Ala Mediterranean Grill & Mezzes

The food was amazing!!! Service was exceptional! Came here with friends and family to celebrate my mom's birthday, waiter was super friendly and helpful through it all. We tried the beet salad, garbanzo salad, and the Shepperd salad. I shared the salmon entrée with my sister, and it was absolutely divine. We also had pita bread, numerous glasses of wine, shakshuka, shrimp casserole, cigar borek, olive and feta, and dessert!! The restaurant ambience itself was beautiful. The decor was lovely and the bathroom was clean! HIGHLY recommend this restaurant if you're in the alameda area! Super yum 10/10

outstanding mediterranean food. the beet salad is something i get every time. the trio is delicious especially the mujamara the rice pudding might be the best ever.

Who would have thought that we would live this place so much? We were in Alameda at a function and wanted to eat dinner early before heading back to San Francisco. We got there a little after 5pm. Our server was so nice. He gave us recommendations and arrived with waters right away.It's clean inside and the walls are a pretty pewter blue. He had the lamb kebabs. He's still talking about how good they were. It came with rice, pita, and side salad. I had the beet salad and the falafel. I would have liked the falafel to come with pita, but it did come with a little hummus dish. They were so yummy! When in town again and if we feel like Mediterranean, we will return and try to save room for baklava!

The food was great! We split the shakshuka for an appetizer, then I got the chicken kebab and my coworker got the iskender. The shakshuka, while annotated as not being the type with eggs, was still a lot different that I anticipated. The eggplant was cooked perfectly though and I enjoyed the flavor. My coworker said the iskender was very good. I enjoyed my kebab quite a bit as well. The sauce that came with was refreshing and well seasoned also. The pita was delicious. We both brought back baklava - I ate mine for breakfast and it was perfect. Service was good; it was a bit slow as we were there early. Overall, I'd recommend!

I have driven past this place several times and wanted to give it a try. Finally, I made it to the restaurant. I was immediately pleasantly greeted. I was impressed by their ambiance. Very nicely put together and very very clean! My BF and I looked up everything on the menu. Get the beet salad! It's delectably delicious as is the kebab plate and the other items we ordered. This is a must eat and going to be my new new favorite Mediterranean restaurant! Yum yum time!

My friend Erin L. and I had dinner plans on a Monday night. The place we originally wanted to go to ended up being closed, so I'm grateful we found this place on Yelp.We shared one appetizer and two entrees. The beets salad was refreshing and delicious. I liked the nuttiness flavor. For our entrees, we got the lamb kebab and chicken kebab. The lamb kebab was amazing. The meat was very tender and not gamy at all. I'm not sure what they put in the rice, but it was so tasty. The chicken kebab was a bit overdone and not as tender as I hoped for, but still good. We loved our food, and finished every last bite. Portions were a bit smaller than I expected. I wanted more kebabs!!Service was good. We were indecisive with our two entrees so I'm appreciative that our server helped us decide. The interior is cute and quaint.Would go back for the lamb kebab :)

Hands down best meal I have had in ages. Excellent service. I can't wait to try more dishes. The lamb was perfectly cooked. Did not take a photo but the rice pudding dessert was sooo tasty!

I just recently discovered this place with the family and we were pleasantly surprised. Our favs are the karniyarik eggplant dish and the vegetarian option for that. The rice is really good. At first glance it looks like plain rice but when you taste it, it has some flavor to it I can't put my finger on. Cozy atmosphere but sometimes they don't have enough enough seating especially on the weekends.

We chose this establishment based on its reviews, but unfortunately, we were slightly disappointed with the service. Throughout our visit, we had to remind the staff a few times that our party needed attention. However, the food was excellent, although the prices were high. Despite this, it was still worth it. Our dining experience for three people totaled over $200, including appetizers and wine. I highly recommend trying the Istanbul Trio, falafel, and lamb kebab as main courses. The house Cabernet Sauvignon was also enjoyable.The service was lacking, and the staff's attire could have been sharper; they seemed like they had just stepped in from the street. On Thursday night, the restaurant ran out of baklava. Towards the end of our meal, a strong smell of smoke emanated from the kitchen, forcing us to leave quickly as our clothes began to absorb the odor.Overall, I would recommend giving it a try, but perhaps only once.

Randomly picked this place, and so glad we did! It is a lil pricey but worth the tasty goodness! The interior is small but cute!Cigar Borek - 4/5 stars - the flavor is so delicious with that feta in the middle, the outside is not consistently crunchy like other ones I've tried (like the ends are nice and crunchy, but the middle is soft)Beets Salad - 10/5 stars - absolutely recommend this!!!!! It's so refreshing and full of flavor, the beets covered in that sauce is perfectionHallumi - 5/5 stars - I wasn't sure the proper way to eat these so I made little sandwiches with the pita and put a little of each thing then dip it all in the oil, it was perfect combination of cheese to refreshing cucumber to pitaOverall, you have to try the Beets Salad! But everything is delicious.