Shanghaiist: Aegean: Going Greek finally fashionable in Shanghai

Monkey David

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:52:50 +0800

I just took my lady there for her birthday. We love Greek food, and have been to Greek restaurants in Australia and the USA. I personally have grown up on Greek food. This was our first experience of Greek, Chinese style. The decor is pleasant and very easy on the eyes. If the food tasted as good as the restaurant looked, there would be packed tables. Being there on a Friday night with the place maybe 25% full should have been telling enough... Most of the food we were served we could have bought at Carrefour. It was obviously served straight out of a container. The mousaka that wasn't store bought was cold, soft and actually smelly! The service tasted as bad as the food. Please find wait staff that actually smile and care about customers. "Here are your mushrooms. Here are your vegetables," is what the waitress said to us as she plopped the plates down as fast as she could. (Given that there were almost 2:1 guests to servers, they didn't appear to be slammed for time!) When we asked if we get bread with our meal, they told us yes, but didn't give it to us until we actually ASKED for it. Then they gave us two very small, and slightly stale rolls. Thanks! We spent 300 RMB for the meal, and left never intending to go back. Greek in China...maybe in another 5 years...

A.Robb

Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:40:00 +0800

I enjoyed my dinner at Aegean the other night. We (2) sat outside and enjoyed the bit of serenity they have going on in that garden. The menu lists a few nice red wines that aren't too expensive: Wolf Blass at 210 and Brown Brothers Everton for 240. I'll usually take anything by Brown Brothers (Australia) but I recognized a fine Greek wine, Naoussa, 290, that's great with dinner, especially after it breathes a little. We started with the eggplant, the tzatziki, the calamari and a small Greek salad. All were good - and the calamari came with some hummus. I was disappointed with the bread, chewy little rolls which I thought should have been a basket of warmed pita bread. Mario - you can easily source pita in Shanghai, get with it! The eel was tasty, and you know its fresh in this town - served in an herbed ragout of tomatos and feta cheese. And since the waitress told us the moussaka was made with pork - I hope she's wrong - we opted for the lamb & rice dish whose name I forgot. The food was all enjoyable and the service satisfactory, as was the pumpkin pie, but we were disappointed with the 'warm chocolate cake'. Most diners would expect a morsel similar to what's served at Jean Georges or Kitchen Salvatore Cuomo with a melted chocolate center, etc. We got a slice of plain chocolate cake, barely warmed, dusted with powdered sugar. Bummer. Where's the baklava?? In all, a good place, hope the menu will evolve a bit, and I look forward to going back there. Oh yeah, one thing I miss from my favorite Greek place in NY - how about some good Sangria for the summer?

Micah

Fri, 26 May 2006 17:06:34 +0800

I retract my last comment :)

Johnny

Fri, 26 May 2006 15:44:28 +0800

I couldn't e-mail either!

Micah

Thu, 25 May 2006 00:07:37 +0800

I e-mailed, but no response or anything.