocholate, jelly and lovely scrummyness.
The food here is so good that I actually contemplated shooting Xen so that no one else could ever have such an amazing meal but then I thought how selfish I should share this hidden secret garden with you all. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did and will in the future.......Tomorrow

ageorgiadis

24th May 2007

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Tsiakkos is the best greek restaurant in london. a lot of respect to the guy for keeping it unpretentious.

sokratis

Free wifi in Tsiakkos 18th April 2007

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I went to Tsiakkos again tonight with some great company. The food was up to its excellent standard, but unfortunately the choice was not as wide as in the weekends. No 'souvla'(=spitroast) and no moussakas. It's a good indication though, as it means they do serve fresh food only.
I went a bit earlier and was enjoying a beer listening to the eclectic mix of some old school dub and some other 60's music and took my laptop out. Well what do you know? Tsiakkos offers free wifi. It's the owner's network at the back that not encrypted, but still! Free wifi in the last place you'd expect to find it. This place is full of surprises.

sokratis

So good it hurts 10th November 2006

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Well like Mez suggests, this place looks like the owner had a fallout with his interior designer half way though renovation. He didn't have one with his cook though.
I'm generally quite critical of Greek restaurants. Having spent the first 18 years of life there and having been spoiled by a mother, grandmother, a legion of aunts and a quality seafood obsessed father, I have high expectations when it comes to food from the motherland, which are not often met by the places I find in England (the Real Greek? gimme a break). There are of course some quality places, in London especially, which is no real surprise given the number of Greeks in this country.

Tsiakos is one of them. Whether you have a ‘magireuto', i.e. oven cooked dish, like moussakas (with the intonation in the last syllable) or kleftiko (slowly cooked shank of lamb) or get something from the charcoal, whether it's beef, lamb, pork or chicken you will not be disappointed – I can guarantee it. If you go there and don't like the food, tell me and I'll recommend a good taste bud doctor.

Mez

Come to my spiti I'll show you the meaty 10th November 2006

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You can't find a more unpretentious place than Tsiakkos. This place doesn't need to be beautiful. It serves great food and it's got attitude. I'm not greek but I know my tzatziki from my tsiftateli* and I can tell you that the dishes are authentic judging by the endless oooohhhh's and aaaahhh's and "oxi malakas" of my greek entourage. This place is for meat lovers, for it is magnificently tasty and tender, and served in a variety of colourful dishes.

Don't go there with a 'can I break a plate in this place?'* expectation, the owner will probably break one on you. He looks like he could be the type of guy. He cooks the food in front of you and almost slams it on your table with inimitable greek style. In fact he probably hunts it too. It's as raw as it gets over there.

*. I'm sorry I couldn't help it.. xaxaxa

sokratis at 10/11/06

yes, we greeks hunt our own food, break plates on people's heads and call each other wankers when we eat. We do make good food though.

Mez at 10/11/06

hehehe.. I knew I would get a reaction from you, and of just the kind you displayed..

you greeks are also quite predictable.. either that or I've come to know you too well ;)

filakia polla!

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