Sotta on W Alameda Ave has built 773 reviews at 4.5 stars as South Burbank's Mediterranean cafe -- a restaurant operating at the intersection of Greek-influenced food and cafe culture, where the chicken gyro and the honey latte are both called delicious in the same review.
That pairing tells you something about what Sotta is. A restaurant that does coffee well enough for the latte to be mentioned alongside the food has invested in its cafe side with the same seriousness it brings to the kitchen. The honey latte -- espresso and honey in whatever proportion Sotta has settled on -- is the kind of item that becomes a signature when it is calibrated correctly and consistently.
The chicken gyro is the food anchor. At 773 reviews at 4.5 stars, Sotta is maintaining quality across a review volume that requires consistency rather than occasional excellence. The Mediterranean menu -- hummus, falafel, shawarma -- gives the restaurant range beyond the gyro, and at this rating across this volume of reviews, the range is being executed properly.
For South Burbank and the W Alameda Ave corridor, Sotta is the Mediterranean cafe where the gyro and the coffee are both part of the reason to come back.
