Ithaca Restaurant

Best Greek in town.
The Good: Quality seems to be very good. Food is cooked perfectly. Quantity is great, at least for all non-​meat foods. Salads, potatoes, veggies etc are all delicious and plentiful.
Saganaki is perfect and the waiter even keeps a distance when lighting it up for kids safety. Folks, this is Greek style done right. Yup, I went there.
The Bad: Although the meat, rice and tzatziki all taste delicious, the quantity is abysmal. I understand the economics behind the meat portions. But rice and yogurt? Really? That’s tighter than my jeans in the 80s.
The Ugly: Truly ‘ugly’. The décor is not usually something I really care about but it is such a shame considering the obvious attempt to give the place an authentic Greek restaurant feel. The problem is the lack of upkeep. Dust and grime everywhere. Also, there are entire sections of the restaurant I could be getting a lap dance in and nobody would notice because apparently lightbulbs are optional. What is the point of interesting décor if you cheap out on basics like light? God created light on the FIRST day people!

As good as it gets for Greek in Markham. Have been here twice and will go more frequently. Have been with kids and without. Service was outstanding! Truly was. I’ve had the souvlaki dinner and the sea bass without disappointment and the tzaziki is delicious! Traditional Greek restaurant interior. They do have outside space but they need to close it in more as it faces the parking lot.
Highly recommend.

Nice décor and good food. We have been here before and when our daughter wanted Greek food for her sweet16 celebration, we automatically thought of Ithaca.
We had the elevated section for ourselves and hosted 27 people. We were allowed to go earlier to decorate the place, which was nice of them.
It’s probably the best greek restaurant in Markham.

Awesome restaurant. Pretty packed at 7:30 on a Friday night. Had the fried calamari and gyro dinners with a dolmadakia appetizer.
Everything was perfect, calamari super tender, tasty Greek salad. I would say this is the best geek restaurant I’ve tried north of Danforth.

Best Greek food north of Toronto! The chicken and pork skewers are so tender, their seasoned rice just melts in your mouth like butter and can’t forget the soft but toasty garlic bread. Definitely a take out recommendation!

Was in the restaurant for an early lunch and it was awkward sitting there eating as the tv was playing a soccer game and no greek music was playing. One waitor was rude as the others were fine. Sides to our meals were on the small side but food tasted great.

This is a takeout review,
I ordered the pork souvlaki, lamb souvlaki dinner, kids burger and fries.
My wife went in to pick up the order, and came out all frustrated. She said the waiter at the front door was very rude when she asked where she can pickup the takeout. It seems that if you are not an eat in customer who will eventually tip him, then you are looked down on. The lady at the take out on the other hand was very nice and friendly. So we vowed, never to eat in and have a bad experience.
On to the food review, I think the other reviewers on here have not been to the danforth for a long time. The pork and lamb meat pieces are small. Taste was ok, not great, the salad is good. They didnt give me Tzatziki for my lamb souvlaki. The kids burger was ordered plain, but it came with lettuce, tomatoes, red onions. The fries were good.
I’m gonna drive to Danforth to satisfy my Greek craving.

I just hosted my baby shower at Ithaca Restaurant. We had about 60 people attending. The staff made sure all our needs were met. They had the tables set up perfectly and the restaurant was very clean from the moment we walked in. The atmosphere was great! The food was delicious and the portions were huge. We had a greek salad and chicken breast with potatoes and vegetables. They allowed us to set up our own dessert table at no extra charge. I was very pleased with how everything turned out.

If there is no star choice ill put it! Restaurant seems unclean ! Service is bad. The waiter was so rude with us, i bet we didnt see his smile at all! Food was bad. My husband ordered rack of lamp and it was bad, smells weird… and i ordered chicken parmesan and was chewy and weird. I did not even end ¹⁄₃ of it, when waiter saw it he rudely said: well thats how the chicken breast taste! Appetizers were not bad… i felt sick after going home… Dont waste ur time and just go somewhere else… god it shouldn’t be a restaurant!

Amazing Greek grub! The calamari was crazy good and fast! The gyro was great, and the baklava was a blast!
This place is run by a real authentic Greek family and you can really taste the traditions.
Every single thing we tried was really nice and some of the best Greek food I’ve had.
The portion sizes were quite generous. My girlfriend and I split a spinach pie as an appetizer, and I’m glad we did as one would have been too much for just myself alone. We also got some calamari and it came out very quickly.
I’m not a huge fan of calamari in general but the breading on this was amazing and I really enjoyed it.
The gyro plate had a very generous portion of meat. A side salad came with dinner as well.

Good food, good portion, good service, nice design, great people with humour.
Inside the plaza at Hwy 7 and McCowan beside Congee Queen. The restaurant with the cool exterior design.
Came on Christmas Eve with my family. Didn’t need to make a reservation, not busy but same good food and service.
TIP: there is reserved parking for guests to this restaurant right in front of their doors marked with a sign.
House wine was surprisingly decent and I’m a wine drinker!
TIP: Ask for the flamed appetizer, a great show.
TIP: They have a separate entrance at the back of the restaurant if you cannot find parking at the front.
Food portions were quite big, they also offer garlic bread to start.
They encouraged their famous Greek salad however I wasn’t blown away by it.
Their prix fix menu provides a lot of food; the pita dip is enough to be shared so one prix fix may be enough for the table.
Overall if you’re coming, come hungry.

