Halal Gyro Express

Loved this place. Stopped in on a Friday night and got seated quickly. The server was super…read morefriendly and nice. The decor is clearly from another restaurant probably but it's nice. The food was all very good and we enjoyed it. Def will come back. They brought us a free banana dessert that was very good.

A solid meal with fresh ingredients prepared and presented well. Service was very welcoming and…read moreattentive, without hovering, and the overall experience on a Tuesday evening was nice. The temperature of the restaurant was perfect as was the volume of the music playing softly in the background.

0.3 mi•Penn Center, Rittenhouse Square

The best chicken kabob shuffle sandwich ever

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Dizengoff

4.5(940 reviews)

Excellent all around. They fit us in on a busy World Cup Saturday night…read more We had Shakshuka, cabbage entree, and the lamb meatballs. All were tasty and well presented. It reminded me of restaurants in Tel Aviv. Our server Brian added immensely to our experience.

Lovely ambience and quick service. All ingredients tasted fresh…read more We got the: Labneh with Pita 5/5 - perfect texture, creamy and the seasoning was delicious. The pita was fresh and fluffy. Malawach Egg in the Hole 4/5 - was quite good and I liked the schug topping but the egg was a bit overpowering (as I should have expected because of the dish description! :) I wish I had tried the shakshouka instead Fries 5/5 - the best, most potato-ey fries I have had in a while. The dip with it was a little extra tangy - not my personal preference but my friends loved it!

0.5 mi•Avenue of the Arts South, Rittenhouse Square

Bar area

Lamb Platter

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Hummus Pilpel

Estia

4.1(956 reviews)

•$$$

My family has been eating here after the Sunday ballet and it's always fabulous!…read more We had dinner again in the Wine Room. We used to have Mila as our server. Sunday we had Ellis. He was just as amazing as Mila! He was so accommodating and friendly. My food was a little delayed and he more than made up for it! Food, as always, was delicious. We always start with the Estia chips. I tried the grilled shrimp and WOW! So good. The soft shell crab was a big hit too. And my lamb was so good. The Meli cocktail was amazing. My new fav! Thanks again and we can't wait til next time with Ellis!

To start I have always loved Estia. I love their other restaurant Almyra as well. As a family we…read morehave been coming here for parties and hosting dinners and events in the main area or in various private rooms downstairs for over 15 years. Last night we hosted a dinner of 10 people in the small wine room in the basement. It's a very cute room. It's perfect for a small group. Unfortunately that's where the perfect ends. Our server seem nice enough in the beginning, but couldn't really get it together to be around to make sure that we had what we needed, there was no one there to check on us to handle the timing for drinks, appetizers, etc. When we arrived, the room was an icebox. It was freezing, which was easy to fix as the settings were in the room. The table was dressed with the regular things, but the hummus was in two tiny dishes that had obviously been sitting there for a while and were crusted on top and bread that was cold, no pita nothing cooked. That was one of our table dishes that we ordered as well as taramosalata, calamari and spanakopita. The taramosalata we had ordered as an additional item on a $65 per person set menu with options for your entrée. Unfortunately, it was very bland not the way it used to be when it came. It also did not come with pita which we had to ask for and both the hummus and taramosalata came in teeny tiny dishes, almost the size is what you'd put your soy sauce in at a sushi restaurant. There were four of those tiny dishes (2 of each item) for a table of 10. The next to come was the calamari and the spanakopita. Honestly, I've had better versions of this frozen from Costco than we were served last night. The calamari was not fresh and not homemade, there were no tentacles nothing but rings. It was also cold by the time we got it and par baked. The spanakopita were teeny, tiny triangles, smaller than what you'd even get at Costco and folded so many times in the dough that they were not flaky and honestly horrible. Nobody ate them. Next to come were the salads. That was probably the best course of the night. The take on a Caesar salad with dill was very good so was the tomato traditional Greek salad with feta. It would be nice though if they broke up the feta as there was only three large pieces of feta in there, and if anyone took one, then when you passed things down, the other people did not get any. Seeing as this was all served family style you would think they might have thought of that. Next was the main courses the options were a chicken dish, a fish dish, a lamb dish and a pasta dish. Honestly, the fish dish looked the best of all the dishes, but by the time the food got to us, everything was no longer hot. Five people ordered lamb dishe which was almost inedible. It was shredded meat from a lamb shank that was served in a tiny circular way like it had been molded into a dish and then turned over with some sort of strange sauce underneath it that supposedly was pasta. It was so small it might as well have been something that you would've gotten as an appetizer. Ironically, it was so bad that you didn't want to eat it and everyone left it on their plate. Personally, mine had shards of bone in it, which made my first bite extremely unpleasant and sadly my second bite did too, so I just pushed the it aside and did not continue eating. There was no option for dessert. They just brought down some sort of honey cake that unfortunately they didn't ask if anyone had allergies or anything which a lot of of us do so only a few could eat it, one person ended up taking the majority of the cake home with them. All of this went unnoticed by our server who was rude to the majority of our party. As mentioned before we normally love this restaurant but last night was not a good experience at all. It was extremely disappointing to be treated so cavalierly and as if our party was a downstairs was an afterthought.

