Tavernaki in Hertsmere

First time we've visited.. well cooked and tender meat, big portions and friendly service - what's not to like!

Food was brilliant. Staff were amazing. Only issue is that as we collected, we realised Just Eat charged an additional £15 odd pound in the order, which if we called direct, would have only cost £40 give or take. Disappointing that there was so much mark up especially as it was a collection.

Nice restaurant, souvlaki was not the best I ever had but still good enough!

Excellent Restaurant...We had a great time ....Everything was amazing and do Friendly

Had take away from Tavernaki on Friday. When I called i ordered fort 4 Pittas of Souvlaki. They got 1 of the mixed wrong. They asked if I wanted Cyprus chips or English. Went for 2 portions of Cyprus. Thinking Cyprus Potatoes and oregano the usual way they are served. When I opened them. They were small potatoes cut in quarters. Full of oil and cooked in dirty oil. I threw them away. Such a shame as the rest was ok.

Nice friendly Restaurant , service was excellent The food was really hit and well cook

My wife & I have been meaning to come here for a while and we finally got round to it this afternoon for my birthday with the family. I must say I find some of the other negative reviews very surprising and glad we went to experience for ourselves. Straight away we were made to feel welcome and the waiter had a great sense of humour and looked after us. The meze was fantastic and we were all absolutely stuffed by the end of it. Value for money all day long and we’ll be returning soon for sure. Thank you Tavernaki for a wonderful afternoon

This was my first visit and sadly I wasn't impressed. Although portions were huge I still found it really expensive for what it was, my pork was dry and they didn't cater for kids charging £18-19 for 2 skewers of chicken and a small portion of chips. It did feel authentic but I'm sure this was only down to the proper cypriot pitta bread, other then that not a fantastic experience I'm afraid. I won't be back.

Great food, great service, friendly staff

An absolute gem of a restaurant for authentic Greek food - Amazing chargrilled and freshly cooked dishes!

The delivery service lets their food down. Delivery very slow and arrived over an hour later and food was very cold and burnt. It's a shame as the food is very nice in the restaurant itself, so their delivery is affecting their reputation.

Great service, and great food. What else could you ask for. 😀

Beautiful traditional Greek food. What more can I say.. I have never been to a greek resturant in the UK which have this big size portions. (My brother had a mixed grill) looked amazing. My wife and I had the meze, it was full of flavour, every traditional Greek dip was included, the meat was to die for, the fish was also perfectly cooked. Such a verity of flavours. Prices I would say are below the surrounding greek resturants in north London which is a massive plus. Will keep coming. Definitely the best greek restaurant in the UK we have been to. Thanks to the staff @tavernaki

I travelled from Porstmouth with my Wife to take my Mother out for a meal, we booked the Tavernaki, having the Tiger Prawns as a starter each, we all then tucked into their Kleftiko and OMG, we were not disappointed, it was so good. We thoroughly enjoyed the whole Dining experience, Thank You.

Great for families and occasions. Food excellent, not had a bad meal here yet. Can thoroughly recommended the lamb souvla, beef stiffado, and the chips are to die for! All reasonably priced.

If only I could give 0 stars! Myself, husband and baby thought we’d try tavernaki last minute, we decided on having a meze, asked the obnoxious waiter what meat does it come with at the end, to which he responded “ whatever the chef fancies making” I have been to many Greek restaurants and have never been told this. Anyways, we continued with our meal and service was appalling and absolutely freezing in there as they were too tight to put the heating on. Following our extortionate price of a meal, that evening myself and husband started vomiting with an upset stomach, we had a severe case of food poisoning which lasted 4-5 days! I have spoken to others that have been to tavernaki and we are not the only ones that had been contaminated with their food. Make your own judgement guys, but myself and a lot of friends will not be going back! Worst Greek restaurant in north London.

Ignore the bad reviews everyone else does, was full to capacity on a Tuesday night. Had a lovely birthday celebration meal , great atmosphere , great food and great service.

Genuine authentic Greek cuisine- Don’t expect Brilliant service When it comes to speed. This isn’t food it’s slowly cooked but always fresh. Try the fish Delicious

Tavernaki is a classic. They hosted myself and 12 family members for a celebratory meal. We shared mezedes between us, and they were kind enough to make kalamari and chicken livers etc without flour for my Uncle who’s GF <3

Got a few veggie items for takeaway on mothers day. Even though they were busy all the dishes were lovely. We will definitely be back. Nice big portions to eat leftovers the next day so good value for all the veggie dishes.

