Elia Mediterranean Restaurant

Lilibeth Javier

our first time and we LOVED! (sorry about the filter on the photo of our entrees.. doesn’t do it justice!) As new, first time parents, we chose Elia as our first official date night restaurant and were left with zero regrets. The service was excellent, the food was delicious, and the music was amazing! It was definitely a bit loud (went on a Friday night) so it was a little hard to talk to each other but that didn’t bother us overall. Definitely recommend and will be returning!

Hema K

I am not sure how this place had such high ratings, or maybe I just went on an off day, but this is my feedback.. Food - Average to Good. They tasted fine but is it worth $$$, I don't think so. We had ordered American Burger and Salmon Benedict, and I have definitely had better tasting ones at a lower price Service - Good. Nothing much to complain about but they do hover a lot, like literally ready to snatch your plate away while you are eating. We were asking multiple times if we were done eating, while we were eating But the main reason, I am giving this only a 3 Star? Because we (only Indians that day) felt they were being a little biased. We had a reservation and my friend who arrived earlier, asked for an outside table and was so told there was no availability. But when I arrived few minutes later, the guests (White) in front of me where offered a Choice of Indoor/Outdoor seating by default. Maybe it's not about color and we just didn't look posh enough.. Either ways, I did notice there were few empty tables, so they could have easily seated us outside.. Makes you wonder.. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Emily Kim

Went for a friend’s birthday dinner. The ambiance is amazing. Definitely seems to be a date spot (or a GNO spot). Many families were there too. The complimentary pita & hummus they serve you is delicious. We got 2 appetizers: grilled octopus was great, fried calamari/shrimp was mediocre. For main, we ordered the Chilean Sea Bass (spectacular, would come again for this), Seafood Pasta (it was meh), Skirt Steak (it was OK but seafood seems to be a better choice here), and the Braised Short Rib Cavatelli (this was 2nd best). Got the rice pudding, bread pudding, and the Ekmek Kataifi (custard cake with crushed pistachios and banana brulee) for dessert. The server was nice enough to give us the lightning fireworks candle for the birthday girl. Personally, the rice pudding was my favorite. Would definitely come again. Also parking is valet.

T

Went here recently for the first time, and specifically chose it because I have many food restrictions and I like that they label allergens on the menu. Positives: decor and ambiance is beautiful and our waiter was very attentive. However, I was disappointed that the kitchen wasn’t too flexible about modifications and uses a lot of vegetable oil, which prevented me from ordering what I wanted—ended up paying full price for an entree with no sides. Vegetable oil is considerably cheaper than other options but for an upscale restaurant with high prices, I expected better quality. Parking is really limited and only option is valet, and be prepared for it to get noisy.