Lusy's Mediterranean Cafe & Grill

Like your mom's house if your mom made better food

First time here and we will be back. Food was well prepared and tasty. We were treated by the female owner and she was extremely friendly and gracious. Only complaint was it's a small place with very few tables and seats and we had to sit near the door, and on a cool night every time the door opened we got a blast of that chilled air! Parking: Tiny lot with very small spaces and the odd shape of the lot sometimes makes it difficult to get into a spot

The four stars are because of the excess salt. Unfortunately this over salted situation is not uncommon with restaurant food. I ordered based on the very positive reviews I found online. It is homemade in feeling, someone mentioned the food does have a homemade quality to it . Unfortunately I found a couple items in particular too salty: the chicken soup, and the beef kebab. The chicken kebab is not a bit dry as someone in another review mentioned the chicken was moist. The beef, however, in the next kebab plate is a little bit stringy, tough-ish… just a little bit…but it’s too salty. The hummus is good. It comes with really nice warm, flat bread. And the rice which is lying underneath the kebab meat is flavored with the juice coming from the freshly grilled meat, so that’s nice. Overall though what is served in the plate it’s a little under sized portion wise, for what you would expect based on other restaurants kebab plates. I also had a creamy chicken leek soup - which is given free with orders over $20. it seemed less salty then the chicken soup, but still for my taste over-salted. - I ordered this as a delivery order on Postmates.

Great place. Will return.

The food for the most part is ok, a bit overpriced but not by much compared to other places. Don’t order the falafel and you’ll be fine. My biggest issue, and the main reason I never order from them anymore (and probably never will again), is their insane delivery minimums. $35 MINIMUM on Grubhub, not to get free delivery, just to get delivery at all. What is that even about? Anyway, I’m disabled and have limited access to transportation, so this is a problem. Sad because I used to be a regular.

I absolutely love this place. I come in very often. The food is always delicious, the service is always really great. Lusy is an angel every time we see her. She treats every one like family. We’ve ordered their catering before, and every one at the event really enjoyed it, too. The other location in Encino, is just as good. Forever raving about this place.