Greek Islands Restaurant
Greek Islands Restaurant
A wonderful assortment of seafood, cold spreads, olives, peppers and cheese
Try our three most popular cold spreads: Taramosalata, Melitzanosalata,Tirokafteri
Considered Greek caviar, this is a blend of cod roe with potatoes, onion, and olive oil
Freshly roasted eggplant is blended with garlic, potatoes, and olive oil
A creamy yogurt-cucumber-garlic spread flavored with lemon and pepper
Smooth garlic-potato spread, blended with our own imported extra virgin olive oil
Feta cheese blended with red peppers will spice up your meal
Traditional Greek spread from chick peas
Traditional favorite, hard, aged, cheese
Imported feta cheese, topped with our own imported extra virgin olive oil and olives
Crisp beet slices marinated with garlic in an olive oil vinaigrette
Our imported "Greek gigantes", marinated in oil, chopped celery, carrot, red and green bell pepper
Roasted red peppers marinated with olive oil, garlic, and fresh herbs
Served in a light olive oil marinade
Served in a light olive oil marinade
The finest imported Greek cheese is flambéed tableside
Our wonderful, tender octopus is charbroiled to perfection
Small, tender Mediterranean baby octopus is served in the traditional Greek Island way
Tender squid is lightly fried and served with our zesty homemade cocktail sauce
Shrimp baked in a tomato-garlic sauce and a blanket of crumbled feta cheese
Our famous beef and lamb slices, with pita bread
Thin slices of zucchini are lightly fried & served with our garlic sauce (skordalia)
A traditional favorite of fried eggplant smothered in a tangy tomato cheese sauce
Tender meatballs are served in our tangy tomato sauce
Layers of crisp filo dough filled with spinach, feta cheese and fresh herbs
Grape leaves stuffed with ground meat & rice, topped with an egg-lemon sauce
Greek gigantes (white beans) baked in a tomato-herb sauce
A perfect addition to our appetizers
Chicken broth, rice, and egg-lemon, make a creamy and hearty soup. Served Daily
Chicken pea soup. Served on Mondays
Lentil and tomato soup. Add vinegar or olive oil for a traditional twist. Served on Tuesdays
Navy bean soup flavored with tomato and garlic, Served on Wednesdays and Fridays
Special seafood gumbo is made with red snapper and grouper chunks. Served on Fridays and Sundays
Our hearty chicken vegetable soup. Served on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
Traditional Greek Salad. With mixed greens, fresh vine tomatoes, Greek olives and feta cheese
A larger order of our traditional salad
Village Salad. Vine tomatoes, onion, cheese, cucumbers, Greek olives and peppers
Chef's special Salad. Chopped iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, crumbled feta cheese and our house dressing
Tomato Salad. Vine tomatoes, onions, feta cheese and olives are in this traditional salad
Cabbage Salad. Finely chopped cabbage with carrots, and celery in garlic vinaigrette
Boiled Greens. Blanched fresh dandelion greens served with lemons and our own olive oil
Potato chunks flavored with onions, extra virgin olive oil, and garlic
Our Athenian salad is topped with slices of chicken breast, cooked on the spit
Our famous Home Made Gyros served over our Athenian salad
Try our Athenian salad topped with small beef tenderloin shish kabob
Taramosalata, Melitzanosalata, Scordalia
Baked eggplant casserole
Homemade beef and lamb slices
Broiled Sausage
Slices of lean lamb
Baked loin of lamb
Beef and lamb meatballs
When available
When available
When available
Slices of ground beef and lamb, seasoned with herb and spices. Served with pita bread
Tender boneless, skinless chicken breast is baked in extra virgin olive oil, garlic, herbs served with rice
Roast leg of lamb, mousaka, dolmades, meatball, vegetables & potatoes
An assortment of vegetable dishes
Layers of spinach and feta cheese baked in flaky filo dough
Colorado loin lamb flavored with our au jus sauce. Served with rice & potatoes or baked vegetables
Colorado Lamb braised in our special tomato sauce. Served with rice & potatoes or baked vegetables
Colorado baked lamb served with oven-browned potatoes
Colorado Lamb with fresh artichokes hearts served in our egg-lemon sauce
Colorado braised lamb served over our spinach rice
Baked shrimp, feta and tomato sauce served over rice
Grecian-style pasta and cheese flavored with garlic and butter
Sliced chicken breast sautéed in our tomato-vegetable sauce served over Greek pasta
Our thick and rich homemade yogurt served over rice. Yiayia's favorite!
