Linardos Villa

This place is awesome! If you want authentic Greek food prepared well, this is the place to go. Though very retro 70’s, it’s quite the experience. Proudly family owned, it’s a place with a lot of heart. Delicious and memorable, with very reasonable wine prices. We lived in Springfield for many years and were regular customers. It’s the only restaurant that we miss there, and we plan to visit it every time we return. Bön appétit!

Rubbery under seasoned kabob.
Cucumber sauce tasted like sour cream.
We purchased four meals and they were all terrible. Save your money

Wow. This is the worst meal that I have ever had. So bad I had to write about it after years of lurking on Unilocal.We should have known better as we walked into the foyer that smelled like an old lady’s sock drawer. Eau de doilies is not a good sign.
There was no wait on a Friday night. We started off with appetizers that were mediocre but edible. They gave us a cinnamon tinged pepperidge farm-​like bread which wasn’t terrible. I’m still belching up the salad. The croutons were like hard over-​fried donuts. Nothing was awful yet…
We waited an hour in an empty restaurant for our
next course. The entrees were spectacularly bad. The food tasted like a cinnamon truck ran into the kitchen. My lamb tasted gamy and had a cinnamon spaghetti sauce on it. We got chicken Kiev that was a deep, dark fried mass with raw chicken in the middle. One of the dishes in what I can only imagine was a «cinnamon combo platter,» resembled cinnamon Chef Boyardee. My sister’s chicken Marsala was sour and the sauce tasted old but didn’t taste like cinnamon. I am not opposed to sending meals back, but really there was nothing here they could have fed us that would have been acceptable. I’m surprised this place is open at all. Gross.

Wish we would of had a good experience but NO. It looked like food was pre maid and microwaved made us wish we would of ate at a fast food place not to mention for 2 people appetizer entrée desert was over $ 50 so nasty food that I tried to throw up at the gas station and a big bill… McDonalds would of been better…

Nope, sorry… I truly WISH that I could be more forgiving/​generous tonight, but this place reminds me of a terminal patient who’s «plug» has been pulled, but somehow manages to continue shallowly breathing for a while before heaving that one last, dying gasp.
I’ve been here before, and liked it well enough. Maybe it’s slipped, or maybe I have… I like «off the beaten path,» non-​chains, but the holes in the wall HAVE to be good and at least ATTEMPTING to still give it a try. You shouldn’t have to leave a restaurant feeling sorry for it, the overly cheerful server, and even the lost in another time/​better place owners.
I don’t care about the dated, delightfully tacky, 70’s style décor, the overly lit dining room, or any of the other «cosmetics» that might turn others off. I just wanted good Greek food, and I didn’t get it. My moussaka tasted old, sad, and repeatedly reheated. The spanakopita was passable, but also older tasting/​looking. I squandered a rare venture away from Mr. M&P’s comfort zone on barely mediocre food that I’m pretty sure I could have made better myself…
There’s more to try here (Italian might be a better choice, Greek, all American…) if you’re feeling charitable. If your ancient relatives are here in town and miss the glory days (?!?) at their old favorite «house of bland,» then I guess there are worse choices, but not here, not us, not any more… We’ve sadly had to issue a D.N.R. order for this «patient…»

Nice place overall not as amazing as some if the other reviews portray. Salads were ok average price per plate was over 13 dollars. Service was good and the food was so-​so. The gyro meat had a good flavor, but was a little dry and needed the sauce. Spanikopita was bland and needed more cheese. The Chicken Marsala was decent with the chicken being cooked just right, but the sauce tasted too much like the wine. The pasta was a little too al dente. Business was very slow so I would expect the flavors to be better and the food to be fresher. Overall, the food was decent and the service was good. Not sure it was really worth the price per plate.
To the owners I would recommend a little updating such as the 1970s lighting to bring it into this time.

Holy crap this place is amazing! I just got done eating there with my boyfriend for the first time ever and I will be going back soon. I was shocked how dead it was. The food wasn’t horribly prices and it was big portions. They had a wide range of food to choose from and I’m looking forward to going back very soon!

I really do not like to give bad reviews, but the food here is not very good. The décor is nice, but the men’s restroom left a bit to be desired. As for the food, I got the lasagna and found it to be inedible. There was a weird taste that seemed to come from the beef. As I’m typing this review an hour and a half later, I’m not experiencing any stomach cramping, so I don’t think the beef was «bad». Apparently, it was supposed to taste that way. The person I was with got the chicken parmesan; it was passable, but it came with a side of spaghetti that also had more of the beef mixed into the sauce, so that was inedible as well. The bread that came with the meal tasted like it had cinnamon in it. Also got an appetizer, but I can’t remember what it was called; it was feta cheese wrapped in a filo dough. It was really rich and not particularly tasty. The waitress did ask if everything was ok, but not being one to complain, I said it was fine, so that one is on me. We stopped at Arby’s after we left there and the food was wonderful, so it all worked out in the end.

This place is cool. in an old — retro — grandma might like this place cool.
Well, if you are from Columbus and you know The Top or you remember The Bexley Monk or the Jai Lai or maybe The Pine Club or the original Neil’s Heritage House in Dayton and you love that retro, take you back to a simpler classy time, where good music meant Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr., then you will want to come here.
It’s done in an old school Mediterranean style that I you’d be hard pressed to find anywhere else. Dark wood, leather seats, captain’s chairs to sit in, stained glass, Moorish light fixtures. It’s nothing like what you will ever see in a contemporary restaurant, period. It’s all about comfort and relaxing while you do dinner. It’s dining, not just eating out. It’s old but it’s not worn out.
And the food? Well, I had the chicken marsala, which came with a small side of spaghetti, a salad and some warm honey wheat bread with real butter. The butter was the old school style with the cardboard paper on the bottom and the thin one on the top. Real butter, no margarine here. A really nice sized salad came out first. Everything fresh and very appetizing.
The wine was only $ 4.75 a glass for William Hill Cabernet… a deal.
There are things you will find here that are hard to find anywhere else. Frog Legs, Sweet Breads, Beef Liver, Bison steaks etc. There’s also an impressive selection of surf and turf combinations to choose from. Like Greek food? Like Italian? The menu is extensive folks. You could eat here for probably two months without ever repeating yourself. Prices are befitting an upscale casual restaurant. It’s a dress up a bit type of place. I wouldn’t feel comfortable here in a tank top and cut off shorts.
I’m ready to go back anytime. Such a cool, classy place… cool as f*ck.

Excellent Greek restaurant! Staff is always friendly. If you like lamb, definitely check it out!