Meze Moon Mediterranean Cuisine - Chico (CA)

5 /5 Nadia Anslinger: Had such a good experience here!!! We got the family platter (for 4) and split between 6 people and it was so much amazing food. Amin the owner made our time so special. He got us coffee after the meal where he did a reading on two of us which was so fun and so accurate. Would recommend this place to anyone looking for amazing food, yummy drinks, and just a good atmosphere overall !!!

5 /5 Calvin Hamilton: I am always a fan of good local cuisine, especially if it is something out of the ordinary. I had the lamb kabobs with a traditional yogurt/herb dip and rice pilaf. And my wife had the chicken kabobs desert which was a fabulous pistachio baclava. Finally a real Turkish coffee. My only regret is the wait staff seemed to be painfully slow, I can only imagine what the wait would be if the place was busy. Otherwise, in the future I will probably come back because this is definitely worth a visit.

5 /5 Michelle Joseph: Wow! Early I. The day we stopped for the Turkish coffee. That was awesome so we decided to go back for dinner. Amin brought out all kinds of yumm yummy foods for us! The total experience with friends was fun!

5 /5 Haylee: Easily one of the best restaurants in Chico. Emin treats everyone like family and has created a wonderful environment in his restaurant. The food is absolutely phenomenal, I highly recommend the Salmon plate and the crispy feta cheese. The baklava is divine, the Turkish coffee is great and served beautifully, the mint tea is fresh and strong. If you’re looking for phenomenal Mediterranean food, this is the place!

3 /5 Alexander Boulgakov: This restaurant was well spoken of on Reddit and the reviews below, but I was disappointed. I believe it is primarily a logistics problem of some sort and not an inherent problem in the menu or ambiance. I ate there yesterday around 7 pm, Friday night. First of all, they were out of three or four of the most popular dishes I wanted to try. This made me settle on my fourth (fifth?) choice. I simply dont understand how Friday evening you can be so off on your prep estimates. Second, only one waitress and who I assume was the owner were working front of the house. They were both very nice and kind, however clearly understaffed and harried. Again, Im not sure why you would be so short staffed for Friday dinner when people are crowding in. This chaos also may have contributed to a couple of items on my plate being a bit colder than expected. Third, the plate in the picture was ~$32 before taxes or tips. Thats it. (Ignoring complementary bread.) Now, Im from the Bay, so its hard to scare me with high prices. However, this was disappointing even by Bay Area standards: I know of excellent Mediterranean places there where you can get more food for similar prices. Overall, I feel that something is going on where the owner is feeling squeezed by rent or costs or whatever thats forcing them into this situation. I sympathize. I dont underestimate the difficulty of this business. However, other restaurants do deliver more at this price point. And the potential is there: the location, space, and food is fundamentally good. So the only explanation I can think of is that there is some series of underlying cost structure errors leading to this outcome. I hope it improves!