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| - After work last night (7/24/11) my friend Jerry J. mentioned that we should go grab some food. We both drove to our prospective homes and then he came to pick me up about 5 seconds later. Hmmm... where to go? He suggested Greek food because:
#1 he knows I like Greek food.
#2 he had never tried Mediterranean food (!!!)
#3 he's scoping the food out and if he didn't like it, our possible trip in December might not happen.
Let it be known, that just like the Mexican food scene in Vegas, with small exceptions, the Greek food scene in Vegas is limited to crap kai Kronos gyros. I wasn't sure where we could even get any sort of Mediterranean food at 11 PM. I remembered Laziza was close to our houses, so we might as well check it out. After he drove around the parking lot and down the street a few times (he wasn't sure whether he was going to try the food or not... he's VERY picky) he finally went for it and we went inside.
Umm... WTF?! WHY don't clubs in Vegas play music like this? They had the most FABULOUS hyphy/rap/hip-hop mix BLASTING when we walked inside. On a Sunday night, I dare say the music is better than even Vanity. Heaven. Pure Heaven. I walked up to a guy sitting in a little room off to the left and asked him if the place was open for dinner and he quickly jumped up, and grabbed us menus and led us to a booth by the bar.
It took a LONG time for a waiter to come over and take our order. Because I was asked to just pick whatever off the menu for both of us, I ordered the Mezze sampler for us to share ($20) and a gyro with fries ($9) for Jerry to try. It took a long time for the food to come out, the sampler coming out about 10 minutes after the gyro. Jerry, being like a fish out of water at this place asked me what everything was on the plate - "that's shaved meat, that's pita bread, that's the cucumber sauce I was telling you about." "What's this sauce?" "Jerry... that's ketchup for your fries." Hehehe.
He said he really liked the gyro (thank God) but I can't comment on it as I didn't try it, but the falafel was the best I had ever had. Usually, falafel is dense and heavy, but these, when hot, were light and crispy. Yum! The tabouli was forgettable, the baba ghanoush, which is another dish I usually dislike, was very good. There were no dolmades, which were mentioned in the description, but rather two types of hummus, one being very smoky, and neither being that good. As well, the labnah is better at home and should have been served cold - it was too much like a runny dip in its warm form. Everything on the plate, sans falafel and baba ghanoush is better tasting at home for sure.
The atmosphere is great and if I could give this place 200 stars for the music, I would. I was dancing around in my seat and so was everybody else. Unfortunately, nobody was really on the dance floor, and I wasn't going to dance all by myself in a restaurant. I for sure want to come back with some friends just to grab a drink and dance.
A mezze sampler that was missing the dolmades, a gyro, a diet coke, two waters + $7 tip came out to... $41. Ridiculous! The service was way too slow and should step up their game. The mezze needs to come down in price but I have to give 4 stars because I was going crazy with the great music and atmosphere. Definitely will be coming back.
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