Plaka Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Plaka, a delightful Greek restaurant nestled in East Elmhurst, NY, where culinary tradition meets fresh ingredients. The menu boasts a range of **hot appetizers**, such as lightly fried calamari and grilled halloumi, offering a perfect start to your meal. For those preferring cold options, the creamy tzatziki and flavorful dolmades are must-tries.
Sweetened by customer-cherished dishes like perfectly grilled octopus and hearty chicken souvlaki platters, Plaka impresses with both taste and generous portions. The **seafood offerings**, notably the tender branzino and broiled filet of sole, highlight the freshness and quality that define the dining experience here.
Inviting atmosphere and attentive service round out the experience, making Plaka not just a meal, but a rejuvenating escape into Greek flavors. Don’t miss the opportunity to savor their exquisite lemon potatoes, hailed by many as the best around!
Beer and Wines (Must be 21 to Purchase)
Assorted Beers
Must be 21 to purchase.
House Wine
Must be 21 to purchase.
House wine by glass (Red/white)
Tzatziki
Yogurt, cucumber and garlic spread.
Kopanisti
Roasted red peppers and feta spread
Skordalia
Potato and garlic spread
Revithosalata
Hummus spread
Melitzanosalata
Eggplant spread
Choice of any 4 Spreads Listed Above
Dolmades
Stuffed grape leaves with rice, mint and lemon
Beets
Feta Cheese
Cold Appetizers
Hot Appetizers
Saganaki
Pan fried Cheese
Halloumi
Grilled Cyprian cheese.
Loukaniko
Grilled Sausage
Oktapodi Skara
Grilled octopus.
Calamari
Lightly fried squid.
Shrimp Saganaki
Keftedes
Fried meatballs.
Grilled Vegetables
Eggplant and zucchini.
Felafel
Chick pea patties
Gigantes
Lima beans.
Kolokithokeftedes
Zucchini Patties
Onion rings
French fries
Fresh cut potato fries
Caesar Salad
Classic Caesar salad.
Horiatiki Salad
Tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and feta.
Prassini Salad
Chopped romaine, scallions, dill, feta and olives.
Traditional Greek Salad
Romaine, tomatoes, olives, feta and onion.
Salads
Soup
Avgolemono
Greek chicken and rice.
Soup of the Day
Please contact restaurant for available options.
Pastitsio
Baked pasta, ground beef and bechamel sauce.
Spinach Pie
Crispy layers of phyllo dough filled with spinach and feta.
Moussaka
Eggplant, potato, tomato, ground beef and bechamel sauce.
Greek Specialties
From the Land
Paidakia
Grilled baby lamb chops.
Ortikia
3 whole quails.
Brizola Hoirini
Grilled Pork Chops
Brizola
Grilled Ribeye Steak
Bifteki
Greek style hamburger.
Kotopoulo Skara
Grilled chicken breast.
Chicken Francese
Chicken breast with lemon and butter
Garides Skara
Grilled shrimp.
Solomos
Salmon Steak
Calamari Skaras
Grilled calamari.
Fileto Tilapia
Shrimp "Plaka"
Sauteed in ouzo, tomato glace and feta.
Broiled Seafood Combination
Octopus, shrimp and calamari over grilled vegetables.
Broiled Filet of Sole
From the Sea
Platters
Gyro Platter
Chicken Souvlaki Platter
Pork Souvlaki Platter
Felafel Platter
Calamari Platter
Combination Platter
Choose any of the above two***EXCLUDING CALAMARI***
Penne ala Vodka
Add chicken for an additional charge.
Shrimp Marechiara
Light seafood sauce with tomato.
Vegetarian Spaghetti
Zucchini, eggplant, mushroom and garlic.
Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
Pasta
Burgers
Hamburger
8 oz. beef burger on a bun.
Cheeseburger
8 oz. beef burger with American cheese on a bun.
Fried Fish Burger
On a bun.
Burger Deluxe
Served with french fries. Add cheese for an additional charge.
Pork Souvlaki Sandwich
Chicken Souvlaki Sandwich
Gyro Sandwich
Falafel Sandwich
Sandwiches
Wraps
Caesar Salad Wrap
Greek Salad with Chicken Wrap
Fish Wrap
Gyro Wrap
Falafel Wrap
Lemon Potatoes
Rice
Horta
Dandelion greens
Port Stick
Chicken Stick
Sm tzatziki sauce
Pita bread
Sides
Desserts
Baklava
Thin crispy sheets of phyllo dough soaked in honey and layered with nuts.
Greek Yogurt
Topped with honey and walnuts.