I love Mr Kabob (or gas station food, as I like to refer to it). Where else can you fill up your tank and get great carry out? This is def middle eastern food done right. Carry out only (okay, so there are a couple high top tables if you'd really like to eat there). Some of my favorite reasons to love Mr Kabob: - made fresh to order. and it is goooood. I'm especially in love with the shrimp ghalaba (sp?), chicken schwarma, red pepper hommous and spinach pies. - Super community-oriented. Sam has been my contact and he is easy going & easy to work with. I do Restaurant Days here (20% of all proceeds from patrons bringing in a flyer is donated to our charity on select days). - Great great great for feeding groups. We have had such good results whenever we have bought for a group. Everyone loves it - even ppl who are sure they dont like middle eastern food. In total, it works out to abt $6/person on the high end and that is several styles of beef and chicken, salad, hommous, veggies and pita. LUV LUV LUV read more

OK Lebanese food, despite some of the attention the place has gotten. The grape leaves were almost uneatable due to the leaves being dehydrated and torn apart. The fatuous salad is always pretty good and so is the hummus. Edit/update: Sam, thank you for your response. This is the second time the grape leaves have been like this, which is why I decided to write this review (photo attached). read more

Mr Kabob - Middle Eastern Near Me - Berkley, Michigan

Raw onions on all salads. Bad choice - it ruined otherwise good food, though I didn't get to have much of it...what little I was able to pick the onions out of it was decent. To top it off, the onions were diced, so basically impossible to pick out of the food. 10 years in the restaurant and catering businesses and I can tell you that "no onions" is by far the most common special request. It's just a bad idea, especially raw diced onions. I won't be going back. read more

I had such a craving for a chicken swarma sandwich! Mr Kabob never disappoints! My husband walked in and picked up the order in less than 5 minutes! read more

Best gas station in Shawarma I've ever had.Prices are solid highly recommend the family dinners if you got a bunch of people coming over. Really a solid restaurant. read more

Who says you cant get amazing food in a gas station? I started out coming here years ago for the chicken shawarma sandwiches which are delicious. Then it was the chicken shawarma dinner combo. The lentil soup is amazing as well. The Hummus? Probably the best I have ever had. Now it is all about the falafel sandwiches which have become a staple of my diet. I simply cant live without Mr. Kabob. read more

Fresh Mediterranean food! It is in a gas station. It is delicious. I wouldn't recommend the raw juice :( personal preference. read more

Mr Kabob - Middle Eastern Near Me - Berkley, Michigan

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It kills me to write this, but our local go-to Mr. Kabob, has gone down hill. My family has always enjoyed ordering their chicken (you guessed it) kabob dinner. Lately the chicken has been of dicey quality and the flavor a disappointment, at best. As an alternative, we would order the lentil soup (still very good) and a fattoush salad. The fattoush, once filled with crisp lettuce, cucumber and tomato - is now a tremendous failure. The lettuce isn't fresh, and tastes like it's been refrigerated for days, and the dressing is doused on. It's sad, once a Berkley darling, Mr. Kabob's lackluster quality of food has now turned this hit into a miss. And the stern, unfriendly staff (which, let's face it, we would all put up with because the food was worth it) isn't doing it any favors. Here's hoping it can return to greatness. Until then, Lentils on Woodward is our new fav! read more

They will steal from you! ask for a receipt. Besides the chaotic atmosphere white everyone was yelling at each other in a different language, the cashier gave me 2$ short. When I confront him he got pissed and told me that my total was more than why my receipt showed. Will never go back. What a shame! read more

Been here a number of times and the food is always fresh and very good. Also they always have plenty of staff and get the orders out fast. Went to a friends in Rotal Oak who catered party from here and everyone loved it. Even the people who never had Middle Eastern food before. read more

Always a solid go-to takeout place for me. Love their chicken cream chop pita (I highly recommend doing half tzatziki and half garlic sauce on it), falafel, Greek salad, and the garlic sauce. I can be super picky about the texture and trimming of white meat chicken and Mr. Kabobs is delish and has never disappointed. If I'm feeling super lazy during meal prep week I will even go and order a large side of it to use as my protein. I've also been guilty of getting it just to use on a salad of my own that I make. read more

Been here a few times before and i agree with other people's review. I got the mixed shawarma entree and i feel like the quantity has gotten smaller and its inconsistent. For $14.99, i can get more bang out of my buck at Mr Kabob Express on Big Beaver instead. I dont recommend coming here. Their garlic sauce was good though read more

