Nisi Estiatorio is a casual Greek seafood restaurant in the West Village. We use the best ingredients and provide a great atmosphere. Nikola Karvelas is Nisi's Executive Chef. He found his passion for food very early and went on experimenting, which earned him the bronze medal of Young Chef’s Contest in Cyprus in 1999. He gained fame in the Greek cookery industry working at some of the top professional kitchens in Athens alongside the brightest culinary stars of the country. The year 2009 marked his career as he relocated to Istanbul to overtake the city’s high-society eating destination “Varoulko”, successfully combining the highly contrasting European and Asian eating traditions in the crossroads of the two continents. Karvelas remained devoted to his South European origin by making use of and promoting Mediterranean food products, renowned for their outstanding quality and taste. He is an active member of Enterprise Greece, the country’s state association for foreign trade.