Bar Meze

First visit here last Friday, we had a set menu.
The dips at the start were incredible. Generous portions, lovely fun atmosphere. Felt like being on holiday!

Friendly Cypriot restaurant on Adelaide Street in St Albans. We ordered multiple meze dishes like falafel, pitta, baba ganoush, grilled mushrooms, the grilled seafood platter with prawns and swordfish. All were freshly prepared and tasty. Service was good. The dessert chocolate bomb was really good.Worth a visit.

Hit and miss sadly. Having previously visited pre-Covid. Mothering Sunday lunch (reservation) and several dishes on menu unavailable (no doubt popular ones): Spanakopita, Baba ghanoush, banoffee pie unavailable.
New staff taking orders and not returning, and then being over zealous clearing. Seemed lacklustre compared to other times. Disappointed by lack of vegetarian options even dolmades had meat and not recommended any by staff (given meat choices). The greeter was delightful and it was busy but thinned out. Nothing outwardly to be unhappy about, but just left feeling a bit neglected for service..Food was lovely what we tried except the dessert (creme brulee bit stodgy). Portions aren't large but pick several for mezze experience. They come relatively quickly if the staff take order well (we ended up asking more than once for food, drinks, & bill too). Vibe OK. Food good. Cost approx £25pp- with one shared mezze, 4 sides, 2 dessert, 2 alcoholical drinks, tap water and 1 soft drink.
Will be back to see if it was one-off.

I find it a bit hit and miss. I have visited a few times and find some days the food is better than others. The meze option is good because you get a little bit of everything. My favourite meal is the swordfish kebab it's really tasty and a generous portion.

Food average. Moussaka obviously heated in microwave in a bowl, weird. .
Service very quick, too quick, staff leaning over my plate to get to the one next to me, almost in my food! Never been in and out of a restaurant so quickly.
Tables need replacing, reminds me of 1980's school desks.
Could do with a refurbishment, stairs are awful. Toilets cold and very smelly.

Amazing food. Super friendly staff.
We had our Christmas party there three times and every time it's a great success. The table get pushed back and we did some dancing. A great night was had by everyone.

Absolutely awful. DO NOT GO HERE.
First impression was how they were so unprepared for our booking that we had booked months in advance.
The food was mediocre (not worth the £45 per person at all) but the most disappointing part was the incredibly ridiculous small portions. I cannot stress how insanely minuscule these portions were, that were supposed to be shared between 4 people. Not enough for even one person.
When asked if we can get more food, all they said was ‘no more’, even though other tables surrounding us were packed with food from the same set menu, customers full with food still left on their table. No effort to accommodate to us at all.
BE WARNED, they add a mandatory service charge (for what service, I’m not sure).
They added the incorrect amount for the service charge as well, so ensure to do the maths yourself to make sure they haven’t overcharged you the 10%. They added £3.40 to our bill and when confronted they responded ‘are you really arguing about £3?’. No effort to make us more comfortable, no effort to find any compromise, nor to go above and beyond to make it worth our while.

The whole service includes them grabbing dishes and chucking plates on the table, not taking any care to be aware of the customers and making sure to be polite or aware. It made for an uncomfortable evening, not knowing when someone was going to grab something from over your shoulder or throw another tiny dish of food at you.

All in all, a hectic service with very low standard food.
Incredibly unimpressed, left very angry, and will certainly never return.

Really loved! Everything was delicious. Very good attendance and the ‘’combo’’ was huge, serves very very well! Really recommend it! 😊