The finest American red snapper, flavored with olive oil, lemon and oregano dressing. Served with rice & potatoes or baked vegetables
This superb Mediterranean fish is dressed with olive oil, lemon and oregano. Served with rice & potatoes or baked vegetables
A flavorful filet delicately cooked and served with lemon-olive oil sauce. Served with steamed vegetables
We fry the best New Zealand filet and serve it with tartar sauce or seared garlic. Served with rice & potatoes or baked vegetables
We only use the finest New Zealand orange roughy, Served with rice & potatoes or baked vegetables
A flaky filet of the finest white fish is served with a lemon- olive oil sauce. Served with rice & potatoes or baked vegetables
Fresh, tender mahi-mahi chunks are first marinated and then broiled to perfection. Served with rice & potatoes or baked vegetables
Shrimp, Salmon and catch of the day seafood chunks are combined to make a seafood delight. Served with rice & potatoes or baked vegetables
Tender octopus in a Greek marinade. Served with rice & potatoes or baked vegetables
Tender fried squid served with our zesty cocktail sauce. Served with rice & potatoes or baked vegetables
Fried Icelandic codfish served crispy with our homemade garlic spread ( skordalia)
Crispy fried smelts sprinkled with oregano. Served with rice & potatoes or baked vegetables
Tender chunks of marinated chicken breast skewered with vegetables
Marinated in olive oil, herbs, and spices
Please allow 35-45 minutes!
Tender Beef tenderloin chunks are marinated and grilled to perfection
Choice 12 oz. sirloin cooked to order
We bring you the finest Colorado lamb chops, period! Each chop is a tender and juicy 6 oz each
Tender Rack of lamb from Colorado
Six thin-sliced char-broiled Greek style chops
Char-broiled
Two juicy chops grilled to perfection
Lean and tasty pork tenderloin shish kabob
Served in our homemade egg-lemon sauce
Spinach and rice sautéed in tomato sauce
Baked mixed vegetables in olive oil
Baked string beans in tomato sauce
Baked okra in a light tomato sauce
Baked in olive oil, lemon, oregano
Rice served with a dollop of tomato sauce
In our homemade tomato sauce
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Richard S.
Aug 4, 2024
We're back in Chicago....and back to the Greek Islands place. A great restaurant this place is!! Fried cheese dish is always the best we've had at Greek places. The fried eggplant was a great appetizer too. Now, I'm a big beef person, BUT, the chicken shish kabob was better than the beef! The fish dish was fabulous.
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Ulyana K.
Aug 5, 2024
When in Chicago, I knew I had to try the Greek Islands. This is definitely one of the most famous Greek restaurants in the United States, and for good reason. The food is delicious, the atmosphere is nice, and so is the service. I tried a variety of their items: cold sampler with Taramosalata, Melitzanosalata, Tirokafteri, skordalia, create a combo with spanakopita and gyro, as well as all the sides that come with it.Everything on the sampler was delicious. The skordalia is a tad creamy and they are very generous with the garlic! It might be a tad much for those who don't like garlic.The taramosalata was quite good, too. It had a somewhat unnatural look to it, though. Very bright pink. The flavor itself was quite salty and savory, and I did enjoy it with some pita, but thr color did throw me off.The Tirokafteri was probably my favorite of the spreads. It wasn't really spicy, had a great creamy and salty feta base, and nice touch of freshness from the peppers. Definitely had a lot of cheese in one sitting thanks to this dip.My main meal was just as good as the appetizers we tried. The gyro was pretty perfect. Very generous portion, great savory flavor. The spanakopita was also near perfect. Great portion, perfect balance of feta to spinach, crispy on top. The tzatziki sauce they served it with was creamy and delicious. Lots of little cucumber chunks. And, the roast potatoes were a nice complimentary addition.We were seated quickly and were attended to by the servers in a great manner. Water was refilled regularly. We saw some other people ordered saganaki, and they light the fire right near you. Next time I come, I'd like to try that. The entrance itself is also very nice, with the seafood display, awards they've won, and so on.Overall, this is a very nice Greek place. I'd love to come back and try more of their delicious items and eat some more gyros. Definitely recommend.
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Molly C.
