IRODION in Köln

One of the few Greek restaurants where the food leaves the stage of necessity and becomes a pleasure...

We were full of anticipation, but what awaited us here was just a disgrace. As soon as we sat down outside, the waiter came with a dismissive remark: “Are you sure you want to sit here and not come back in after 10 minutes? We don’t run back and forth.” A welcome definitely looks different! Despite this rude introduction, we have already ordered our drinks. When we asked if there was only beef in the moussaka, we were told that it was beef. Then again he said it was too mixed with pork - just like almost everything on the menu. And all of this in an undertone. We then said it was just a question. As we were leaving, we were simply replied snidely: “It’s a Greek restaurant.” This disrespectful and arrogant manner continued throughout the entire stay. We felt completely unwelcome, not least because our origins were apparently an issue for the waiter - a completely unnecessary remark that made the entire experience even more unpleasant. Ultimately we decided not to eat there and just pay for our drinks. We pointed out his unfriendly manner to him directly, but instead of showing insight, he just continued to ramble on. Conclusion: If you value friendliness, respect and honesty, you should definitely avoid this shop.

Delicious, fresh and diverse! The service is always very friendly.

And always a pleasant atmosphere and good food... Whether there are two of us or several of us, there is no one who says I didn't like it... Delicious, delicious, delicious

Ganz gleich was man hier bestellt, es schmeckt hervorragend und macht satt. Tolles Ambiente und viel Platz auch für größere Gruppen. Empfehlenswert!

Good service, great food - good price/performance ratio

Very nice staff, great cuisine. Keep it up!

The best lamb shank I have ever eaten. The very friendly service Mr. Stelios even told us a Greek story about it... It was a very nice and successful evening with you. Thank you!!!

Guys, if you want to go out for a delicious meal, go, go and visit Dionysus 😉. The Irodion is a first-class restaurant with great service and the best food. Thoroughly recommended 👍. Thanks to the entire team (!!!), I'll be happy to come back.

With the most authentic Greek in Cologne! Food great, service great, the atmosphere is great. The octopus in particular is incredibly good.

Best restaurant, nice service, very good food. Perfect as always.

Like every time. Tasty, reasonable portion and very accommodating staff. By the way, the staff makes no distinction between Greeks and other nationalities 😉. Everyone is treated equally well!

This Greek restaurant is the best in Cologne and the surrounding area. I've eaten here many times and the food is always delicious and authentic!! The waiters and the owner are very nice and accommodating. I would recommend everyone to eat there

This is probably the best Greek restaurant in Köln... We had dinner here during a busy time of the evening. Despite that the service was really fast and the food was great. Service starts with complementary salad and follows with your order. Meat dishes are excellent so is white meat like chicken. I've had gyros with Gouda cheese which was really tasty. İt comes with generous french fries and overall it's enough to satisfy a hungry man/woman. The white wine we had was also really smooth. To top it off they bring you complimentary liquor and ouzo ! To sum it up you can't go wrong with this choice.

I went to the restaurant on 01/01/2025, in the evening, without a reservation. We met a restaurant full of Greeks, and the waiter was very nice and managed to provide us with a table for 2 people. Although it was busy, the waiters took our order quickly. We didn't know what to choose, so we asked the waiter and he served us with salad and a plate for 2 people. The platter was large, full of choice dishes and arrived promptly. Excellent service, tasty food, unique experience and low prices.

Beautifully designed restaurant and friendly, attentive service. Unfortunately the food here is not good. My fish was cooked too long, my husband didn't have enough fries compared to the over-baked gyro and the dessert was well prepared but lackluster.

No longer what it used to be, in my opinion mass processing.

Totally dry food for such expensive food and there is no ouzo anymore and you have to pay extra for bread 🤦🏻‍♂️ the Italians are more generous ✌🏻never again

Very friendly staff! Food super delicious! Thank you! We'd love to come back!

