Restaurant The Balcony of Zakynthos - τσιλιβη

Great food, great sunset, book to avoid disappointment, worth it, best clobber night????

This restaurant is in the most beautiful location,the waiters and waitresses are lovely but unfortunately the chef let the whole place down.The food is definitely the worst I've been served in the three years I've been visiting Zante. I booked this restaurant because of the romantic view and disregarded the bad food reviews in the hope that they weren't true but unfortunately they were true. Very disappointed.

If you want a romantic evening, definitelly come here! The restaurant is located on top of a cliff, resulting in an exceptional view over the sea and the bay of Tsilivi. The food is amazing, and the waitresses are very politie and friendly!

Amazing restaurant with an absolutely amazing view of planos, fancy restaurant and the service was on point. They were kind enough to accommodate a group of 7 without a reservation. Please dress well to visit this restaurant, as this place deserves respect. Good food and good prices.

The music, the view, the vibe, and the atmosphere. This is a luxury and fancy restaurant with OK prices. I am used to paying few hundred euros per person for dinner, here if you go all out you'll spend max 100 euro per person? Super worth it. It's not for kids per say, but if you must go with kids, there's enough space for them to run around and explore things. The food was good, service was awesome. They speak very good English. Def our favorite of the entire trip. NOTE: This is next to a hotel, and that hotel is amazing and super affordable surprisingly. So if you rent a car, then you could stay at this amazing hotel and spend the money saved on adventures instead :)

We returned here on 31st May to celebrate our anniversary, after having had a spectacular meal 5 years prior. I’m very sad to say that it was a huge disappointment. The food looks beautiful, however the portion sizes are ridiculously tiny and everything lacked flavour. The descriptions sounded delicious, but the reality was nothing special at all, in fact we genuinely could do better ourselves at home. In addition to the food itself being disappointing, the care and attentiveness of staff has also gone downhill. I have a food allergy which last time was easily accommodated & the menu adapted by the chef with no bother - this time however, despite having weeks of warning prior to our visit and despite being told everything is organic and “made fresh”, when we actually questioned what was in each dish it turns out it is not made fresh, but pre made and they were unwilling to adapt the menu. It was suggested by one waiter that I have plain pasta. Not really what you expect when you’re paying €18-35 for a main. The staff were not only lacking knowledge about my allergy despite having had weeks of notice, but they just didn’t care. The chef was apparently unable to make a fresh risotto without wine (my allergen is Sulphites) - it turns out everything is already pre made & they are unwilling to make anything fresh to order. I ended up having the pork belly, without sauce and garnishes (so literally just 3 cubes of pork belly) and despite assurances I STILL reacted. They clearly have a lot of work to do to become up to standard on allergen information. Lastly, last time we came, whilst being a very nice restaurant it was also very child friendly. The staff were fantastic with our son who was then 5 and there was a lovely wholesome children's menu. This time there was no children's menu at all and no willingness to adapt the menu for our now 3 children aged 2-10. They ended up eating pasta with a cheese sauce which wasn’t unpleasant, but was their only option & again very overpriced for what it was. In summary - it’s very sad to say we won’t be coming back & whilst the view is spectacular the food & attitude from staff is not.

Beautiful views and restaurants but that's about it we waited for the food almost an hour after the appetizeer, yet the food was below average souce for ravioli and risotto tasted the same

We came back knowing how excellent the food was there 2 years ago. Views are still stunning. The food is not. Only octopus remain very good. It all looks good but the taste is not there