We went to Saki after our vegan friend had highly recommended it, having been there about ten times herself over the years.

We didn't even get to try the food before we walked out.

A man served us first (possibly the owner), and I explained my friend had highly recommended the place. He said someone would take our drinks order, and then someone else would explain the menu. We were given a drinks menu.

A waiter then came over, and my son asked what was in one of the cocktails as it wasn't clear. He shrugged and said he didn't know. Rather than going to ask, he just stood there, so we just ordered cocktails and I asked for 2 glasses of tap water and made it very clear we wanted tap water, as there were large plastic water bottles on many of the tables. He went away, and then a while later, I asked the first guy if we could have a food menu to read. He said they don't have menus and said that he would get another man who verbally explains the menu to everyone, to come to our table when we was finished with another table.

Then the waiter came back with a large plastic bottle of water. I explained that we had asked for tap water. He said, 'no tap water', and I explained that we didn't want plastic bottles, that they go in the sea and kill the turtles etc (we'd been to the turtle rehabilitation centre on the beach the day before, where they'd explained this). He said,'we don't have a tap, no tap water'. We were very disappointed as of course they have a tap, and water, as they have a bar and a kitchen. I was very thirsty, as it was extremely hot, and we had ordered expensive cocktails as well and I just wanted a glass of water, not a big bottle. The amount of plastic they were generating on each table was terrible.

So we walked out and went back to our favourite Dream Kitchen, had a beautiful vegan mezze platter, delicious cocktail, tap water, and live music.

Updated from previous review on 2024-06-23