Restaurants near Tradewinds Park

I live in Chicago but come down to the Boca area frequently over the winter months and am unfamiliar with good ethnic dining in the area. It was our first visit to Rafina's Greek Taverna, and we had an excellent experience. Though the OpenTable site showed reservations available only at 7:45 or later, we thought to arrive by 7 to see if there would be walk-in bar seating available. Instead, the hostess was happy to seat us in the lovely enclosed outdoor patio, overlooking a pond. Then menu of Greek specialties was extensive, and my partner chose an entree that was served at the next table that the diner said was delicious, the chicken kebob with a side of tzatziki. The cubes of chicken were enormous and moist, with tomato/green pepper/onion in between. I had the Rafina chopped salad that included shredded, well seasoned chicken, with a side of gigantes. A very generous serving of the salad with my favorite ingredients that was enough to bring home half to enjoy the following night. The gigantes were simmered in a delicious tomato sauce, served steaming hot. Very pleasant, attentive server. Our only (minor) criticism was that the greek salad that my partner added as a side to his entree was served immediately which was fine as he likes to eat his salad first. But no sooner than the salad was served that another server brought our entrees. It felt rushed, and by the time my partner ate the salad, his chicken kebob was room temperature. Knowing this, next time - and we will be back - we will ask for more time between salad and entree, as we prefer a leisurely dinner.

Wonderful dinner to celebrate my mothers birthday with family. We were seated about 15 minutes past our reservation time but a Saturday night on a holiday weekend is extremely busy so understandable. Our service going forward was very attentive but gave us plenty of time to decide on our choices and answered any questions we had regarding the menu. We greatly enjoyed the cheese and candied bacon appetizer and all our entrees were exceptional, particularly the short rib risotto. For such a large and busy restaurant which also includes a large wine tasting room/shop and bar the restaurant as a whole operated smoothly and never disappoints.

We were a party of six (6) that enjoyed our Dining experience. We order from the Lunch Menu, although the Dinner Menu was available. The presentation was good and the food was excellent. The experience was so good that my wife and her group are already planning a Lunch Date. We really enjoyed the whole experience.

Homemade pasta at its finest , ambiance and service treated with personal attention and the chef owners greetings at you table gives you a warm fuzzy feeling Highly recommend for that special occasion or just because you crave for the best pasta dish!