The famous Greek painter El Greco’s birth name was Doménikos Theotokópoulos. You can see why he did not use it in normal conversation, though he did sign his paintings with his full name. Paintings, that’s okay, but there is no way you could call your Greek restaurant anything other than El Greco.

El Greco in Pattaya is run by husband and wife Nick and Angel, a couple who ran two Greek restaurants in Athens and who came to Thailand. As there was also no Greek restaurants and with the Thai climate being better than Athens they decided to set up there greek and mediterranean restaurant here in Pattaya.

In national colors of white and blue, El Greco exudes a fairly rustic air. The blue padded chairs are remarkably comfortable. Everything is clean and toilets are spotless. One wall has a large mural of Santorini, a picture that exudes Greece.