Mediterrano Cafe

I absolutely love this place! They have a wide variety of dishes, and vegetarian options too. Everything is very flavorful and fresh. It’s usually pretty quiet, so it’s great for business lunches.

Another great meal here today! In fact, the best one yet.
The salad contained a greater amount of green lettuce and it wasn’t skimpy on the olives feta etc. As usual, their red lentil soup hit the spot – it’s thin but very flavorful. –and leaves plenty of room for the rest of the buffet. I like to choose a little of all the lovely middle eastern grain dishes. They have a spinach artichoke veggie that seemed a little creamed. I could eat that often. The chicken kaftan had a wonderful smoky grilled flavor, along with the gyro pita and tzatziki. Even if you’re full, be sure to take a taste of the coconut cake, and yes just go ahead and put your rice pudding right on top.
If you want a great lunch buffet for $ 11, find this little strip mall gem. There’s no need for reservations, but If you’re bringing a larger group, I would call ahead and give them a heads up. It’s not run by a large kitchen.

I went here for the lunch buffet, and it was okay for me. Not the best gyros I’ve ever had, but it wasn’t bad either. The items were warm, and my favorite dishes of the whole buffet were the chicken kebabs and the coconut cake dessert with the rice pudding. The hummus is also amazing!
One issue I had was that we had to wait awhile for them to bring out more pita bread, but everything else was well-​stocked. And even though it was a buffet, when we got up to get more food no one came around to clear our old dishes, so it would’ve been overcrowded with dishes if we didn’t choose the larger table that we did.
I would come back again if I knew some one that wanted to try it, but I don’t think I’d choose it over the other ethnic/​non-​chain restaurants in the area.

I’m SOOO disappointed about the customer services. They took the dishes while we still eating!!!
Tables beside us is dirty and uncleaned. Don’t expect someone to take the empty dishes or even greeting you. Even the transaction run by iPhone!!!
Other thing, the price 15 $$$$$ is soooo expensive for what they offer. There are many buffet in the city starting at 7 $ to 10 $ with great customer service and clean people.
I will never be back to this place.
My advice, take some course in customer services, clean the tables as soon as the customer leave. Don’t leave the people with tiny dishes alone for long time AND try to reduce the price 15 $ is a crazy price. This is the highest buffet price in all the whole nation…

Really tasty and fresh lunch buffet with tons of vegetarian options. The items marked spicy are really not by my standards, but still flavorful. You can probably stand to skip the desserts, they were pretty mediocre. I love this kind of hidden strip mall gem!

We LOVE this place. There are days that I dream of their hummus and have to make the stop. The falafel is downright perfection in my mouth. Often they have to make more as soon as they see me coming through the door. That’s okay. Its worth every cent to just eat falafel and hummus. Don’t forget to request Turkish tea or coffee ! You’ll be jacked (and regular) the rest of the day! :)

I really enjoyed my lunch here. Tender gyro meat, excellent chicken kabob, and all of the veggie dishes I had were really tasty. The place was clean and they kept the buffet well-​stocked with hot, fresh food. It’s a little steep at $ 13, but everything I had was really good. The coconut cake was an excellent dessert, especially paired with the rice pudding.

Dang — why is today the first time I’ve heard of this place?! Their lunch buffet was absolutely delightful. Greek salad, falafels, veggies, kebabs, hummus, gyro meat, etc. Everything was fresh and outstanding. The okra stew was well received by me and the rest of my group. Oh! And the spinach/​artichoke dip was A-​MAZING. Overall, a great little spot. I’m definitely going to have to come back during lunch sometime in the near future.
It’s located in a strip, so don’t miss it as you’re cruising down 86^th. Because I definitely did — twice. haha.

It’s hard to come by a good Mediterranean restaurant, but Mediterrano Café is definitely one of them. The buffet is great, especially the veg options. I would have expected them to have better non-​veg dishes but the okra stew, falafel and hummus blew me over. The coup de grace was definitely the Coconut Cake. That just blew my mind.
You must visit this place if your in town and looking for a nice lunch.

I went there for lunch on a weekday and got the $ 13 buffet. Although it has a smaller seating area, most of the tables were cleaned off but some weren’t (who wants to eat next to another diner’s dirty dishes?). If the tables were all good to go, that would have been a better experience. I’m Ok with a «quaint dining experience», but cleanliness plays a huge role in that.
The buffet:
Not bad, not great. It would be great for $ 7. The entire time I was there, approximately 50 minutes, the same lamb stayed in the pan under the heat lamp, which raises the question, «how long was it there before I arrived?».
If the buffet has smaller trays and they had to constantly put out more fresh food, things that were supposed to be hot wouldn’t have been cold (lamb, bad, etc).
Result:
Will I give it another try? Maybe… Would I go there regularly for $ 7? Probably.
Also, I understand a buffet with a big price tag, but don’t make me get up and get my own beverage. I’m paying $ 13 already. What comes with it besides a nearly self service food line with good cooked hours before?
For $ 13 I can make my own Greek food.

I love this place. The owner is such a nice guy. Their food is always fresh and delicious! This is by far one if the best Turkish places in town! Thank you Turk!

