Mera Restaurant — Restaurant in New York

Decided to support a local restaurant but left feeling disappointed and disrespected.

We ordered our food through UberEats and my gf went to go pick it up. There was a party happening and she didnt know there was a back entrance for pickup orders. There was no hostess and only after a few minutes did a staff member appear behind the bar in which she was told to walk back outside and around to the back. The back entrance was not labeled and there was a sign on the floor that said to wait here for an attendant for valet parking. When she entered, again there was no staff member in sight. Finally a female staff member walks by to the kitchen but completely ignores her as if she wasnt there. She walked back out with some food and again pays no attention to her even after shes been standing there for a few minutes. She approached the staff member asking for our order only for the staff member to respond in the rudest tone to "go into the kitchen and ask for it". My gf did think she might have been on a break or something given the staff member dipped into the side room and was eating some food, but that is not how you should treat a customer or even just another person. I have also never had to go to the kitchen to pick up my own food. My gf finally picked up the food but left very upset.

Now for the food... Overpriced and not worth it. Mushroom linguine (3/5) we ordered two since uber had a buy one get one deal. My gfs had no flavor while my was mildy flavorful. There also werent many mushrooms in her dish. It is a mushroom linguine afterall, how can there be a lack of mushrooms? Didnt taste too different than if we were to make it at home ourselves honestly, and we're no chefs!

Mushroom croquette (4/5) probably our favorite dish as it was very crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside. It came with a side of truffle olive oil aioli which was good but didnt taste of truffle even though you can see the specs.

Truffle beef sliders (3/5) patty was overcooked but otherwise okay. Nothing special. Also came with a side of truffle aioli. Other than the side aioli, there was nothing truffle about it. Its really just a regular slider with sauce on the side

Overall, we DO NOT recommend this establishment and will NOT be coming back. If the staff member was that rude during the few seconds of interaction, i can only imagine the service or lack there of. We would give it a second chance if the food were good but even that was mediocre and not worth the price they...

My boyfriend surprised me by bringing me here last night on a Valentine’s Day date. We had a reservation at 9pm. We were asked to stand by the bar by the hostess while she got our table ready. After 30 minutes of waiting we were noticing other people who came in after us being seated before us. We asked when our table would be ready and she apologized and admitted she forgot about us. She then sat us at the next available table where we waited 40 minutes before the waiter even gave us a menu! Then we kept having to hunt him down to actually order. After ordering we received our salad and COLD fried calamari. Besides it being cold it wasn’t bad but I’m not sure if this was because we were starving so anything would have tasted good. We ordered a round of drinks while we waited for our main course and the waiter brought out the wrong drink and only 1 of the 2 drinks we had ordered. After a while we asked where our food was and the waiter stated that they had ran out of the chicken but had I not asked I would still be sitting there waiting on my food that would never come. I changed my order to the salmon and another 20 minutes go by before he comes back to tell me that they had ran out of salmon also so the waiter stated he would only charge us for the salad and calamari that we received. Then around MIDNIGHT someone came from the kitchen with 2 salmon plates packed to go. The service was so terrible but luckily the music was great and the drinks weren’t bad.

I had originally wanted to come here with a large group of friends for dinner but after this experience I definitely won’t be bringing my friends here. I get that it was Valentine’s Day so a busy establishment was expected however they were not prepared and it showed. They had 1 waiter for such a packed restaurant restaurant and how do you run out of food options at 10pm? We ended up just having drinks and doing hookah but with how expensive the night was we could of just went to a local bar honestly if we weren’t going to get to eat. We made the best of it but it was unfortunate,...

I don’t know where to begin!! We decided to host a small birthday party (15 people) at Mera and it went like this… First off, we were able to make a reservation with the owner who was extremely helpful and professional. He recommended the time we should make the reservation so that we can enjoy their amazing entertainment. Additionally, he was able to recommend which appetizers were best to share family style and we were able to order it ahead of time. Upon Arrival we were greeted by him and his amazing staff and were seated. His hostess helped us arrange the balloons we brought on the table and offered us drinks right away. No reminder needs as the staff noticed most of our party was already there, they brought out all of our apps.

The food was absolutely FRESH & AMAZING!! The Mediterranean poppers are to die for!!! The drinks were amazing, I don’t think we had a guest who did not enjoy their food and drinks. For the first time, everyone’s order was correct and cooked to perfection. Our waiter, Anzu, was AMAZING!! He made sure our guest were satisfied with everything and not to mention he made our bomb drinks!!

THE ENTERTAINMENT; I am honestly speechless when it comes to the entertainment at Mera. The DJ was AMAZING, where can you find an establishment that caters to all kinds cultures? He played reggaeton, European, Arabic, Russian, American, and much more. The staff are really involved with the entertainment and really get the party going!! We had people from age 18-75 at our party and everyone was dancing! The belly dancer was amazing and everyone really enjoyed the show. There was also a Saxophone show but sadly we did not stay that long. If you’re planning on coming please stay until closing, I wish I did!

Lastly, let’s talk about price!! I honestly wanted to pay more because I couldn’t believe how affordable it was. Once you experience a night at Mera, you will understand exactly what I mean! Highly recommend for parties of all ages and sizes!

P.S. I wish I had pictures to post but I was having too much fun and forgot to...