Traditional Balkan Night with Live Music and Dance Skopje

Good evening with a good meal and folk dances. Ideal for discovering the local culture. I recommend this activity

Disappointed by this evening, food just average, musical atmosphere mediocre, nothing typical of a Balkan night. For the price paid, the service should be better.

In 20m² with approx. 60 people, waiting 20 minutes at the beginning until food arrived. Vegetables were cold, plates for the salad arrived too late. Band is a matter of taste, a requested taxi was supposed to be there after 10 minutes. After 20 minutes without a taxi, we walked away and caught one in the city. Conclusion: A restaurant offers more than that.

A typical experience aimed at touching, firsthand, the local reality. Honestly, I found everything almost very disappointing. The musicians were great with engaging dances, but the organization at the tables was poor, the food was mediocre, the price was very high (I would say touristy), and charging everything upfront felt almost like fearing that someone might run away without paying; the same goes for the drinks, after having paid 45 euros per person, which exceeds 50 euros if one orders a small beer, for what reason?? To not even have plates to eat the appetizer?? Honestly, I will not recommend this place (which, due to its internal structure, has nothing typical, but is very modern), with the staff at the tables not accustomed, in my opinion, to such a presence of people and also lacking professionalism. Recommendation?? Avoid..!!!!

They canceled that activity, and they never refunded the money I paid for it. They wrote to me asking if I could change the date, to which I replied that I could not because I would not be in the city.

This never took place at the time it was supposed to. The workers told me I had to come back for the 9:30 show when my tickets clearly said 6pm

We showed up 10 minutes before start time and the windows were dark and the door was locked. Apple Maps gave a different location for the event, half a mile down the street, so we ran down to the other address, which was not the Restaurant Gardenia. So we returned to the original location, which was still closed. There was another family there who finally was able to reach the restaurant by phone, and they were told that the staff decided not to perform that night because one of them was sick, so they locked the restaurant and went home. I tried to request a refund through TripAdvisor, and was told they needed to contact the restaurant. They still haven’t agreed to provide me a refund.

This was very disappointing and could have been so much better. First, the time and day was changed. I do not think they do a 6.30 performance at all and they just try and gather the bookings together to make enough for an evenings performance. The food was awful. The traditional bean dish was nice and it was warm but the main course had packet frozen vegetables that had not been heated and were cold and the chicken and meat was only just warm. The musicians looked very bored when they started singing and playing in the first half and only seemed to become more animated in the second half when the dancing started. I felt the whole thing was rushed and they just wanted you in and out as soon as possible. It started at 8.30 and finished at 10.15 so was not what I would call 'an evening of entertainment' and not really worth the money.

We booked and paid tickets for the event a few hours before attendance. We met for the event in good time and came to the closed area. We met another couple who were going to the same event, and who had ordered several months ago. A tourist office nearby helped us contact the organizer. They said the event was cancelled. We have not received any information about this. Now we wonder how to get the money back???

Unfortunately, the traditional evening did not meet our expectations. We’ve always trusted your recommendations, but after this experience, we’ll be doing more of our own research going forward. The selection of traditional Balkan food was underwhelming — cold, poorly presented, and far from what we were hoping for. On top of that, the service was unprofessional and inattentive. Overall, it felt like €50 wasted on a night that should have been enjoyable. A sad and regrettable experience.