Ordered 5 meza plenty dips and pitta breads and other side dishes when it came to meat and fish dish wasn’t even a skewer each of chicken pork etc when the fish came one small prawn each calamari was a few pieces each when they bought the main big fish was not enough for 5 people so not value for money would of been better to order normal main meals each would of been cheaper and more meat or fish

Great food had meze and was good selection starters picky bits fish and seafood and massive plate of meat £35 a head but boy am I stuffed!

Great service, Meze platter was amazing

Absolutly loved the food here had A Cypriot Souvlaki was Delicious meat was cooked perfectly salad was fresh and still reasonably priced too. Thanks Tavernaki

This is as authentic as it gets. We ordered 5 meze for 5 adults and 3 children. We couldn't finish all the food. The koubebia (stuffed vine leaves) were so good, the flavours were perfect as good as my cypriot grandmas, maybe even better. The kalamari was fresh, the livers were so good even the kids ate them which I couldn't believe, as they'd never normally touch them. The afelia were a big hit, we had to stop my son from eating them all 🤣So many amazing starters we had to pace ourselves for the fish and then meat. Both the fish and meat were cooked perfectly, juicy and tender. Everyone really enjoyed the meal, we are real foodies and I'm glad I know where to come to taste authentic Greek food. The service was also amazing, very attentive, constantly clearing out plates and bringing fresh ones almost without disturbing us at all, thank you Fonzie. We will definitely be back!

For some reason the food was not all the that's on this visit, we had a meze that was being delivered to quick the pork souvlakia were dry and only warm, the lamb chops were slightly over cooked the chicken soulia was warm not hot the greek coffee was stale , just was not the standard on previous occasions ,not sure if ao will go again to sit and eat

Outstanding for a large family Sunday lunch. A proper Cypriot meze. Everything was very good - the stand outs were the afelia (best I have ever had, and I have had a lot of afelia) and the chicken souvla. Great service, excellent ambience, we will certainly be back.

Thank you for your wonderful service and our lovely meals.

Always a great experience. Been here many times for eat in and takeaway. Excellent food and brilliant service.

Sadly Luke warm chicken was a bit hard usually it's 10/10 everytime.

Went there at lunchtime, the place was empty and freezing cold, shouldn’t have been open. Average food ridiculously expensive for what we had. I will never go back there.

I went there for lunch and it was empty and freezing cold. It shouldn’t have been open. Pretty average food and ridiculously expensive. I’ll never return.

How sad, I remember this place opening and having long dinners and chats with the management. Fast forward a few years, the affilia was always my favourite, sadly now it was mostly inedible, the manager asked me how it was as I began eating and I told him, I can barely get my teeth through it. He replied... oh its just the bone and walked off. I'll not be back despite having visited what must be 20-30 times. There's far better !! £5.50 for a bottle of water? Most reasonable restaurants in Central London are less. The second manager asked me on paying the bill if everything was OK. I then repeated ... not so good sadly. "Oh you should have said" dahhhh !!! Not for me... sorry tavernaki, you lost my custom, my families and friends custom. What a pity !!

I took my company to the 'Tavernaki' for our Xmas meal and all I can say is the service and food were fantastic. Great value for money and Cooked to perfection and a special shout to Fonzie, our waiter, charismatic and charming. Thanks Tavernaki - Highly recommend.

Overpriced! One waiter miserable the other cocky and too familiar. Food was below average and so expensive. The Greek salad was not Greek....stingy, minute pieces of feta, chunky tasteless tomatoes with packet supermarket rocket. The lamb cutlets were so expensive and the chips were greasy and overcooked. Stingy portions and most dishes do not come with sides. Do not waste your time or money. Go to Desire in Cockfosters, Babinondas or Nissi in Palmers Green, or anywhere but Tavernaki!!

Brilliant meal excellent service .Great atmosphere well done .really enjoyed our night at your lovely cosy restaurant.

Booked my Mums 80th birthday for 30 guests could not have been more accommodating lovely food, great service.

Loved it, food was amazing and so was the service. Well done guys.

