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Athos

Athos

1814 Western Ave Albany, NY 12203-4602, United States

Greek • Vegan • Seafood • Mediterranean


"For our second visit, the host and staff cordially seated us in the dining room, attended to us promptly and afforded us a personal visit from the friendly owner. We had read that alcoholic beverages are now being served, a wonderful and anticipated change from our first visit. Bottled water with a basket of pita and chopped marinated red pepper were offered as a complimentary starter while we reviewed the options for our meals. The menu is extensive and the portions are ample. For an appetizer, my wife I enjoyed authentic falafel with humus and arugula accompanied with a sour cream topping. Unlike what we’ve eaten in other restaurants that serve this delicacy, our appetizer was savory, nicely presented and tasted better than any we’ve had in the Capital District. For our main dishes, my wife, a vegetarian, had the eggplant salad platter with baby baked potatoes, cherry tomatoes, ample cheese topping and a sizable green salad. My dinner meal was the branzino filets, delicately and artfully arranged mashed potatoes and a green salad. Both meals were served on large plates and very hot. Neither plate had any leftovers! Completing our meal were a serving of pistachio baklava and a pot of decaffeinated rooibos tea. The ambiance and excellent service by Sean made for an extremely favorable impression on us during this follow up visit. Needless to say, we highly recommend this restaurant, and we’ll be back!"

The Butler House

The Butler House

23931 Gosling Rd, Spring, United States

Wine • Steak • Drinks • Chicken


"This was my second time here. I enjoyed it so much the first time I decided to bring my parents for a nice dinner for my birthday. I booked a reservation on Open Table for that occasion. We were seated and had our menus, the waiter was great at first. Everything started off great but went downhill once we started ordering. There was an event that evening that seemed to have the whole restaurant out of control. I wanted my parents to try the filet mignon since I thought it was so good and we were told after we tried to order that they had run out. This was 7pm so very surprised they ran out. Things went downhill from there. They say every large group from the outside event inside next to us so I couldn’t even communicate with my parents across the table. When we did finish eating and wanted to order a dessert to go so we could at least enjoy that back at their house, our waiter had disappeared. My dad ended up getting frustrated and finding someone else to help. We finally got our check and closed it out. I understand that this was a night with an event, but it was disappointing and unfortunately my birthday dinner with my parents made them not want to return again. That saddens me since it’s so close to where we live and I hoped to frequent The Butler House a lot more often. I work in this industry and there are quite a few things that could have at least shown some empathy. I would have comped the dessert or something to show some concern since what should have been a quite enjoyable evening for me and my parents and a nice birthday was far from it. When they told us they were out of the filets after two of us ordered them, I would have tried to recover from there. This was before they seated two tables full of intoxicated people from the event outside right next to us on both sides. It was too loud to talk and that should have been another clear indication that we were not enjoying having to talk very loud if we decided to try and talk. Awful second time there."