Food Review - Mez Mediterranean

As per our usual weekly outing, we again used the EB as a guide and high-tailed it to Mez Mediterranean in Northbridge. And let me say, what a different experience this was. The staff were friendly and very helpful and the meals were not only delicious but came in huge portions.

Jane, Mei and I went together and met up with Scott, Sujay and Nesha. I had already decided that I was going to have the lamb kleftiko so for once, I didn't even really look at the menu. Next to arrive was Su and finally Matt. After we had all ordered, our waitress came back to let us know that since there were quite a few of us, we'd have around a 30 minute wait, so would we like to order some starters?

I ordered us a serving of garlic pita and chunky chips, while Su took the opportunity to change her order. Unlike at Julio's where a serve of garlic bread was a miserable 2 slices of bread, we got more than enough garlic pita for the table and a huge portion of chips. Both were excellent (despite the pita dripping in oil - but well worth the calories as it was warm, garlicky, salty and just yum).

All our meals came out around the same time, except for Sujay who had ordered a vegetarian moussaka. It took an extra 7 minutes or so but they came and apologised for the delay, saying they had mixed up the order. We were all very impressed that they had come out to let us know that they had made a mistake. Then the proprietor offered Sujay a free drink for keeping him waiting; again we were very impressed.

While all of us all enjoyed our food (my lamb was tender and oh-so succulent), very few managed to actually finish our meals, due to the more-than-generous portion and us pigging out on the starters earlier on (not to self: do not have entrees the next time we go). Jane once again had prawns and this time, she had at least 10 on her plate, for considerably cheaper than what they had charged at Julio's. I tried one and I can say that they were cooked to perfection.

When the time came to pay our bill, I presented the staff with my EB card, whereupon they are supposed to scratch off their corresponding number. however, we were told that they wouldn't scratch the number off, so that we could get another free meal the next time we go. Now that's service!

Would I go again? Hell yes! The food was awesome and the service also very good. Okay, so now I know not to order too much, but on the whole, I prefer places where you leave feeling like they really fed you, rather than leaving a restaurant feeling hungry.