Mezze Grill — Restaurant in Funchal

Upon my visit to Madeira I've searched for Turkish restaurant on Google as I was interested to see if its available .being Turkish I allways like to try kebab.

But I was appalled by this place. The only Turkish thing about it is the chef. Chicken and lamb shish made by the Turkish chef was good. But everything else was no where near Turkish. Kofte was indian almost tasted like Indian sheek kebab but very dry and microwaved.

They serve baklava! As desert which is no where near as Baklava the pastry was filo pastry dry and didn't even have any trace of pistachios!

I don't even want to talk about the salad or rice.

The owner's kept on walking over to our table touching us and asking if we ok every 2 minutes. I feel like this was very unprofessional and made us uncomfortable couldn't enjoy our meal.

They also kept on walking over to the grill watching over the chef and even touching the food in several occasions!

All in all as a Turkish I feel insulted that this place trades under Turkish restaurant! It's no where near representing our kitchen or tradition!

I will give 0 stars if...

We went to this restaurant because it serves halal food allegedly, however we were informed by the staff when we arrived that only the chicken and beef is halal. The mixed grill comes with chicken, lamb and beef, so we asked them to swap the lamb with chicken or beef. They said no they wouldn’t be able to do this for us, so we ordered the beef shish kebab and the chicken shish kebab separately as well as the cold mezze. The cold mezze arrived in minuscule dishes and did not taste anything like the actual dishes are supposed to taste like. The pita bread that it was served with was uncooked in the middle. The chicken looked okay from the outside but it tasted like the chicken had gone off, there was a strong bad taste which I had never tasted before. After one bite, we had to spit it out into the tissue. The beef was overcooked (chewy and tough). The only item we enjoyed was the sweet potato. I’ve never been to a restaurant and had such a bad food experience before. I would avoid, even if you’re desperate for halal food as it’s...

This place saved the day. We arrived in Madeira after a loooong day travelling and not having eaten for 8 hours. Our hotel kitchen was shut for the evening and offered no snacks or even hot drinks and everywhere was shut till 7pm.

The MEZZE GRILL, however, was open and the food was DELICIOUS!!

Starter - cold Mezze - super variety of dishes, flavoursome and served quickly - thank goodness!

The highlight was the lamb shank which tasted fragrant and was the perfect portion size for starving travellers.

Surely too full for dessert now but we HAD to have the Baklava - that absolutely did fill the final corner! A perfectly sized portion delicately spiced and served with a creamy ice cream dollop.

Excellent service, welcoming and QUICK! Fantastic! We'll be back - after we've walked all the calories off!

By 7pm this place was full so get in...