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Greek Joy

Written By: ZenKimchi on June 18, 2009 7 Comments

GreekJoy

Cuisine: Greek

Price: $

Reservations: Optional

Suggested Items: Gyros, Greek salad

Greek Joy is a little place on the second floor adjacent to the triangular park in Hongdae, where the “kids” like to hang out.  The interior sports clean white and bold blues that evoke a summer on the Mediterranean.  Greek Joy gets a “B+” for effort.  Its food is bright.  Service can get a bit slow, even at 4 in the afternoon.  They have large set menus that can include lamb–the oft sought-after meat by expats on the peninsula.  The souvlaki is disappointing.  Dry and bland and sprinkled with so much dried oregano it was like it was rolled in fish food.  Much of the food suffers from the dependence on dried herbs, taking away the natural brightness incorporated by the simple existence of lemon that is the charm (and sometimes crutch) of Greek food.  The Greek salad doesn’t disappoint, and the truly special (and cheap) dish is the gyros.  They’re tightly wrapped and smothered in tzatziki, blended from housemade yogurt.  Greek Joy is not a bad spot for a lunch stop.

Reviewer Rating

Ambience3/5
Food3/5
Service3/5
Value3/5
3.0/5

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Other Amenities: English menu

Phone: 02-338-2100

Website: http://greekjoy.co.kr/

Location

Hongdae Station, exit 5.  Turn left at the next big road (서교로 Seogyoro).  Turn right at the end of the road.  It’s adjacent to the triangular park.

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    • LH

      This picture does NOT look appetizing AT ALL! sorry!

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      • http://ZenKimchi.com/dining ZenKimchi

        What's funny is that the unappetizing pics are of the tastier foods. The appetizing pics are of the dry tasteless food.

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    • http://www.gokorea.info karl

      Taking good photos of food is a black art. There's a reason on TV and print ads they do thinks like use coke for coffee, whip cream dyed yellow for butter, etc. Many prepared foods simply don't photograph well.

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    • http://nosnacoreia.zip.net Renato

      I still think Santorini is the best for Greek food.

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    • Herakles

      Just don't. Save your time – your money. This place is the worst meal i've ever had in my life. It was a crime against the greeks. Agamemnon is rolling over in his grave. If the Greeks didn't have bigger problems they'd beat down this Greek Joy asshole's front door for doing their country a wrong. If you love yourself you should boycott this restaurant. Specifically why this place is criminal is :Greek salad – not a greek salad (or even a good salad lettuce limp like flaccid baby penises – poor excuse for dressing – two olives! ONLY two olives, three or four thin slices of feta)oh yeah right – OLIVE BREAD – tasted no olives – saw no olives – dry two day old paris baguette bread. really tasty if you hate yourself. some sort of lasagna crap – basically what i just said gyros – thick, floury, bland, and chewy in a bad way pita bread. sandwiched between this delicious piece of starch is chicken that tastes more like the dirty grill that it was cooked on than a protein. more flaccid baby penis vegetables. Am I making u want to go yet? souv-crapi = poorly cooked chicken with strong grill flavors rammed onto two chopsticks. served on a bed of moist "fried rice". Servers – crap, slow and stupid Music – Too loud. thought we were bollywood extras.

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    • http://www.zenkimchi.com/FoodJournal ZenKimchi

      You win for most entertaining comment!

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    • Anonymous

      is the owner greek? or does he have  a greek heritage…this doesn’t look Greek to me..anyway what do I know.. I haven’t been there.

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