Taxim

My fiance and I came here to celebrate our anniversary together and we had a pretty good time.

It was a weekend night and with our reservations, we were seated within 5 minutes. The decor of the restaurant is beautiful, especially the main dining room. the vaulted ceilings and dim lighting with cool artwork, which made for an awesome vibe. My issue here was how uncomfortable the seats were. I was on the bench side of the half booth/half-seat table and I was so close to my neighbors that I could hear their conversation and had a pretty hard time getting in and out of my seat. It was almost like a wooden bench I was sitting on with pillows and it even made my butt fall asleep, lol. I'm not a large person by any means, so I can empathize with anyone that is even slightly larger than me or isn't as able-bodied to get around as easily.

The service was also pretty slow. We had to get our waiter's attention multiple times and remind them of our orders placed. I understand it was a packed house with lots of demands going on, but maybe they need to be staffed a little more when they're at full capacity. It wasn't the waiters fault. He did the best he could and he's only human but it still kind of ticked me off.

We started with the chicagopita, chickpeas and grilled octopus (AMAZING!). I had the sea bass which freaked me out a little since they present it totally whole at first (bones and all) and then later take it back to chop it up. My bf had some meat (I forget) and we shared the greek yogurt desert with honey. The food was perfect and that made up for the other flaws, so I'm trying to not let the other stuff get the best of me. I'm not sure if I will go back because there are other greek restaurants that have given me better service for the same level of food (e.g., Greek Islands and others in Greektown) but my night at Taxim was pretty decent.

Another great find thanks to the eater 38 list.

Not like the greek food you will find in greektown. This was excellent with lots of different items.

We started with the hummus(very very fresh) and the phyllo small plates and both were excellent. We had the fish gyros and the 1/2 chicken and both were very good.

We ended with a couple of desserts; one was the fried dumplings-amazing.

Great space and highly recommend for some great regional greek food.

The service was excellent, even though we were there on a super busy night.  Our server knew the menu and wine list shockingly well, and made great recommendations.  This place is the full package:  excellent food, service, and lack-of-having-to-book-three-months-in-advance.  Go there; if you love food, you won't be pissed that you did.