Athens West

I ordered the Spanikopita plate to go. It was great. The plate had a variety of things like a wonderful Greek salad, and the servings were large and adequate. Parking, especially during busy days/hours can be a little challenging, but this place is well worth the effort. Just wait for someone to leave the lot, and you should be able to find a spot in time. Because this restaurant is a sit down place, as well as a quick order style, you will be able to find what you want to do. There is also an outdoor patio if I recall too. I've been here a few times over the years, and it never dissapointed me. And the location is fantastic, being in the heart of Seal Beach on Main street. A great place to stop after a day at the beach. I highly recommend this restaurant.

Great food and a great value. This place was recommended by Facebook Foodie Page, so I thought I would give it a try as part of my Mediterranean food extravaganza. I tried various dishes at over a dozen Mediterranean restaurants in a 6-month period.I got the super gyro, and it come with extra meat. It did not disappoint. There was a hardy portion of meat. I felt like onions were a little excessive so I will ask them on the side next time. There is street parking, and it can get a little tricky depending on the day of the week and the time. The staff was friendly, and the service was good.

Truly not what I was expecting. But not as bad as it looks tho. Won't go back but don't regret my decision. I live right around the corner and stopped by a couple of times, I never knew what to order & the kids working the register don't really know how to explain the plates and always awkwardly stare at you as you stare at the menu. So I always walked out. This time I went in really hungry & had my husband who was also really hungry. After some back and forth & attempts to try to get the kids working help with our decision, we said "might as well try it" just happy to have gotten it out of my system. FYI the rice isn't rice. It's like a pasta. No flavor. But some flavor. Hard to explain. Probably why the kids working the register don't try explaining the plates.

Everything, Wass Absolutely Spectacular..!!** the food was absolutely delicious. I loved the personalized catered service with the extra olives and I love how the calamari salad taste. I think they're salad dressing is one of the best as well as the texture of the gear meat. French fries, and I always love the leafy vegetables.

We love coming down to Seal Beach to walk around and try the many restaurants. This is our second visit to Athens West in a month. Got the Veggie platter again ($16.99), it was so good! They accidentally gave me fries instead of the orzo pasta but luckily my husband didn't mind switching with me. The nice thing about eating here is you don't feel super stuffed afterwards and can have a nice walk on the pier instead of instantly going home to take a nap. The only thing I would change is the falafels - they are super hard on the outside and very dark brown. Maybe they've been twice fried. Almost broke my plastic fork trying to cut into them. I don't know if they would do a substitution for more dolma or spanokopita but it doesn't hurt to ask. It won't keep us from coming back.

My family and I have eaten here about 10 times, but never again. We came on a Friday night in person and made a small 3-item to-go order. A few people were ahead of us, but it wasn't crazy busy. Fast forward to 25 minutes later and my kids are going nuts to leave. When I asked about our order, they had to figure it out since it was not listed under our name or a number. Long story short, there were "a lot" of to-go orders from people not there, and our order took 40 minutes. We should have lied and said we were eating in the restaurant, then just boxed it up ourselves since no one dining in was waiting that long for their food. What a waste of time. If you can't handle the influx of orders, don't take to-go orders on Friday nights and treat your in-person customers as important as the ones online. We won't be back.

We were in Seal Beach to chill and walk. We've never really been to Seal Beach before, so we decided to take the afternoon and walk around the pier and main st. We decided to eat dinner here and originally had our heart set on Ilios, which was fantastic but they had closed sadly :(Already in the mood for greek, we could've gone with a usual spot in Long Beach but we spotted Athens West and decided why not.Service was fine and the options were decent. I went against my gut instinct to go with a gyro and ended up going for their fried calamari...mainly because I watched something on youtube about calamari and had a craving for it. Unfortunately (and not really surprised), it's frozen...I wasn't really expecting fresh calamari from a fast-casual spot like this but one can hope. It was served with hummus, salad, and orzo. The food wasn't bad. Best I can say is that it was, as the kids say, mid. It's a reasonable spot if you're craving greek and need something fast and close, but there are other options. Nothing stood out with a wow factor, but there wasn't anything particularly bad here.

Hidden gem and our favorite Greek grill... food and service 5/5. Plates' potions are huge and favorite is the chicken cabob

Good enough.Admittedly, this wasn't our first choice for Greek food but we discovered that ILIOS Greek Mediterranean closed up shop and Athens West just happened to be down the street. I really can't compare apples to apples here because ILIOS was a full-service restaurant with date night vibes whereas Athens West is more casual. Both have their merits.I ordered the Veggie Kabob Platter. It comes with grilled mushroom, tomato, bell pepper, onion, and zucchini. I appreciate the variety and heartiness of the large chunks of produce. The salad was tasty too. It comes with red onion, cucumber, tomato, kalamata olives, and pepperoncini lightly dressed in Greek dressing. Between the veggie kabobs and the salad, I appreciate the freshness of the ingredients. The fries were a bit under-seasoned but nothing that hummus and/or hot sauce couldn't fix. The hummus had a garlicky-good flavor. Couldn't tell you if it was freshly made in-house or not but it was the best part of my meal. https://bit.ly/3OJNd2YService was good for what it was. At first, I felt uneasy because the cashier didn't greet us at the door and we stood in front of him staring at the menu while he stared at us waiting for us to order for an awkwardly...long...time...lol! But once we engaged, he was actually quite helpful. When I requested for my order to be vegan, he confirmed that he would modify my order without the feta cheese. I like that the menu clearly marks what is vegetarian as well as marks what can be vegan.While I wouldn't necessarily go out of my way for this place, it's a solid option if in the area. If I come back, I will definitely check out their falafel next time. I also give bonus points to Athens West for having a private parking lot in an area where the neighboring businesses mostly only have street parking.

Food was ok. Ordered the Greek salad with side of fries. You can tell it's not very fresh. They're stingy on the chicken and the portions are inconsistent. Soggy tomatoes and lettuce. The outdoor area is nice that's a plus. And their bathrooms were super dirty. The cashier was super nice but too many cons vs pros.