What a lovely place to eat. I had the best moussaka I've ever eaten! Lovely kind staff and very attentive. Thank you all

Had such a good diner here with my family. The food was incredibly tasty. It was quick even tho the restaurant was full. The service was insanely fast and super friendly. Litterely the best Greek i ever had 10/10 would recommend to eat here and taste it for yourself. I would go here everyday but i live 400KM away🤣 much love❤️

Very tasty food and nice staff. Gladly again.

You should reserve in advance. Delicious. Friendly staff. Good service

Delicious food, exclusively friendly staff and quick service on a busy Saturday evening. We'll be back!

With the senior plate you will also be completely full

Hellas, this is a good place to go. The food was Greek and very tasty and the service was bomb! A very friendly young man who made you feel like he was happy to be our host. Thanks again for that. There is nothing wrong with the food and drink menu. A restaurant that you would like to come back to again.

I ate the salmon today. A dream, especially if you order it with the wish: something darker. Highly recommended!!!!

Thank you for the lovely evening! We'd love to come back. The service from Sale and the food was great!

A very nice restaurant and a large selection of food and very tasty and very friendly staff

Super good food and incredibly friendly staff

for me, one of the best Greek restaurants, well done to the children, Vangelis and Vasilis, as well as all the staff

Delicious Greek food, friendly service and a covered outdoor terrace.

A real discovery for me/us in Niehl for a year now.... Super warm welcome... Fast, attentive, fast service... Food is always great, no matter what the diverse menu offers.... tasty, plentiful, simply delicious... Thank you very much for lovely, enjoyable Sunday evenings... 🙋‍♀️👌

Very friendly and relaxed service. We particularly liked the tzatziki, which is hard to beat in terms of creaminess and content.

Time of day: Friday evening People: 14 Reserved?: Yes Staff: very nice staff. Friendly and quick. Price range: high Review: The starters were delicious. The fish platter and sea bream were delicious. However, the meat dishes were a bit dry and tasteless. The alcoholic shots before and after the meal are nice.

The food there is really good and tastes good. However, the service is a bit slow and you have to wait a while for your drink.

Very attentive service! As always, the food was very good 👍.

Great ☺️ Always happy to come back. Top quality, good portions and very friendly staff. Very good price-performance ratio. Salad included and ouzo before and after on the house. There is also a large terrace of 120 square meters. Absolute recommendation ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

Recommended restaurant with very nice service, very tasty food at a good price-performance ratio and so many seats that in good weather you can find a table outside even without a reservation. Gladly again at any time.

Had a nice evening, the food was very tasty and at the same time at the table for 9 people. Drinks were often empty and it took some time before we could inform the waiter. Otherwise gladly again.

Everything just fits. Service is top. Every employee is really excited and has fun at work. The ambience and music give you a holiday feeling and the food is simply delicious. I can only recommend it!

We can really recommend the fish platter for 2 with a clear conscience. It was all very, very nice. Top. Today mussels Greek style. Very tasty 😁and again great service and great food 😋

Very tasty food, incredibly friendly service and very large portions.

My favorite Greek restaurant in Cologne!

Very solid and tasty... the beer garden is big but not that cozy

Great ambience Clean food and service Always happy 😊

Weather good, food very good, and still very good after 4 years

Nice quiet outside terrace. Good service and very good food. Definitely worth a visit.

Very pleasant restaurant with very friendly staff. We felt like we were in good hands, were able to eat comfortably and had a lovely evening there. UPDATE: My husband and I wanted to celebrate our wedding anniversary here, luckily we had reserved it was very crowded outside so we went in and had to wait a long time. Until we were noticed for drinks and also for the food, which took a long time because of how busy it was. People at the neighboring table waited 30 minutes for the ice cream. There were only two of us and we had to wait longer than at the tables with more people. The food tasted good but my bifteki was too dry. I would have liked to wash it down with another drink but unfortunately it didn't come. When the waiter finally came and asked us if our drinks weren't there yet, we didn't want to have them anymore and just pay and it's a shame the friendliness and attentiveness of the service that I knew before was lost here. We will go elsewhere in the future.

