We love the Vegetarian Platter – 3 dishes with tahini dressed salad is the perfect lunch time treat.
the most amazing shawarma (especially when paired with the whole wheat). get the hummus on the side and save it for a good late-afternoon snack
If you want to travel to Astoria Queens for food, you must stop here! The price is right and you won't leave hungry at all. My personal favorite is Souvlaki Pork Platter. -Ed Cotton, Top Chef
This is the place to go for Morraccan food. The tagines are so flavorful. I can't have a meal without the merquen sausage. Eric Wolitzky, Top Chef Just Desserts
We love just about everything at this homey restaurant, but especially the small plates, sandwiches, falafel, and shakshuka.
While the Salsa Music in the background didn’t match the Moroccan vibe, the food was amazing – Roasted Eggplant & Tahini, Merguez Platter and the Fish Tagine.
Cozy, romantic Middle Eastern spot with excellent dips, pita, and vegetable small plates.
This is an amazing little middle eastern/Druze cooking. My friend turned me on to it on my last trip to NYC. Incredible, authentic food. Really fresh and interesting -Susan Feniger, Top Chef
This is an amazing little middle eastern/Druze cooking. My friend turned me on to it on my last trip to NYC. Incredible, authentic food. Really fresh and interesting -Susan Feniger, Top Chef
Alfanoose serves up high-quality Middle Eastern cuisine. Their well-spiced falafel is consistently included on best-of lists. Wide variety of vegetarian options.
Excellent shawarma, foul, and other Middle Eastern dips and salads. Load up on the puffy pita baked in-house.
My neighborhood Middle Eastern restaurant. Puffy, just-baked-in-a-brick-oven pita bread with great salads. -Anita Lo, Top Chef
Falafel in the falafel sandwich is great. It is crispy, nicely portioned, an well distributed.
Ouzi is my favorite! The hummus is stellar and everything else I tested was delicious. Also staff is super nice!
A Leventine palace with ethereal hummus and baba ghanouj, eggplant napoleon, fattoush to change your world. Worth a detour.
There are better spots for Lebanese sandwiches in Astoria, but the fatty, tender, and mildly gamey veal tongue here is worth a stop if you're on Steinway Street.
Its a welcoming restaurarant with a pleasant homelike atmosphere. I fell in love with the humble yet rich egyptian decor. Food is great, we had the appetizer with baba ganoush and hummus, yum!!
Eat like an Egyptian with Kabab Café’s Mezza that’s a typical Middle Eastern appetizer. “It’s a large selection of different vegetables cooked raw in a healthy preparation,” notes Chef Michael Ginor.
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