Best Greek

[nasilemak]

does anyone have recommendations for what you think is the best greek spot in the greater boston area? recommendations on what to order would be appreciated too!
thanks in advance!

[EATTV]

Demos in Watertown and Waltham. Andros Diner on Trapelo road. The Paramount on Charles Street.

[ShelT54]

Nothing to rival Greektown in Chicago, but Farm Grill in Newton and Athenian on Rt. 30 in Framingham are good

[ipsofatso]

another vote for Ithaki in Ipswich.

[almansa]

Ditto. I'd say that Ithaki is reason alone to go to Ipswich, and a good one.

[ipsofatso]

My problem is now that when I go to ANY other Greek place I only can compare it to Ithaki.

[Aromatherapy]

Anybody tried Esperia Grill in Brighton Center? I just noticed it the other day. It used to be a pizza joint (same owners).

[treb]

I like Ithaki in Ipswich.

[snifflyfro]

After hearing that there is a new Greek place (Esperia) from you guys on chowhound my girlfriend and I headed over along with my sister.

I'm very familiar with Farm Grill in Newton. The set-up at Esperia is amazingly similar (seems like it's somewhat modeled around Farm Grill).

I ordered a Chicken Gyro. It was very good, although it seemed like a few of the pieces were a little over done. They had aluminum foil over the pieces of meat on the rotating spit so maybe it had been a little bit of time since somebody had last ordered chicken and it had gotten to well done.

My girlfriend had a greek salad. She liked it a lot. She thought the dressing at farm grill is better, but enjoyed the salad and like the mix of greens in it. My sister and I both thought the dressing was terrific (we each had a small greek salad included in our meal). The dressing is excellent and had a bit of dill and garlic in it which seems to go very well.

My sister had the spinach pie (spanakopita) which she really enjoyed. I didn't get to have a bite (she finished it before I realized), but I guess that's a good sign.

Both my sister and girlfriend had soup and gave it an A+.

Overall it's a definite keeper and the guy behind the register was extremely friendly, even offering some samples of the cold sides. All of the sides looked terrific and very fresh. They had some interesting specials, such as sword fish (which look well sized and fresh). We got take-out, but I'd gladly eat-in. They have a few types of beer (such as Mythos) and wine.

Farm grill is still on the list, but in the future we will sometimes forgo the traffic of Needham Street and the line which are part of a trip to Farm Grill in favor of Esperia.

Here is their website: http://www.esperiagrill.com/

While we were there a few people came in who had previously called in take-out orders.

[BobB]

This was talked out at length a couple of months ago at http://www.chowhound.com/topics/470159

Consensus is, there are a few places that serve passable Greek food (I go to Greek Corner in North Cambridge when I get the craving), but nothing really outstanding.