Telio Restaurant

Good food.Good service.Popular with media people.Reasonable prices.In summer outdoor seating and dogs welcome(Outdoors of course)

Great food, horrible service! I sat down at sidewalk table. Table was wobbly, there was a shim (wadded paper) next to - not under - one table leg. I asked the waiter, a bearded Alex, to fix it. He accused me of moving the shim.
I said, "I didn't do it." Alex said,"Yes, you did."
I asked Alex for iced coffee. Alex brought HOT coffee. Fifteen minutes later, I finally got iced coffee, after asking inside.I got a delicious souvlaki turkey sandwich on toasted pita, but there was NO SET-UP on the table. I had to go inside again and ask the owner for it.
Alex never came back to ask, "Is anything all right?"
I'd been writing with a favorite red pen. I looked high and low but my pen suddenly had mysteriously vanished!.
When Alex brought back my credit card slip, MY PEN was there in the check folder. Alex has taken MY PEN off the table rather than using his! This is totally unacceptable impudent behavior. Then I asked Alex for a refill of iced coffee. "We only do refills on coffee, not iced coffee," he informed me. I'd never hear of this before.
As I was leaving I asked Alex, "What's your REAL profession? Because you're certainly not a waiter." While I was talking to him Alex turned and walked away. Such unmitigated, insulting impertinence I have never encountered in 50+ years of dining out. This "waiter" RUINED an otherwise perfectly fine meal. He definitely should be disciplined...if not fired, and taught how to do his job right, people skills, and good manners! I regret even giving him a $1.00 tip!

The moussaka was okay. I don't feel the food, while adequate, is all that memorable. The service was pretty nice. It seems like this restaurant enjoys a lot of regular customers from the neighborhood. If I was in the area, I might swing by.

I have been going there for many years. Always friendly staff. Excellent food. Unbeatable prices. Best casual eatery in the Upper West Side. Telio really is a stunning value.

Telio's is one of my fav restaurants,, not just in the neighborhood, but in the city..period!
I've been on the Upper West Side for years, and I know, hands down, this is one of best restaurants around, and especially for the VALUE!
I might add I've eaten at an upscale FISH rest. on Amsterdam Ave, bet 87th & 88th..and it DOES NOT PALE to the fish you get @ Telio's!. .Sorry, but I speak the truth!
All their dishes are excellently prepared..so fresh, always seasoned to perfection..an did I mention..large portions!!
My husband & I just had the sole francaise w/ leak rice, the other night, and I couldn't
believe the portion..I had so much left over, I took it home and had it for lunch the next day.
Seriously, folks I almost NEVER write reviews of any kind, but I simply felt compelled
to write this one.because the food is THAT GOOD! Try it.,,YOU be the judge!
Bon Appetit!