Well worth the price, the lunch buffet has all the greats — gyros, humus, tabouli, soups, salads, veggie dishes. Both my gyro-​loving husband and I (a vegan) loved it. Only down side is they aren’t open for dinner. :-)

We ended up at Mediterrano by chance — the place we’d planned to eat wasn’t open, so we scanned Unilocal for something else. We were not disappointed.
The restaurant is tucked into a strip mall behind Castleton Square Mall. It’s about $ 13 for the buffet, which includes drink. It sounds a little expensive until you see what you get for that amount of money.
The buffet includes plenty of options to please vegetarians and carnivores alike. There were a variety of salad choices, hummus, pita, tziki, beans, rice, falafel, gyro, kabobs, and more. We tried a bit of everything. The only thing we disagreed on was the spinach/​artichoke side dish — I really liked it; my husband wasn’t crazy about it (but loved the kabobs).
We will definitely be back!

My wife is practically a vegetarian and I almost elusively eat meat. This place is a good balance.
The $ 13 buffet is awesome. 2 or 3 real solid meat choices. Gyro Meat and a chicken kabob thing that is really good. Rice, cracked wheat (which looks like rice) and falafel make for good sides. Coconut cake for dessert.
We do have two kids and they only have 3 high chairs so that can cause issues if another family is there. Plus when the are busy it feels like all of the tables are on top of each other.

Fun buffet of Mediterranean favorites. Nothing adventurous, but most of what’s there is well-​prepared, and you can really load up! Good gyros, kebabs and rice. The two chicken casseroles were puzzling. :-)
The décor leaves quite a bit to be desired, but the service is fine, and plates were whisked away quickly during our visit.
You pay first, they hand you silverware and a cup, then you go at it.

Greatest turkysh food I ever had! The very basic items like lentil soup, yougrut sauce are really good. Pita bread was very chewy, and strongly recommend to have with gyro and the salad just like gyro sandwitch. Kebabu, falafel, chicken spinatch, spinatch & artichoke, humus, wheat pilaf were also remarkable.

We’ve been wanting to stop in here for some time, but for one reason or another, we never made it in. Well, today, with an extra hour to kill and already in the area, Mediterrano Café was the perfect solution.
Somewhat expensive for a lunch buffet, we felt it was well worth the price. Hummus was surprisingly smooth, and the tzatziki was cool and full of flavor. The warm pita was a perfect medium for slathering the good stuff onto! The pita is not pocket pita, rather a thicker, softer bread, sometimes called laffa or taboon. We happen to prefer this to the pocket pita as it holds up better and seems to have more flavor. We also enjoyed the tabouli, and my wife particularly liked the onion salad which were complimentary side dishes.
The star of the meal for me was the chicken kabobs and the falafel. Kabobs were juicy and well seasoned, and served with onion. A pita with kabob, tzatziki, and the spinach artichoke dish made for a great mouth experience! We also very much appreciated the handmade, but perfectly formed falafal. Not so much ball, more dome shaped, these tasty morsel were large but light. A shmear of hummus on pita with a dome of falafel and you have a heckuva lunch.
We dont typically visit buffets, but this would be a regular exception. If only it were closer to home! But I do expect we’ll come by more frequently now that we’ve tried it. The dinner menu sounds good as well, with a chance to try things more adventurous than might be available on a buffet lunch.

I had a GREAT lunch. They either have new owners or finally found their groove. Salad and cold veggie bar was great. Hot veg dishes were great. Falafel was moist and tender. Tabuli and lentil salad were notable. Meat dishes were good. Gyro meat was fresh and moist. Chicken kebab was great. Bulgar wheat pilaf was great.
If you wrote them off after the owners changed, please give them another chance. Things have vastly improved.

So, I say to my phone, «Google, us there Mediterranean food near by?» and unto me was bestowed this gift, straight from Google Heaven, of delicious, abundant, vegan food!
I was instantly greeted by the owner who happily showed me that over half of the buffet was vegan! He special made a Greek salad for me without feta and confirmed the pita was egg free.
I loved every bite, the spicy pickled veggies, the cracked wheat salad, the bean salad, but special shout out to the garlic egg plant. (it’s worth noting that I hate eggplant, but they do something amazing to it.) There was plenty of meet, so carnivores would leave fat and happy too.
Bottom line, get there.

First timers? Yep. The owner greeted us, explained the process of paying at the counter before we grabbed a plate, gave us a thorough lunch buffet tour of their offering. Then he let us 2 ravenous beasts loose! Good first impressions so far.
The buffet is divided into ½ vegetarian & ½ meat so it’s a nice mix for the herbi-​, carni-​, omni-​VORES. So we started off with a mixed salad w/​crunchy cucumber chips, diced tomatoes, & loads of feta cheese. Got a side of lentil beans to mix in as well. While I’m at it, I got a scoop of tangy lentil soup. Not being completely overstuffed on chowing down plate #1, I managed to get plate #2 — creamy artichoke (a lady’s favorite said he), grape leaves stuffed w/​herbed rice, chicken kabob, gyro meat, apricot chicken, falafels, cracked wheat, & a pita bread sliver. Need I name more? Oh, don’t forget a small bowl of hummus & yogurt to dunk your food in! Being ravenous beasts as we are, snuck in some coconut cake drenched in rice pudding for dessert at the end. Make sure to shake some cinnamon — Voila!
Well…that was an effing good lunch. I like the fact that you pay before you eat — especially if you’re on the run. Careful that you don’t over-​eat and fall asleep in your office chair back at work though. Weekday buffet is $ 11 and weekend is $ 13 (probably more specialties). Quite wallet-​friendly for the freshness and variety they have. Don’t forget to leave a nice tip in the register jar before you head out!