There not very many independently owned Good Greek restaurants out there any more. With the economy being the way it is and how the price of everything has gone up it makes running a business harder than ever. But the typical person does still enjoy a night of good cuisine and good ambiance, especially on special occasions like birthdays and anniversaries. That is how I came upon this tucked away little resultant down the street from Lincoln Square named Mythos.
Mythos opened its doors a few years ago and it was given good review from every person that spoke of it. It has a cute Mediterranean themed decor and the majority of the staff is European, but for me that is the extent to its charm. From the moment I took my seat the place reminded me of the before shot from a failing restaurant that I saw on Kitchen Nightmares the night before. The moment we sat down the waitress asked us, with a surprised look on her face, if we had any wine. My father, who was the head of the party, asked her if we should have and she replied yes with a tone that suggested that she would if you wanted to enjoy yourselves. In hindsight that answer should have been, “I would if you plan on keeping the food down.”
After a short walk to the local liquor store, I returned to the restaurant where I saw that my family had already ordered appetizers. They order a Greek sausage (Loukaniko) and I was able to see the red of the meet from the moment I sat down at our dimly light table. I walked back to our waitress and asked her to take it back and asked her to tell the chef that he needed to slice the sausage down the middle because it was to tell to just put it on the grill. The meal did not get any better, we had to flag her down when we were ready to order, we had to send back every plate because it was under done with the exception of mine. My mother ordered a pork Kabob, my father had a New York black angus strip streak, my sister has a chicken kabob, my brother ordered a shrimp dish which turned out to be four shrimp smothered in baked feta cheese (for the low price of $28), all of which came with fresh garden vegetables which turned out to be frozen peas mixed with dill, and I ordered a salad with chicken breast on top and specified that I wanted the meat Very well done. Each person at our table said I had the best meal.
At the end of our meal, we were given the check and the final obscurity was when the waitress informed us that there was a special “discount” if we would pay cash. We paid for our meal left a tip and went home. The moment I opened the door I had to rush to more private quarters, my “best meal” was determined to make my evening a miserable one.
All in all I would not recommend going to this restaurant for reason. The service is slow, over 45 for our main courses, the food is sub par, and the prices are too high. For a meal of two appetizers, a house salad five dinners and wine that we brought ourselves, we paid just over $200. We could have had the same burning feeling if we got a crave case from white castle and saved $180.
I recommend we flush this place down the drain with the remnants of my meal where it belongs because the true Myth of mythos is wondering why anyone would bother.
