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Diavasi

Restaurant

😠 Local with FAKE Reviews!!! We wanted to eat the famous greek gyros, we ended with a burned meat and just potatoes, we asked for tzatziki + onions + tomatoes and the people were very arrogant responding to us that "no, this is the greek gyros" totally unacceptable and not professional. Also expensive... People often mention service, great, restaurant, asked, good, nice, gyros, Thessaloniki, visit, meat,


Address

P. Mela 13, Thessaloniki 546 22, Greece

Website

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Contact

+30 231 022 0596

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (1.5K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Saturday: 12:30 pm to 12 am
  • Sunday: 12:30 pm to 12 am
  • Monday: 12:30 pm to 12 am
  • Tuesday: 12:30 pm to 12 am
  • Wednesday: 12:30 pm to 12 am
  • Thursday: 12:30 pm to 12 am
  • Friday: 12:30 pm to 12 am

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: service (13) great (10) restaurant (9) asked (8) good (8) nice (8) gyros (7) Thessaloniki (7) visit (7) meat (6)
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  • 1/5 Robert S. 2 years ago on Google
    Local with FAKE Reviews!!! We wanted to eat the famous greek gyros, we ended with a burned meat and just potatoes, we asked for tzatziki + onions + tomatoes and the people were very arrogant responding to us that "no, this is the greek gyros" totally unacceptable and not professional. Also expensive 8 euros for a piece of meat + potatoes.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Saved V. 7 months ago on Google
    Really good gyros(8.5euro), meat well done.From my side I appreciated there were no fries included. The service was also good.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ertan S. 1 year ago on Google
    Best grill restaurant in Thessaloniki Nice sucukaki nice doner very tasty mezzes very friendly people and top 🔝 hospitality. I definitely go again and Tel all my friends thank you very much ‘Big boss Giannis’ ”see you soon’’ εξαιρετική υπηρεσία τσαγιού ❤️🫖 ☕️
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 The Honest E. 2 years ago on Google
    We were a company of two amd we were overall satisfied with the service. The menu is limited to mostly main dishes but the food was really tasty with a very good balance between price and service.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Anastasia 8 months ago on Google
    Great restaurant! We enjoyed the food a lot and the service was nice
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 hollo 4 months ago on Google
    Awesome traditional restaurant. Try the meatballs and the gyro. Tasty, full of flavor meat.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Dan A. 8 months ago on Google
    The best dinner we had in 12 days in Greece! If here try the beef liver! Also very professional and friendly staff. A good idea

  • 5/5 Calin B. 8 months ago on Google
    They had few items on the menu but what we ordered was out-of-this-world good. Wanted to return the next day but unfortunately we had to leave Thessaloniki early and they were not yet opened.

  • 5/5 Nikola P. 9 months ago on Google
    The food is very nice and tastefull. It has menu on Greek and English. Service is very fast and they are very polite. My biggest surprise was that when you finish meal you got gratis ice cream as desert. It got all traditional Greek food 😊👌

  • 5/5 Thomas K. 7 months ago on Google
    A great stop for the traditional balkan small kebabs (in Greece we call them “soutzoukakia”, which is a wrong word that derives from the Turkish word “sucuk”). Their spicy pepper was very nice too. Kind service and the prices are alright. Situated right in the city center of Thessaloniki, easily accessible on foot, but I think you won’t be able to find a parking spot anywhere close.

  • 1/5 Antonios M. 1 year ago on Google
    Traumatic experience. Ordered a spinach salad which was delicious and and fillet steak asked "medium" with rice. Fillet returned as almost "well done". I complained and I asked the waiter to take it back and in front of him I made a great cut in the middle of steak to confirm my initial sustain and I ordered a burger. The waiter returned and informed that the chef which is 25 years experienced said that he checked the fillet, he cut it and fresh blood drops came out. With other words he called me liar. Also, he asked me if I'm happy to pack fillet to take it home, something that I refused of course for obvious reasons, as a trial to inform me, by the side way, that he'll charge me fillet. He brought me a burger WITHOUT ban !!! Surprisingly, I explained to him that is not something that I expected. He informed me that this is a very common misunderstanding situation, especially with foreigners tourists !!! The burger was not too bad but the side rise wasn't fresh and was really average in taste. I was already very upset after all that, I ate the burger only and I asked to pay. The waiter asked me if I would like to bring me desert free of charge. He brought me a sweet called "Kazan Dibi", which was an average in taste and surprisingly hot !!! During the payment process, the same waiter, informed me that in my next visit to their restaurant he is sure that they will not disappoint me as today. Explained kindly, that usually I'm giving 2nd chance but based on his team poor PR skills I'll never visit their restaurant again. Also, I hope someone to read this comment and to avoid to visit this restaurant and their loss to be much much higher than €20.5, which was the charge for fillet. By the way, the bill was around €36 and asked me to pay only €30, like everything will be fine with €6 discount, something that makes me even more 😡😡😡..

