Aa the manager of Steki's Taverna in Brighton, I am deeply disappointed with Xenia Gregoriadis's review (The Guide, October 27).

She called our calamari "soggy"

and complained it wasn't taken off her bill. I thought it was cooked perfectly so didn't take it off her bill but did offer her a glass of wine or dessert.

She said our green salad was uninspiring. It has shredded lettuce, spring onions, cucumbers and olives, sprinkled with extra virgin olive oil and either fresh lemon juice or vinegar. This is the way a green salad is served in traditional Greek tavernas back in Greece.

This is not a fancy restaurant, it is a taverna. The difference between the two is simplicity.

Our customers love our meze and 80 per cent of our customers are Greek. We've had many excellent reviews in the past and these can be read at www.steki.co.uk Our customers give us excellent feedback - people who are Greek, have been recommended by Greeks or have been to Greece and say this is traditional Greek food. One customer said our potato balls and courgette balls are "better that her Granny's".

Our desserts are made in Greece at a small factory in Kavala which feeds almost all the patisseries in town. Our souvlaki comes from Greece and our recipes come from well-known chefs in Greece.

The same weekend the review was published, a reservation for six was about to cancel but decided to ignore the article and try us. They had almost all of the menu and loved our food.

We are not here by chance.

Greek customers from Brighton were coming to our other restaurant in Portsmouth and have been asking us for eight years to open a taverna in Brighton.

There were also mistakes in the article. Miss Gregoriadis said I am the owner. I am not, I am the manager. The owner is Mrs Emmanouil Lykidis.

She also called me Maria Tsorpidou not Vicky Tsorpidou - Maria was the waitress who served her. We are open Sunday to Friday, 12pm-11pm and on Saturday 12pm-midnight.

We have never had a single complaint after eight years of running a taverna in Portsmouth, so obviously our food is not to her taste.

  • Vicky Tsorpidou, manager, Steki's Taverna, King's Road Brighton