I appreciated the authenticity of food. Chicken shawarma bowl was good, but very basic and small. And $14.99 for a small bowl of mostly rice. Mediterranean market on 23rd is much better and less expensive. read more

A gem of a place. You're going to want to do your shopping here - the knowledge and curation is worth a lot. Ask questions! The sizma olive oil is the best, along with the cured olives. The french feta, all the dips, the sandwiches, and the homemade desserts. The sardines and mackerel in the tins are excellent. Your health and flavor will improve here. read more

Greek salads are excellent. Gyros, hummus, pita bread and baklava very good. overall great place for Greek food.

I've lived my whole life here and I just found out about this place just recently. It's the perfect little hidden gem for lunch/dinner in Lawrence. Everything was delicious and it was nice to look around the store while we waited. read more

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Grab a pita sandwich that is fresh, tasty, and leaves you wanting more and grab some baklava, olive oil and other Mediterranean staples. This small restaurant/grocery store is a Lawrence gem. read more

Shawarma sandwiches are amazing. Owner is super nice. Not very busy but it should be because everything is gas.

Love this place. Prices are good and their food is always delicious. Come often and the service is always great.

I stopped in briefly to grab lunch to go, and I was very happy with my falafel on pita with tahini and hummus. Reasonably priced, authentic, and fast. For such a small place, it is impressive that they seem to make everything themselves and fresh. Service was friendly as well. It's easy to miss this place, but if you're a foodie who likes Mediterranean/Middle Eastern food, this is perfect for something casual. A large part of the cafe is a small grocery store with products you definitely can't find anywhere else locally. Then there is a small seating area to dine inside. I look forward to coming again and supporting a little local business. read more

I stumbled into this small shop by accident because I was looking for a particular type rice I could. It find in the regular Americanized stores. WOW! When I entered the doors, I felt like I had been dropped here by Lawrence of Arabia himself. All the lovely, spicy smells and food was too much for me to resist. Mediterranean Market has it going. They have tons of Mediterranean fare for sale- gyros, falafel, tahini sauce, baba ganoush. It's all delicious too! The cafe is against one wall while the store takes up the other space. This is a small store and it's nice to sit and enjoy a meal. All the ingredients are fresh and well prepared. You can tell the ingredients weren't just slapped together and packaged. There was a great deal of love and caring that went into these dishes. The ingredients are all fresh and so tasty! The staff is very nice and helpful. The proprietor was very patient with me and answered all my questions. He showed my the best products even if they were cheaper than others. I was very impressed with their honesty. Great place and reasonably priced.. read more

Salad was good but spinach pie was burn and so it was tough. My husband had the gyro and it was very good. I had a hair in my sauce so I could not finish my food. Don't think I'll go back. Also, it was very pricey read more

This cafe and market is my favorite place for lunch. You can't go wrong by ordering anything on the menu. They make everything themselves, including their excellent pita bread. The cafe area is small with only a few tables, but I've never had difficulty finding a table here. If this cafe were located downtown, it would be crowded, but not in its suburban location. The market has many interesting selections from the Middle East and India, including food and gifts. I find it to be difficult to leave here after lunch without picking up something from the market area. But I do try to resist that impulse most of the time. My favorite lunch here is the Alvar sandwich with lentil soup. I add some of their excellent hot sauce to the soup. If they had a liquor license, so could serve wine or beer, I'd also often come here for dinner. read more

This place is a favorite! Simple dining area. Standard food choices, but done so well you can't help but just eat it all. The soup is excellent and cheap too. And they have a great selection if you want to pick up some specialty spices for your own cooking. read more

Have never eaten here but have made more meals from products purchased from the market than I could possibly count. Note to starving college students: the large bags of basmati rice coming in just over $1 per lb. in the largest bags are a sure way to stay fed on the cheap, and it's hands down the best rice in town in my opinion, priced far less than the Community Merc. Love ya Merc, but your rice at twice the price isn't in the same league. Also a must: the large olive oils in the can. Yea, I know what you're thinking, but again, the quality here is unparalleled in Lawrence. Better than the Merc at multiples over in pricing. Easy decision. Buy bulk, save a ton of money. Other quality staples purchased regularly: Pine Nuts - top notch quality and best price in town. Dates Olives - great selection in bulk Canned Sardines - best in town in my opinion Pecorino Romano - again, a surprising option for this store, terrific quality. ... and much more. Love this place. The owner is friendly and the service is good, prices reasonable. Lots of interesting food options and spices you aren't going to find elsewhere in town make this a must destination for food shoppers. read more