One of the main dining room

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Marrakesh Restaurant

4.4(875 reviews)

1.4 mi•Society Hill

•$$$

great establishment and nice staff. we did a large group party upstairs and there was so much food…read more! everything was amazing. wonderful flavors.

This place was interesting! It had a lot of positive reviews so I was excited to try it for my…read morefriends birthday. And I called in advance to see if they catered for people with dietary restrictions which they mentioned they did. I think it's a fine place to go if you eat meat but I wouldn't go if you don't! The options for vegetarians were a lentil rice dish and a chickpea rice dish so it was very carb heavy with not too much of a focus on protein. I liked the eggplant that had in the beginning but other than the food was meh. The service was nice and the short bellydancing performance was fun but I wasn't the biggest fan of the food. Especially when they give you served us a fruit plate containing unopened apples and oranges and bananas at the end that was kind of strange. Personally wouldn't return but my friends who had the meat seemed to enjoy it!

1.5 mi•South Street District, Society Hill, Queen Village

Adorable decor

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Outside of Marrakesh. This is actually the kitchen so do not use this door to enter the restaurant!

Alyan's Restaurant

4.2(414 reviews)

Best baklava in the city. Lamb and mixed veggies w couscous was so good. Def check this place out!read more

I have been coming here for over 30 years (side note: I don't feel old enough to say that!)! Their…read morefries with the peppers and onions-wonderful! Spinach and mushroom pie-wonderful! Falafel-wonderful! Mint iced tea-won.....you get it! Do yourself a favor and have a meal here. You'll be really glad you did!

1.3 mi•Italian Market, Bella Vista

Falafel Sandwich

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Ambiance

Al Zaytouna

4.0(268 reviews)

Work lunch that now received a 5 stars because everything was delicious! I stayed away from the…read morechicken kebab since it was very dry last time. Ordered the shrimp salad this time and it tasted great! Perfect amount of shrimp which were grilled to perfection. A very filling salad! Ordered the same app where it came with a little bit of everything and just like last time it did not disappoint at all. The pita bread is extremely soft and the baba ghanoush was outstanding.

Very yummy food that was good portion size. My meal came quickly through delivery service. Healthy…read moreand tasty option.

Kebob platter

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Malooga

4.4(274 reviews)

1.5 mi•Old City

Great food, and great service. Went at 9 on a saturday, and the place was not that full, but the…read moreservers were very kind, especially accommodating a 5 person walk in. Immediately, let us know what they had run out of. Ordered the hummus and falafel, fries, and chai for the table. All of which were delicious. The falafel was crispy, and fries well seasoned. Everyone liked the food they ordered. All the entrees came out in stone pots, with big enough portions that we could have also gotten a couple entrees for everyone to share instead.

This restaurant didn't live up to the hype at all. The…read moregamey flavor of lamb haneeth wasn't removed. Grilled fish, it's a rip-off. Fish not fresh at all, tasted mushy, tasted HORRIBLE!!!!! Also,it's steamed fish not grilled, the fishy smell had not been eliminated. I believed fish in between 1lb,$35 for for the trash, I learned the lesson.

