Yiani's Greek - Coolum Beach

Great food. Good service. It's kind of tucked away, had lovely Greek wines both times we've been now and they're importing it themselves now I think. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: A$60–80 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4 Recommended dishes: Chicken Souvlaki Chips, Beef Moussaka, Souvlaki with Salad and Chips

We visited Yanni's last Friday evening and it was a big mistake. It was jammed with way too many people and also too many tables and chairs and the noise was terrible, actually it was deafening and exacerbated by very loud, actually unnecessarily loud music, which made everyone raise their voices and really killed conversation. The welcome was very average as there was a mix up with tables and also Yanni's welcome was brusque to say the least and did not seem at all genuine. He needs to smarten up his customer care. The mix up with the tables was embarassing and confusing as after a while Yanni said it was ok to stay at the table we appeared to have been allocated, then one of the staff or perhaps his partner or wife explained in great detail, which we did not need to know, it was not. We explained Yanni had said it was OK! So we stayed where we were. In any case the saving grace at the end of the day was that the food was very good. I had the crispy fried barramundi and while it was very good and tasty I would not say it was crispy. It was served with a very nice small Greek style salad with feta and some nice fried potatoes. The others dining had either lamb or chicken souvlaki which they all said was very good also served with salad and chips. The bill was incorrect with over charges for corkage as two of us took a bottle of wine, but we were charged for four and we were also charged for drinks we did not have. Yanni did not like us mentioning this and was quite dismissive! In summary the food was good, the service was good from the young staff working there but Yanni needs to work on his customer care. Would we go there again? Yes we all agreed we would, but only mid week and definitely not on a weekend and especially not on a Friday! Would we recommend it? We agreed we might but not on a weekend and to be aware of the noise and lack of customer care. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: A$20–40 Food: 5 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 2

Good food and service. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: A$40–60 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Octopus

My main course was underwheling. I ordered lamb souvlaki. I got one stick with about 7 small cubes of dry tough lamb sitting on a big pile of chips and a few pieces of pita bread. Basically a plate of chips not worth $29.00. Another diner had salmon which was overcooked Others in the group enjoyed their meals so I was fairly disappointed The atmosphere was nice and the host did give the birthday girl a free bottle of Greek wine which was nice. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: A$20–40 Food: 3 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 4

Authentic Greek food and with an amazing atmosphere. Reminds me of being back in Greece at a taverna. Highly recommend! Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5