Mavi

A superb restaurant, so good we booked for two nights later. Following a warm welcome into the restaurant we had excellent service from the highly efficient professional waiters who described the menu, evening specials and extensive wine list. The food was well prepared, cooked, seasoned and presented. On the palate, the cacophony of flavours was an absolute delight and a testimony to the skill of the chef. Will I use this Mavi restaurant on my next visit to Hartford, most definitely, indeed it will be one of the pleasurable experiences.

If there is a better Mediterranean restaurant in the U.S. I haven't heard of it. Mavi has all of the elements which I think would be part of a perfect Mediterranean restaurant. These include a menu that is truly diverse in its approach to the cuisines of this vast region, the kind of high quality and fresh ingredients one would encounter while travelling the region, a truly romantic environment which has the effect of transporting its patrons abroad, and lastly, true passion for food and wine of the Mediterranean. I am equally thrilled by the Duck L'Orange and the Mixed Seafood grill, of course representing vastly different cuisines. The Italian dishes are authentic and bear no traces of the boring dishes typically served in the majority of restaurants these days. Turkish flair is also served up masterfully at Mavi. I highly recommend the food there, and the wine list was obviously put together by a talented somellier. All of this is good but there is also a comfortable quality about t