Seating

Shish Taouk Platter

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Paprica Modern Mediterranean Grill

4.5(328 reviews)

1.0 mi

I was in town for a conference. I asked for AI assistance to find restaurant that was afternoon…read morequiet and tasty for solo dining. Paprica was top three. I walked not far from my hotel. I Google mapped myself there, its on a quiet little street. I had the hot falafel and hummus. It came with a generous portion of bread. All fresh and delicious. The owner came to check on me. I know like two Turkish phrases and he said very good lol. He brought me Turkish tea and suggested dessert which how could I ever forget about baklava??? It was filled with honey and pistachios sotlom on a chocolate swirled plate. This was an outstanding Turkish Mediterranean meal experience. Customer service was great. Highly recommended yum yum yum yum yum

Visiting from California. Saw this place recommended for Beyti and its no surprise! One of the best…read moreI had in US. Juicy kabab wrappen in lavash bread served with tomato sauce and yoghurt. Delicious kunefa with turkish tea is top notch. Wait only 10 mins. Place is quite for fine dining. Highly recommended

0.4 mi•Rittenhouse Square

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Spice Finch

4.2(533 reviews)

Underrated largely Greek restaurant, makes for a great night out in Center City also…read more Check it out

Service around happy hour was minimal around bar area. The menu of large plates at 1.5 lbs of food…read moreeach impressively include zataar fries and a plans of other Mediterranean flavors. There's both kabab and Tadiq or Persian crispy rice for the traditional menu lovers. The rest of the menu is fresh, surprisingly flavorful and priced fairly Service is lacking severely. The host had such a nasty attitude 1/15/26 at 18:40 that I will not return again. I was concerned about her demeanor and I asked her if she was ok; she repeated my question back mockingly and rolled her eyes. The rest of the staff gathered to laugh at her behavior, covering their mouths to whisper at each other while staring at me; I was like dealing with preschool children. I mentioned my table was in eyeshot already seated at the bar and the host boasted that without a reservation I couldn't join a group already seated and waiting on me. I walked around the host; sat myself at the bar informed the table of what happened & we all left promptly. There was a wonderful skinny male host with dreadlocks the week before who seated me and was wonderful. Today's experience was a stark downhill experience from his service last week. Poor & inconsistent service. Great food. Order to to go you don't want to deal with toxic Host/bar staff that will go out of their way to ruin your dining experience. Unless the staff will be corrected; I won't return.

0.9 mi•Washington Square West

Roasted Cauliflower 10/10

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Kanella

4.1(363 reviews)

Yes, please. Seriously, I'm confident they could deliver top notch on any of the dishes on their…read moremenu. Its BYO, which is just another added bonus. They have a tasting menu which I recommend. The entire table needs to do it, however, you each get to make independent selections. So, you can get an amazing sampling of the menu with everyone getting they top choice! Asking me to pick a favorite would be tough - the Adana for sure, with the Patlican and Beet salad rounding out my top three (in no particular order). Service is friendly, quick, and kind. I get a feeling they love the food as much as you will and aren't shy with sharing their opinions or advice if you need. Enjoy!

Cute spot and really great service!…read more Came here for a Friday night date night with the wife. We sat outside as the weather was perfect! Also their outdoor seating was well lit. We chose to do mostly small plates as that's where most of the veggie options were. Enjoyed the meal wholly! It's BYOB so come prepared if you plan to imbibe. Parking is hit or miss but we lucked out with some street parking a block away. Def worth checking out!

For the love if Gyro

Hummus!

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Grilled shrimp platter, fresh mint tea, perfect day

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julio c.

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3

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14 years ago

I have been eating halal food now for a little while and although i have only tried two of them i can honestly say that this cart is by far the best tasting one i have had so far and its quite addictive i drove 12.5 miles out of my way and stood inside friday traffic from center city for one hour and twenty mins and the food was cold by the time i got home and it was worth every second i waited both in the car and in traffic, Yes the food is that good! the flavors are so uniquely blended into a bouqet of exotic tastes. This food is simply put addictive!!! read more

Ali K.

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18

9 years ago

This is probably my most favorite halal food truck if you want to taste the real Halal Mediterranean food with some subcontinental spice this is the spot for it. The chicken kabab with rice and salad is a great meal , their seasoned fish is outstanding and a real deal. The falafel are also cool to the order which are way better than all the competitors. Definitely worth a try. read more

Ashley R.

5

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15 years ago

Amazing food at an affordable price! What more can you ask for? The food was surprisingly fresh with great taste. The service also is impeccable. The guys who run the cart are friendly and very customer-oriented. read more

Shirley J.

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15 years ago

I saw this cart on my way to get coffee. I got the munchies after getting my coffee, but I only got about $3 after that coffee. It's a good thing that i can still afford their amazing lamb gyro. read more

Shana Y.

4

18

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15 years ago

The gyros are so good and it's a affordable price. What else could you ask for?

Thomas K.

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6

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11 years ago

Great food and extremely reasonable.

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