Meze — Restaurant in Reykjavik

The food is decent, the service is a complete chaos…

The food was a mix of hits and misses. The grilled cauliflower with tzatziki arrived more boiled than grilled; however, it still tasted good. The lobster soup was average in taste, while the lamb shish stood out as a really flavorful dish.

Unfortunately, the dining experience was greatly marred by chaotic and unprofessional service. The team seemed disorganized and out of sync - one staff member would set the table with cutlery only for another to clear it away five minutes later. Our order was mistakenly served to another table, causing us an extended wait. There was even an incident where a waiter refused to replace a wrong dish for another guest, claiming he'd already started eating it. Our bill included wrong items.

This level of service was surprisingly disappointing.

To sum up, despite some tasty dishes, the disarray in service overshadowed the dining experience. I wouldn't consider returning.

UPD, answering to the owners: we were there on 4th of...

We went there as a group of 3 people. We waited for a long time for our food which was really nice and the pizza that one of our friends ordered came 30 minutes after our dinner had came. The place was really busy and there were only 2 waiters in the entire restaurant!!! The waiters were super helpful and nice but were extremely busy and obviously super tired because they were being overworked and at some point one of them started crying because the owner of the place was super rude towards them and even forcefully removed the mask of one of his staff. He was also rude towards the customers, forcing people to switch tables so he could fit more people in his restaurant and telling us that we have to go even though we still had not drink all of our Bottle of wine!!!

Even though I really liked the food, I really did not like how the owner manages things in his restaurant and behaves towards the staff and...

Be careful if you have allergens.

My mum and I were considering the Italian restaurant next door but opted to try this one only because of the lack of queue. My mum is coeliac so before we sat down we asked if they had gluten free pizza. The waitress went to the kitchen and came out and confirmed they did. So, my mum ordered one of their gluten free pizzas, specifically saying gf when she was ordering. When they were brought out together we both thought the bases of the pizzas looked suspiciously the same so I suggested to her to double check with the waitress. The waitress looked unsure when we asked and checked with the kitchen whi then came out and told us that gf pizza is impossible in the restaurant and it was not gf.

For those non gf considering going, my normal pizza was relatively tasty but did have a gorgeous stone baked base. Atmosphere was chill and nice...