Delicious food, very nice staff...... and always happy 👌🍻🫶

Friendly service Good selection very tasty

We ate well there and felt quite comfortable. The order and food came quickly and was very tasty. Can be further recommended. Unfortunately it was quite busy that day and the service was short. But gladly again

Very different, depending on the day, it can range from one* to five*. Unfortunately, recently there has been a trend towards 1*. Addendum 12/21: The trend has been upwards again recently. But unfortunately it still depends on the day and the staff. Addendum 07/24: Stabilized at almost 5, we now have a well-coordinated staff and the kitchen performance is consistently good.

We have been coming here for several years and are always amazed at how friendly the employees are, no matter how busy and how much stress there is. Our food was always very tasty and the quality was consistently good. We are good eaters, but we usually can't manage everything, so we often think about whether there's too much starter... if you complain about the portions being too small... it would be nice if there was a little table decoration outside, such as: There would be bright sets or similar - it's very dark under the awning anyway and the plain gray tables look a bit sad.

The fish variations are super tasty

Very good food for acceptable prices, even the senior dishes are very filling.

Great food, great service, gladly again

I ate Greek cuisine for the first time. I'm amazed... simply magnificent. Thanks

Very nice restaurant with very good food. The very friendly staff fulfill wishes so that the guest is satisfied. We would like to thank you for the great hours we were able to spend with you.

Very good restaurant with friendly staff

For me the best Greek in Cologne. Food excellent, staff always friendly, what more could you want.

We are always satisfied but last time there were stones in the white squid🥲🥲🥲

Good food at good prices. Unfortunately, long waiting time

Best Greek restaurant (Nippes district) in Cologne 💛

Great food, very attentive staff and fair value for money. An absolute recommendation! We'd love to come back!

We were at Irodion again yesterday. When I looked at the menu, I immediately noticed that the prices had almost doubled. The portions are also really manageable! A big man can't get enough of it! Things used to be different! My friend ate liver and now has food poisoning. I informed the restaurant immediately so that they could check the liver in the kitchen so that others didn't get sick. Unfortunately, I was brushed off on the phone with the words that their liver was always going well. We are really very disappointed and will definitely not be coming back! It's a shame, because it was always our favorite Greek restaurant for special days or in the summer for nice hours in the beer garden. I can only advise against this place!

The first and last time the meat wasn't good, it wasn't warm, the food was cold and the waiter said you could have the food warmed up but fry the meat again in the shower. That's not possible. What should I eat raw meat? No comment. The star is just because otherwise the page won't post!

Food and service is always good

A classic Greek restaurant in Germany. Service, environment, flavors all good for the German public.

Very tasty food and always courteous service. We are regular guests

Very tasty food and very courteous service. It was a nice evening there.

delicious food and cozy atmosphere

Very crowded and therefore loud! Something didn't work for me... Nothing great food…

Incredibly friendly staff. The friendly atmosphere is contagious and the card literally makes your mouth water. Price/performance is right! For 20-25 euros you can get away with a main course plus a drink! Greetings to the waiter with a beard We'd love to come back!

Food may be good. But not the other.

An excellent restaurant for the family as well

Very good Greek restaurant! Gyros and souvlaki are highly recommended and the fries are extremely tasty.

After a long time I ate at IRODION again, still top quality, great service and reasonable prices

It used to be really good and recommended. A lot has changed due to the constantly changing kitchen staff from Albania and Co. But it was a nice time with the chef. 😊⚘ The service is courteous and you should bring a lot of time...and money. After Corona everything is a little more expensive, difficult times. It takes a little longer for the food to arrive and if something doesn't work right away you can let us know and it will be cooked through a little more. But overall nice, I would say.

The staff is friendly, quick, helpful, competent and has their hearts in the right place.

We always enjoy coming to Irodion for a delicious meal.

