Taverna Opa - Orlando

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1. AN

   AshleyN

   Philadelphia2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Amazing atmosphere! The meal was delicious. Service was great.
   

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   John

   Unspecified1 review

   2.0

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   OK, THIS PLACE HAS SERIOUS ISSUES AND MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH RESERVATIONS! We love greek food and were in Orlando for a meeting at the Convention center so we thought this would be a great choice - boy were we were wrong!!! We had 6:15 reservations on Saturday and arrived on time but were NOT allowed to check in until after 7:00 becuase they STOPPED CHECKING PEOPL IN!!!!!!!! What restaurant takes reservations and then tells folks wait in line. We stopped checking people in. NO explainations! NO estimates! No commununications! No, Oh we're sorry. No, we will call you when a table is ready! Theres the line. JUST WAIT!!!!. Finally checked in and seated at 7:15 - the wait was so bad we immediatly ordered drinks and apps, (which they didn't get right.) Finally, straigthened that out with the server and ordered our food - due to more snafus our server told us at 8:00 that our food would be delayed another 20 minutes. Asked to speak to the manager and straigheted that out and were served about 8:15, 2 hours after our reservation. Food was good - but this place is ABSOLUTELY NOT worth the aggrevation. Since they cut off seating folks who had reservations - we weren't the only ones who were very dissapointed. My recomendation to the owners - Figure it out, either take reservations that you can resonably accomodate or don't bother. Next time I'm in Orlando I will find somewhere else to dine and I will let everyone I know in on that travel tip!
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Greater Boston1 review

   5.0

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Really fun but didn’t realize how loud it would be!
   

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4. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   New York City4 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We had an amazing time. The dancer were super entertaining and everyone loved it. Food was also super delicious
   

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   Sarah VIP

   Orlando17 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   They’ve revamped the restaurant in terms of furniture and tried to make it more upscale for I-Drive the tourists, I guess. However, I’m a local and have been to this restaurant many times over the years, and I’m not impressed with many things tonight. First was the service. The server rushed us, didn’t even ask for drinks, kept saying everyone came in at the same time and he was so busy, when that was not the truth. Only chatted me up and was so pleasant when the bill arrived, to get a good tip I presume. The food runner didn’t speak English so the appetizer was returned to the kitchen when it should not have, due to the communication issue, of which the server also apologized for saying that he has been working with the food runner for a year and has a hard time communicating with the food runner (tacky and classless in my opinion). The bottle water charge I’m not a fan of. $6.50! Since when do they charge for water?! The renovations didn’t make it to the bathrooms which could use a refresh. The food was mediocre. Shared the slow braised lamb and the gyro. 7/10. The drinks were also a miss. Not worth the price. Needless to say sorry, I will not be returning. You can cater to the tourists.
   

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   VictoriaHoney

   San Francisco12 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Food excellent but had a wait between appetizers and mains, which was filled with belly dancers who were excellent with crowd interactions and dancing on the tables. Noisy, very noisy- one of my party pulled out the noise canceling headphones in order to converse. But fun
   

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   Lisa

   Washington DC39 reviews

   3.0

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 2

   We went with another couple and found it to be very loud and hard to hold a conversation. It was very crowded and while the server was very nice, service was slow. Food was average, a bit overpriced but it's tourist food so we knew it was a bit overpriced before going. We dined before seeing a show at the Funny Bone and that was very convenient. Not sure we'd go back but it was a decent meal, just very loud and boisterous.
   

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   Jami

   Orlando10 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 2

   I really enjoy Greek food and they do a nice job here. We got here around 6:30 and it was quiet for a half hour, except for the person working as a photographer for the restaurant. I really don’t care for that kind of pressure. At 7:00, they cranked up the music for the belly dancer entertainment and conversation was impossible.
   

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   35years

   Dallas7 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 2, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great service and delicious food. We had some entertainment that was enjoyable and really gave us the Greek experience. We will be back.
   

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    TomC

    Milwaukee3 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on March 2, 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4

    Service was great and the food was very delicious
    

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