Mezes

440 Danforth Ave, Toronto
(416) 778-5150

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Moussaka with Rice and Potatoes
Garlic Pita Bread and Hummus
Pork Souvlaki Bun or Pita
Chicken Souvlaki Dinner
Lamb Chops by the Piece
Greek Fries with Feta
Fix Lager 1 X 330 ml
Vegetarian Mousaka
Grilled Kalamari
Grilled Octopus

Menu

Featured items
Chicken Souvlaki Dinner
Served with elliniki salad, rice, roast potatoes, and tzatziki.
Elliniki Salad
Our classic Greek salad.
Small Kria Poikilia
Our most popular dips which are tzatziki, taramasalata, homous, and melitzanosalata. Served with garlic pita.
Chicken Souvlaki
Served with tomatoes, onions & tzatziki on your choice of bread.
Horiatiki Salad
Village salad of vine grown tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, peppers, olives and a block of Greek feta with extra virgin olive oil.
Kalamari
Our famous lightly battered fried kalamari. Served with tzatziki.
Tirokafteri
Feta cheese blended with hot peppers, yogurt & extra virgin olive oil. Served with garlic pita.

Appetizers
Garlic Pita
Assorted Greek Olives
Garlic Bread
Garlic Cheese Bread
Sliced Cucumber

Salates Salads
Elliniki Salad
Our classic Greek salad.
Horiatiki Salad
Village salad of vine grown tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, peppers, olives and a block of Greek feta with extra virgin olive oil.
Maroulosalata Salad
Finely chopped romaine lettuce, green onions, extra virgin olive oil, lemon, and dill.
Rodos Salad
Mixed greens with house balsamic vinaigrette topped with goat's cheese, figs, and honey toasted walnuts.
Horta Salad
Boiled endives drizzled with extra virgin olive oil.

Soupes Soups
Fakkes
Lentil soup with vegetables, fresh herbs, and extra virgin olive oil. Made in house from scratch.
Avgolemono
Hearty chunks of chicken and rice finished gently with whipped egg and lemon. Made in house from scratch.

Mains
Chicken Souvlaki
Served with tomatoes, onions & tzatziki on your choice of bread.
Pork Souvlaki
Served with tomatoes, onions & tzatziki on your choice of bread.

Gevmata Entrees
Chicken Souvlaki Dinner
Served with elliniki salad, rice, roast potatoes, and tzatziki.
Zinnis Rice Special
A sizzling skillet of rice topped with a sauté of kalamari, pork, chicken, fresh tomatoes, green peppers, onions, and herbs. Served with elliniki salad.
Kleftiko
Your choice: roast lamb or chicken breast layered with onions, tomatoes, spinach and cheese, baked in phyllo. Served with elliniki salad, rice, roast potatoes, and tzatziki.
Lamb Souvlaki Dinner
Served with elliniki salad, rice, roast potatoes, and tzatziki.
Mousaka
Alternate layers of eggplant, potatoes, zucchini, and spiced lean ground beef topped with bechamel sauce. Served with elliniki salad, rice, roast potatoes, and tzatziki.
Grilled Kalamari Dinner
Grilled kalamari dressed with our house balsamic vinaigrette and topped with green onions. Served with elliniki salad, rice, roast potatoes, and tzatziki.
Kalamari Dinner
Our famous fried kalamari. Served with elliniki salad, rice, roast potatoes, and tzatziki.
Paidakia
Four succulent grilled lamb chops. Served with elliniki salad, rice, roast potatoes, and tzatziki.
Vegetarian Platter
A souvlaki of marinated grilled vegetables. Served with elliniki salad, rice, roast potatoes, and tzatziki.
Beef Souvlaki Dinner
AAA beef with seasonal peppers. Served with elliniki salad, rice, roast potatoes, and tzatziki.
Pork Souvlaki Dinner
Served with elliniki salad, rice, roast potatoes, and tzatziki.
Chicken Breast
Two fresh grilled chicken breasts. Served with elliniki salad, rice, roast potatoes, and tzatziki.
Poikilia Skaras
A mix of our grilled lamb chops, chicken breast, and loukaniko. Served with elliniki salad, rice, roast potatoes, and tzatziki.
Vegetarian Mousaka
Alternate layers of eggplant, potatoes zucchini, and a medley of vegetables topped with bechamel sauce. Served with elliniki salad, rice, roast potatoes, and tzatziki.
Bifteki Olympou
Baked lean ground beef filled with kefalograviera cheese, sautéed vegetables and topped with sliced tomatoes, green peppers, onions and herbs. Served with elliniki salad, french fries, and tzatziki.
Aegean Fare Special
Tender pieces of beef and chicken cooked in wine with mushrooms, onions, green peppers, and tomatoes, flambéed with brandy and served with roast potatoes.
Ortikia Dinner
Two quails grilled to perfection. Served with elliniki salad, rice, roast potatoes, and tzatziki.

