Went there with my mum before she caught a train at GCT. Wildly overpriced for what it is. A tiny calamari starter was $28, and three glasses of prosecco somehow came out to almost $60. Plenty of better options around GCT with actual variety and happy hour deals—unless you enjoy spending $100 on a rushed drink and a sad snack.

Jinia Haldar

This Greek seafood-focused restaurant has somewhat dim neutral to bluish lighting, leading to a calm atmosphere. It's semi-formal in nature, with nothing in particular marking it as especially formal or casual. I'd bring the grandparents and in-laws here, maybe not very young children. I'd definitely be happy coming here with colleagues or for lunch with friends too, though. The atmosphere is perfect for date night. The bar is quite expansive. The octopus appetizer was absolutely delicious and stunning in presentation, with a huge intact octopus leg being served that was cooked nicely - it had a char on it, but it wasn't overdone or rubbery. We had lamb chops for a main, which, nothing to complain about. My dining partner quite liked them, but I'm not a lamb person, so I'll take his word for it. The mashed potatoes were delicious. We had a lobster mango salad as well, which was an odd combination, to say the least. Personally, I think a mango chutney would have been better. The textures of the mango chunks and lobster didn't quite go together, and neither did the tastes, in my opinion. It's quite hard to pull off unconventional combinations like this one, and in this instance, we preferred to eat the lobster and mango separately. The desserts were lovely - a perfectly warm chocolate lava cake and a vanilla flan. These were rich and delicious. Standard, not exceptionally creative in any way, but very good renditions of the classics. The service was fine. One of our servers was much more experienced and took good care of us, filling up our water and explaining the dishes well. However, when I dropped a knife and someone else came to give me a replacement, he told me to leave the knife on the floor when I bent to reach for it and said it's fine, he'd grab it later. Personally, because it was a serrated knife, I felt it would be a bit safer to pick it up immediately, or at least let me get it for him. I didn't like having it on the floor by my feet. Overall, it seemed a tad disappointing for the price point ($265 for 2 people). Some good dishes, some bad, nothing that blew me out of the water, I guess. Not a bad place for a nice dinner, but in the middle of New York, I've had better at a similar price point. As others have said, if you have an expense account to use for a business dinner, this is great for that. But if not, the price doesn't seem fully justified.

+7

Grace Austin

Very nice location by the Vanderbilt/Summit and Grand Central. Nice atmosphere. Decent menu by description. By the prices are too high even for this section of Manhattan and the food lacked any form of seasoning. There is to salt and pepper at the table and the server never asked if we needed anything else. The price fixe menu is fine but anything seafood had a $15 up charge. So 55 went to 85. The dessert was blah. I love pistachio so cream. It has too many hazelnuts or something and I can’t stand getting ice cream that is sitting in melting ice cream. Overall, it was ok. Don’t know if a basic lunch for 4 with NO DRINKS should be $300.

Cindy W

If I had an expense account, this would be the place to waste money at. However, without one, the prices seem extremely high for the mediocre fish and cocktails. The service was decent, probably because one of my dining companions knew the manager. Our group of five shared some appetizers and each ordered grilled fish as the main course. Unfortunately, the fish lacked flavor and needed more seasoning. This is surprising, as I usually prefer a more natural taste. As a fish enthusiast, I could easily buy black cod from Whole Foods and air fry it for a fraction of the price, and enjoy it more.

Lindz

A coworker and I decided to come here and I gave her rave reviews of a dinner I had here pre pandemic days! We ordered spanakopita(good) calamari(perfectly cooked) lamb burgers (not seasoned at all) and the walnut cake(too sweet) We had to run so ordered our dessert to go, boy was that a mistake. They didn’t even package the ice cream for us which it was supposed to come with. We were highly disappointed- and the walnut cake was so sweet! I’m not sure I will visit here for lunch again, but may come back for dinner.

+2

Aj FERNANDO

The waiters and overall staff are great people, and the walnut cake is to die for. Best dessert I ever had, usually I’m not a big fan of any nut type cake but this dessert was the best, highly recommend trying. Reason I’m giving 3 stars (wanted to give 3 and half) is that the strawberry mojito is way to strong and not that good compared to other places that make mojitos which are refreshing. The chicken was way too dry for my taste. Overall the atmosphere and the staff is great, I’ll give a second shot to try other entrees in future.

shai shani

Beautiful restaurant in a great location in mid town . The food however is disappointing. With low price for lunch you may pay with quality. The burgers were served nicely but were dry. The Rizi vegetarian was tasteless and the fish was so so. There are much better Greek restaurants in mid town.

+7

Tedora Designs LLC

Location is okay. Service was amazing. Food was disgusting. I ordered the tzatziki, saganaki and the chicken for dinner. The tzatziki tasted sour and dry, the saganaki tasted like it went bad and then they breaded and fried it up with onion? Then the chicken was so dry and tasteless. The best thing was the side of vegetables on my plate- but not even that could make the chicken dish better.

Kristalina Sampson

I got there alone around 2:00 pm place was pretty empty only 2 tables and two people at the bar. Was alone traveling. Server wanted me to sit in the middle of the restaurant, I explained I do t want to sit in the middle. He gave me an attitude; like I was asking for the queens chair. Finally I asked for one sit in the back. “Like I said nobody hardly ther” proudly I’m Greek I ordered horyiati salad tomatoes were old. Lots of green and red peppers; feta was ok. Then I asked what I wanted for dinner as, he told me about special, not for me don’t care for sword fish. Finally I asked what fish wash fresh ? He responded all of them they get delivered from Greece every day( not true ) because they should have been there 7am . Staff kept looking at me? I didn’t stay longer but they told there closing for lunch wanted me to check out, server asked if I wanted another wine on the house I said no thank you. My bill was astronomical expensive. Fish dish was gross in butter and old vegetables. I asked for dressing on the side. He gave me a little pourer “ he said was olive oil” not butter! So as the evening went on came back to my hotel my stomach was killing me. I definitely got food poisoning. I don’t recommend this place at all! I’m sure there’s plenty of Greek food restaurants. Especially that I’m Greek foodie

Marie Walsh

We were shocked by how poorly this experience was handled. We ordered a fish dish without being told the weight, portion size, or cost only to be presented with a bill charging us nearly $300 for it. When we asked about the price and pointed out that the fish was absolutely full of bones and hard to eat, we were met with defensiveness from the server and told by the manager, "if it's full of bones, it's fresh." That is not how hospitality works. "Fresh" doesn't mean dangerous or unprepared and at this price point, you expect transparency, professionalism, and respect. We received none of those things. We paid the bill and we won't be back. There are too many incredible restaurants in this city that know how to treat guests right this is not one of them.

Edward Habib

Horrible. We came to Ammos for dinner and walked out after trying our dishes. We should have taken the hint when another table nearby did the same. As the pictures show, everything seems to come with the same soggy, canned vegetables. The food was tasteless. No amount of lemon squeeze or salt could save the red snapper that was also so overcooked it had the texture of chicken. The orzo tasted like chlorine water and the Brussels sprouts were boiled and soaked in water and, again, the same canned vegetables. The manager offered us another dish to “find something we like” but considering the three dishes we ordered were all the same, I doubt that would have happened. I have had better meals on airplanes and in college cafeterias. And to top it all off, this trough slop was not cheap and we got nothing off the bill.