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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 visits to the new restaurant at Northwest Expressway and Rockwell, I do not yet have a complete list 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 think the food is better than average.

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

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. It may be fairly hard to make an impressive manicotti since no meat is involved, but it is something I enjoy when they get it right. The waitress indicated it was good because of the home made crepes used to wrap the ricotta cheese, and 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 this was only along the edge. Otherwise I thought it was cooked just right.

Calzone can be ordered with meat or vegetarian

Calzones in many restaurants seem to be something more like a snack or a fast food meal than something that is really satisfying, but the one at Meiki's was satisfying in both flavor and substance. I ordered the vegetarian one, and I thought the crust and the sauce were good enough to make this interesting regardless of the filling. A meat version is also available for those who think the veggie one might not be filling enough (although I thought it was).

The Garlic Bread that came with the manicotti was pretty unappealing, 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 used was over the top and I really did not enjoy it.

Meiki's does not claim to be "authentic," but is a good, old fashioned Italian American style restaurant. I think the most authentic thing about it is the way the meals are made from scratch with fresh ingredients, so that it is hard not to like the food here. Even though it is no longer on historic U.S. 66, it is still worth a stop whether you are a local or are passing through.