Greek Festival

The Church was open to the public and tours given throughout the day. The Church is absolutely stunning! Lots of Greek Vendors. The food is full of flavor and authentic. Well designed inside and out for large crowds. Live music and dancing. Don't forget the olive oil!

Not too shabby. I'm sure it would be a lot better without the whole Covid thing hanging over our heads. This was their Fall 2020 Festival. The food was delicious. Everyone worked very hard the entire time we were there. They had a pretty quick line going, menus to read so you had your food all picked out. Pricing is perfect and did I mention everything is delicious... because it is.

We go every year! This time we ordered through express line and came on a Thursday. Hence, we beat the crowd and got our food fast and fresh. They added tzaziki sauce to go with fries this year! Super friendly and the food always tastes so good. Can't wait for next time!Spacious and clean with tons of seats.

Do not do the drive thru! They ran out of lamb gyros, offered us chicken. Uh...no. Greek Fest is all anout the lamb. We were told to pull up & block traffic for the next batch of gyros. We blocked traffic, had several near misses with exiters. Waited over 20 minutes, no update, no ETA. They might have warned us it would be a long wait. She made it sound like a runner was on his way back with more food. Hubbs got out after waiting 20 minutes just in time to hear her tell another drive thru customer that pulled up that it was another 30 minutes. We left with baklava only. So sad. We left empty-handed.We returned & parked the next day. Two lines, the one line out to the parking lot is the one with gyros & no shade as you reach the entrance. The side with no line & shade all the way throughout has other foods that I've not ever bothered trying. The line speaks for itself. Maybe next year they'll put the shaded cover closest to the food where they have a line year after year & not on the empty side. Food great as always, live entertainment, great. Love watching the kids in traditional Greek outfits dancing. Too hot for beer this time, but they have some pretty good Greek beers on hand. They have pastries inside & out. The baklava sundaes are our daughter's go to each year. She was so full from her gyro, she skipped it. We walked into the air conditioned inside & bought two bottles of Laconiko's olive oil. Best olive oil I have had. My favorites are the original & Rosemary. Bumped it from two hangry stars to four because I love the Greeks, culture & food.

I've been in the HR area for about 10+ years and so I've been going to this festival off and on since I moved into the area as a kid. As a kid I was always happy when June time came around because of the Greek Festival. Don't get me wrong I really love that in NN we have some kind of ethnic event going on but it's just okay now after going so many times. It's off J Cylde near the Holiday Inn and parking can be a bit of a cluster but theres lots of overflow so it's not horrible. The best thing about this event unlike many HR events is that it is free. There is a marketplace type set up in the church's annex where some local and specialty vendors come in. The inside bazaar can get pretty pack but nevertheless there is some interesting things for sale and some things that I'm still not quite to sure why they are there. Inside the market place there is also a bakery that has some pre-made baked goods, desserts, wines and more. The set up is pretty easy to circumnavigate though. There is an ATM near the entrance and there is a church which is freaking beautiful! This year there was a priest giving some tours but you can also just walk in the church and look at the information displays yourself. Outisde the church there are two major food lines offering a variety of medditerrean and Greek foods. As a child I was stoked to try the food but now due to my selective diet I'm not so fond of it because there aren't many veggie friendly dishes. They sell gyros, fries, spanakopita, moussaka, salads, souvlaki and many more dishes. IT is set up like a buffet line and they offer it in meals or as solo items. The lines get pretty long but mover moderately quite, the downside of huge lines and an outside venue is the bugs and sometimes they land on the food and are still served :pThere is an outside seating area which is really kept to clean but I understand since they stay busy. There is also a stage outside surrounding by the eating tables where the folks put on shows and dance to some traditional songs. Overall, I like this festival and it offers some good insight on the Greek community in the HR region but I can't see myself going every year and find my self taking a break every three years or so because it's always the same thing. I really go here for the loukamades or honey puffs and the baklava sundaes are nice but have gone downhill when I went this weekend. So I would suggest some newcomers in the area to check out this unique festival in the NN area.

We came a little late to the festival, but there was still plenty to do. Lots of delicious food to try and cool vendors to check out. I think there were performers earlier too, and was family friendly. I'll probably go back for the next festival.

I would l give this festival a 1.5 if I could. The only reason I would give it so much was because I enjoyed the loukoumades. The festival seemed to be divided into 3 main sections, the "entrance" which led to a big room where there were many many vendors. All of which were selling random little random things that reminded me of some open style flee market, most of which didn't feel Greek at all. The second area was an area where people were lined up to buy different dessert foods such as baklava. In my opinion, the desserts were mostly overpriced for the size you got. The third area is this huge tent area outside with some smaller tents next to it. This is where most of the hot food is. As previously stated I liked the loukoumades, which tasted like fried honey balls. My friend did not like them though and stated it felt like you were just eating oil. My friend liked the gyro, but to me it tasted bland and not very fresh. We went to the vendor opposite of the gyro vendor to try some "fresh Mediterranean green beans". The picture they used to advertise the green beans made them look vibrant, fresh, and crisp. For $2 we got a portion, half the size of a dollar bill, of bland, warm, lifeless, canned green beans. I could've picked up 2 pounds of fresh green beans for what I spent on those sad metallic tasting green beans. In the 30 min we were in the tent, the live music was not going on. Maybe the live band would've helped me ignore the taste of the food I ate. Next year I'll probably try another Greek festival.

Like all festivals the early bird gets the lamb, gyros and souvlaki. The lamb shanks are hands down the best and likely to be first out, so come early. I also recommend their traditional Mousaka and Pastitsio. The event is under a big tent with traditional and modern Greek music often accompanied by dancers and best experienced in the evening. After a sumptuous meal I tried the pastries my favorite being Galatobouriko a custard filled filo pastry, and the sugar powered butter cookies called Kourambiethes. This is not a one night event so save room for a repeat visit and bring friends they'll thank you.

The food was marginal. The gyro meat is the kind they buy from a wholesale place and it tasted like it was microwaved. The fries were greasy and floppy. The highlight was the salad. It was scrumptious. Oh! We did enjoy the baklava as well.