I've had Mamakas on my list of "go to" restaurants for a while and it met all of my expectations! I went there with a girlfriend for dinner last night and the food was so delicious. As a half greek myself, and having been exposed to a lot of real Greek food in my life, this restaurant held its own quite well!
First off, our waiter was very friendly and knowledgeable about the menu. After we ordered he offered us a new menu item on the house to get our opinion (yes please!)
We ordered the keftedes (beef and mint meatballs) and Greek salad to start and the item on the house was the saganaki with apricot & honey. The keftedes were nice and light with the mint sauce and the Greek salad was very traditional without lettuce and lots of feta but the saganaki was by far our favorite. The saganaki is on the menu without the apricot but the sweet and salty pairing was absolutely amazing! Hopefully they add it to the menu soon so everyone else can try because it was to die for.
As a main course I had the fish of the day which was sea bream and my friend ordered the moussaka which is a Greek version of lasagna/Sheppard's pie. The fish was a whole fish, head and all, dressed with lots of lemon, oregano and olive oil (yum)! The moussaka had the same flavors as my Greek relatives make so I was very impressed. As recommended from our waiter, we also ordered a side of red peppers which were also sweet and delicious!
Overall, I would 100% go back! Food was amazing and authentic, service was friendly, atmosphere was lively - couldn't have asked for more!