Delphi Restaurant is an independent guide to Greek restaurant culture and cooking for people in the UK. We answer the questions readers ask most often: how dishes are made, what sets regional traditions apart, and where to find ingredients that bring authentic flavours home.
What this site covers
Our guides explain the building blocks of Greek cooking – olive oil grades, cheese types, the difference between taverna and estiatorio service. We walk through techniques for grilling octopus, layering moussaka, and stretching filo by hand. Each article starts with a question someone typed into a search box, and every answer is written to be useful the first time you read it.
Who the site is for
You might be planning a meal at a Greek restaurant and want to know what to order. You might have tasted something on holiday and now you are looking for the recipe. You might cook at home and need to understand why one brand of feta works better than another, or how to adapt a family dish when an ingredient is missing.
We write for people who eat out, people who cook, and people who want to understand what makes a dish taste the way it does. Some readers are Greek by background; many are not. All of them arrive with a question we try to answer clearly.
How a guide is made
We begin with the searches and questions people ask most often about Greek food and dining. The research comes from cookbooks, ingredient producers, trade bodies and cultural historians whose work is publicly available. We describe methods in plain language, test explanations against more than one source, and update a guide when a detail changes or a better explanation becomes clear.
What the site does not do
We do not offer personal dietary advice, plan menus for events, or recommend specific restaurants by name. We do not sell meals, ingredients, kitchen equipment or cooking courses. The guides are written without sponsorship, and no brand pays to be mentioned or ranked.
Getting in touch
The inbox is [email protected]. Write to us with questions about Greek cooking or dining, corrections to something on the site, or ideas for topics we have not yet covered. We reply within forty-eight hours. What we cannot do is give tailored advice for your own menu, event or health needs – the guides are written for a general readership, and every answer appears on the site where everyone can read it.
Disclaimer: This site is published for general information only. We are not a restaurant, catering business or food retailer, and we do not sell any goods or services.