After reading so many mixed reviews, thought I would add our experience to the list. We had Saturday night reservations. It wasn't our anniversary or birthday-we just wanted to celebrate the fact that my class was finally over. We were greeted right away and shown to our table. Rodrigo was very friendly and knowlegeable about the menu, especially after he found out that neither one of us had been there before. We tried the meze tasting (without the whole fish) and loved most of the dishes. As other reviewers have said, the grilled octopus is simply amazing. I would go back just for that dish alone. We ordered lamb chops and prime rib steak and asked that it be cooked med-well. The only negative to our experience was that both the meats came out under-cooked. We ate the lamb as is but had to send the prime rib steak back as it was almost raw. The second time it came out, it was still mostly raw but we didn't have the heart to send it back again so we just left it on our plate. Rodrigo noticed it right away and insisted on taking it back. The chef then sent out a complimentary salad since we had to wait and the manager personally came out to apologize and to assure that everything else was to our liking. As for the wine, Rodrigo recommended the Palivou Chardonnay which is fantastic. The baklava was a little too sweet (even for baklava) for our liking but the pistachio ice-cream was great. Five stars for superb service and I would say 3/12 to 4 stars for food. Can you get better value for Mediterranean food in Atlanta? Probably. But you certainly can't beat the service or atmosphere. Can't wait to go back.
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