How to Use meze in a Sentence

meze

noun
  • This easy meze is inspired by such dishes.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 16 May 2026
  • The new wine and meze menus are available there too, even for diners not sitting at the bar.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Order the meze platter and ask your server for a wine pairing.
    — Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2025
  • But adding a dab of muhammara from the meze trio jazzed up the beef beautifully.
    — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Pair with a dessert that includes coconut and mangos or with a meze lunch that includes hummus.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • All-star kebabs can be found at the more casual Ali Ocakbasi—just don't fill up on the meze.
    — Mary Kaye Schilling, Town & Country, 15 Sep. 2015
  • Typically, patrons receive at least one meze per serving of tsipouro, and more in the initial round.
    — Derek Sandhaus, Saveur, 10 July 2025
  • To be perfectly honest, this would be an amazing appetizer or meze even without the kale.
    — Daniel Neman, Twin Cities, 20 June 2019
  • The lounge, where all dinners begin, offers herby drinks, caviar service and meze snacks like foie gras bastilla with golden plums and schmaltz.
    — Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Start off with a few hot or cold mezes like the makdous ($9), which is tiny eggplants stuffed with walnuts, red pepper, garlic, salt and olive oil.
    — Nikki O'Neill, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
  • In Wynwood Lira is a Lebanese find with lots of hot and cold meze—or small plates meant for sharing—on offer.
    — Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Book in advance at Zanettos for generous Cypriot meze and a local crowd.
    — Hannah Walhout, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Souvla’s next location, opening this fall in Marin County, won’t include a meze and wine bar.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Tanjawi—or Tangerines—are sociable polyglots who speak in a meze of languages.
    — Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2023
  • At classic meze joints, they’re often displayed on a tray among the day’s specials, lowered gracefully to your table by the server.
    — Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Island restaurants features all types of cuisine and styles, from fine dining to casual meze appetizer plates.
    — Nick Kontis, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Colorful and varied, the meze is set out before dinner and meant to accompany drinks and conversation.
    — Beth Dooley, Star Tribune, 29 July 2020
  • My snack flight began with a Turkish kofta meze, followed by Brazilian cheese puffs with creamy cilantro sauce and capped off with Spanish papas bravas.
    — Sheri Castle, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Other meze plates include marinated feta, eggplant labneh, and tahini with harissa.
    — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2021
  • With its mild chile heat and garlicky fragrance, this fall-off-the-bone fish meze has been a staple of O Kavouras since its establishment more than 60 years ago.
    — Odysseas Papoulias, Saveur, 10 July 2025
  • Athenians have been legume lovers since antiquity, and beans and pulses remain a fixture on meze menus the city over as a healthier, more affordable alternative to meat.
    — Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
  • While the Greek name of this delightful meze is confusing to Anglophones, the English translation is yellow split peas, which is kind of drab.
    — Luke Pyenson, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • This stylish Middle Eastern restaurant and all-day cafe serves everything from shakshuka and spicy chai porridge in the morning to meze platters and craft cocktails come evening.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
  • If there’s time, some take an early lunch of traditional kebabs, stews, mezes, and soups at the top-floor restaurant of the nearby Konak Mazlum Hotel.
    — Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2023
  • Chicago’s Greek dining scene has shown little sign of slowing down since, with openings that showcase the many dimensions of the cuisine, featuring seafood, spices, produce and meze, or tapas-like small plates.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2022
  • Daphne, however, is its vibrant food hall—inspired by Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, with sizzling gözleme stations, smoky seafood grills, and meze counters.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Fresh seafood is abundant thanks to the proximity to the sea, while traditional Turkish meze (washed down with raki, of course), and local specialties like şiş köfte and tantuni await.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The incredible views and ambiance are the key attraction, though the restaurant itself specializes in classic Egyptian fare such as meze and mixed grill platters of kofta, kebabs, and tagines.
    — Jake Emen, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Perched right at the edge of the water in the Karaköy district, this is an evocative place to have the Turkish meyhane experience, with small plates of meze dotting the table and rakı (an anise liquor) flowing all night.
    — Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Perched right at the edge of the water in the Karakoy district, this is an evocative place to have the Turkish meyhane experience, with small plates of meze dotting the table and rakı (an anise liquor) flowing all night.
    — Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2021

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