Went for a quick meal, excellent service, delicious food and warm atmosphere. Loved it and will definitely go again

Came here on a saturday night around 7.30pm. The place was maybe half full, we got a seat by the window so it was nice and bright. I got the lamb souvlaki dinner and my friend got the gyro dinner. Both meals came with a greek salad, which was a great portion size and felt fresh, it was heavy on the lemon though. The garlic bread was good it was warm, crispy edges and oh so buttery. The lamb dinner came with steams veggies, rice and a few potatoes which were all good. The lamb was alright, it wasnt bad but it wasn’t amazing either, but satisfying nonetheless. It was still tender but missing the charcoal grill taste that I want with a souvlaki. The gyro however was great, flavourful and wasn’t dry, i think it was better than the lamb. The tzatziki sauce was garlicy and cucumbery the way i like it. However, they don’t have free refills on pop.
The service was alright, nothing stands out. The meal came up to about $ 60 for 2 people which felt a bit expensive, but the portions were large and I left very full! Not my fav. greek restaurant ever, but the best in the area (would be 3 stars in Toronto, but 4 stars in the gta)

We had the dine in the 1^st time here and the food was cooked perfect and everything tasted great, I usually get the large Gyros dinner with 2 sides and my girl usually gets the chicken or lamb souvlaki dinners with a couple sides, we couldn’t finish it all and had to take it home, it was just as good the following day as a leftover.
great experience on food since my girl use to live down by the beaches and Danforth area and I’ve been dining on greek food for 30 years already. with that being said we’ve since moved up to Markham and we always get our Greek Food from Ithica on a take out basis and enjoy our food at home.
the only reason why I’m taking away a star is over 1 instance in our take out order we found 2 bristles in our meal, like the black ones from brushing down the grill (not metal or steel brush) and so we’ve taken a 6 month hiatus from them. since being back and having take out for our last 3 meals, everything has been back to its great delicious standards.
Tip on take out: if you are ordering fries with your large meal (you get 2 sides), they’ve gone to bagging your fries on the side and putting it in a separate brown bag due to customer complaints/​requests that the fries get soggy if thry had packed it in along with your dinner… now here comes the good part, because of the absence of fries in the container they pack up your dinner in a slightly smaller container BUT you get more of the Protein (found this out for my gyros dinner) and/​or they pack in more of the second side that you’ve ordered.
as for parking in that lot, it gets busy, try parking around in the rear of the resturant.

Best Greek food in the area. All the ingredients are fresh and the flavour is incredible.
I have been coming here for many many years and have never had a bad experience. I recommend the chicken, it’s always so tender.

That lamb shoulder!!!
I still daydream about it and my mouth gets watery.
It was a special that day but I believe you can request it or even order it from menu (?)
It was empty.
We were the only customers for the entire meal but it was day time so I think its more of a night time restaurant.
It is a big restaurant with at least 100 seating, I believe.
Price wise, it is expensive but when you get the food, it was worth it.
Money matters, what matters more is quality and this restaurant had quality.

Went here for the first time with my college placement for lunch outing that I had planned as the clients were Greek and I figured they’d enjoy the traditional setting.
The staff were very welcoming and accommodating of the clients’ needs in terms of accessibility and also in working with a larger group which was great to see.
Food was pretty good, a bit overpriced. I had the mousaka knowing that it had eggplant that was likely gonna be a bit mushy and not my preference, I quite enjoyed it. The usual weird taste I have come to expect with mushy eggplant was a lot more subtle and I was really able to taste its natural pure flavour. The béchamel sauce was deliciously creamy and rich. I thought the dish worked well together as a whole and I would definitely love to eat another mousaka again in the future.

Just picked up take out to bring all the way home to downtown Toronto (was up in Markham for work today).
Ordered the special for two plus an order of spinach pie and a galaktoboureko dessert (custard pie).
The hot food was separated from the cold thus making two bags which I very much appreciated since I had such a long drive.
Loved the food! Chicken and pork souvlaki were seasoned well and super tender. Greek salad was fresh and the homemade dressing was delicious. Spinach pie was very yummy, great thin crispy phyllo with tasty spinach filling. Tzatziki was also great, enjoyed the strands of cucumber. Rice and potatoes were good too, well flavored.
Kinda sad this place is pretty far from my home as I loved it but I would absolutely return for either dine in or take out — yay Ithaca!

I came here for lunch with a friend at 11:30am. I was surprised that we were the only ones here for the whole hour. I think it’s more of a dinner place.
I was very impressed with the décor. It looks really authentic and all the colours are vibrant and matching. It has personality and warming :)
The owners are true to their culture too. We got 2 appetizers: Dolmadakia and Spinach Pie. The Spinach pie is very crispy, flaky and delicious! Though the dolmadakia is interesting too, i just find that the lemon sauce is oddly sour and artificial.
Garlic bread was greeeat, so soft bread, though they just put 2 in a basket … i wish there was more :(
We also tried the galaktompoureko, which is a creamy cold dessert. Kind of like a sticky pudding, it was sweet and okay.
I will want to come back next time for the spinach pie and try the moussaka next time!

Decided to come to Ithaca since it had been a while since we had Greek food. We were greeted friendly and seated at a table. As other reviews mentioned, the décor is older and could use a renovation. I ordered the seafood special and my wife ordered the pork souvlaki. She asked for more rice instead of potatoes and the server quickly took her request. The Greek salad was a good size and had lots of cheese. The garlic bread was delicious. When the food arrived we got exactly what we ordered, including my wife’s extra rice. My wife said her pork souvlaki was delicious. The pan fried sole and the battered shrimp from my combo were delicious, but the battered scallops were small. Too bad we were full because the desert looked delicious. Contrary to what other people have said, I found the price reasonable. Will go back.