Nice little market offers up different spices and grocery items . Looking around I saw they also sell gyro meat frozen aisle which I think is great ! I came here to pick up lunch I had the gyro and spinach pie . The price was reasonable and the food was good . I really enjoyed the pie . As for the gyro , the toppings are a bit different than what I usually see in gyros in Miami so it was okay for me but my boyfriend really enjoyed it. They put iceberg lettuce and dice tomatoes with taziki sauce . They have a few other interesting things on the menu and I would definitely come back. I would also recommend this place for their spinach pies and gyros ,this place is very authentic. read more

Mediterranean Market & Cafe - Gyro and spinach pie, the pie is amazing ! - Specialty Food Near Me - Lawrence, Kansas

This small restaurant and store is super! The gyros, hummus, and falafel are wonderful and tasty. And the salads are wonderful. I don't know what it is that makes them so special but the vegetables are cool, fresh and tasty. But that house Mediterranean dressing is awesome! And it's available for purchase by itself. This is one of my favorite places to eat in Lawrence. It's so fresh and tasty that you feel like you did your body a big favor! read more

I adore this place for a quick meal to go! Try the falafel and hummus sandwich! Friendly, fast, and locally owned and operated.

Does not look like a restaurant! It is. Don't miss it if you like Middle Eastern foods.

So disappointed with my take out from here. Hummus was delicious but $7.39 for what measured out to be 4 tablespoons worth. Traditional house salad was iceberg lettuce, two slices of cucumber, two tomato wedges and the chicken was dry for $14. Falafel was flavorless. For $55 for the two of us I'll be buying their hummus in a store not for takeout. Again, so frustrating. read more

The Mediterranean Market's variety of grocery items alone is pretty nice, however it's their cafe food that I want to comment on. We had the lunch gyros combo. It comes with gyros sandwich, side salad, pita and hummus. I did not have high expectations as it has a deli atmosphere, and the food was presented on paper plates and plastic silverware. However when I tasted the food, I was extremely surprised and delighted. The gyros meat was the best I've ever had. It is more flavorful and tender as well as thicker cut than most places. The pita was soft and the hummus had what I would guess is a more authentic flavor than what I've had before, because you could actually taste the tahini in it. The people working in the store were some of the friendliest and most helpful I've encountered in an ethnic grocery. We will definitely visit again! read more

When I lived in Lawrence, I loved going to this place. I bought the tzaziki sauce by the pint and ate it with their homemade pita and gyros. Their moussaka is to die for. Flavorful, savory layers of of eggplant and ground lamb folded with a delicious tomato sauce and finally covered with a blanket of cinnamon spiced bechamel sauce. My sister and I would frequent this place often when we went on a culinary adventure to the Middle East in our kitchen. We would find everything we needed to make our own moussaka, our version of adas polo, our endeavor to make dolmadas, and our awesome rendition of baklava. read more

This place is off the beaten path but totally hits the spot when you're craving street food. Don't expect anything fancy or exciting, you get standard Mediterranean fare here: gyros, moussaka, falafel, and shawarma, and it's all served on paper Dixie plates. Love it. Their sandwiches are reasonably priced (5.99) but a little on the small side if you have a bigger appetite than me. The falafel wasn't quite as crisp and similarly the shawarma wasn't as rich or juicy as it could've been, but this is not exactly a restaurant with a shawarma spit in the window and a full-time cooking staff so you can't expect that level of freshness. It did the job well enough for me, and still tastes A-ok when folded in with warm, delicate pita and tahini. It makes me sad that so few people seem to know about this place - try it!! It's a nice little find in Lawrence. read more

A very nice little market with plenty of choices and reasonable prices. Their selection of products from all around the Mediterranean is impressive considering the store is not all that big. They also serve food for take-out or you can sit at one of the small tables and enjoy your meal. They serve gyros with tzatziki sauce ($5.99), falafel with Tahini ($.5.99), hummus, baba ghannooj, shawarma, and many salads, sides, and traditional entrees such as moussaka and spinach pie. The service is always efficient and friendly, so drop in if you are looking for a quick meal or a special ingredient for that special Mediterranean dish. CombatCritic Gives Mediterranean Market & Cafe 8 Bombs Out Of 10 ... More Bombs Are Better! read more

I go to this restaurant when I come to Lawrence. Been coming for years and never been disappointed. Good food plus a Mediterranean market like you find nowhere else in Kansas. I always get the spinach pie vegetarian combination, love the hummus and pita bread. More varieties of olives than I knew existed. You won't believe how many different varieties of things they have from the middle eastern countries read more

Mediterranean Market & Cafe - Specialty Food Near Me - Lawrence, Kansas

The spinach pie tastes better each time I taste it! The humus can be purchased on site or at The Merc or checkers ! read more

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Really fresh and tasty option for lunch, and quick. Service is always wonderful. And the grocery has some fascinating imported stuff to make at home. The sweets and chocolate candies are my favorites. It's a bit pricier than grabbing fast food but you're going to enjoy it so much more. The spinach pie and gyros are so good! read more

I think the stuffed grape leaves are the yummiest thing you can eat in Lawrence! And the hummus is beautiful too. Sure, the ambiance is off - it is a strip mall - but heck, these guys can cook! Once I went in to buy groceries. I told the owner what I was planning on making. He was so worried that I would get the flavor profile wrong, he mixed some up himself and sent me home with it. I loved it! read more

Great food and friendly service. Authentic flavors and I highly recommend giving them a try.

