the med

overhyped & overpriced. living in boulder, i've been to the med multiple times--it seems to be the restaurant of choice for birthdays with its many large tables. i've had some good dishes, but the general inconsistency, ridiculous waits of 1-2 hours, costs vs. quality and acoustics and terrible 80's music keep this from being a restaurant of choice.

tapas at happy hour are the best bet. although they are affordable at first glance, you'll quickly rack up the cost if you're sharing or hungry. they have a good wine list and sangria. dinner is a disappointment other than the lamb shank, which is really delicious and juicy.

a better dinner bet is to walk across the street to brasserie ten ten.

overrated with mediocre food is accurate. service is also hit or miss, usually tending towards snooty. with so many other incredible restauraunts in boulder, why waste your time here? if you must, hit it up for happy hour then move to brasserie ten ten across the street for a delicious dinner.

little did i know, med serves half off tapas between 3:30 and 6:30 for happy hour! what a great surprise! i had made reservations months ago and looked forward to trying this highly popular boulder eatery. i studied the menu all week long trying to decide

pizza, pizza. the wood fired pizza here is very good. have had pizza here 3 times now and will be back again. very good food and friendly staff.

check out our review of the med and other boulder restaurants: www.bouldereats.weebly.com

when i headed up to boulder recently to meet a friend for lunch at the med , i realized it had been 14 years since my last meal there. how could it not have changed? in that time i've moved to boston for a decade & come back; implemented & discarded countless schemes for writerly success; fallen in & out of everlasting love at least thrice (to be clear, the director's the charm); traveled all over italy & seen chile, egypt, spain & the czech republic, among others, along the way; etc. surely this walnut street fixture has undergone a few transformations of its own-but aside from the expansion into a side room off the patio, damned if i can put my finger on them. it's still sprawling & vibrant, all wrought-iron & majolica accents & hues of sun-warmed sand & sea. it's still bustling with boulderites (read: beautiful people whose choice of dress suggests what my friend called outdoors asperger's ). and it's still, after all these years, pretty good-no better, no worse. at least that was m

used to be a great place but has been closed for months. uncertain if it will reopen. owners retired. heard that they are trying to get a family member to reopen and operate the restaurant but it hasn’t worked out so far. too bad because it was a great place to eat.

here is very nice mediterranean restaurant.... 
one of my favorite restaurant in boulder by a mile.

always busy, but always fun. 
fantastic food and service..
superb dishes & food just exquisite.
wine menu is decent.

the med has an enchanting location in the centre of boulder, and one genuinely feels transported to marbella on the costa del sol when dining on the fresco balcony.

the only unfortunate things is that the tapas bars in spain do tapas rather better. and for a restaurant rated over 4, i was expecting higher quality. we had a range of dishes, each one we were expecting to finally find the wow factor, however we (or the restaurant) failed.

the mussels were too soft and stuck to the shell. i'm no chef, but i believe this is a sign of being well overdone. the charcuterie was a merge portion of ham and salami that could be bought from any mid range supermarket. the calamari was tough and lacked flavor, and the other dish was so unmemorable i forget what it was, despite having a photo.

go for drinks and lap up the wonderful atmosphere, however if you're hungry you'll probably need to nip into a drive-thru on your way home

while the med is sometimes a little loud, it's one of my go-to restaurants when friends, family, or business associates are in town.

price is midrange for boulder. food is very good. service is top notch.

i've been here scores of times and i have never once been disappointed in anything i've eaten.

my family comes here a lot when we do big group dinners. the staff is always friendly and accommodating, which is a nice thing for a business to be. the food is great too, and i love the atmosphere of the restaurant. even when its busy, you can have a private experience, or head to the bar where its a little louder.

amazing happy hour! their happy hour tapas menus are the best culinary values i've found in co. my family will be back roughly 10 times per year...keep it up! fun patio too.

disappointing. rude and slow service. the food was decent, but i was expecting much more due to their great reviews. doesn't deserve a second visit.

a typical scam. this restaurant serves people who have travelled the world, but the world has never travelled through them. the food is incredibly disgusting. a version of epcot center in the middle east. a complete lack of respect for the incredibly rich food of the mediterranean.
the place smells, like "i can't believe it's not reggiano and butter" and the food is pathetic to the point of insult, yet, packed with the "people who know their map".

dinner. we all liked it a lot and price was great!