  • 5/5 Irin N. 5 months ago on Google
    Great ambulance, food service, amazing people, quality of food. You must visit while in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷✨️☀️📍❤️

  • 5/5 Jon S. 10 months ago on Google
    Really impressed. Super busy, but still the service was quite good! The food was exceptional. A very well-run restaurant!

  • 5/5 Kosta D. 10 months ago on Google
    Best Greek comfort food If you visit Thessaloniki it’s a must !!!

  • 5/5 inbar T. 1 year ago on Google
    I highly recommend, a pleasant place, excellent service and wonderful food, you don't need to ask for more, it's the third time I've eaten here and I enjoy it every time.

  • 5/5 Daniel C. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing Greek food, a must go if you’re in Thessaloniki. Try the Soutzoukakia!

  • 5/5 Edin D. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice suvlaki. Salade is very Good.

  • 5/5 Yuval C. 1 year ago on Google
    On February 2020 we asked to use the bathroom and the food smell was so delicious that we decided to eat there the next day. Very amicable staff. Great food. A bit more upscale. Not so cheap but not very expensive for the location and the quality of place and food. When we saw it we thought it's gonna be more expensive... Would recommend and come again. Ate here twice again 3 years later (October 2022) and the food is still perfect. Love this place.

  • 5/5 Kyriakos E. 1 year ago on Google
    If the city was a restaurant, that would be Diavasi. A must visit! Amazing food and service and very reasonable prices! For some of us living abroad, Diavasi has been the first lunch/dinner in the city after landing here. Real Greek cuisine of great quality, nothing pretentious and wannabe gourmet. Gyros and Soutzoukakia are highly recommended here.

  • 3/5 Rokos F. 2 years ago on Google
    Everything we ate was perfectly adequate apart from the soutzoukakia for which it’s renowned, which were excellent. Ambience was sorely lacking. Lighting too bright and on a quiet weekday evening, the only sound was the ominous hum of an extraction fan. Not conducive to lingering and overall, no compelling reason to return when the city has so many other options.

  • 4/5 Panos P. 2 years ago on Google
    Excellent food. Try gyros with soutzoukskia. Quick service and very polite.

  • 4/5 Digital Nomads N. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice food and service, totally recommended. We had grilled cheese, politiko salad & lamb and everything was fresh and tasty!

  • 5/5 Davina L. 2 years ago on Google
    Delicious and succulent meatballs. The gyros was like nothing I've ever had before - crispy, light and the pork flavour was not too strong. Highly recommend. Prices are more expensive than normal tavernas, but definitely worth it. Service is good. Free ice-creams at the end, a nice way to end the meal

  • 5/5 Matteo F. 2 years ago on Google
    we had a great time. clean, nice staff, very good food and great value for money.

  • 5/5 Georgios P. 2 years ago on Google
    The best gyros experience downtown

  • 5/5 Amir A. 2 years ago on Google
    The best gyrus and kebab in Thessaloniki. great service, so tasty.

  • 3/5 Mario T. 2 years ago on Google
    If it wasn't for the very friendly waiters and great hospitality, the visit to the restaurant would be a great disappointment, food-wise. Out of two grilled meat dishes one came with some rice and the other without any garnishes.

  • 5/5 Dragos T. 2 years ago on Google
    Excellent gyros and souvlaki and very affordable. Very professional waiters as well and great services

  • 5/5 Yiannis N. 2 years ago on Google
    Excellent food, great service, very kind staff.

  • 4/5 Spiros T. 2 years ago on Google
    Delicious meat based products! Subtracting one star because the prices could be a bit lower .


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Somewhat difficult to find a space
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Late-night food
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible car park
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Kerbside pickup
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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