Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe

I had a late night haircut in the area & we wanted to get dinner that didn’t cost $ 25 a plate. I feel silly because I’d never heard of this place. Come to find out they’ve got 5 in the Nashville area & a TON of them in the US. Oh well, you learn something new every day. We stopped in around 6:30 on a Friday night.
There was little confusion on which side of the counter we needed to go to order. We went the the «enter here to order» spot, then a woman told us to move down to the opposite side where it said «phone orders pick up here». The cashier was friendly & helpful. I ordered the Friday-​Saturday daily special which is Taziki’s pasta salad, which is ‘a bed of mixed lettuces with penne pasta and grilled chicken, tossed in our homemade balsamic vinaigrette, topped with tomatoes, feta, and fresh basil’ for $ 8.99. We also ordered the hummus for $ 4.99 that was served with soft and baked pita chips.
We picked a table and popped our card on the table that tells them who ordered what. It didn’t take but a minute for us to get our hummus. I enjoyed the hummus. Next time, I think we will just order baked pita chips to eat with it. Our food came out about 5 minutes later. The portion for the pasta salad was pretty big. I was surprised with the amount of ziti noodles. I was picturing more lettuce in the salad, but it’s more like a few pieces of lettuce and a lot of noodles and chicken cubes on top. The salad has basil, feta and tomatoes on top, which make it taste really fresh. If you don’t like balsamic, don’t get this. I personally really enjoy balsamic so I liked it. The noodles and the chicken are covered in a LOT of the dressing/​sauce. I think it would be just as good if they drizzled the dressing on the noodles and chicken as opposed to tossing it. Phillip had the lamb gyro and he liked it, but said the lamb was a little chewy.
Overall, I really enjoyed this place. I will have to keep it on my radar now when I’m wanting something that is fresh and fast.

First time here. Ordered at the counter to eat here. Mediocre lamb gyro. Meat was oddly moist. Special pasta salad had too much sauce on it. Potato chips on the side are generic grease bombs, Not cooked on site.

good food, clean, good welcoming service, first time more of Zoë’s kitchen
(meat)portions very small for the price
excellent place if your in it for the salad

Wonderful meal at Taziki’s Green Hills location! Fresh and flavorful and delivered with exceptional service. All the food is freshly prepared and you can taste the difference. The basmati rice was new to me and I will be back for more! A light, lemony butter flavor that perfectly complimented the turkey club ciabatta that I enjoyed for lunch. Also comes with chips and we tried the hummus and the chocolate cake as well. Both were SO good! Will be back as often as we can get there.

My family and I get take out on a regular basis and have been customers for the last several years. The food is great and served quickly. A casual dining experience. Perfect for families or a quick bite with friends. Most of the servers are great. Occasionally you will get a younger person who would rather be on their phone than helping the customer, but unfortunately, that is the norm these days. Highly recommend this restaurant.

I like it here … For me & my 3 year old grandson! The food is very good, good vegetarian entrees as well & the small selection of wines is very nice!!! It’s great to bring the little guy here, have a nice dinner & enjoy a glass of good unoaked Chardonnay !

I am on a mission to find good Mediterranean food in this town, so this caught my attention. Sitting at the corner in a strip mall near green hills, your next dining experience awaits.
You order at a counter and can either do carry out or dine in. Very clean inside, good for lunch or a casual dinner. Imagine a Mediterranean panera.
I came here for lunch on a Saturday and ordered the chicken gyro. The meal comes with potato chips and a choice of a side, I had the basmati rice. This pita sandwich came with homemade tzatzicki sauce, which was good but also a little heavy on the dill. Also not enough of it in my opinion, but I’m one of those people that must have it covering every bite or I’m not satisfied. (Note to get extra on the side next time)
Overall I’d say it was pretty good, would definitely come back. They also had some options to order a call ahead dinner for four which looked like a pretty good deal. Oh and they do serve a limited alcohol menu as well.

