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    Esso Mediterranean Bistro

    4.6 (368 reviews)
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    Updated 1 month ago

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    ESSO MEDITERRANEAN BISTRO ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Quiet
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating

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    Khash Khashkhash Kebab Chicken Kebab & Hummus
    Askari ..

    The absolute best tasting kebab in LA! The rice, the hummus, the salad! Everything here is delicious! I'm so happy I found this place. The staff is super kind and great service. Super comfy and a great place to bring the family. I've recommended my friends and family to come here for amazing food and outstanding service!

    Jaz M.

    THIS PLACE IS AWESOME. Looked up this place on Yelp and saw the good reviews so I thought I would come check it out, and I am so glad that I did! High quality food is being served here with amazing flavors. Stopped by for lunch and got a couple appetizers, hummus and muhamarra and they were both a 10/10! The muhamarra had a good kick to it and I loved it. The sides came with a side of fresh pita which was also amazing. For my plate, I went with a chicken kebab and it came a side salad, hummus, and rice. This plate was phonemenalz. The chicken was flavored to perfection and cooked to perfection. The rice served with it was flavorful and a great side on the plate. 10/10 Do your life a favor and come eat here if you haven't already. This place is freakin awesome. You will not regret stopping by. Can't wait to come back again. Thanks Esso for the great lunch!

    Chicken Kebab plate
    Steve S.

    Good place, good service, delicious chicken kabob plate. They give you 2 skewers with rice, salad and fresh hummus. You can truly taste the freshness in all of the ingredients. The chicken is nicely marinated, tender and makes your taste buds smile. The place itself is nice, clean, with a somewhat contemporary design with some wooden finishes. Will def be back!

    Chicken Kebab

    Food was so amazing. If you're looking for Authentic greek food Esso is your place! I got the Chicken Kebab plate and it could honestly feed two people, the chicken was juicy, tender, and flavorful. The staff are very friendly and catered to everything we requested or needed.

    This place is to die for! A little hole in the wall my friend found while driving around. truly wonderful service and nice people who do above and beyond for you! the food is DELICIOUS and even when ur full you will be reaching for more. definitely come visit!!!

    Chicken Combination Plate
    Catalina Q.

    This place is Amazing so yummi the chicken and the rice have the best flavor! The service is pretty good!!

    Combination Plate
    Edrees A.

    Esso is one of my favorite Mediterranean restaurants in the valley. The food is delicious and the service is great! My wife and I got the grilled cheese pita for an appetizer and it's delicious! We both got the combination plate and all of the meat is top notch. The rice and hummus are also delicious and go great with the meal. They brought us a salad as well and it was also great. The restaurant is a good size and there is plenty of parking as it's in a pretty big shopping center. If you're in the area, I highly recommend, it will not disappoint you.

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    The food was delicious. The chicken was tasty and juicy. The steak was tender and flavorful. We'll be back.

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    Absolutely incredible best falafel I've ever had. Chicken kabobs were fantastic. Olives and lebni also so delicious.

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    The food is rancid and they overcharge they hide the prices and after you eat they tell you prices are changed

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    Tried for the first time. Very friendly staff and food was delicious! We tried the Khash Khash kebab . Everything was fresh!

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    I'm giving the two stars (instead of one) because we went here 8 months ago and it was average…read more Not sure if we needed to come back but we were hungry and it was open so we went in today. Today confirmed we don't need to come back. Maybe the trick is that if you are going to a "hummus bar" order the hummus... we didn't... we ordered two things. The first item was a beet salad... the lettuce was sad, the beets were sad, the sugary nuts were sad. It wasn't a Beet Salad it was a Beet S'ad (The slices of green apple rocked!) (But, really, pieces of greens and beets that should never have gone on a plate.) The second thing we ordered was the Grilled Salmon... I mean there it was at the top of their digital menu (disliked the digital menu just on general principal) and it said "Best Seller-Grilled Salmon." Cool let's try the grilled salmon. (See pictures). I mean, even if they thought I said "We will take the Beet Salad with Some Grilled Salmon on it" (I didn't), take the time to clarify. Regardless, the over-cooked fingers of salmon that came over on a plate were pretty pathetic. (I also could have said something at the time but you know how it it... now you have one person eating a wilted salad while the other person is waiting for their food to get redone and it amounts to two people eating sad food at different times.) The clincher was when the lady seated next to us came back from the women's room and mentioned that there was a cockroach lying on it's back unsure whether to die or not. She said, "But on a positive note, I think that means they are at least spraying for cockroaches." Gotta say, they still have a proper amount of people employed but not of them exactly energetic. I suppose another good thing was that my wife went to use the rest room a few minutes later and said the cockroach was gone so they either threw it out or placed it back in the kitchen where it belonged.

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