Authentic, Greek meat and fish cuisine served in a cozy atmosphere by always friendly and efficient staff... outdoor dining is recommended in summer, but "reservation recommended" applies all year round due to its great popularity.

Still has that certain something. Still good cuisine at a high level. Service is great, everyone has the irodion gene.

Super great service, beautiful location and the food is also great. Clear recommendation. We were there with colleagues and even in the large group there was never a lack of drinks. Food came quickly and was delicious.

Food great, service great, ambience great. I can only recommend!!!

Fast, very nice and attentive service. I enjoyed it. Starter plate was 1 A. Will come again

Always delicious food and very friendly service, perfectly organized team. The restaurant is very well received and is always busy. Better reserve!

A typical greek restaurant with a large variety of dishes and starters. They serve also a shot of Ouzo before you get your food , and a digestive drink after your meal. Food is great and tastes wonderful. Location is also not in a busy area so during the summer the terrace is a lovely choice.

Das schönste Restaurant im Kölner Norden Das Essen ist top Die Mitarbeiter sind charismatisch und herzliche Gastgeber

Sehr gutes Essen zum guten Preisen! Tolles Ambiente und sehr nettes Personal. Seit Jahren immer wieder ein Besuch wert.

Ich mag den Laden, das Essen schmeckt sehr gut und die Mitarbeiter waren bis jetzt super freundlich .

Gutes Essen und freundliche Bedienung. Wir kommen gerne wieder.

Dieses Lokal ist mindestens an Feiertagen nicht zu empfehlen. Es ist total überlaufen, und es geht sehr ungeordnet und laut zu. Man wartet trotz Termin, ca 45 Minuten, stehend im Gang, auf den reservierten Tisch. Das Essen wurde anderthalb Stunden später serviert. Aus terminlichen Gründen konnte ich kein Essen mehr bestellen. Wie erwähnt, an diesen Tagen herrscht eine chaotische sprichwörtliche Abfertigung. Und das nicht nur in diesem Jahr, sondern auch in all den Jahren zuvor (Pandemie ausgenommen). Das war in diesem Jahr 2023 auch der letzte Besuch generell.

Ich war heute das erste Mal mit Freunden, die in Köln wohnen, dort und war sehr beeindruckt. Das Essen war super lecker und der Service ist vorzüglich und sehr freundlich.

Nachdem ich gestern schon bei meiner Tochter fürstlich diniert habe, gab es heute Abend im Irodion den krönenden Abschluss beim essen. Ich hatte Filetsteak vom Rind mit Beilagen. Es war alles wunderbar lecker und eine super Qualität. Die Bedienung die anwesenden war, waren alle sehr zuvorkommend und sehr freundlich. Gerne jederzeit wieder.

Eine Enttäuschung. Leider viel zu kleine Portion. Der Kinderteller war größer als unser Hauptgericht. Wir kommen nicht mehr wieder.

Authentisches Essen. Unaufdringlicher, aufmerksamer Service. Preis und Leistung in einem harmonischen Einklang. Wir waren sehr begeistert. Vielen Dank!

Freundliches Personal, sehr leckere griechische Küche, angenehme Atmosphäre, preiswert, sehr empfehlenswert. Ich komme gerne wieder.

After many visits in the last two years I can conclude that as moderate . All dishes are salty.

Das Essen war wirklich sehr gut, der Service freundlich und bemüht, wenngleich recht gestresst, Denn das Restaurant war extrem voll (Freitag), man verstand sein eigenes Wort nicht mehr, so laut war es (keine Übertreibung...). Wir waren eine Gruppe, und sich selbst mit den direkten Sitz-Nachbarn zu unterhalten war eine Qual. Die Luft war wegen der vielen Gäste entsprechend stickig. Fenster konnten nicht geöffnet werden, da es angeblich eine Anlage gibt, die das regeln soll... Ich war froh, nach dem - wirklich leckeren - Essen an die frische Luft gehen zu können.