Vida’s Bistro

Breakfast Honduran burrito is amazing!!! My friend had the Gyro and was not impressed (she still votes for Lebanon’s café gyros). Service is great; so is bread!

I stopped in while shopping with my Mom on Magazine Street. She had requested middle eastern food so Vida’s fit the bill. When we arrived we were the only diners (around noon on a Friday) and we were a bit confused as to which door to enter. (The one all the way in the back). The menu is really interesting and has a lot of variety. All sandwiches can be made veggie so that’s a plus.
I had lentil soup and the avocado bravo salad (which featured barberries… and they were tasty so that was a new food for me) and a Turkish spinach pie. All were delicious. My Mom had a Gyro Muffaletta (and she planned to bring ½ home to my Dad but she gobbled it up instead).
We also enjoyed some really yummy flan and Turkish tea which was beautifully presented.
Bonus in that there is off street parking at Jena and Magazine although the parking lot is a bit narrow.

One of the best Mediterranean places on NOLA. We just love their Eddy’s babaganoush, gormeh sebzi stew, and the Vida Kabob with eggplant. And they are dog friendly– who could ask for more?

I was a fan of Courtyard but Vida’s is a fantastic new concept! Had the three hummus sampler and the Medichanga! Both really hit the fusion concept well. The hummus was very well done and the Medichanga is like nothing I’ve ever had! It’s staying in the line up for sure — truly fresh ingredients and I loved everything!

This place is AMAZING! By far the best Gyros I have ever tasted. Made from real beef and lamb stacked on a rotisserie rather than the loaf with bone chips at other places I have tried. The Gyro Muffaletta is really good and I have never had anything like it before. My favorite is the Meditchanga which is like a chimichanga but has the gyro meat, feta, mozzarella, and Mediterranean salsa inside, then fried, and has yogurt sauce, lettuce, tomato and more salsa outside. Prices are very reasonable and they have a really nice deck. Husband and wife operation that has been in business for a long time — awesome experience. They also have a happy hour that is half price drinks from 4 – 6.

Really good! Dolmah are awesome as you must try the meditchanga and ishkandar kabob! Great flavors! Give it a try!

This is the relaunch of the former Courtyard Grill with what seems to be a bit more of a casual and more sandwich focused menu. They have added breakfast and made the menu much smaller. Personally I liked the old menu, name and theme of the Courtyard Grill but a lot of the food is the same but some of the more unique things are gone. They still have some good options here you won’t find at most of the other Mediterranean restaurants in the area.