Cafe Mediterano - Essex

A delightful small restaurant with delicious Mediterranean/middle-eastern food. It's owned by an immigrant family so you know the food is authentic. Having tried most of their grill/meat entrees, I personally like the grilled chicken most. Their gyro and sausage are flavorful and delicious, but too high in sodium to my personal preference. Also, their seasoned rice is very tasty! They also serve other Mediterranean/middle-eastern staples like falafels, pitas, hummus and zatziki sauce. Bottom line: a great place to grab some authentic exotic flavors.

Great service and delicious food!! It really brings me back to my Greek roots! The gyros platter was a meal and a half. Keep up the great work! Thank you!

Food was to be ready at 5:50. I arrived at 5:50, was told 5 min. 30 minutes later the overcooked, salty food was ready.

Upon walking into the restaurant, the gentleman working greeted us kindly, and took our order at the register. It was mildly crowded, but our food came out swift and warm. The food was incredibly flavorful. The falafel on pita was a favorite, as well as the chicken pita. The French fries were delicious, with no excess grease whatsoever. They also had a wonderful selection of items from the Mediterranean area, including coffees, juices, teas, snacks, and condiments. I will definitely be returning.

Ate there for first and last time. Older man that runs it is rude. However, worst than that, he and his young worker did not wear gloves to prepare food. Totally barehanded touching lettuce tomato onions when preparing wraps and gyros, etc. followed by rolling up the wraps/gyros barehanded so that now the whole meal was contaminated inside and out. Where we were sitting we could plainly see them. It was very disturbing to know someone's bares hands and skin and probably germs and whatever else on their hands, were touching peoples food that they were going to eat. So wrong, on every level, that they do not wear gloves, even though the box of latex gloves sits on a shelf near the food prep table.