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a wanna be greek restaurant
Head Chef/Kitchen Manager (Former Employee) - Spitalfields and Banglatown - 13 January 2020
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The most useful review selected by Indeednot much to say just didnt took my respect. searching for something more interesting that can make me happy and keep me interesting about my cooking and way of getting better in the kitchens
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Interview
General Manager (Former Employee) - Bristol - 5 April 2021
The company requires more work on people culture, free lunches does not guarantee a healthy and strong environment. Sad, that some good people haven't been selected.
Pros
Free lunches
Cons
Different views from HR consultant and The management
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Good
Grill Chef (Former Employee) - Southampton - 11 September 2020
Good place to work amazing chefs. Really well managed some really funny characters which would always make me laugh and have a good time on shift. There are no faults on this restaurant and is an amazing place to work
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Busy but very happy work there
If I could I would come back , very kind and helpful management! Very good and tasty food not bad hours to work, always been helpful with anything I need
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Avoid at all costs
I worked as a line chef which should be avoided at all costs if you are not Greek. There is a Greek supremacy situation in the back of house. Everybody is either Greek or Albanian and is speaking to each other in their own language. Even though I am a very extroverted person myself, I had difficulties getting in touch with people. Other than that, there is no work/life balance and everyone seems like they are enjoying this. The atmosphere is okay, pretty fast-paced. You would not improve yourself as a cook since most are precooked by the head chef and kept warm during the shift.
Pros
Free lunch and clean uniforms everyday
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Racist
As far as I'm concerned, racists. Because it was very very clicky, all Greek, all chatting ti each other and not you, all given opportunites, praise, pay rise, power over you, but not you. "Let go" their non greek colleagues once their opening was complete. With no given reason.
Pros
Good food to be fair, interesting work
Cons
Clicky, managers dont care about you
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Good hospitality workplace
Bar Person (Current Employee) - Stratford, Greater London - 13 June 2020
On time payments (every 2 weeks), paid holidays, friendly environment. I appreciate that the company is supporting us during lockdown. Mostly recommended for Greek environment funs!
Pros
On time payments
Cons
Usually is busy
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No care for staff
Waitress (Former Employee) - Reading, Berkshire - 24 September 2019
I do not recommend them. There is no vision, no culture. Just chaos. Always understaffed. Kitchen is overworked, staff floor the same. Long hours. No balance for your private life. Pay doesn't justify the stress. There is no proper training given. This company just does not care about nothing but numbers. Not quality, not staff, not health and safety. Stay away!
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One of the worse company in uk
Supervisor (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 26 March 2019
All Real Greek restaurants are covered in 90% with Greek staff.
Every staff member has connection with management that is Greek of course. Is very difficult to progress in the company as first always is for Greek community.
Staff is extremely unprofessional with very little or non experience and even problems with English language.
Pros
There is free lunch provided
Cons
Extremely busy restaurants with under staff plus very long hours
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Good workplace
Grill Chef (Current Employee) - Bristol - 14 February 2019
You usually have a good atmosphere working,it is not the place where you are going to develop all your skills as a chef, but you can work good with no too much pressure, but obviously the salary it is not high.
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Ambiente lavorativo pesante ma ben renumerrato
magazziniere (Former Employee) - Greater London - 2 October 2018
un ambiente di lavoro tosto anche con turni di 15/16 ore, ma ben renumerato
Pros
pause caffe
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fun productive great location
Runner/Waiter (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 23 September 2018
A great place to start your carreer in London; Amazing colleagues a great location the management is absoloutely fair with the guidance it gives and I learned to be a much more of an open person
Pros
great location free lunch
Cons
nothing
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Poor managment
A typical day at work was a nightmare, we was 3 person at the bar, I never had the proper training, the waiters was telling everyone what to do, once they fought in front of the customers and the manager didn't make anything about it. The hardest part of the job it was pretty much everything I had to do a lot of heavy jobs because my colleagues they didn't want to help me, the most of the managers there they don't care about the customers and their employees if they are happy or not.
Pros
free lunch
Cons
noisy
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Goos team work
Assistant General Manager (Former Employee) - Bournemouth, Dorset - 30 January 2018
Good experience. Learned and improvement my own skills. Different concept and food witch was very enjoyable to learn. Busy environment and very nice team.
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productive, improving and challenging
Waitress/Bar Staff (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 29 November 2017
a typical day at work in the real Greek would be a double shift with lot of nice customer. Very inspiring people to work with and an amazing team work.
Pros
free lunches
Cons
long hours
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Dirty and disorganised
Staff Member (Former Employee) - Bankside, Greater London - 20 November 2017
I used to work in this restaurant. At the interview you get promised more than 40 hours a week ( at least that's what I was told ) and after a while they start slicing your hours to "save money" - their idea of good management and money-saving technique. The salary is minimum, the waiters make all the money and they control tip sharing, without sharing equally with kitchen, bar or runners, which only get a small percentage of the total tips. The management almost never gets involved in staff well being or restaurant image. It's all about the money after all, isn't it ? Most of the employees are greek, which makes it kind of a not so much of a fair treatment to other nationalities working there. Equal opportunities and fair treatment ? Fairy tales. Don't believe everything you hear. My opinion - not the best place to work in.
Pros
Free food
Cons
Bad management, rude coworkers, no workplace equality
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Aged review
Bar supervisor, Hostess, Waitress (Former Employee) - London - 11 September 2017
Worked there a long time ago, used to be very busy and very long hours of work. Friendly helpful environment. A lot of changes and expansion happened since I left.
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real greek restaurant for greek kitchen
clean and help for the cook (Former Employee) - London - 4 November 2016
they are exelent managers
is very clean
delicious food
always serve amazing food
the customers are satisfied with food and the staff
The Real Greek-London
Area-Bankside
Cons
8-9 ours
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