I've decided to change my rating back to 4 stars. While I still find it somewhat overpriced, and I have learned my lesson on not buying the large med salad, I still go here fairly regularly. I prefer Aladdin cafe, but they are no longer open on weekends so if there wasn't Mediterranean Market I would have nowhere to go for med food. Food is good quality which is also bottom line. read more

I was in for the second time on Monday December 7th. I'm sorry I didn't ask for the gentleman's name that was helping me, so I could thank him straight out. Not only is he the first person in several states in the USA who knew what a Turkish 'doner' was but he made me one that was almost exactly what I am used to in Europe. SO GOOD! He also let me know they have the meat and Lebanese flat bread there. He told me how to prepare the meat and how to use the flatbread in the best way. I purchased several more spices & the tzatziki among other things. He made my day! Not to mention the very fresh baklava. One of my new favorites and worth the 2 hour drive. read more

My favorite Mediterranean joint in Lawrence. The staff is always accommodating to my plain gyro order- only meat, no veggies, and they give you your fair share of pita along with a huge portion of hummus. read more

I have lived in Kansas for about 8 years and every time when I went into the store the staffs were extremely friendly and always helpful with I or anybody with anything, Everything on their menu is always served fresh and it is very tasty and me as a teenager I got a job over there in the summer and believe me it was my favorite place to work at out of all other places i have worked at both of my bosses work really hard and they are really helpful, when I worked there i never got tired of working there because it was basically my teenage dream job to work at because ever since i was a child this store/cafe was my favorite place to eat and still is my favorite place to eat and will be the first place i would only go to for lunch and dinner whenever i come back to Lawrence for a visit. read more

The person who helped me was very friendly and welcoming. I went in there to look for a specific Cypriot cheese I hadn't had luck finding it anywhere else and I found it there! Also their Gyros were amazing and delicious! I will return again and definitely recommend this place to eat! read more

You wouldn't think one of the best gyros ever would be found in an unassuming strip mall. Their market has a wide variety of Middle Eastern food and their lamb and beef gyro is incredible. read more

Sorry, I want to like this place but it's always empty. The felafel is no where close to Jerusalem on Mass. My kids were not fooled either, both said there was something wrong with the felafel and couldn't eat. Lentil soup was tasty. Bread was good. Step it up folks and we'll be back but this is the 2nd time we've been and not coming back until I have to. Too bad because the market reminds me of places in NYC, probably not enough traffic to keep things popping. Also slightly overpriced throughout market. read more

One of our family favorites - the pita bread is amazing and will spoil you for other pita breads. The hot feta dip, lamb shawarma, and hummus are all delicious. Take out is fast and courteous. read more

Easily Lawrence's best kept secret. The food here is amazing. The staff is incredibly friendly. Expect to spend more than you would probably anticipate for a place like this. ($15/person for lunch) Get some Lebni. (Hummus is for n00bs) While you are here, make sure to browse the grocery section and pick up some baklava. read more

Best Mediterranean food in town. Nice place to stop in and get a meal to go. Hummus is great. Also, pick up your goat cheese here, less expensive than the grocery stores. read more

This unassuming little gem is tucked into a small strip mall. I spent just as much time looking around the wide selection of Middle and Near Eastern and European goods for sale as I did eating my lunch. I had a great lamb and beef gyro with a small side of hummus and a perfectly sized side salad. The ingredients all tasted fresh, the meat was perfectly seasoned and roasted and the pita was warm and soft. This is a great meal for a good price ($10). Lawrence is lucky to have such an awesome Mediterranean market. They have great prices on nuts, especially in addition to a great selection of cheeses and dry food goods. The staff is very friendly as well. I will definitely be eating here again. read more

This place is great! Especially for lunch. I've shown it to many of my friends over the years. Love the food and the little store has nice teas and a large selection of olives. It's not much to look at, so I usually do carry out. Best felafel in town! Lots of vegetarian options, too! read more

Delicious gyros, nice selection of vegan and near vegan dishes. Very fresh food. Extremely friendly proprietor. Very clean. Nice quiet lunch spot. read more