The best restaurants serving Mediterranean food in St Albans East of England

My favourite restaurant in town. I've tried almost all the items on the menu, and have never been let down. From halloumi burgers to chicken skewers to the burgers and steaks. Real food at unbelievable prices. Have been going since 2014, and whenever i am away from home, i always find myself craving a 'Laurel'

The food was delicious. Fresh and cooked perfectly. The lady serving us wonderful, helpful. A lovely little cafe, worth trying their tasty Greek food and breakfasts. Coffee good and fruit juice freshly made. What a wonderful way to start the day :-)

We were booked in at 7 ready for Elvis tribute night…. No drinks until gone 8 pm no mains until 10 pm , no desserts offered , no explanations, no apologies…. Need I say more… Saying all that Elvis was great😁

Had a lovely evening and meal at Losh on Saturday night. Food and atmosphere was incredible Highly recommended. Had the lamb shish for main and best lamb shish I’ve ever had!

This place delivers a sorry excuse for Moroccan food. We ordered vegetable and harrira soup. the vegetable soup was insipid. the harrira soup was almost ok. both were edible but thats it. we then had one chicken tagine and one lamb tagine. both were very bland and more or less the same sauce. the chicken was flavorless. the lamb was nothing special. both were served with lots of hard peas and chunks of carrot. these tagine would get the chefs arrested in Morocco for false advertising. without any doubt the most tasteless I have ever eaten. they were served with instant couscous on the side with no harrisa sauce. fresh herbs were invisible. finally, the service was painfully slow. absolutely not recommended unless you w ant to waste your money

Always delicious. Fresh, hot, on time, excellent vfm 😍

We were very disappointed that again, on our second visit to Okka for lunch, the front of house staff showed an incredible lack of awareness of my wife's Gluten and Dairy intolerances despite having made this clear when booking a table and then at the point of giving our order and finally at the moment the food was delivered to the table. We made it very clear to the server that the choice of dishes from the set 2 course menu for my wife needed to be both Dairy and Gluten free and checked with her if this was understood. On the arrival of the food it became immediately clear (fortunately) that they had completely ignored this request and had a served up the meal complete with a standard pitta bread and rice cooked with butter. When this was pointed out to the waiter he looked completely nonplussed and had to be told to go back to the kitchen to confirm that the pitta was GF and the rice was simply plainly cooked without dairy. The plate was eventually returned without both rice and pitta and without any apology for getting it wrong. After 10 minutes a side plate of GF bread was brought to the table BUT STUPIDLY COMPLETE WITH A PACK OF FULL DAIRY BUTTER! So sorry but this lack of understanding of even the simplest allergen requirements, both front of house in the kitchen causes grave concern and the lack of training needs to be urgently addressed by the management before serious harm occurs to a customer.

Delicious souvlaki, great service, and a cozy atmosphere. Staff were lovely at all times .We had so much fun and will definitely be back!”

My family has been coming here for yrs...it was my first visit, definitely not my last. The brunch was excellent and coffee incredible ...the waitress was so helpful and nothing was too much . Great family owned business. I get what all the fuss is about .

First time visiting the restaurant with a friend. Friendly helpful staff. Had three mezes to start followed by a main each. We drank a really good Turkish red wine. We ended the meal with Baklava and Turkish coffee. The food and wine were excellent and if I'm ever in St Albans again I will be back!

Great takeaway,wrapt chicken turkey style..

Delicious food and good ambience however, service was a little too relaxed. Enjoyed the mezze bowl.amf the sharing platter was very good

Food and service was 5 ☆ highly recommend the vegetarian option Also the Salmon was the best we had ever eaten. our waiter nazim was outstanding , the manager was very welcoming and accommodating of guide dogs. 👏👏 We will be back very soon.