Mediterranean Breeze Review

Written by Aileen Kong and Karis Kim

Mediterranean Breeze Exterior 1

On Friday, we decided to have a Quill meeting at “Mediterranean Breeze” located in Old Town Herndon! Abigail, Bobby, and Seth knew this restaurant had delicious gyros, so they recommended we try out the other special dishes like pizza in there. But the curious thing was that a Greek place sells pizza! According to their website, Mediterranean Breeze is not just Greek or Italian. They serve “Authentic Greek & Italian cuisine with a casual feel.” To be honest, Authentic Greek dishes are not that familiar for Koreans, so we expected and worried at first. After school, Mr. Thoburn gave us a ride so we could reach the restaurant safely.

First, we ordered The Breeze Combo and salad for our appetizer. Everything in the Breeze Combo was fried nicely, so the cheese sticks and chicken tenders had a nice crispy texture. The cheese sticks were not too stringy. And if you had the cheese sticks, you would surely get a warm feeling. The crab dip had a surprising amount of crab and was satisfying. Bobby said, “It soothes your tongue.” And Seth said, “It’s almost like a soup.” It even goes well with the cheese sticks. The wings were so-so. Although the chicken had nice taste, it was a bit dry. But the chicken tenders were pretty moist, flavorful, and crunchy.

The Breeze Combo

After that the Greek salad came up to us!! “My favorite was…the salad,” so said Karis. The dressing on the salad was light and refreshing, but still held fresh flavour, All of the vegetables were fresh and crisp, the lettuce was obviously fresh cut, not out of a bag.

The next one was a Margherita pizza. After Bobby had a bite, he said “Tastes Mediterranean!” Basil was spread throughout. Tomatoes were fresh. Crust was good, but not amazing, it could be a bit more chewy. The cheeses in every dish such as a pizza, cheesesticks, salad; all of the cheese was amazing. Then later, nearing the end of our meal, Bobby stole a few last bites and noted, “It’s hard to tell whether the pizza’s better right when it comes out of the kitchen or when it’s sat there a while. They are both good, but different.”

The Fish and Chips, the day’s special, were not exceptional as they lacked flavour, but they weren’t overly buttery like most restaurants.

For desserts, we ordered a Cheesecake and Baklava. When we heard the word “Baklava”, we were not sure what it is. So the waiter gladly helped us choose portion sizes, as we were unfamiliar with what to expect. The Cheesecake was obviously New York Style, plain and simple. It was also delicious. It contained a bit of cinnamon, and wasn’t too sweet. The Baklava had some pecans instead of pistachios and it was a bit higher-end than the normal squares served at a Greek restaurant. The interest of this dessert was that it had lots of detail in this dessert: thin layers of phyllo, roasted pecans, and maybe even cloves. We highly recommend you to order this if you will visit here!
The overall service of this restaurant was fairly fine. The server didn’t interrogate us, but offered little switches like onion rings for fries. Extra dishes and straws showed that the host was managing the restaurant in a sanitary way. Before we even had to ask, the host provided a steak knife and helped cut our baklava so we could share it.

Greek Omelet 3

They had a bar with beautiful Mediterranean artwork in the next room. It was casual with a nice murmur. They played folksy pop music that people are familiar with but not annoyed by.

Overall, we were pleased with the freshness of the place and the cheeses throughout the dishes were astounding. If you are looking for a good Mediterranean restaurant, you could try some dishes at “Mediterranean Breeze.”





1 Picture from Miriam W. on Yelp. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/the-breeze-herndon-2?select=sByGGOqRMHxxexwkzPCJcA

2 Picture from Steve L. on Yelp. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/the-breeze-herndon-2?select=mbue7WtryBDt5iD5TIwNDA

3 Picture from Sarah S. on Yelp. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/the-breeze-herndon-2?select=h7fMGtuEKkxxb3VDglNWhw

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