Sokrates Greek Taverna - Horwich Reviews

We eat here fairly regularly as we love the place; the food is amazing, the prices reasonable - especially early in the evening mid week, and 2 courses for £9.90. The members of staff are lovely, nothing is too much trouble and they've told us if we ever want to change something, or have someone with us who is fussy, my dad, to phone ahead and we’ll accommodate him, or even on the evening they'll adapt dishes! I recently went with work colleagues for the meze and they said they'd keep bringing food till we're done, they did this at no extra charge, and we had more pitas and dips. It was delicious. This is highly recommended; in fact we're going tonight for my birthday.

It took three years after a friend’s recommendation to get round to visting Sokrates, now we feel that was three years wasted. We have been there numerous times since, on a Saturday night the place is bustling and has a lively yet cosy atmosphere. Go on a weekday night when it's quieter and you get the owner-chef coming over and making personal recommendations. I don't know why ‘C’ feels the surroundings need updating as personally I feel the décor is part of the charm. Maybe he didn't have very good company and spent ages looking at the wallpaper, I don't know. All I do know is we feel it's got the cosiness of eating at home, without washing up. The service certainly isn't poor, the staff do not rush you and are happy to oblige any requests. The meze is a huge amount of food and worth every penny. The house wine is affordable and tasty. Actually, I think I'll be booking in for Saturday night now. Yum!

I’ve been to Sokrates four times in the last 12 months, fantastic service, food and people, very highly recommended.

Poor service, cold atmosphere, small portions and quiet high prices – it’s not recommended.

Friendly staff and lovely food but surroundings are in need of updating.