My family and I had a wonderful experience today at the restaurant. Debbie was our waiter. SHE WAS AMAZING. She treated us like family

Food was delicious. Our waitress was adorable and very helpful. First time here. My son had a Greek salad with chicken and it was huge!! I had calamari that was so good buffalo chicken rolls were delicious! Rice pudding for dessert was very good. Will be back!

Delicious and generous portions. Pleasant and accomodatistaff. Loves the dip with the layers !

I love the authentic Greek dishes served at "Mama Yaya's." That's what we call this place. The people are very friendly and the dishes are generously portioned, but a bit pricey, yet you always have leftovers. I like how they give you the orzo in the red sauce with pita bread and yogurt sauce while you are waiting for your meal to come out. My family recommends: Greek salad with grilled chicken, spinach pie, gyro, and Kota ala Mykonos. Yummilicious!!!!

Gigantic portions and quite good food. The salad Mom and Grandma ordered was more than they could both eat. I ordered the gyro platter and liked it, but the salad was honestly better

If you're looking for authentic Greek food this is your place. It was all delicious, from the tzikiki to the fish , to the 5 star desserts

This local Greek spot is truly a Mom and Pop establishment that gave us a sense of community, family, and independent business. A great casual night out with a great vibe. We came in for dinner on a Friday and the place was packed. From what I've heard it's usually always packed and I can understand why. They had live music playing classic dinner songs from Sinatra and Dean Martin, and next to us was a family that was complaining the whole night, but we ignored that. The server was very friendly, the generosity of included Pita, Tzatziki and Orzo was very nice. The portion size also is MASSIVE, remember this, you can split things and take home for two more meals. The prices are very on point also, definetly feel like your getting your moneys worth. Because they were packed service was slow, but I can understand that due to the volume. 4 stars. Casual place for the community. I did enjoy and so did my gf. Will come back!

So I rounded up to 4, hubby and I have been a kick to have him try new food. So off to Commack we drove. We started with a massive mozzarella stick. It must be a foot long. Quite impressive to see. But it was just a mozz stick. The sauce was really good. He had the lamb kabob with two sides (his choice French Fries and lemon potatoes). I had the hot appetizer platter for an entree. What can I say it decent greek food. Not really authentic but decent. He liked the kabob. But the fries he wouldn't touch, and he was turned off by chunky hummus, just like me. Can I get him to go back...maybe.

1998- the last time I was fortunate to eat at this lovely, warm establishment in Commack on Long Island NY 42 miles east of Manhattan. January 7,2023 - got to go back to this wonderful restaurant this afternoon. Sadly the lovely owner George had passed. Beautiful soul! The restaurant also moved to a much larger free standing space right across Jericho Tpke 4 years ago. What stayed the same in fact I would say even got better was the warmth, the welcome, the vibe, the beautiful new surroundings, the attentive service and the food! The food- huge portions. Spectacular Spanakopita - massive serving with that crispy and flaky phyllo crust and the perfect balance of the spinach and feta with a hint of lemon that made it even better. The sides- delicious lemon potatoes with the flavors absorbed in and the Greek rice( big dish) pilaf that was addicting and soft n bursting with flavor. The Chicken Akrata had the most incredible filling and that sauce, oh that sauce; a huge and fresh Greek salad and the Chicken Orzo soup that were divine. Smiles galore as tons of leftovers for those 3 am cravings. The comp appetizers came out to our booth in 120 seconds. Warm pita with a generous serving of tantalizing tzitziki and orzo in tomato sauce. They were gone in 300 seconds and replenished seconds later. Our server Candace was a lovely person. Warm, welcoming, patient, alert, engaging, funny, let us enjoy our food, no rush no fuss, kept the soda and coffee refilled, got us extra tzatziki with a smile. The GM Laura also came over and was a sweetheart. She told us about the Open Mike Wednesdays(karaoke) that sounded like fun. They also have a Happy Hour Monday to Friday from 4-8 in the beautiful bar. It felt so, so good to be back at Athenian Greek Taverna. Their website states "Authentic Greek Food 4000 miles from Athens". From a lucky guy who got to stay in Greece for over 2 years, this is absolutely true; that and their unconditional, genuine Greek love, hospitality and kindness.