Good to excellent Greek restaurants in Vancouver city limits ?

[LotusRapper]

A spin-off from this thread: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/855859

We seldom eat Greek nowadays, perhaps due to a combination of the city's increasingly diverse offerings as well as the Greek restaurant scene that appears (to me) dormant.

Places we *used* to frequent but no longer visit for a variety of reasons (some now closed or changed owners):

- Kalamata
- Maria's
- Panos
- Apollonia
- The Main
- Romios
- Simpatico
- Acropol
- Takis
- Ouzeri

I'm not including the Roman-Greco pizzeria genre places like Olympia, Gigi's etc.

Never been to Nu, nor Bouzyous (Commercial Dr). Am I missing any obvious gems out there ?

[jmil]

A place I've been meaning to try, (and recommended by a Greek friend of mine) is Symposio Greek Taverna on Lonsdale. From what I hear the service is very friendly (family run), food is authentic and good quality.

[fmed]

Well...I would love an update on Greek here too. I sort of gave up a few years ago. I've been to both Nu and Bouzyous...they are "OK."

[LotusRapper]

Are there any that you'd recommend that are better than "OK" ?

[Sam Salmon]

FWIW- I've heard that Rosie's on Robson does a killer kalamari.