Everything here! From the food, to the service, to the atmosphere is outstanding. It has a warm,…read moreinviting feel that makes you want to stay awhile. Highly recommend giving it a try!

This was a major disappointment. We'd been here once before for some friends' wedding celebration…read moreand thought the banquet/catering food was pretty good so decided to add it to the list to come back and check out their regular menu. Place was EMPTY on a Thurs at 6pm. Service was truly bad....like we had to get up after being seated for 15 minutes and ask the hostess if we could get a server to help us....in an empty restaurant. 40 minutes after being seated, we got our food. The food was just bad with the exception of the flatbread I ordered that was pretty tasty. My husband had the falafel and veggies and was given horrendously over seasoned and tough falafel with super under seasoned and undercooked veggies (like chunks of raw carrot). The other sides we ordered were a flavorless Fatoush salad and very mid rice. We never got the pita that was offered to us and after the second reminder, we just gave up on that. We tried it. Won't be back. There are WAY better options in the area for dinner.

Sassool has delicious Lebanese classics. I don't usually crave Lebanese food, but when I do,…read moreSassool always hits the spot. I usually do the Pick 4 plate, which is a great deal at $12.99! It comes with 2 pieces of pita bread. Baba Ghanouj: smokey and full of flavor Hummus: a delicious classic, probably my favorite classic hummus Mediterranean Chicken Salad: I just tried this for the first time and I loved it! It had a mild and sweet flavor. I've been coming to Sassool since I was a kid and if I lived closer, I would come more often.

I could probably live off the food from Sassool for the rest of my life. I love this restaurant- it…read moreis extremely spacious with a mini grocery store inside, so much seating, and a giant menu of food to choose from and fresh sides in the window you can pick out. I often get the same few sides- fava bean salad and mjadarah (amazing rice and onion dish), with the chicken pasta or vegetable lasagna. It hits the spot EVERY time. Not to mention the food is so fresh, tastes homemade, and is healthy. There's a meal for every dietary preference here. The meals are also cheap and you can do pick 2/3/4 meals which allow you to try so many of the delicious sides. The service is nice and easy, and lines always go quick.

I had a pick three platter. The chicken salad was decent but not as good as Sassool. I also tried…read moretheir potatoes, which were on the vinegary side. The beets were on par with Sassool and the pomegranate salad had mostly strawberries. Vibes were nice, service was fine. Pretty easy to find parking on a Friday night.

We stopped in to visit and enjoy some Lebanese foods. We have been here a few times and enjoyed our…read morevisit but this past weekend our visit was very disappointing. We ordered the grape leaves, baklava, namoora and tabbouli. I am Lebanese and these are staples in our home. The grape leaves were extremely dry and tough. The rice was very undercooked and the leaves themselves were so dry and tough we could barely chew through them. We ordered 12 and thought maybe it was a fluke but all 12 were completely inedible and we threw them out immediately. The baklava was okay, nothing to write home about. Very simple syrup forward and you couldn't taste much else (we ordered the walnut). The namoora was stale. Very dry. Namoora should melt in your mouth with with a slight chew. This was again, tough and stale. We threw those out as well. Lastly, our favorite salad, tabbouli. The lemon taste was nonexistent. The parsley wasn't chopped fine as Tabbouli should be. It was a watery mess. Overall, we won't be back. We spent over $75 on 4 items and left feeling hungry and bamboozled. There are other Lebanese food spots to visit in the Raleigh area, I will stick to those. Please do better when representing Lebanese cuisine. 15 workers behind the counter can seem like you're doing something right but in the end, it all comes down to the freshness and authenticity of what you are claiming to serve.

This place has a small, but private, parking lot. I ordered takeout at the counter during lunch…read moretime on a weekday. At the very back page of the menu was the daily special, which includes some sort of protein in a bed of rice (no sides) for about $9.00. I think the food was worth the value. It took about 10 to 15 minutes to prepare, so order ahead if you want to get in and out. The ambience is very casual and the place looks like it has aged, but in a good way. Feels like it's been around forever whether that's the case or not. I would return to try some other items as the food was fresh and delicious even as a takeout.

