{"id":36168,"date":"2025-11-05T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/36168\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:00:19","slug":"best-of-houston-2025-best-mediterranean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/36168\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Of Houston\u00ae 2025: Best Mediterranean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Best Mediterranean: Okt\u00f3<\/p>\n<p>Sof Hospitality has done it this sultry Montrose Collective stunner, where Mediterranean-Levantine flavors serve serious swagger. Expect emerald-green glam with a menu built for sharing \u2013 plump tiger shrimp in an insanely silky arak beurre blanc, spot-on lamb chops with cauliflower skordalia, and Sof\u2019s signature bread service, a Moroccan Frena bread with pistachio butter, pickled peppers, and olives. Pass plates, sip a shishito-infused G&amp;T or Olive Oil Martini, and save room for a rose-kissed kadaif.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Turner&#039;s+Cut\/@29.7580672,-95.4077461,571m\/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x8640c1d13c40eb39:0x522d24eb64890904!8m2!3d29.7580626!4d-95.4051712!16s%2Fg%2F11jz894sfp?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">888 Westheimer<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>713-485-0841<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oktorestaurant.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">oktorestaurant.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/?post_type=newspack_collection&amp;p=390334\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jan 1 \u2013 Dec 31, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Best Mediterranean: Okt\u00f3 Sof Hospitality has done it this sultry Montrose Collective stunner, where Mediterranean-Levantine flavors serve serious&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[22840,21142,22841,56,58,57,22842,66,22843,22844,22845,67,14148],"class_list":{"0":"post-36168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-best-mediterranean","9":"tag-best-of-houston","10":"tag-greek","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-houston-headlines","13":"tag-houston-news","14":"tag-levant","15":"tag-local","16":"tag-okto","17":"tag-olive-oil","18":"tag-olives","19":"tag-restaurant","20":"tag-seafood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}