Delicious food. My family and I always order from here and it never disappoints. Very reasonable prices and friendly staff.

ordered a meza meal for 8 take away it was beautifully put togeather and the food was amazing thank you

Bloody awful, overpriced, food very average, The salad was not a greek salad and the tiny bits of feta was crap and cheap. As for that cocky waiter, he needs to give it up .Would I go again not bloody likely

Absolutely lovely food, great service. A really nice family evening. Fully recommended and will definitely go back again.

Good Choice of Traditional Dishes 👌. Friendly Staff. Gets Busy . Takeaway Available. Bit expensive for my mind. Takeaway Available. Better Atmosphere later in the evening.

Myself and my wife this afternoon, ordered the Kalamari for her £26.00 well overpriced , I had mixed grill £25.00 thats overpriced to, chips and greek salad are extra, now heres the thing you do not put lettuce in a greek salad, fetta was the cheapest probably lidles finest and as for the olive oil non existant certainly was a drop in the salad but cheapest you can get. 1 large bottle of Keo and a sparkling water later, My bill nearly £82 , Would we go back again, absolutly not well over priced. They are definately missing a trick. PS the waiter is to cocky and full of himself. When asked if the kalamri was fresh and where it was sourced = the answer is not from the SEA

Delicious authentic Greek Cypriot food at this popular local restaurant, and also the best kebab takeaway in the area. Highly recommend!

Tavernaki is an exceptionally good restaurant . I from Cyprus and i have tried all good restaurant in Cyprus with the same type of food . There is no comparison to be made . This restaurant standard is well above any restaurant in Cyprus . High quality of food with an amazing taste . The Mix Grill is superb .

We decided to give Tavernaki a try as our little boy loves souvlaki and calamari. Overall the food was nice, the chicken souvlaki was lovely, as was the calamari but oh my goodness.... It cost £26 for a calamari main dish, which I expected to be plentiful but it certainly wasn't :( The Greek salad was a huge disappointment, (as far as I'm aware Greek salad doesn't include iceberg lettuce) barely any feta, no oregano, not properly dressed and again, portion size massively disappointing. The chips were over done, not very fresh... The service was very friendly, but for me, a bit of a rip off when there are so many other lovely Greek restaurants around. I don't mind paying more at all, and in fact we are all used to that now, but at least provide a decent portion and an authentic salad :(

My husband and I went for our anniversary for the 12th time! It’s such a warm and inviting atmosphere. Wonderful attentive staff and very friendly. It feels such a relaxing experience to go and enjoy home cooked food. So many delicious flavours we feel as if we are in Cyprus. Wonderful. Thank you Tavernaki x

Tavernaki is a Greek Cypriot Taverna serving genuine Greek Cypriot food and offers genuine Greek Cypriot hospitality

Food is freshly made and absolutely delicious. Reservation is recommended. Service was friendly… if I didn’t know better I’d swear I was in Greece.

The best authentic Cypriot food around. Really nice friendly staff.

If you are looking for authentic Greek food, then this is one of the places that you need to visit. The meze here is amazing. The atmosphere is amazing as well as the staff they can really help you out if you are struggling to choose on something to eat.

The most tasteful Cypriot food, will not eat at another restaurant this is truly outstanding. Food is amazing . Service is outstanding 😀

Quality food A⭐️⭐️⭐️ waiter service Big shout out to top chef Panicos

Lovely food !! Great service .. was recommended to us and so pleased we went . The food is amazing just like home . Can’t wait to visit again .. yes the bill is big but well worth it great food left very full and very happy

Great food, great service, and a friendly atmosphere

You can barely move in there it's so crowded. £23 for 4 lamb chops also, didn't even come with chips. Wouldn't expect to spend that much and leave starving.

Good varied menu and excellent food

Starters tasty, but found the lamb to be tough, which was disappointing. The waiter I found quite abrupt, sadly can't see us rushing back again!

One of the worst Greek meals I’ve ever had and I’m Greek, left there feeling I’d been had over! Specials were offered with no price, absolutely tasteless when supposedly cooked on charcoal then hit with an extortionate surprise bill well over expectations. Not worth it, avoid, avoid, avoid. Go if you want to pay an arm an a leg for a tasteless below par meal. Tavernaki?! More like Takethemickey!!!

Food was fab but the kebab order was wrong - I ordered lamb and pork kebab but got sheftalia instead of lamb - still nice though!

