Cafe Med
(801) 493-0100
420 E 3300 S
Salt Lake City,
UT
84115
40.6998
-111.8793
Neighborhood: South Salt Lake
What People Are Saying About Cafe Med
The Editor
Robyn Galbos
Citysearch
The Scene
It's an unassuming little place with indications that it may have once been a fast-food restaurant. Inside, it's cozy with colorful batik scarves on the windows, tiny twinkling lights in the plants and fabric-covered screens dividing the dining room.
The Food
Appetizers of smooth garlicky hummus and lemon-infused spanakopita are casual and delicious finger food. Falafels are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, but a little bland. Kabobs, served with aromatic basmati rice, are a good entr?e choice. The gyro-served open-faced-is a fine and familiar dish for devotees of Greek cuisine. Or branch out and go for the Turkish yogurt pasta: a somewhat unusual combination of penne, tangy tomato sauce, yogurt and sheep-milk cheese.
For delectable flavors try the khoresh-e geymeh-a richly flavored stew with diced beef, yellow split peas and dried limes. The taste is complex, similar to a Mexican mole, but not quite as sweet. Delicious.
User Reviews
Saldrew
June 23, 2009
Strange non authentic, random decor inside and out. Our booth had seen better days, as we had to shove the cushion filling back in to sit. The humus tasted like it came out of a can, the same can be said for the dolmas. The shrimp dish was overpriced and served with a few extra small shrimp, and the saffron sauce had a strange taste. We didn't try the kabob which some people seem to like, but I doubt I would go back to try it.
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tronner76
March 10, 2009
Where have you gone, Cafe Med? You used to be such a nice place. Several years ago I would be greeted warmly and treated nicely. On your bad days I may have to had to wait a little longer for service or a table, but you were always courteous. Now, even on a typical night I waited fifteen minutes before our server even came to us. This happened twice in the last three times (and trust me, they represent the LAST time I will go to your restaurant). The last time - barely last week, we were seated and we waited. We waited and waited and waited until we asked the busser where our waitress was. We watched him go back - get our waitress who peaked behind the partition and sort of gave a face when told we needed service. The waitress was not familiar with the menu - not familiar with how to pronounce the dishes. We ordered drinks, hummus, and dinner with salads and sat back. Hummus came, no salads. No waitress. Meals came. Mine was cold and bland. I usually love their Moussaka as it is usually very flavorful. This looked like something Gordon Ramsey would center an entire show around how to avoid. I'm not sure if it was just prepared a long time before it was cooked or cooked a long time before it was served. Either way it did not represent the quality of food that I remembered. Then the salads came. More excuses as to why they didn't come before the meal. I really don't care WHY you failed to do your job. But blaming it on anyone but YOURSELF is tacky! Then she had to get the right dressing. Then we got to wait another ten to fifteen minutes for the check. This place used to be great - it used to be somewhere I loved to experience. What happened?!
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gorgonheap
February 13, 2009
When we first got to Cafe Med the hostess was very nice and helpful. However we waited at our table for more then 10 minutes until another waiter (not the moron we would be stuck with) asked us if we needed menus. another 5 minutes and our waiter asked us if we wanted anything to drink. After ordering our appetizer and food got to us in a timely manner, but getting that waiter to even look at us with something other then utter disdain was difficult as was trying to get him to stop to refill our glasses or give us our check. Needless to say we left no tip for the shlop. Despite this sub-standard creaton of a waiter. The food was excellent and is worth wading through the poor service. Our appetizer almost a meal within itself. The rice was cooked to perfection and the meat, delectable. My wife had the curry pasta which really had a rich and full flavor and just enough kick. At the end I had to stand up and actually grab our waiter by the arm as he had ignored us by passing by our table several times as I tried to hail him. All in all our experence with our brain dead waiter didn't ruin the evening, and we'll probably go back for the food but if we get our bald self-absorbed waiter next time we'll be asking for a new table and waiter.
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Restaurant Special Features:
Family-Friendly Dining, Lunch Spot, Family Style Dining, Outdoor Dining
