Opa or oops?

Shelly, Anna, and I traveled to the Greek Isles restaurant for dinner and baklava, a Top 100 dish. The thing I like most about Greek Isles? They have a parking lot! This seems like such a small detail, but it is very important when traveling into Charlotte, the land of paid parking garages.

We made reservations at the restaurant, but I don't think it's too hard to get in. They have a huge dining room, and we actually changed our reservation to an earlier time at the last minute. We did eat a little early but I've never seen a line there. For appetizers, we had the flaming cheese and a greek salad to split. The flaming cheese was wonderful and honestly the best dish all night.

For dinner, I had the Aegean Chicken, which is breaded chicken stuffed with artichoke hearts, feta, mushrooms, spinach, ouzo cream, rice, and asparagus. Here's the the kind of sad thing about Greek Isles. I've eaten there a few times and, every time I do, I get super excited about the food and feel a bit let down. I mean, it's good, but it's never as good as what I think it will be. Maybe it's my ordering, maybe it's my expectations, but that's what it is. This dish was good - honestly even better the next day - but the chicken was really thin and the dish was mostly about the stuffing. I was thinking it would be a big breast of chicken stuffed with some of the things mentioned. I mean, it WAS tasty, but just not what I expected.

For dessert I, of course, had the baklava.

Opa!

Here's what I have sadly discovered over time - I'm honestly not a fan of baklava! I know it's close to heresy but I've had so many and not really LOVED any of them so this has become my conclusion. I really do love the baklava sundae at the Greek Fest, but is this because it's mainly ice cream with baklava sprinkles?? Now, I'm not a fan of honey so that may be part of it. This baklava is soooo tall and was a little difficult to eat - VERY sweet. If you like baklava, you will love it and it is definitely worth it. If you're kind of on the no side like me....it's a bit much.

Honestly, this is a good restaurant and I will probably go again. The atmosphere is great, the service was fantastic, and the food was pretty good. I would like to find something there that I LOVE and it would complete the trifecta.