A Turkish-Greek dinner room in Port Colborne has decided its signature dish is the local fish. Lake Erie Pickerel — pan-seared, finished with garlic lemon caper butter, served beside vegetables and roasted potatoes — sits on a menu that also carries Turkish Beef Moussaka, chicken souvlaki, and a Meze Platter, and The Garden Houzz cooks the whole register from a storefront on Lakeshore Road West, two blocks in from the water. Dinner is the only service. The doors open at four and close at nine-thirty, Thursday through Monday, with Tuesdays and Wednesdays dark. The price sits in the middle bracket, with the kitchen working without white-tablecloth ceremony.
The kitchen builds outward from there with two clear lanes. Turkish Beef Moussaka and Turkish Vegetable Moussaka anchor one side, Chicken Souvlaki and Beef Souvlaki the other, with the Meze Platter to set the table and Greek Salad, Garden Houzz Salad, and Roasted Beet Salad keeping the produce honest. Seafood Pasta gathers shrimp, calamari, and scallops with cherry tomatoes and parsley in a white-wine aglio e olio. Rack of Lamb arrives grilled with fresh herbs alongside vegetables and roasted potatoes. Crab Cakes, Shrimp Scampi, Grilled Jumbo Shrimp, Grilled Calamari, and Grilled Salmon extend the seafood reach, while Chicken-Portobello Mushroom Penne Pasta and Spaghetti with Meatballs cover the comfort-food register from the same set of shelves. Garlic Bread with Cheese sits where it belongs, at the start.
Lake Erie Pickerel and Seafood Pasta give the menu a seafood identity that feels tied to the local setting.
Moussaka, souvlaki, meze, Greek salads and lamb make the restaurant more specific than a general continental dinner room.
Thursday Date Night and family-style takeout give diners clear ways to use the restaurant for both planned evenings and home meals.
Lake Erie Pickerel gives The Garden Houzz a clear signature: local fish, a lemon-caper butter lane and a plate that feels tied to Port Colborne rather than interchangeable Mediterranean comfort food.
The weekly Date Night structure makes the restaurant easy to plan around: a shared starter, mains from the regular menu, dessert and wine without having to build the whole evening from scratch.
The menu has a distinct Turkish-Greek spine, from moussaka and souvlaki to meze, lamb and Greek salads. It feels rooted in Mediterranean comfort rather than broad continental dining.
Families and small groups have a practical path here: family-style souvlaki, pickerel and pasta dinners for takeout, plus dine-in mains that can anchor a shared meal without needing a tasting format.
The takeout menu is not an afterthought. It translates the restaurant into family portions, with chicken souvlaki, beef souvlaki, pickerel and pasta scaled for three or five people.
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