Jul 31, 2024
Pros: quickly sat upon walking in with no reservation. Free valet in a part of town where parking is a pain. Food comes fast. Saganaki and spanakopita were fantastic. Cons: the entire experience was so rushed, service was not so friendly at both the bar and table service. Food was mediocre, old school classic Greek dishes - I feel they could put more love into the dishes. Overall: lively atmosphere, I would have given more stars had the entire experience not felt so rushed.
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Thiri T.
Jul 19, 2024
3.5! I was super excited about adding this to my Chicago itinerary but was honestly a little let down. Im not sure if we ordered the right things or not, but I personally wasn't wowed by any of the dishes we ordered. We got the flaming cheese, some combo plates with grilled pork, gyro, stuffed peppers, the cold sampler, and grilled white fish. I was really looking forward to the fish but it honestly wasn't flavorful or high quality tasting. There wasn't a wow factor, and the absence was consistent with all the other food. The dishes themselves tasted good but I wasn't impressed as all the other reviews raved about.
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Isabel R.
Jul 14, 2024
Food: generous in portions, they bring seafood from Greece price is very fair. Free bread but not the tastiest bread. Saganaki cheese is a show in itself. Since we went as a big group, I tried many dishes. However, I feel that its food lack a little bit in spices and flavors. Service: waiters are very nice, however they run out of a few items in the menu. One of them was even advertised as todays special. They take reservation by phone call. Ambience: lively, ideal for a big group dinner.
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Callie C.
Jul 23, 2024
Food for the soul. Come hungry leave fulfilled from the inside out. Our party of 9 was sat in under 30 minutes and our server was fabulous. You must get saganaki (flaming cheese) and be sure to ask for extra lemon, it's way better with extra lemon. I ordered the Lamb Orzo special, which tasted exactly like my mother in law's... sauce consists of tomato and lamb fat with Greek Mezzithra cheese on top. Finished the meal with Greek Coffee (fortune included) and the best baklava I've had since being in the homeland.
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Steph G.
Jun 28, 2024
One of those longtime Chicago institutions in the Greektown area, Greek islands is my go to for a Greek food experience. There's not much to add here that has been said already except I usually like to come and get a bunch of small plates as opposed to entrées. Today we ordered the saganaki, Greek salad, Small gyros, spinach pie and side of Greek potatoes for lunch. Always love the bread basket at the table, especially the sesame bread. Services always fast and friendly. Yes it can be a little touristy overall but it's always fun to bring guests here. Good celebration place as well. Close to many of the universities in the city. They have free valet parking. You can probably find street parking as well.
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Peter R.
Jul 4, 2024
Thoroughly enjoyed this Greektown classic. Our party had keftedes, spanikopita, and Spartan chicken, all of which were enjoyable. We also shared a saginaki, because hey, we're basic. Would return. Also charming decor and nice service, plus free valet parking, a plus in the neighborhood.
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Al V.
Jun 7, 2024
The Greek salad was a mix of iceberg and romaine lettuce. I wish it had been mixed greens instead. The dressing seemed like something from a supermarket; I would have preferred a bottle of red wine vinegar alongside the olive oil on the table. Surprisingly, there was no red onion in the salad. I did get the classic spicy pepper but just two olives. This didn't resemble the Horiatiki I was expecting. While I've seen variations with and without bell peppers, this was not the "Greek Salad" I had in mind.The olive oil on the table had a light green color, medium body, and low acidity, with a very light, white peppery taste. It was likely from last year's harvest, not older than two years, and of good quality.The grilled calamari was a bit rubbery, possibly left on the grill too long. On the other hand, the grilled octopus (possibly Portuguese) was some of the best I've had. It was soft and tender without being chewy or overcooked, with grill marks that added a delightful char and flavor.The Horta, or dandelion , were overcooked and too watery for my taste. As for dessert, I wouldn't recommend the Galaktoboureko, but the rice pudding was better in my opinion.Service was decent, though I experienced better service on my second visit. Overall, it was a decent experience, and I will go back.
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Zoe G.
Jun 12, 2024
Living close by we always walk past it and finally went to try it. Honestly, surpassed my expectations. We got the vegetarian moussaka, side of lemon potatoes, and gyro app. I'm glad we did not get the full entire of gyro because it was plenty! The moussaka was delicious and I would definitely come back for that.
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