It is an okay place, the food is very average. In my opinion, prices are a bit expensive for its location and what's on offer. Would I go back? No.

Excellent food and service..but some small details spoil it a little. 6 of us for a meze, starters were excellent as was all the food. However in times that are becoming a little tight for everyone I found some cut backs and over pricing whilst the charges were at the high end. Lovely meze, no chips! Two tiny bowls of pourgouri and rice. The salad came right at the end with the fish. As a Greek I recommend salad with the meat. Now, a litre of water 4.75 not the best price for a bottle of water. My sons birthday so we asked for a little something with a candle in it. They gave us 4 pieces of Baklava and charged us 4.95, that's not a very Greek thing to do. It's not about the money it's about the gesture. Complementary fruit with tooth picks to pick. Some of the fruit browned off. Not very appealing. Ice cream? Glyko? 6 mezes 5 ssoft drinks 1 bottle of red £276. Do we need to charge 5£ for water and 4.95£ for a bit of baklava? Great food great service but make the customer feel at home and want to come back again and again and again. From a resteraunter of 25 years service Fix the small details. It's not about today but about the next time

Great food, good service my goto place for greek takeaway. Big portions and the best Cypress Potato chips this side of the Mediterranean!

Absolutely the best of the best restaurants..the food is perfect Nice tybon steak (and because we ask chef Vasilis cooking 10/10) We back again Thanks

Meal was like pre-cooked and mrcrowaved Cafe food. Service was ok but not to a professional standard. Food was extremely overpriced compared to other better restaurants.

Food was mediocre, one meal wasn’t as hot as it should be, kebab wasn’t served with any salad (never had that before in any Greek/Turkish restaurant). Also felt it was overpriced, Ive added up what we had numerous times to the menu prices and bill was more. Tried the place won’t be going back.

This is by far the best Greek restaurant around. I travel 10 miles to eat here. All the staff are great, but my last visit was ruined by the chief waiter. His mannerism is somewhat arrogant and almost condescending and on this occasion he showed his true colours. The moussaka dish caused the controversy. My GF asked me whether I thought that her dish was hot, and before I got a chance to test it, this waiter swooped over, asked what the problem was, and before being able to discuss, snatched the plate abruptly and said it wasn’t a problem we will sort it. A fresh replacement arrived soon that was piping hot, and after barely a mouthful eaten he asked how it was. He went on to say that the original serving was tested, and it was fine. Then went on to say that the customer is always right. My GF was upset by the sarcasm, and saying we were wrong, and now refuses to return, which saddens me as the food is so good.

Consistently good food, freshly prepared full of flavour. Greek Cypriot cuisine at its best.

Wow... Where do we start. Ok to be fair the meze was very full and generally good. Unfortunately the service was shocking, and I mean shocking. We first thought it might be us, but the couple opposite us complained at the end after being told "You don't want a pudding do you, as I have guests that need your seats" With us it was honestly ridiculous from literally throwing the plates onto the table to just walking off mid sentence. Basil Fawlty could learn a few things of this waiter. No tip left from us or the table opposite and I am positive we cant be alone. Just a thought if you read this review, you are not doing me a favour serving me at £90 per couple. Never ever again.

Terrible service. Our waiter insisted that we go for the special of the day ‘Tiger Prawns’ which we were told was the same price as our original starter. We were then presented with two measly prawns. The bill then arrived and we were shown two starters for £19.45 each. This was not the same price as our starter which we were originally going to order. No attempt was even made to provide an explanation or an apology. Make sure when specials are recommended you ask for the price as clearly they weren’t the same in our case!

We were a table of 6 and were looking forward to going to this restaurant. Arrived to an empty restaurant and waited to be seated by 2 waiters , who found it more important to continue their conversation , rather than seat us. We had to ask for drinks, as they did not come over to our table. We ordered Meze for 4 of us and 2 mixed grills. The meze for 4 barely sufficed for 2 , we are sure they gave the same portions as if we were 2. 1 of the grills was undercooked. Ver disappointed with the meals and the service 10 per cent added to our bill. Will not be going again

Ive orderd food from this restaurant a few times and I will say the food is nice. The down size is the staff are rude and unhelpful and this is the 2nd time I've been overcharged I've asked them at the time how much but have been told there to busy to tell me really been put off

Great souvlakia, we always get take away.meats well cooked and salads always fresh. Cyprus potato fries are super tasty as well.