Simple, fast, and fresh. Great service and very friendlty folks. Thanks for making my day. Will return.

Never again will I go to this restaurant. I called in to place a to-​go order this evening and the Manager was incredibly rude to me on the phone. I was put «on hold» but the Manager forgot to actually put me «on hold» and proceeded to talk ugly about me with her staff. I heard every word. When I told her I over heard her takling poorly of me, she was even more rude to me and non apologetic. Unbelievable and disappointing. Tazikis will be getting all my business going forward. I suggest you do the same.

My mom and I were at Plaid Rabbit and decided to walk over for a late lunch. The service was quick and the food was delicious! We got grilled chicken on ciabatta and chicken roll ups. We had a side of fruit and potatoes. All tasted delicious and fresh!
I’ll be back soon!

YUM food was delicious I had the house special pasta, service is quick and very friendly and the atmosphere is very relaxed plus I love the décor! Please have a location closer to Hendersonville!

Wonderfully delicious food, nice atmosphere, and friendly staff. Highly recommend this family favorite.

I came to Taziki’s because a friend recommended to me that it was one of the best «Mediterranean» restaurants in town.
After eating here I felt obligated to lecture him for hours on what «Mediterranean» food truly is.
This place was such a disappointment. I ordered the Chicken «Feast» with a side of potatoes and salad. The chicken was obviously not fresh and frozen beforehand. The tzatziki sauce was so viscous! Tzatziki is not supposed to be thick! The potatoes tasted like a salt grenade went off in my mouth. And the salad dressing tasted like Kraft’s Italian dressing with some feta sprinkled in. Then there was a little pita chip on my plate. Where is the pita bread?!? That is essential to the dinner! Not this chip nonsense.
If you think this is authentic Mediterranean food then you might as well think a Chinese buffet is authentic Chinese food.
They really sell the image well. Pictures of Greece all around, and a wine menu. Bravo. Sell an upscale image so people will pay a higher premium. I get it. Great strategy. But the food speaks for itself. The food is garbage. I’ll be going to Kalamata’s where even though they aren’t perfect as well, it sure is better than this place. Oh and their WiFi is terrible.

Fresh Greek/​Mediterranean food.
The food is always fresh. Their salads are huge. I usually get their chicken rolls with cucumber-​tomato salad. I’ve had their lamb/​beef gyro and it’s pretty good. If it’s busy you may wait a while for your food. Beware of the random little girl that is sometimes outside the front door selling Paletas (Mexican ice cream)… unless you like Paletas.
Location — Good.
Parking — Fair.
Service — Fair/​Good.
Food — Good.
Pricing — Fair/​Good.

The service has always been a little spotty and I usually get take-​out here. Slow and confused is the best way to describe itRarely crowded. There is a musty smell here today — to be fair, it is raining, but still.
Have been eating egg and olive salad since I was a kid so was excited (and a bit puzzled) to see it here. It’s okay, but has too much bacon. Words I rarely say, but it throws off the balance of the flavors.
The special I got, a spanakopita wrap — spinach, feta, grilled chicken in a flour tortilla was mediocre at best — stringy spinach, dry tenders and feta with no seasonings or spice to elevate the flavor. There was a side of salsa for dipping, but that wasn’t the flavor I envisioned when I ordered Spanakopita.
Mediterranean food is usually simple, which means you have to start with quality, fresh ingredients and add at least some seasoning perhaps garlic and oregano, to bring it to life. I haven’t noticed Taziki’s doing either.
My suggestion for people coming here is come on Wednesday for half price wine and stick to appetizers that are hard to mess up, like hummus.
There are better

This will not replace my usual Greek place. We were over in the area & thought we’d try it. I love hummus & gyros.
The place was just okay. Service is a little weird. It’s at the counter, which is fine if it’s a typical Greek place. But with the cost of the food double your typical place, the service should reflect that.
The best part of the meal: The soft pillowy pita & hummus.
The worst part: The lamb meat. Overdone & dried out. Charred.
Also I prefer my gyro inside the pocket & not with the flatbread wrapped around. However if the meat had been delicious, it wouldn’t be a big deal.
Even though the menu doesn’t mention, our gyros came with chips. Plain Ruffles, nothing spectacular. Which is pretty much my whole impression of this place.