Our Signature Dips
Tirokafteri
Feta cheese blended with hot peppers, yogurt & extra virgin olive oil. Served with garlic pita.
Homous
Chick peas, tahini, onions, extra virgin olive oil & garlic. Served with garlic pita.
Melitzanosalata
Dip of baked eggplant, onions, garlic & extra virgin olive oil. Served with garlic pita.
Taramosalata
Red caviar dip with pureed potatoes, extra virgin olive oil & lemon. Served with garlic pita.
Tappenade
Ripe kalamata olives, red peppers & a hint of citrus. Served with garlic pita.
Skordalia
Creamy potatoes, garlic & extra virgin olive oil. Served with garlic pita.
Tzatziki
Homemade dip of yogurt, garlic, grated cucumber & extra virgin olive oil. Served with garlic pita.

Vegetarian Mezes
Assorted Pites
Sample all of our pites. One spanakopita, one tirokafteropita, and one pantzaropita.
Gigantes
Giant lima beans in tomato sauce with garden vegetables.
Fasolakia Lemonata
Fresh green bean salad with peppers, olive oil, and lemon.
Pantzaria
Beets infused with red wine vinegar, garlic, and extra virgin olive oil.
Spanakopita
Phyllo spinach pies with feta cheese.
Saganaki
Kefalograviera cheese and flambeed with brandy at your table, OPA.
Grilled Vegetables
Marinated eggplant, zucchini, mushrooms, and seasonal peppers.
Patates Gemistes
Stuffed potatoes with spinach, parmesan, feta, and kefalograviera.
Melitzana Sta Karvouna
Grilled eggplant topped with feta cheese, green onion, fresh garlic, and extra virgin olive oil.
Feta (From Greece)
The very best feta and extra virgin olive oil. Served with olives.
Kolokithakia Tiganita
Fried zucchini baked with kefalograviera and parmesan cheese. Served with tzatziki.
Melitzanes Tiganites
Fried eggplant baked with kefalograviera and parmesan cheese. Served with tzatziki.
Tirokafteropita
Phyllo cheese pie with feta and a touch hot peppers.
Piperies Kaftes Gemistes
Hot peppers stuffed with feta cheese and tomatoes.
Pantzaropita
Phyllo beet pie with leeks and skordalia.
Feta Fournou
A triplex of toasted village bread, feta, and tomatoes baked until golden.

Kreatika Mezes Meats
Chicken Souvlaki on a Stick
Served with tzatziki.
Lamb Chops by the Piece
Grilled to your preference. Served with tzatziki.
Dolmades
Hand-rolled grape-vine leaves with lean ground beef, rice, and fresh herbs drizzled with lemon sauce. Gluten-free without lemon sauce.
Pork Souvlaki on a Stick
Served with tzatziki.
Keftedes
Meatballs and a secret family recipe made from ground beef and served with tomato dipping sauce.
Loukaniko
Grilled Greek sausage with a hint of orange.
Ortikia
Grilled quails Served with tzatziki.

Thalassina Mezes Seafood
Kalamari
Our famous lightly battered fried kalamari. Served with tzatziki.
Octapodi Skaras
Grilled octopus with extra virgin olive oil.
Grilled Kalamari
Dressed with balsamic vinaigrette and green onion. Served with tzatziki.
Garides Lemonates
Tiger shrimps in lemon-wine sauce with garden vegetables.
Garides Rodou
Tiger shrimps baked in tomato sauce with feta and wine.
Kalamari Gemisto
Stuffed kalamari with feta and tomato sauce.
Garides Skaras
Broiled tiger shrimps with parmesan and white wine.
Bakaliaro Skordalia
Pan-fried salted codfish with skordalia.
Octapodi Toursi
Pickled octopus.