Bad service from the cook or counter person. Cashier was sweet. I was there around 11AM he was on his phone the entire time. I received the wrong order (small fatuous), and was charged $8. The salad wasn't bad, I can't deal with ignorance. The Cashier was very nice, I don't want this to reflect on her. read more

Quick stop for lunch on my way to a meeting ! I just was shocked to see it was in a gas station but short on time so I went in and ordered. My food was up in less than 5 min. I got the chicken kabob lunch that came with fries and soup for $7.99. I have to say I'm shocked at the amount of food you get and how good it is ! Wow I highly recommend. read more

Mr Kabob - Middle Eastern Near Me - Berkley, Michigan

At first, it is a little strange to get food from a gas station. However, after you eat the food, you will never look back. The food is prepared quickly. The food has always been hot and delicious. Recommendations: The wraps (i.e. chicken shawarma) are an excellent choice. They are delicious, and they are a good value for the money. Avoid: I have tried both their lentil and vegetable soup. Both of them are not very good, and I would avoid it. I did not understand the reviews that stated that the lentil soup was good... read more

This kills me to write. What happened to Mr.Kabob!? This has been my fav middle eastern joint for over 10 years. Lately, it's been so subpar, this last time was the last time. The meat is dried out. The fattoush used to be second to so fresh and now it's all wilted and ... just unappetizing. The falafel is now served cold. And to add insult to injury, my order has been completely messed up the last several times I've ordered. And I'm not just talking a missed side, I mean entire parts of the meal are missing. Tonight for instance I ordered lentil soup, and instead got 2 salads. And my combo for 2 people is missing the chicken. ‍. It's been a good run, but I fear Mr Kabob's expansion has happened too fast... Pros: hummus, tabbouli, grape leaves are still on point read more

Got take out for Mother's Day, it was super busy in there but my order was ready on time! and the new cilantro jalapeño hummus was delicious

Chicken, beef and kafta was not dry at all, really good and friendly as well, prices are within reason as well

Probably the worst chicken shawarma I've ever had. The chicken was burnt and extremely fatty and the garlic sauce was soupy. Not a consistently good, quality place that I would ever recommend. read more

Great food! Always fresh and ready. Great service also. Owner is good ppl. Always working

Always packed! That means it's good food. Quick and affordable. Great place for a fresh salad or sammich!

We were in the area and Yelp reviews lead us here. We had the mixed shawarma which is chicken and beef, and at the last minute I ordered a fattoush salad. The food was ready very quickly. The shawarma was on the dry side and only had a small amount of garlic sauce. Boooooo! Even the salad had a weird taste compared to what I've had from other Middle Eastern restaurants. In order to eat it, I had to add my own dressing to cover the taste. Also, get the pita chips on the side since they get soggy very quickly. Overall, I was disappointed after reading such good reviews. read more

I just wasn't impressed. I got a chicken shawarma sandwich and a falafel sandwich and just kinda choked it down. Granted they are always busy so someone likes their food, just not me. Not flavorful, and the price was fairly high for what I got. I have been there a few times over the past few years and it was the same each time. I have stopped giving them chances (unless someone else is paying). read more

Always amazing! We have been loving Mr. Kabob since 2004! Our favorites are their combo dinners for 2, 4, or 6, depending on the crowd joining us. I dream about their garlic sauce, pickled veggies and crushed lentil soup. The falafel is wonderful. Tasty+, friendly, helpful, quick, convenient! read more

I have nothing bad to say about the food. It's pretty good. The guys there are jerks though. Every time you call they are rude. I have been goinf home for lunch once a week for a while and had an old punch card they had been punching for the last 3 weeks. Today, when he's putting.the last punch on the card so I get a free lunch, he says "this card is expired". Won't honor it. There's plenty other places to get middle Eastern food around here. Won't be back. read more

I live in the Dearborn area and I've tried a lot of local Dearborn restaurants. Mr. Kabob in Berkley MI is my hands down favorite place for Shawarma and Fattoush . The chicken is well marinated with the perfect burst of flavor. Their salads are a great blend of dark leaf lettuce and iceberg plus all the other goodies. Holy smokes their garlic sauce is so good I can and have eaten it all by it's self. If I'm working in the area or driving miles just to get there it's always worth the trip. read more

Mr Kabob - Fattoush Salad with a side of dark meat chicken - Middle Eastern Near Me - Berkley, Michigan

