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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Food in Europe is overrated in sit down restaurants and expensive.  Unless you are doing fine dining like Michelin star it's going to be overpriced for what you get and very meh. Reviews are not reliable, restaurants get guests to review them and happy drunk tourists are happy to oblige.  Wine is not as expensive as here, so this explains the reviews  :lol:   Our best meals had been at take out places like sandwich or pasta shops and whatever we'd cook buying groceries. Most waterfront seafood restaurants in Mediterranean serve very similar things regardless of the country.  I wouldn't know the diff eating grilled/fried seafood in Greece or Italy or France.  Appetizers and some things are variations like pizza in Italy, tapas in France and gyros in Greece, these are better options IMHO than your branzino.  Bread served in the restaurants is not fresh.

Overall, as much as we like to complain about food in the States it's way better IMO.  More choices, more international cuisines, more diff tier places that are more consistent with what you pay for is what you get.  There is junk food in Europe too, just avoid it everywhere. [/quote]

Another tip about dining.  It's touristy in touristy places and they do like fast turnaround unlike what you may read in travel blogs.  Yes, the culture is that you can sit as long as you want and nobody will bring a check.  Reality is that their service personnel is trained to remove your plates asap and keep asking about ordering more to keep sitting there even with you still eating and it's no diff than in the states. You will get your check fast too.  We only had slow European service when traveling off season some time ago, we could not get our check.  In the summer when tourist crowds are thick it's the opposite. [/quote]

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