Cafe Mezza

Cafe Mezza serves a mixture of Lebanese and Italian food ( meze etc plus pizzas), a good range of soft drinks plus a basic list of alcoholic drinks. The food is all apparently great, and the preparation is all done in an open kitchen which is always a good sign.

They have obviously tried hard with the decor to make this feel like 'a restaurant' and not just 'a kebab house', however somehow it still manages to feel like a fast-food joint. Partly this is to do with the level of cleanliness - the floors were dirty and tables left uncleared, and the toilets were a bit grubby, as if someone had wiped a mop/cloth around without actually cleaning anything. The people eating their food out of paper instead of off plates didn't exactly help to banish the 'fast food' image either!

When we went there were several families with kids of various ages who seemed to run around happily - this is presumably great fun for the kids but probably not very safe as the staff are in and out of the kitchen area with hot food and drinks. There was space for buggies in the seating area by the window, and also presumably at the back, although you'd have to navigate the narrow seating area alongside the kitchen which could be inconvenient.
They really let themselves down on only having baby changing in the women's toilets and also by the children's menu; with all the yummy and healthy lebanese food on the menu, and meze which are perfect for kids to pick at, the childrens menu was basically chicken nuggets and chips. Yuck.