Rakadiko STOAS Restaurant - Karaoli ke Dimitriou 5

We stayed overnight in Piraeus for the early morning Blue Star ferry to Paros. The hotel recommended Pakadiko restaurant just a short walk from our hotel. This restaurant is a local gem. Located in an historic alley between buildings from 1860s with small shops, it was restored keeping the shop facades and turning the entire area into a superb dining experience. All our dishes were tremendous from 3-4 tapas appetizers to the main dish of black pig filet chops. Very tasty and tender. See attached photos. If you have to eat in Piraeus near the port, you must eat here.

Excellent restaurant serving delicious food. We had dinner here during our one night stay at Piraeus (before getting on a ferry boat on the next day) and I can’t wait to return. Really great experience (affordable prices as well!)

Popped in off the street- had no idea what we were walking into. Turned out to be an absolute gem of an experience with friendly staff and delicious food. The Fried Feta, Pork on the Spit, and the homemade pasta exceeded all expectations!

Very impressive place. Look no further if you need to have a meal in the Piraeus area. It is close to the Blue Star ferry office and port. It is themed really well and has a live music area. The house wine and serving staff are great. From what we ordered, the fava bean salad was lovely and the addition of deep fried capers is inspiring, the black pork pitta was generous and filling, the cod and black pork was well flavoured. All very reasonably priced. Perfect end to a stay in Athens and perhaps the best meal we had there.

Hidden jewel at the messy harbour district. It was the best dinner we had during our 4 days in Athens. We were their last guests today, but the staff was very helpful, nice, patient and not pushy like at other restaurants or shops in Greece. The food was excellent, the tastes balanced and exciting. We tasted different kinds of seafood: cod, squid, shrimp and octopus. All great. The only negative issue was - but we experienced the same with all restaurants now in Athens - that the portions were quite small. All in all, I definitely recommend this place when coming to Piraeus.

The restaurant wasn’t easy to see, but with some help from Google maps we managed to find it, and I’m so glad we did. The restaurant was cozy and cool at the same time. The building has a long and interesting history which was fun to read about on the meny. The staff were friendly, helpful and gave good service. Despite a seven day road trip with lots of varied food, we found dishes we hadn’t tried, like the black pork, shredded buffalo and beef stew. The waiter actually recommended these dishes we were curious about, so we decided to try them, and it was amazing! I especially enjoyed the shredded buffalo and the beef stew. Although the dishes were «saucy», the combination of the flavours mixed well together! I also liked the little details like the red pepper corns that added that little extra to the dishes, and also loved the the fact the bread was homemade and warm when served. We will definitely return if we are ever in Athens again!

Unacceptable behavior. Music was so loud you could not hear the guy next to you. We went at 1.30 having reserved a table. Up until 15.00 we were not served anything but bread, not even the first dishes, despite our complaints. Even worse when we decided to leave and requested to talk with the owner of the restaurant, he was hiding in the kitchen saying he was busy cooking and he couldn't listen to our complaints. Once upon a time it was a decent and friendly restaurant, nowadays it's a shadow of the past. Update to owner's response: Whether the second cook left and his reasons is irrelevant to the customer. If you couldn't serve so many people you should inform the colleagues not to take new orders instead of having people with RESERVED table waiting for 1.5hours with only bread, not even starters!! On the contrary we were informed of a 30min delay which obviously was not true!!! Due to your unacceptable attitude and the lame excuses and of the fact that the owner was hiding in the kitchen instead of listening to customers complaints, all the company will place 1 star in all the reviews, everywhere so people know what to expect. Ps. You were personally informed many times that one person was traveling while another person was celebrating. Still you accepted the booking, left us waiting hungry for 1.30h and then made us leave while hiding in the kitchen leaving the rest personel to take the blame!!

My previous marking was 5 because I enjoyed the pizza they make. My newer experience should be a 3 stars at most just because the staff was polite. We ordered sheep meet and chicken skewers with a cretan salad and 2 cokes for a total of 45 euros! The salad was really good but for 8 euros it should be! The sheep meet was like chewing tires, overcooked with a weird taste. The atmosphere is authentic and vintage and the place is very clean.