Poikilia Platters
Poikilia Mezes
A platter of lamb chops, chicken breasts, loukaniko, and quails. Served with tzatziki. Serves 2-4 persons.
Mezes of Rodos
A platter of garides skaras, garides rodou, kalamari, and octapodi skaras. Served with tzatziki. Serves 2-4 persons.

Dip Platters
Small Kria Poikilia
Our most popular dips which are tzatziki, taramasalata, homous, and melitzanosalata. Served with garlic pita.
Large Kria Poikilia
Tzatziki, taramasalata, homous, melitzanosalata AND your choice of octapodi toursi, fasolakia lemonata or Gigantes. Served with garlic pita.

Sides
Side Tzatziki
Roast Potatoes
Greek Fries
With feta.
Rice
French Fries
Grilled Vegetables
Side Feta

House-made Greek Desserts
Baklava
A mix of toasted almonds, pistachios, brown sugar and cinnamon layered between sheets of buttered phyllo pastry finished with a lemon and clove infused syrup.
Ekmek Kataifi
Greek dish known as ekmek kataifi is constructed with layers of kataifi dough that are baked until crispy and golden. Then dipped in syrup and topped with a creamy thick custard.
Chocolate Baklava
Bittersweet chocolate, walnuts and dried figs arranged between buttery slips of phyllo pastry.
Yaourti Mel Meli
Creamy yogurt & Greek honey. Served with your choice of fresh toppings.

White Wine
2021 Estate Papaioannou
Made from 25-year-old vines and has expressive spiced pear aromas, fleshy, flavourful, and medium-bodied. Well-focused with good concentration and long finish. 750 ml.
2021 Art Estate/ Plano - Malagouzia
100% Malagouzia characterized by high acidity, minerality & aromas of citrus fruits, white flowers & bergamot orange. A full-bodied wine with refreshing acidity & long finish. 750 ml.
2022 Mega Spileo - Assyrtico
Straw yellow in colour. Citrus fruits, peaches with botanic notes and minerality in the nose. Good volume and crispy in the mouth. Fruity aftertaste. 750 ml.

Retsina
Kerchris Winery/Kechribari - Roditis
A nose of fresh mint, pine, and peach leads this distinctive retsina. On the palate, lemon and honey are balanced by fresh acidity and crushed herbs. 500 ml.

Holiday Gift Boxes
Flora
Our Flora Box includes... Mezes Signature Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Mezes Signature Vinegar, Oregano from Taygetus bouquet by Daphne & Chloe, Gold Balsamic Cream, Papayiannides Tomato Sauce, and a Pasteli.
Theodora
Our Theodora Box includes... Mezes Signature Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Mezes Signature Vinegar, Oregano from Taygetus by Daphne & Chloe, Yiayia & Friends Flavoured Olive Oil, Yiayia & Friends Rusks, Journey of Salts 4 pack of Herbal Salts, Navario Olive Spoon Sweets, Fig Salamis x 2, Three Little Figs Jam, and a Pasteli.
Eleni
Our Eleni Box includes... Nektar Greek Coffee, Bouquet of Greek Mountain Tea by Daphne & Chloe, Meligyris Pine Thyme Honey, Papayiannides Jams, Mandarin Marmalade, Pistachio Butter, and 2x Pasteli.

Soft Drinks
Green Lemonade
Greek Lemonade
Gingerale
Diet Coca Cola
Cherry Cola
Greek Cherry flavoured Cola
Coca Cola
Coca Cola Zero
Green Cola
Greek Coca Cola
Green Cola Orange
Greek Orangeade Cola

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Recent Reviews

The gold standard for Greek food on the Danforth. Vibrant atmosphere, incredibly welcoming staff, and authentic dishes that keep my family coming back for every special occasion. A neighborhood gem!
February 2026
Food is amazing! Good quality and it feels like home! It was my first time trying Greek food, and I fell in love. The calamari is to die for. Me and my bf were already talking about coming back while we were still enjoying our food.
February 2026
Beautiful restaurant, newly renovated, we went there for my husbands birthday. Let's just say we were really satisfied with our meals - everything was delicious. We ordered the kalamari (lightly dusted and fried) meal, chicken souvlaki and lamb souvlaki meal. I wanted to order the Saganaki (cheese they put on fire) but we were too full - I did see someone have it and they had to put it on fire near the kitchen, because the folks that ordered it (table next to us) were close...
January 2026

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Mezes

440 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 1P4
(416) 778-5150