About Mazi
Mazi means together.
We're building the place where Greek food lovers share the restaurants that matter to them — the tavernas, grills, bakeries and kitchens that taste like home.
What Mazi is
A home for Greek restaurants and the people who love them.
Mazi is an app and a community for discovering, rating and ranking Greek restaurants. You keep a ranked list of every Greek place you've eaten, rate each meal on how close it comes to food in Greece, and see where your friends and family love to eat.
It's for Greeks first — and for anyone who has ever had a plate of grilled octopus and wondered where to find another one like it.
Why we built it
Because “where should we eat?” deserves a better answer.
Every Greek family has a list. The taverna for name days, the souvlaki spot after the game, the bakery for Easter tsoureki, the place you take visitors to prove a point. Those lists live in group chats and phone calls, and in the heads of people who have been eating Greek food their whole lives.
General review apps don't capture any of that. A family taverna sits next to a chain, and the ratings come from people who have no idea what horta is supposed to taste like. We wanted somewhere those lists could live, be shared, and actually help people find great food.
Why Greek restaurants
They deserve their own community.
Greek restaurants are some of the most personal restaurants anywhere. Many are run by the same families for decades. They carry the cooking of a specific island or village. They're where communities gather for celebrations and where the diaspora goes to feel at home.
A focused community means focused recommendations. When everyone on Mazi cares about Greek food, a ranking means something — and a great place that would be invisible on a general app can finally get the attention it has earned.
Our vision
Connecting Greek food lovers, wherever they are.
We imagine a Mazi where you can land in any city and know exactly where the Greeks eat. Where a new restaurant run by a young chef from Thessaloniki finds its first regulars through the community. Where city guides, restaurant spotlights and your friends' rankings all point you to the same great plate of food.
We're starting with the app and this Journal. Over time we'll add city guides, restaurant profiles powered by real community rankings, and more ways to recommend and celebrate the places you love. We'd love for you to help shape it.
Come to the table.
Join the waitlist to get early access when the app launches, and follow along on Instagram in the meantime.