Elia Mediterranean Grille

We had a wonderful meal, and the service was excellent. Our waitress, Sophia, was fantastic; she was friendly, welcoming, efficient, and attentive, even with a packed dining room. Regarding the food, we enjoyed the richness and creaminess of the Chicken Lemon Soup, which was delicious and large enough to easily serve two people. The Chicken Souvlaki was also excellent; the meat was perfectly grilled, juicy, and flavorful. We were unable to finish it, however, due to the very generous portion sizes served throughout the meal. Finally, we thoroughly enjoyed the Kataifi dessert. For the appetizers, we ordered the trio spread and the chicken meatballs. While the hummus in the trio spread was a favorite, we found the Tzatziki to be bland and had to add salt and pepper to improve it. The Melitzanosalata was good but could have benefited from a bit more heat. The chicken meatballs were cheesy, but the accompanying sauce was slightly too garlicky for our taste. Parking was hard to find and had to make few rounds to find a spot.

First time here, 5 of us for lunch on Feb 15th. Summary: overall food quality was very very good, serving sizes was ample to large. Service was very good. Food and drinks came within expected time. Place was nicely decorated and felt very inviting, with ample space between tables. We’ll certainly come back for relaxing and enjoyable meal with family and friends. For appetizers, we had Trio Spread (we chose pita, hummus, greek yogurt dip, greek eggplant dip) and Chargrilled Octopus. Both highly recommended. For soup, we had the greek lemon chicken soup and the soup of the day, banana peppers which were not spicy for us although the server warned us about it. Both also highly recommended. For entree, we had pastitsio, moussaka, boston crod fillet, fillet sandwich and crab cake. All tasted very very good. I had the crab cake which had big lumps of crab and enough seasoning with just enough binding stuff. Very delicious taste of real crab.

Wow, I can't give Elia enough stars. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Elia is a beautiful restaurant with a great staff and delicious food and drinks. We had an incredible meal here and I definitely recommend visiting. I plan on coming back, too. I had the Greek Lemonade cocktail, which is made with ouzo. Ouzo is Greek Sambuca so it had a delicious licorice flavor. I really enjoyed it. My Mom and I shared the grape leaves and Melitzanosalata, a Greek eggplant dip. Flavors were on point! Both were fantastic. Elia has a great kid's menu so my son was pleased. For lunch I had the Elia Salad with Shrimp. It was so good. Refreshing, flavorful and loaded with ingredients.