"Gas Station Mediterranean" is my favorite food group because of Mr. Kabob himself. If given the chance to become Mrs. Kabob, I'd say "I do" ASAP. You could even say that I falafel for this place as soon as I tried it. What more is there to say really? For a reliable chicken shawarma or fatoush salad, kabob and weave your way on over to this place. How many puns is too many puns? One pundred? Also, get the garlic. read more

Food: The food here is amazing. The food here is better than that of some expensive Mediterranean restaurants in large downtowns. The seasonings and marinading are great and the hummus is excellent. Rating: Five stars Service: The counter service is efficient. Picking up the order and then paying for it at the main gas station register can be cumbersome, but it is also part of the experience. Rating: Four stars Atmosphere: Who can resist the charm of dining at a gas station? The funny thing is, it used to be a more charming and unique experience before the outdoor signs and indoor award plaques were installed. There is a steady stream of customers and large takeout orders being picked up. Rating: Five stars Location: The gas station location has limited parking,but this was never intended to have a lot of parked cars. The Berkley location is convenient. Besides, the Berkley Police Station and Berkley Fire Station are next door and what more could you ask for? Rating: Five stars read more

A go to for my family. Friendly staff. Great food. Lots of choices. Punch cards are a nice touch. Bonus they have a beer and wine selection now. read more

Everything was excellent, good portion sizes. Best middle eastern food in the general area.

Where to begin with my dear friends at Mr. Kabob... Firstly, heed the warnings of those that have given reviews, this place is inside of a gas station. Do not let that deter you from experiencing the tastes of Mr. Kabob. This place could be inside of a Chinese iPhone manufacturing plant and the cries of thousands of suffering workers couldn't stop me from partaking in some of the absolute best Middle Eastern fare that has graced my fragile tongue. I frequent the area around 12 and Woodward often enough to stop into Mr. Kabobs on occasion. Whenever I get close to the intersection, my taste buds tingle and I can feel the craving for fattoush and pitas complete with hummus and garlic sauce. The extra pitas always hold up well for later that night or a nice lunch the following day. The sandwiches are tantalizing. If you've never had the pleasure of holding a chicken cream chop in your hands and delving into the succulent sauce-covered meat than you are not living up to life's potential. Mr. Kabob is quite possibly heaven in a gas station. Do yourself a favor and place a carry out order soon, your transcendence into garlic enlightenment will be well worth the trip. read more

I generally judge chicken shawarma sandwiches by one fairly simple criterion: does it taste like chicken shawarma is SUPPOSED to taste? If it's juicy, heavily marinated in spices, packed with wonderful charred flavors from hours of spit-roasting, and accompanied by a sauce that compliments the flavor, then it's passes. If it's dry, with little flavor other than a vaguely grilled taste, and with a mediocre (or non-existent) sauce -- like the vast majority of chicken shawarma sandwiches in the universe -- then it fails. Mr. Kabob's chicken shawarma passes, with flying colors. You know it's good when a garlicky, juicy, spice-inflected, brown saucy goodness collects at the bottom of the pita while you're eating it. It gathers there at the base, assuring you that the last bite, no matter how full you are, will be the best one. My dining partner, who's not from the area and had never tried chicken shawarma before, remarked, "damn, now I'll be craving these things." The garlic sauce that we ordered as a side was wonderfully creamy and not-too-overwhelming in flavor, and I've heard great things about the falafel and hummous. I've only been a couple times, but Mr. Kabob will keep the 5 stars until a lack of consistency reveals itself, or until I find a shawarma haven that makes this place look bad. It's already been mentioned a thousand times, so I don't need to describe the ambiance (what ambiance?), but the place isn't designed as a sit-down restaurant, so who cares? Pick up your food at the counter to the right of the entrance, pay at the gas station's main checkout area, then drive home and crush said food. read more

