Been to Mad Greek a few times. Every time I have been it is quite mediocre. I go as a matter of convenience and have a customer that chooses the place. I'm Greek and can recognize good Greek food. To be frank, if you want really great Greek food you have to go to Greece. You won't find it in many place in the lower mainland....but I digress.

Last time I went for dinner, with this same customer and 2 others it was not even mediocre like in the past. We ordered 4 appetizers to start: calamari, garlic prawns, spanakopita and saganaki. The calamari appetizer is over $11 and the order size very small. The calamari was not especially good and seemed to be undercooked. The garlic prawns were drowned in butter and seemed to not be fresh. The spanokopita was nothing great - my wife can make it 10x better and the saganaki (cheese in alcohol) was below average.

For dinner I had the rack of lamb. It is the most expensive dish on the menu at $30. To be fair, they do give you a big portion (8 ribs). It was cooked medium like requested, but frankly it was way too strongly spiced with garlic. I was feeling the affects the whole night and my wife wouldn't come near me :-) The vegetables seemed like they were frozen and nuked. The rice was decent. The beer on tap was terrible.

I've had better Greek food elsewhere in the lower mainland. In Richmond, choices are limited and perhaps this is why they seem to be busy on most nights.

We had been to Mandalay once before, and were quite disappointed. We decided that we would give the place one more try to see if things had changed.

The restaurant is in a great location overlooking the water. The decor is OK...not to my taste...just a matter of preference. Others may love it. I think it has a confused identity between being a bar/lounge or a restaurant. I don't necessarily want to have 6 TV's in my line of sight when I go out for "nice" dinner.

The service just wasn't good. The best way I could put it is our waitress was very flaky. I don't want to be doted on or want our server to be hovering, but I do like someone that is attentive and there at the right times.

The food: The first time we went it was just plain bland. This time I had the burger, which was a little too dry and just OK. With it, I had a salad (instead of fries)that was absolutely inedible. They had drowned it in so much dressing. Thankfully they didn't charge me for the salad (which was extra $). I guess they could see the limp lettuce and the pool of dressing and realized the mistake. No apology though....just an "Oh."

My wife had the Thai Salad. Absolutely bland...no flavor/awful. We had no idea what relation this salad had to with anything Thai.

We were really hoping for something different. We live in Richmond and go to Steveston quite often. Another good restaurant in that area would be more than welcome. The place is in a great location and could be successful if they just got their act together. If the food was better, we could overlook the service as this is any easy fix. However, their problems are much deeper and they need either a new owner or a chef with some skill to overhaul their menu. Until that happens, we won't be returning.