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Meiki's Italian American

6916 Northwest Expressway
Oklahoma City, OK
(405) 721-5522

Meiki's at NW Expressway and Rockwell

For years this restaurant was known as Meiki's Route 66, a popular restaurant on N.W. 39th Street (historic U.S. 66) serving red sauce style Italian food. I have read that it specializes in pizza and calzones, but with my initial visit to the new restaurant at Northwest Expressway and Rockwell, I do not yet have a good idea of the best items served.

What I did notice was the large space at the new restaurant as well as a seeming popularity that may mean it will get full at times. Casual Italian restaurants with moderate prices are usually a big draw, since most people cannot sustain a habit of visits to more expensive restaurants, no matter how good the food might be. I also think a reason for Meiki's popularity is that people like the food. Fazoli's, another casual Italian restaurant, has been operating for years across the street from where Meiki's is now located, but I do not think its food comes anywhere close to the quality that Meiki's serves.

A salad comes with meals
A salad comes with the meals at Meiki's

Dinners at Meiki's come with a salad and garlic bread. The Dinner Salad had pretty standard lettuce and dressing. With the iceburg lettuce used in the salad about all I can say is that it was fresh. The dressing was good and I enjoyed the croutons. This was pretty much a fairly average salad.

Manicotti at Meiki's
Manicotti at Meiki's

Other than pizza, most of the items listed on the menu were pasta dishes. With a little help from the waitress' suggestions I ordered the Manicotti, somthing I think is a good test of the restaurant's quality and flavor since no meat is involved. The waitress also indicated it was good because of the home made crepes used to wrap the ricotta cheese. I will have to admit that the dish was pretty much as advertised. The sauce, cheese, and crepes were all good, and as far as I could tell were home made. The sauce was a typical Italian American style red sauce, and I liked it better than most. This was not my favorite sauce in OKC but it was certainly something that would make me want to return to the restaurant. The cheese was high quality both inside and on top. The photo makes it appear that the dish was burned, but it was only along the edge. Otherwise I thought it was cooked just right.

The Garlic Bread was the main thing I did not like about the meal, almost to the point that I would consider not eating it at future meals even though it comes free with the meal. I thought the amount of garlic they used was over the top and I really did not enjoy it.

While there are Italian restaurants I like better, there is certainly something to be said for getting something as good as Meiki's without spending a fortune for it.

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RATING: 20

Cuisine: Italian
Cost: $$
Hours: Closed Sun.
Accessible: Yes
Smoking: No Smoking

Most Recent Visit
Jan. 28, 2008

Number of Visits: 1

Special Ratings
Manicotti:
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