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| - It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...I'll explain:
I went to Mediterrano when it first opened a few years ago, and the experience was mind-blowing! In the vast ethnic food-desert that is Pittsburgh, Mediterrano offered REALLY good authentic Greek cuisine, New York good. I told all my friends about it, it was amazing. I remember paying about $40 for my wife and me, and thinking that I would have paid double.
Fast forward a few years:
I went back, and had the most mediocre Greek food...really it was terrible. We were told that the normal chef was sick, and that someone was filling in. Reluctantly, we paid the bill (prices had gone up), and said we would go back when the normal chef returned.
Next time, we ordered in. We spent $100, and got what looked like $40 worth of food...and it wasn't great. The food was generally lacking substance and flavor. Most upsettingly, it was a really bad value.
A Groupon came up, so we decided to give it another shot. We ordered Gyros, just Gyros: they were very good. They're not the best I've ever had, but definitely solid. I thought perhaps they had figured out whatever was wrong.
Tonight, we went again...and this will likely be the last time. The waitress insisted that we had to order 4 entrees to fulfill the Groupon (which it didn't specify), and wouldn't let us use a gift certificate in addition to the Groupon (which is against policy I think). Our bill was $80 before tip. We ordered:
Spanikopita ($7): We received 2 soggy little triangles of spanikopita. Still, this was the highlight of the meal...it was all downhill from here.
Lamb Gyro and Eggplant Gyro platters ($12 ea): Greek salad was inedibly sour. The french fries were somehow both burned, and cold. The Gyros themselves were fine, not spectacular.
Lamb pasta (dinner special, $24): The portion was small and it wasn't very good. The lamb tasted fine, but there wasn't much of it. The past and sauce I could have made better at home. I can't post pictures, but do the posted pictures look like $25 dishes to you?!
Brisket Pizza: I've had this one before, it wasn't bad. Tonight, it was burnt and falling apart! They must have messed up the crust, as the pizza couldn't be picked up without falling apart (I've never had this experience with pizza).
It's so sad. This was an AMAZING restaurant, now below average quality and very expensive. I think that as video killed the radio star; Groupon killed the great authentic ethnic restaurant.
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