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Established over 25 years, The Mediterranean Restaurant serves fresh fish and seafood and authentic Spanish tapas. Fully licensed. Open lunch and dinner Monday - Saturday.Tapas available 12 - 2.30pm Monday - Saturday and 5.30pm - 10pm Monday to Thursday.A la carte menu and specials available Monday - Saturday lunch and dinner. Closed on Sundays. Please call to make a reservation.
PRICE RANGE
US$16 - US$49
Special Diets
Vegetarian Friendly, Gluten Free Options
Meals
Dinner, After-hours
CUISINES
Spanish, Seafood, Mediterranean
FEATURES
Reservations, Seating, Highchairs Available, Serves Alcohol, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Street Parking, Wine and Beer, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Live Music, Dog Friendly, Family style
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All reviews seafood monkfish crab cobb salad mahi mahi sea bass bread steak cooked to perfection great restaurant be visiting again friday night waiting staff starters zarzuela lemon veg
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Reviewed 1 week ago

This is the 3rd time we've been here recently & I can't recommend it highly enough. The squid starter is lovely with a sweet chilli dip. I & my friend had the seabass fillet as a main course which I chose to have on a...bed of creamed mashed potato with a beautiful beurre blanc sauce. It also came with a small selection of vegetables including dauphinoise potatoes. My friend had the accompaniments which were listed on the menu. Our partners both had the poussin which they said was fabulous. We didn't have room for dessert unfortunately, but finished off with coffee. Our waitress Samantha couldn't do enough for us. She explained that we could switch around the accompaniments & sauces on the menu to suit us. She was also very knowledgeable about how the sauces & dishes had been cooked. Do not overlook this lovely restaurant.More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Lovely meal and a great atmosphere. Staff were super helpful and the food was great - can recommend the Zupzuella. Will be back!

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 5 weeks ago

very good food and lovely for a casual evening with friends Fish is excellent beautifully cooked and varied choice

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 26 October 2023

Amazing food for a great price. Flexible food options for Tapas. Extremely friendly staff, who were kind, patient and willing to answer any queries we had about the menu!

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 25 September 2023

We were here saturday night the place was very busy the food is fantastic so the service. Recommended this place to seafood lovers

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 11 September 2023

What can I say This restaurant tried to say we had one of our meals when we didn't then tried to charge us for this , The review James has put is accurate .We asked for the manager to come speak and he wouldn't come....Him saying they didn't pay was utter rubbish .You wouldn't let them leave if they didn't pay .They paid for the meals they had not the duplicated ones you said that they had .I contacted the owner and was utterly shocked by his response saying that people like that should stick to takeaways and are not worthy of his restaurant.How dare he ! He had the opportunity to put this right but he chose to be obnoxious and rude .Looking through previous reviews he has said very similar things to customers who have commented.I suggested to anyone thinking of eating here to NOT bother and get a TAKEAWAY it will be a lot nicer XMore

Date of visit: July 2023
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Reviewed 4 September 2023 via mobile

Came here with family for our son's 31st birthday..Shocking! Terrible! food n service.. Worst restaurant I've ever been in for over 30 years.. Manager n Staff are very rude. Very bad attitude. Never return here.. Will recommend to everyone about this b**tard restaurant n you...as well.. Come on. Bring it on!!. Let me see your reply.. Like I've seen your comments to other people that you are not a nice person..More

Date of visit: August 2023
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Rachid El Afif, Owner at The Mediterranean, responded to this reviewResponded 9 September 2023

You do not go to a restaurant and do a run after you had your meal. Come.pay your bell first and then write a review. Even other customers who are in the buildung think you are embarrasing.

Reviewed 12 August 2023

Had geared myself up for a special evening but it was disappointing. The place was practically empty on what could have been a busy night. Food was nice although the bread was tough and there were hardly any wines available and items not on the...menu. Also, the service fell far short of meeting customer expectations of what could be perceived as a slightly more upmarket dining experience/restaurant. Unlikely to return.More

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed 13 June 2023

We had a wonderful meal. There's a deal on at the moment Mon to Thurs zarzuela and paella 2 for the price of one. My husband had the paella and l had the zarzuela - both were excellent. Our daughter had the salmon which she...raved about. A lovely dessert and then decaff coffee. I would urge anyone to go and sample. The nicest meal we have had in a long timeMore

Date of visit: June 2023
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Reviewed 25 March 2023

OK ..been to many amazing restaurants throughout the world...but the steak was truly autstandong. (I don't normally do reviews)

Date of visit: March 2023
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Reviewed 22 March 2023

I was here with family on a busy Saturday night. The food was excellent and the service is great. Seafood platter to die for and monkfish tail cooked to perfection. Recommended.

Date of visit: March 2023
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Reviewed 4 March 2023 via mobile

The only good thing was the waitress who was honest about the dishes. No atmosphere as only ones in at 7pm on a Friday To give the title of a seafood restaurant is very ambitious The bread was hard , no cutlery to crack the...crab , not much flavour on the cold platter of seafood and would have expected more variety , didn’t feel fresh We had different main courses and we all tried each others , duck was well over cooked and tasteless , Mussels were tasteless and not a big portion for a main It’s a shame as I used to go to this restaurant a lot a few ago and loved it so not sure what has happened I know there is a of competition nearby Unfortunately I won’t be returningMore

Date of visit: March 2023
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Rachid E, Owner at The Mediterranean, responded to this reviewResponded 22 March 2023

Same person who wrote the 1 st review wrote the second 1. I do not think you have been to our restaurant. So do not write bad things about restaurants that you have not been.

Reviewed 4 March 2023

I took my parent out for a meal last night and I genuinely hate leaving a bad review but in all honestly this was the worst meal I've had in a very long time. Starting with a plus the service was good, the waitress was...lovely but the food was abysmal. Seafood platter was tasteless and I was scared eating it that I was going to end up ill ( to be clear I was not). The Duck very was overcooked and tasteless, Veg horrendously undercooked and tasteless. I would be very surprised if this place is still open by summer.More

Date of visit: March 2023
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Reviewed 22 February 2023 via mobile

We have been here several times and never found any fault. Good menu , very tasty food and presented well , good service nothing was too much to ask , the owner host was very polite and helpful the place is spotlessly clean . Highly...recommendedMore

Date of visit: February 2023
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Reviewed 14 February 2023 via mobile

Food was lovely very well presented got a nice and cosy feel was clean but service wasn't exactly good we had an half cast lady service us who didn't know anything about the wines when we asked a question she said she didn't know then...proceed to went to the to the back and could hear her talking in her own language which we found rude and she was loud when talking and my partner notice how she treated the other staff members was so disrespectful in way she spoken to them me and my partner will be going back but we won't be going if she's working.More

Date of visit: February 2023
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The Mediterranean is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travellers:
  • Food: 4.5
  • Service: 4.5
  • Value: 4.5
  • Atmosphere: 4.5