Snapshot: A hidden gem. Outstanding Middle Eastern food at bargain prices. Mr Kabob's humble site at a gas station on Coolidge and 12 Mile belies its excellence. I should know better than to be dubious of location -- after all, some of Portland's finest teriyaki and Vancouver's best by-the-slice pizza are served up in such modest confines. Mr Kabob does Middle Eastern cuisine in all its broad, amply spiced strokes: succulent chicken and beef shawarma, luscious baba ghanoush, plump falafel, and moist hummus the way my imaginary Lebanese granny would've made it, if I were Lebanese. For a few dollars, Mr Kabob whips up a solid lunch or dinner option. The shawarma is an old standby, a ridiculously generous portion of fine, fresh chicken or beef (I prefer chicken slightly over the beef) seasoned to the high heavens and enveloped in fluffy, warm bread that never gets served stale. Throw in a salad or a fresh fruit smoothie, and it beats any fast food outlet this side of In and Out Burger. Friendly counter staff prepare orders in record time, wrap them up, and deliver with a smile. Catered meals are also great deals. They are my secret go to for housewarming parties, moving parties, cocktail parties, ANY parties. Friends ordered up grape leaves, a tureen of hummus, a bowl of baba ghanoush, and falafel in trays that we couldn't keep our hands out of. The falafel were a smashing success and when grown men were ready to fight over who got to take the leftovers home, I think that speaks for itself. Grape leaves were tight little bundles marinated in sweet-tangy goodness, and they were breathtakingly delicious -- super tasty, bite-sized pieces the way they should be. I haven't tried the soups (yet) but come winter, they're going to be a staple. Better still, with friendly hours, Mr Kabob is the perfect option for dinner when no one wants to cook and facing off against the supermarket check-out line is a torture beyond bearing. It's much easier to blitz through the registers at the gas station. read more

Alright kids...let me tell you a story: In a nearby land, on a magical corner, inside a typical gas station lies a hidden treasure. A treasure so amazing (and tasty) that I can barely contain its unassuming location any longer. Here you will find velvety, and strong garlic sauce, perfectly marinated and cooked chicken and lovely and fluffy rice. What a treasure! What a joy! But in all seriousness, gas station or not, this place serves up some tasty middle eastern food. Its fresh, its garlicky and its plain delish! I often opt for the chicken schwarma sandwiches with either a side of rice or lemon rice soup. Oh and the price is definitely right at Mr. Kabob. So when filling up your tank at this magical corner, don't forget to fill up your belly as well....because bellies need fuel too! read more

Great food. Especially love their hummus. Pricing is very good and big portions. Very competitive market for Mediterranean food around where I live and Mr Kabob is definitely up there and a go to spot for takeout read more

My coworker looked horrified when I told him I had found some of the tastiest Middle Eastern cuisine in a gas station. This is a no-nonsense establishment in a Berkley gas station that has speedy quick service and provides some pretty delicious food. I ordered the Chicken Shawarma entree which came with some pretty awesome crushed lentil soup. The chicken - moist and still moist the next day. The rice wasn't overly salted which I tend the appreciate. The garlic sauce is addicting. The menu is vast - a mostly carryout place. Don't make the mistake I made when I shower me true noob self by staring at the menu screens hoping they would show something else than appetizers and salads. The menu is near the corner of the counter and the men behind the counter are pretty helpful as well. I am definitely coming back here again. read more

Mr Kabob - Chicken Shawarma entree (dinner) with crushed lentil soup - Middle Eastern Near Me - Berkley, Michigan

Business is to good I guess. Always beyond poor and rude customer service. Usual Yelling on phones while ringing u up, no thanks, no your welcomes, no hi, your just an invisible customer even if your a regular. I've decided to not go here due to not wanting to support bad relations with customers for mediocre food. It's convenient but the shawarma meat is the fattiest chicken I've had and lettuce in salads is mostly ice berg, good hummus, pita and chicken breasts but I can't support rude people any longer. There is atleast 1 nice person who knows how to acknowledge people's existence , wish they knew how important customer awareness and appreciation is. It's a joke with people I know when we use to go there, how funny it is how rude they are to everyone. read more

Finally made it here! Lunch today was the silver lining of losing all our refrigerated/frozen food to the epic windstorm and power outage of March 2017, I suppose. They do have a few tables, but it's basically a gas station. I'd never have guessed if it weren't for Yelp! I've had a lot of dry, bland beef/lamb shawarma in my day, but the meat in my mix shawarma pita was great. The beef was pleasantly steaky -- juicy with that good, grilled flavor. Great pickles and onions, too. Lentil soup was also quite tasty -- more flavorful and better textured than most. I look forward to trying more of the menu. Extra props for speedy service. Even in the middle of lunch rush, my pita was in my hands in the time it took to self-serve a fountain drink! All the more reason I'll be back. read more

I had them cater a party of 25. For $11 a person, we received a full middle eastern spread that could easily feed more than 30. The food quality was excellent, and my guests raved about it. Staff was very easy to deal with, and friendly upon pickup. They are my go to catering option near home. read more

Exceptional food. A lot of these reviews complain about lack of friendliness but I believe it's not intentional. I think there is a bit of a language barrier but I'm ok with that for the amazing authentic food. They prepare your food fast and it's hot! It's easy to spend a lot of money here because there are so many delicious things on the menu. Place is always clean and I enjoy looking at whomevers artwork they kindly display. read more