Hellenika

We celebrated our work Christmas dinner here and had the banquet menu. The food was average. Grilled prawns were very chewy and overcooked, the serving of dips with pita bread ratio was not even (there was heaps of dips leftover and not enough pita bread to have for dips) lamb was good and fish was okay. Although, cocktails were amazing, It just takes time to order one so make sure to order one right away even you’re just halfway through your current glass. Service was good though! Definitely a place for drinks and socials!

Impressive dining experience from top to bottom. The service staff were friendly and attentive. The food was incredibly delicious and the ambiance was wonderful. The dishes were brought out with a lovely display and spot on temperatures. Literally could not fault a single thing about this dining experience. Very keen to repeat!

Cool place but that's what you are paying pretty much. We had a birthday dinner and since we were more than ten we had to do a pre set menu. $95 pp (this was the middle option) Even though there was quite a lot of food, it wasn't worth $95. I had pre set menus all over the places and for a lot less you get pretty much the same. It is a lot cheaper ordering from the menu. It took ages to get the mains served. Also, they forgot lots of drinks that we had to cancel since we already finished eating. The staff did their best but they couldn't. Quite hectic overall. Also, you pay $95 and as a dessert you have two pieces of some sweet stuff and freshly cut watermelon. 😅 I don't think I'll be back. 😔

Serving sizes were generous and good for a sizeable group, I personally wouldn’t go to Hellenika with less than 4 people if you want to get a good spread of dishes due to price point and serving sizes (literally so big). It makes most sense to have 4-7 people and share everything across. For example the Moussaka is mammoth sized (I’m not complaining) but we shared it across 5 girls and struggled to finish the rest (we didn’t). We really like the Moussake! The lamb was delicious also and you can’t come without ordering it- moist, juicy and well flavoured. The sauce on the side was a highlight for me. Taramosalata dip w the pita bread also a stand out, very fresh and worth it imo it’s yummier than the many supermarket ones I’ve tried (from Aldi to all the Harris farm selections). Zucchini chips are a must order and not to be missed, the cold avocado peas salad also delicious compliment to the rest of the meal. Saganaki isn’t anything to write home about- same as other Greek restaurants but priced higher (however- when at a Greek restaurant it’s a bit sacrilegious to not order this no?). Octopus I had high expectations for that fell a bit short- found it rather chewy but flavour was delicious. All in all, lovely meal with good service in a nice location. Our bellies were left feeling very, very full and all of us are big eaters. I was pleasantly surprised by how vegetarian friendly their menu is, it was extremely easy to accommodate our vegetarian friend. We didn’t get to try their drinks as it was a week night but will definitely be back on a weekend!

Was expecting a lot from Hellenika after not yet trying it since it moved up to Brissie from the GC. Expectations on food, service and drinks were met and it wasn’t priced too excessively considering it’s location at the Calile. However, the delivery of dishes was completely out of order, with our oysters being forgotten and not coming out till after mains and the cabbage salad was extremely over salted on that day. Highlight of the meal was definitely their signature Kolokithia (zucchini chips) and we received complimentary dessert as we were celebrating an achievement. Will be back!