Service: they are nice and fairly quick with service. No qualms there. :)…read more Ambiance: not a first date place. It is more geared towards mom and pop family service style. Food: what we got was okay. They were flavorful and will fill you up. The meat is tender and rice is perfectly cooked. However, the food always came out luke warm to cold, rather than nice and hot. I can understand that we eat with our hands here too. But the food should still be hot. Overall: it's okay, I would come again and ask for them to make mine hotter and not cooled down though :)

We so enjoyed our lunch today at Al-Basha! The chicken and lamb skewers were delicious. The chicken…read morewas the tenderest I've ever had. The sides were got were perfect with the kebabs. The daily rice offering with the garlic sauce went very well together. Friendly service, cooked to order and reasonably priced. Also, we had fun shopping in their well stocked market while we waited. We will go back soon! Thanks you!

Absolutely one of the best shawarma sandwiches I've had! The meat was perfectly seasoned, tender,…read moreand packed with flavor. The fresh vegetables, creamy garlic sauce, and soft, warm pita brought everything together perfectly. Every bite was delicious. Great quality, generous portions, and friendly service. I'll definitely be coming back and highly recommend this place to anyone craving an amazing shawarma!

Come within 2 hours of opening on a Sat/Sun for doner. Get the doner wrap or iskender (if you eat…read morea lot). It is the best doner around, just as good as what you get in Istanbul. They do run out of doner before dinner. The place is full at lunch, so come early. Delicious bread with a nice olive oil-based sauce is complimentary. They refill it, which is a very nice touch. Plenty of staff to take orders and clean. You will be in and out in an hour or less unless you need to wait for a table. Very impressive restaurant near downtown in Cary.

I came to Bosphorus on a Sunday evening for dinner with friends, and the restaurant was packed…read more Thankfully, we didn't have to wait too long for a table. The service was friendly, though it seemed like a team effort, so different staff members would take our order or bring out food instead of one dedicated server. That occasionally led to delays when we asked for refills or extra plates, and we usually had to repeat the request to our waitress later. For dinner, I shared the Kofta Kebab and Lahmacun with a friend, and the portion size was just enough for both of us to leave full. Unfortunately, parts of the kebab were burnt, so maybe we just caught them on an off night. Surprisingly, my favorite part of the meal was the warm pita bread they brought to the table. If you're looking to try Turkish food, Bosphorus is worth checking out, but I'd probably order different dishes next time or visit when it's a little less busy.

Randomly found this place one day, and my life definitely changed. Hands down, they have the best…read moreBeef Shawarma sandwich. At first, I went with Chicken Shawarma because I'm a chicken girlie. But I ended to eating half of my husband's Beef Shawarma sandwich. So I recommend you getting that to begin with if you are into beef. By the register, they also have a lot of premade/assembled dishes to purchase. The grocery section is small, but has a lot of fun things to look and buy. I love getting their tin fish and chocolate as a treat during my visit!

I'd heard amazing things about their shawarmas, so I decided to check it out and it did not…read moredisappoint! The restaurant is attached to a grocery market. They have a dining area, but it seems like a lot of people do take their food to go. The staff gave great recommendations, making the whole ordering process feel effortless.

Let me start with this: I am absolutely biased because Aladdin's is my favorite restaurant ever!…read moreAnd I'm not ashamed to admit it. I've practically followed this place across states and cities. I discovered Aladdin's years ago when I lived in Northern Virginia. After that first visit, I was hooked and started going several times a year. When the Shirlington location closed, they reopened in Burke, and that became my new go‑to spot every time I visited the area. And then, heartbreak , they closed that location too. One day I randomly searched to see if they had opened anywhere else, and you won't believe it... they popped up right here in North Carolina, the same state I now live in! And while it's not in Charlotte, my brother lives in Raleigh, which means every trip to see him doubles as an excuse to visit Aladdin's. My usual order is the shawarma rolled, and trust me when I say it's the best! The savory, flavorful meat paired with those pickled veggies, plus all the heavenly spices and sauces, well t's just perfect! I've had shawarma at countless places over the years, and nothing even comes close to theirs. I typically grab an appetizer as well, dolmas or falafel. You can't go wrong with anything on the menu. Every dish I've tried has been spectacular. Introduced my brother and wife to this place, and they've already been back! To give you an idea of how deep my love for this place goes, the last time I visited I ordered 4 extra shawarma rolls to go, froze them, and rationed them out at home. They don't hold up perfectly after being frozen but I did still enjoy every single one. Aladdin's will always be one of those rare restaurants that I go out of my way to visit and I'll continue to stop by as often as I possibly can. If you love Mediterranean flavors (Lebanese) this spot is a must!!!

I got a rolled chicken pita and the cauliflower appetizer to go. Both were pretty good and had a…read morelot of flavor. It also came with a side of pita which was nice. The rolled pita was absolutely huge and definitely big enough to be a meal! I expected it to be smaller given the price.