We went here last night a party of six the food was very nice and the service was very good one thing you need to be aware off your waiter will offer you Specialities that are not on the menu we ordered four king prawns and the Dover sole when we got the bill the prawns were £8 each and the Dover sole for two which is just served with rice was £72 if they offer you specialities make sure they give you the price before you order

We went here last night a party of six the food was very nice and the service was very good one thing you need to be aware off your waiter will offer you Specialities that are not on the menu we ordered four king prawns and the Dover sole when we got the bill the prawns were £8 each and the Dover sole for two which is just served with rice was £72 if they offer you specialities make sure they give you the price before you order

Always get my take out kebab here The sheftalia are to die for.Very nice to eat in for an occasion.

A large group birthday booking. From start to finish the staff were great. There was a lot of us and the staffs humour helped. We mainly had meze but those who didn’t were catered for and the food was delicious. We had so much left...

Staff were nice enough and accommodating, food wise, no real taste to the supposedly charcoal grilled food, tasted like it was done in the oven grill rather than on charcoal, very overpriced for the quality, wouldn’t go back if you paid me, much better Greek...

I have eaten in all the highest rated Greek/ Cypriot restaurants in North London and have many Greek Cypriot friends. I have also grown up in the area and have worked in and out of Cyprus for 15 years as an Airline Pilot. I took...

One of the best Greek Cypriot take aways in North London.

Can’t fault this place , proper food , great service, good prices , good size portions , Very well run place , thanks lads

We went to Tavernaki Restuarant from feed back from friends.. Very dusapinting The staff weee great.. it was clean But the portions for the amount you pay was very disappointing.. to make things worse we order a meat selection souvlaki fir 2😂😂 We got Got...

The best meze I eat here at London ..a lot of food nice hospitaly ..service absolutely perfect .only good worlds I have to write ...because is truth

Only had takeaway but the food is always really good.

The meza was too expensive, but the food was good, I personally Would say the food overall is good, but too expensive. Need to bring the prices down a bit

Ordered a takeout as the restaurant itself is a little too packed for our liking. Everything was excellent such as the beautifully-spiced sheftalia. But what was a really nice surprise was the keftedes. One portion comprises a generous 10 pieces - and rather than being...

We arrived promptly at 6.0pm the time table booked for unfortunately the service was a little slow and after an excellent meal we were hurried to leave our table. Very sad as a lovely evening was spoilt through no fault on our part.

Great service and really enjoyable food. Perfect portion size kebabs Looking forward to our next visit

A really nice lunch with my wife and granddaughter today just like being in Cyprus except for the weather. Superb lunch and excellent service .

We enjoyed takeaways 5 nights a week during the lockdowns and so pleased we are now able to enjoy this wonderful food with the fantastic staff now all has opened up. This Greek food is to die for & absolutely A1... We reserve our food...

Great authentic Cypriot cooking, highly recommend the meze!

Very rude member of staff made us feel as if we were n an inconvenience rather than paying clients. We won’t be returning !

An outstanding Cypriot Restaurant. A high standards environment inspiring you with the concept of Cyprus traditional food . The menu is very carefully designed and i have no hesitation to say that in Cyprus you will not find a restaurant if an equivalent standard ....

This place is lovely, the waiter was really welcoming and funny. We had the Meze which i thought was bit pricey but my god the food kept coming, it literally has to be the best meze iv had. The only downfall was that they dont...

Love love this place, fav takeout for kebabs recommended to everyone who asks about takeaways. Portions are quite big so may have to share!

Thank you tavernaki and chef markos for the amazing food deliver to my house for my daughter's wedding dinner party .freshly cook and large portions as always

I travel from harrow to TAVERNAKI in potter’s bar to dine with my family when the taverna is open but today I went for a takeaway as the taverna is only open for taking away only cos of lockdown but I just have to say...

We ordered Keftedes , dolmades, chicken souvlaki and lots of dips and salad.. well what can I say ! It was the most tasty, authentic Greek Cypriot food I have tasted since being in Cyprus. Would highly recommend to anyone wanting to eat Greek food - delicious

Often go here and always had great food. The moussaka is amazing and my kids love the chicken dishes