Mixing things up a bit is always a plus in my book, so when my friend suggested Mediterranean, i was all in.
Twas a sunny new years day in Nashville and sobriety was somewhere on the horizon from the previous night’s festivities, just needed a little help reaching that point.
So in to Taziki’s we go…
The restaurant much like the rest of the town was pretty chill, guessing people were still trying to shape up from last night, so we were able to order and get our food pretty quickly. I ordered the turkey club gyro and a side of fruit. The gyro was pretty bangin’ and the whole meal itself was not dreadfully heavy on the stomach which made for the perfect solution to knock out the rest of my hangover and go on that late afternoon hike. The meal also came with a side of potato chips (ruffles style).
I could see this as a good little lunch spot, or a place to grab something quick to eat in between errands, not exactly the place to crave, but what i had was very good.

I really like Taziki’s! They gave a nice face-​lift to an old, dark sushi restaurant that occupied that spot. The food is very good and I usually stop by at least once every two weeks.
This is obviously a Mediterranean style restaurant, but the food is much better than most places serving this style of cuisine. Their normal dishes are very good – gyros, salads, and humus. Their baklava is excellent!
However, my recommendation would be to go with the special of the day. It’s always very good and I love their pasta salad. It rotates each day, but is consistent week by week if you find a special that you like.
This spot also gives you a reasonable chance of seeing a celebrity. Kirk Herbstreit, Matt Hasselbeck, and Kenny Chesney are all on my celebrity sightings list for Taziki’s. The best part about seeing a celebrity in Nashville is that we leave them alone and let them eat in peace. I think that’s pretty cool.
I’ve always gone with a take-​out order here, but they do serve wine and beer. The food is quite good and the wait is usually reasonable, even during normal lunch hours. This is an excellent restaurant for Mediterranean food and I’ll continue to frequent Taziki’s.

In no way, shape or form am I well-​versed in Mediterranean cuisine. I am not an expert in what things are or are not supposed to taste like. I do know what I like and I like Taziki’s. This was my first visit. I was on a lunch run for a few of us at the office and this is what was suggested. I am a «go with the flow» kind of girl, so I was all for trying someplace I had not been before. I called in our order. Personally, I got the lamb gyro. It wasn’t stuffed into the pita, but was more like a wrap instead. However, the food all tasted fresh — the lettuce and cucumbers were crisp, the tomato ripe and it was not drenched in tzatziki sauce — instead it was dressed to perfection. For my side, I had the pasta salad with feta. It (the pasta salad) was okay, nothing over the top. The star; however, was the appetizer of hummus my friend and I shared. It was smooth, creamy and had that hint of lemon to it. It was a delight to smear (I’m not a spreader, so to speak) over warm, soft pita. I’d have licked the bowl, but that would have been rude, not to mention, disgusting.
So on my first visit, I was impressed. There was a dedicated line for pick-​ups and designated to-​go parking to boot. Bonus points on both of those! The interior was clean, service was prompt and the place was filled to the gills. I look forward to seeing what tasty treat I can get the next time I swing through. I can; however, tell you, the hummus is definitely going to be on that list!

Mediterranean cuisine is one my personal favorites, so when I discovered this chain I was a little hesitant to try it. I ordered the dolmatta platter with rice and a side salad. The dolma had a very strong vinegar taste and did not stay i tact when trying to eat it. The salad and the dressing was good, and the rice was tasty with lime juice. Not sure if I would go back to this location, but if you are not too familiar with the cuisine and need something quick, this would be a good place to go.