Meze Meze Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is authentically Mediterranean. We particularly loved the Hummus and Pita bread, calamari and the falafel."
• "The food was top notch delicious."
• "Even we had only snack food but was tasting very good and definitely will try later restaurant main food."
• "The food is also really well presented and I was blown away by the baklava for desert."
• "This food was delicious, fresh flavours with a veritable cornucopia of fresh vegetables and fruit."
• "The calamari was tender and juicy, the falafels were tasty and the hot sauce that accompanied was delicious."
• "It's the Freshest, Tastiest Food I've tasted for a while."

Cons:

• "Food tasteless, bland, shrimps were frozen."
• "And it was all just horrendously overpriced for what it was."
• "The falafals were small and very crispy not pleasant no flavour."
• "It was bland, portions were much smaller than expected."
• "Humus. OMG I love humus but this was so poor I'm really feeling disgusted i ate some."
• "The calamari looked and tasted like fish fingers... and the houmous was pretty bland."
• "Food was tasteless, we were told that we HAVE TO order 2 mezes per person even if one of us was not hungry."

Service

Pros:

• "Service is lovely, very friendly."
• "The Staff are very quick and polite."
• "The wait staff was kind and attentive, without being overbearing."
• "The service was great with lovely friendly staff."
• "The waitress looked after us very well and recommended on the menu what she thought was best."
• "Very friendly staff and it's very cozy in here."
• "The staff are extremely friendly, helpful and fun."

Cons:

• "The waitress was horrible and that ruined my experience."
• "I was in work clothes so did not feel welcome had to call for attention to get served."
• "The staff were not very attentive."
• "Unfriendly waiter. Decided to leave after the waiter insisting on adding yogurt sauce to a certain dish as opposed to our request even though he said it is prepared without the sauce and gets added in the end."
• "Waiter not friendly, we didn't want to drink alcohol, but he didn't offer water, didn't offer the dessert menu, didn't offer coffee!"
• "Service was bad as well. There are a lot better restaurants in Edinburgh!"
• "Very poor service, forcing you to get what they want you to order. After 20 min of waiting, waiter came back and said it would take another 20 min with no reason!"

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The moment you walk the decor and the atmosphere is so settling, it's just the right size so that even in peak times it would still be so relaxing."
• "Adds to the wonderful intimate atmosphere."
• "The background music too was also culturally in tube with the restaurant theme."
• "A fantastic meal on Saturday, huge portions and excellent service."
• "A really cute place with lots of character."
• "Intimate atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere was friendly."

Cons:

• "Don't be put off by the simple interior."
• "The atmosphere was fine but they let a group of ten make a booking and it made the place SO CRAMPED."
• "We were seated downstairs for our first visit, which is the reason for only 4 stars for the atmosphere."
• "Small place, bit cramped for room, but maybe that added to the atmosphere."
• "Restaurant is very cramped, with awkward seating close to other tables."
• "Friendly welcome, but no atmosphere."
• "A very small Turkish Restaurant in Rose Street, Edinburgh. Friendly welcome, but no atmosphere."

Value

Pros:

• "We were both happy with the price too."
• "Definitely good value for money!"
• "Have to say the price was pretty decent for a city centre restaurant."
• "Dishes are bigger than expected and there's a great variety to choose from – price is a reflection of the size."
• "Cost £60 for two for the mezze, dessert and drinks. Very reasonable IMHO."
• "Each dish was fantastic and well worth the £10.95 asking price."
• "A full meal for £18 with a seemingly endless stream of hold and cold Meze dishes."

Cons:

• "And it was all just horrendously overpriced for what it was."
• "Such a shame about the high prices!"
• "The quality of the food is not great, it felt like everything was frozen and made with low quality ingredients."
• "First of all it's overpriced, the quality of the food is not great."
• "Very expensive for what was on offer."
• "The price of the Meze feast is even more expensive @ £40 / person and a minimum of 2 people !!!!! That's £80 for just 2 people."
• "Not sure if changed hands but expensive for what we received."