• Home
  • Cocktails
  • Culture
    • Dance
    • Opera
    • Theatre
    • Outdoor
    • London Life
      • Foodie London
      • Visiting London – Five Must Do Sights
      • Visiting London – London Travel Tips
    • Balcony Gardening
  • Featured
    • Books
    • Home Delivery
    • Recipe Kits
    • Giveaways
  • Recipes
    • Meat
    • Soups
    • Lunch
    • Starters
    • Mains
    • Sides
    • Desserts
    • Cakes and Sweets
    • 5:2 Diet Recipes
    • Fish and Shellfish
    • Meat
    • Poultry
    • Vegetarian
  • Restaurants
    • Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia
    • Bermondsey, Borough and London Bridge
    • Chelsea
    • Camden
    • City of London
    • Clerkenwell
    • Covent Garden
    • Docklands
    • East London
    • Kings Cross
    • Knightsbridge
    • Kings Cross
    • Kensington
    • Marylebone
    • Mayfair
    • Oxford Circus
    • Oxford Circus
    • Paddington
    • St James
    • Soho
    • South Bank
    • South London
    • The Strand and Embankment
    • North London
    • Victoria and Pimlico
    • West London
    • Out of London
    • Miscellaneous
  • Travel UK
  • Travel Europe
    • Belgium
    • Croatia
    • Czech Republic
    • First Visit
      • Bulgaria
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Romania
      • Slovenia
    • France
    • Germany
    • Greece
    • Italy
      • Sicily
    • Ireland
    • Portugal
    • Spain
    • UK
  • Travel Other
    • Caribbean Travel
      • Antigua
      • Barbados
      • Grenada
      • St Lucia
    • Ecuador
    • Egypt
    • India
    • Qatar
    • Mexico
    • Oman
    • Rodrigues and Mauritius
    • Sri Lanka
    • USA

London Unattached - Luxury Mid-Life London Lifestyle

Luxury London Lifestyle for mid-life Metropolitans - food, travel, restaurant reviews - London Unattached

You are here: Home / Restaurant / Mazi Notting Hill – Review

Mazi Notting Hill – Review

July 3, 2014 by Fiona Maclean 8 Comments

Tweet
Pin
Share
Flip
Share

An Evening at Mazi.

Guest feature by Natalie York:

With a pretty large and rowdy extended family in Athens I headed along to Mazi feeling like I had a fairly good handle on what to expect at a Greek restaurant, but entering into this secluded little gem tucked away in the back streets of Notting Hill I got the sense that this would be a few steps away from the simple home cooking I’ve gotten used to with my grandmother!

Mazi panorama

As we sat down in the garden (complete with automatic shade to cover diners as it rains, centre court eat your heart out!) we were greeted immediately with a shot of Tsipouro, a traditional pomace brandy, mixed with passion fruit, lime and mint. This delicious little treat is given out to everyone as they arrive and the recipe changes regularly so you can never be quite sure what to expect. After that I went for a Tzatziki Martini, with a mix of fresh cucumber and mint making for an aromatic and summery twist on a classic.

Fish roe tarama with lemon caviar

The food at Mazi draws on many familiar Greek staples but always with a fun and inventive little twist. We started off with a selection of jars, each filled with something different, which we shared out around the table. My favourites included the amazingly smooth tarama served with little balls of lemon caviar and the spicy cheese “tiropita” topped with a filo pastry lid and grilled leeks.

Creamy feta tempura copy

After this came a whole string of dishes which we shared out between us, you can order individually at Mazi but if you’ve got a big enough group its definitely worth ordering a few different things and trying a bit of everything! One of the absolute highlights was the feta tempura with sweet caper meringue and lemon marmalade: a thick chunk of feta, melted down to a creamy consistency cut through by the sharp lemon marmalade. Also the traditional shredded rabbit stifado was jazzed up with a pearl onion cream that gave the rich, warm dish a nice little kick whilst the grilled octopus was gorgeously juicy and meaty with a subtly smoky flavour.

Shredded rabbit with pearl onion cream

As desert came in I was feeling pretty full but the loukmades doughnuts (lauded as London’s best doughnuts by the Evening Standard!) served with lavender honey and chocolate sorbet were actually much lighter than I expected and the yoghurt mousse with quince pudding was deliciously sweet and fragrant.


Delicious lavender honey doughnuts

Ultimately I had a great time at Mazi, its lovely to see someone doing something a little bit different with traditional Greek recipes and ingredients and whilst the result is often creative and quirky it still remains convincingly authentic.

Mazi
12-14 Hillgate Street,
LONDON W8 7SR

 

Filed Under: Restaurant, West London Restaurant Tagged With: Greek, Notting Hill

About Fiona Maclean

London based freelance writer and marketing consultant. I edit London-Unattached.com and write for a number of other publications. With a music degree and a background in marketing across many sectors, my passions include all types of music, food, restaurants, wine and travel

Comments

  1. Glamorous Glutton says

    July 19, 2014 at 6:31 pm

    Great review of a wonderful looking restaurant. Fabulous looking Greek food. GG

    Reply
  2. Janice says

    July 5, 2014 at 8:58 pm

    Sounds delightful, always nice to have sharing dishes.

    Reply
  3. Stevie Wilson says

    July 5, 2014 at 3:24 am

    This looks sensational.. what a great place to eat! I love the step off the beaten path too

    Reply
  4. Choclette says

    July 4, 2014 at 4:19 pm

    Gosh Greek food, but not as you’d know it! Looks delicious.

    Reply
  5. Pamela Morse says

    July 4, 2014 at 3:45 pm

    Oh this looks like fun. I must try to make a tzatziki martini..my style!!

    Reply
  6. Janie says

    July 4, 2014 at 2:53 pm

    Great review Fiona & it makes me realise I know zilch about Greek cuisine! Must fix that next time I’m in the smoke.
    Janie x

    Reply
  7. Mary @ Green Global Travel says

    July 4, 2014 at 12:16 am

    The food looks really good! Greek is almost always good though. Trying out several things seems like it was definitely worthwhile. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  8. Louisa Foti says

    July 3, 2014 at 11:26 pm

    What a lovely review for a charming sounding deeply authentic Greek restaurant, I’m drooling at the thought of all those lovely wee morsels of deliciousness! Yes please. Just wish I lived nearer London!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Follow Us

  • Bloglovin
  • Facebook
  • Google+
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • StumbleUpon
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter

About London-Unattached

  • About Fiona Maclean
    • Writing for Other Publications
  • Enquiries/PR
  • Links to Other Sites
  • London Unattached Contributors
  • London Unattached Privacy Policy
  • Media Pack
  • Newsletter
  • Travel Bloggers Influencer Network

Recently Published

  • A British Date-Night Menu with Hambledon Classic Cuvée and Langham Wine Estate Rosé 2017
  • Celebrate Chinese New Year with Lu Ban Kitchen
  • Best Date Night Meal Kit Deliveries
Looking for more recipes? Check out my new site, The Frugal Flexitarian, for easy, cost effective recipes to enjoy at home.
Find My 5:2 Diet Recipes quickly and easily

London Unattached Newsletter

Sign up for our newsletter here. We promise not to spam - and you can unsubscribe at any time

Search London Unattached


Find Us

blogl
VuelioTop10Badge2020

Copyright © 2021 · Magazine Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in