Cafe Moderno

Reviews

• LARISSA R.

  star star star star star 22 October 2026

  I don't know why I haven't written a review sooner. I work in the area and eat at this place a few times a week. The food is always fresh, prepared well consistently, affordable and staff is very friendly.
  
  I always order the Theo's Greek salad with chicken and chicken souvlaki with grilled rice and grilled veggies.
  
  P.S. order the garlic peta bread instead of the regular. You're welcome.

• Andy S.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 22 October 2026

  THIS IS NOT REAL GREEK/MEDITERRANEAN FOOD.  I ordered the gyro plate with side of fattoush salad and fries.
  The nightmare started when I could see the cook flipping tiny brown things on the grill, I prayed it wasn't going to be my gyro but sadly it was. Gyro needs to be cooked on a spit and the meat quality was trash very preprocessed and tasted like sliced frozen jimmy deans breakfast sausage. Texture was nasty and mushy and preprocessed.
  
  The fattoush salad did not have correct seasonings just because you put olive oil and lemon juice does not make it a fattoush. Was lacking all correct spices and hardly had any fried pita chips.
  
  I am extremely disappointed by this place it is basically Mediterranean for white people/uncultured people who do not understand this cuisine. Pathetic. This isn't the place for authenticity.
  
  The employees were super friendly and attentive however the food was a major disappointment

• Nineveh R.

  star star star star star 15 October 2026

  Stopped by here for lunch with my family coming back from a trip. The woman behind the counter was super nice and especially helpful when it came to letting me know what options I had as a vegan--she seemed very knowledgeable about ingredients and their menu as well as understood what vegan meant. I appreciated that!
  
  I ordered spaghetti with marinara sauce (which seemed like an odd choice but I had been craving it all week) and it was pretty solid! My sister ordered a falafel wrap with hummus instead of tzatziki. Their falafel is delicious! Nice and crispy, but not dry and good flavor. Hummus, pita, and dolmades all pretty good as well. Everyone else enjoyed their food as well!
  
  Glad I found this place, not sure I'll come back since I live in LA, but after quickly finding it on yelp on a whim, my family and I were all satisfied with my pick and we left with happy tummies.

• Christine D.

  star star star star star 14 October 2026

  This is my favorite Mediterranean spot EVER! If you're looking for fresh healthy food this is the spot. I FOREVER order the chicken souvlaki plate with two sides. It's about 10$ You have the juicy chicken marinated with pepper and fresh herbs chopped with onions, and colorful bell peppers. And you can choose from two options. I chose The Greek salad and the grilled veggies (bomb) combination. Also comes with crispy fresh pita bread. Compliments to the chef for always making fresh authentic food! The plates are beautiful vibrant with color! You will not regret!

• Junghun K.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 9 October 2026

  I have never updated a 5 star review to a one star before. I'm really disappointed to say that my friend and I "were" frequent regulars here until yesterday.
  
  We came in around 6 when it was not so busy. We were greeted with a friendly employee Michael who gave wonderful customer service. I know his heart is in the right place and Cafe Moderno did a great job for hiring him. However, the employees that worked there longer him gives poor customer service. That is why I'm disappointed to say that Cafe Moderno has lost two of their regulars.
  
  Sure Cafe Moderno has a high 4.4 stars right now and it's a hot restaurant atm, but I hope future customers don't receive the same customer service we received. My friend won't change her review due to her nature, but I could not bear it one bit. Their poor customer service tarnished their reputation for me when I had such high regards for them before.
  
  We ordered the Tilapia, gyro wrap, and a Greek salad. We waited for around 10minutes and then saw a couple order after us. I could tell they ordered more than us because they were taking their time. Then a few moments later their order arrived first? I didn't think too much about it until we waited a substantial amount of time for ours.
  All of their orders came out in an instance. Appetizers and entrees came with huge speed.
  
  We finally thought ours would come next. My friend said oh look our salad is finally arriving, but the employee (daisy who is always working there) just sat it on a different seat to eat it on her break.
  
  This situation may seem minimal to a bystander, but it's really disappointing experience. Usually when I used to work at a fast food restaurant I would always acknowledge the customers who ordered first that their food will be out shortly. A proper etiquette to finish serving the "hungry" customers who were waiting really long then go on break?
  
  We see Daisy literally everytime we arrive to Cafe Moderno and honestly her customer service yesterday severed our ties with this business.
  She has served us before, but it always feels so rushed and unwelcoming. We didn't mind it before because the food was delicious, but yesterday the food was horrible.
  
  The salad finally came and the rest..
  The salad was the only highlight, but there is no skill of creating salad.
  The tilapia dry and burnt. It seemed like whoever was working on the fish just left it on the skillet and remembered to serve it. Michael came to ask how we were doing and saw how the fish was a no no. He ordered the cook to make us a brand new one. The new tilapia was okay much improved than before. But it proved my point that they forgot about it and just served us burnt fish. I have never experienced a cook serving burnt fish to a customer before. It was my mistake for not taking a picture, my friend did tell me to take a picture, but I just wasn't hungry anymore.
  
  They have clearly fallen and need a new staff. The food became minimal and I will not come back here again