Zaatar Lebanese Grill lies in what I'm considering the SA town square of Middle Eastern cuisine…read more It's minutes away from IH-10 on Wurbach, I ordered the Gyro plate with Lebanese salad and wifey got the mixed grill platter. Both were tasty and were very similar in taste from our recent visit to Turkey. Lots of flavor going on at the same time and I have developed such a taste for the traditional rice. Light and flaky. I believe the owners are Arabic, but not actually Lebanese. Although we have traveled to the middle east, but not to Lebanon, I cannot say for certain if it is authentic or not. What I can say is the food was delicious and definitely used some of the same spices we are familiar with. The inside dining was for smaller parties of less than 6, and fit our needs on this visit.

If you like middle eastern food, you will love Zaatar Lebanese Restaurant. I didn't dine in,…read moreinstead placed an order online and was excited to get my order within 20 mins. I chose something simple and it was very tasty. I ate it all very quickly. I do however wish I were a fan of pistachios as it was very picturesque behind the glass display case. I topped off my meal with a very flavorful drink that vaguely reminded me of Sonic's cherry limeade. A fast-food drink I love, by the way. I told my daughter we have to go back and in the meantime I recommend this restaurant highly.

What's not to love? The service is great, the vibe is…read moreexquisite, and the kids love being able to see the coal fire cooking real food. PRO-TIP: don't touch the glass (it's hot). Before we go on, if you just stop here: the cold dip sampler is worth it. Do it. Our kids love the kafta kabobs and rice, and we went to town on the shawarma to make up for a bad shawarma experience a few days prior. Now the universe is balanced after we had an opportunity to enjoy shawarma the way it was intended to be enjoyed (thinly sliced from a vertical rotisserie, piled into a sandwich, and served prompt and hot). This is the food of my people (well, geographically adjacent people but it's close enough) and so when we don't feel like cooking, we gladly drive to Kababchi Grill for our fix. Oh, and if hookah is your thing: their sister restaurant shares this kitchen and offers hookah next door. The vibes are exquisite there, so check out Shisha Cafe if that's your jam.

Waste of time Rude staff…read moreDon't bother asking for an adult to talk to because none is there

I always enjoy my time at Shisha. They have everything you need for remote workers and delicious…read morefood! Sharean was my server tonight and has been for many nights I've visited. She's detail oriented, checks in regularly, whether you're a new customer or regular. This always makes my experience memorable.

Food was definitely not made there. Onion rings tasted like the ones from Sonic, the chicken…read moreMilanese tasted like it had freezer burn and it honestly was just a piece of fried thin chicken. Nothing special about it! I was looking for a great dining experience and got met with just wanting to leave. The rice biryani...NASTY! I usually love that kind of rice, this one...NOPE. Maybe we went on a bad night :(

Naara is one of my favorite Mediterranean restaurants in San Antonio…read more In business for a long time, Naara offers a wide variety of Mediterranean food, keeping the out authenticity of the flavors in every plate. The food selection is large. I would recommend you to look at their menu, but my favorite is the chicken shawarma plate. Every time I come here this is my selection. They also have pizza and they are very well known for having one of the best pizzas in town. With fresh ingredients, their food is just amazing. You will enjoy it as much as me. If you love, hookah, they have hookah service and you can enjoy it in the big patio they have. If you're looking for something more quiet, they have an indoor dining room and you can see there's always a students here doing homework or research and enjoying their hookah. They are located on I 10 and Wurzbach, and they have a large parking lot, you will also find in the same location a very popular Mediterranean market call Alibaba where you can find all kind of Mediterranean food and ingredients I hope you enjoy Naara as much as I do.

Food: Always well prepared, fresh and with the right portion for the price…read more Service: Always quick and easy Ambiance: Makes for a really chill spot for lunch if you need a hour or so to decompress.

This place has the good stuff! This authentic Middle Eastern food truck is fully HALAL serving up…read moremouthwatering shawarma and traditional Arabic dishes! They opened up only a few weeks back so the spot is still relatively new to San Antonio, but this isn't the owner's first food truck! Turns out he owned New York Grill Express, a food truck I used to go to all the time near my house! Service is typically pretty fast, maybe 15 mins, which is typical for middle eastern food trucks! My favorite item here would have to be their mouthwatering chicken tenders. I just haven't had anything like it, especially with their special sauce! Definitely a must try while you're ordering from here! They're open late & right now they're parked alongside Sea Island Shrimp House off of I-10, but check out their page to stay up to date with wherever they'll be next! It's a food truck in a parking lot with no seating, which makes it a takeaway spot for sure!

Giving 5 stars because the guy who works the truck is amazing dude. Very helpful with the menu…read more Food is ok. Very salty in our opinion. Maybe just not our type of food. Either way go check them out. The man works very hard.

Wanted to try Shawarma Alzaeem for a while now because of all the great reviews, so I went in with…read morepretty high expectations. I ordered the Chicken Shawarma Platter. One thing I really liked was the seasoning/powder they topped the onions with, that added a really nice flavor. The veggies were decent as well. The platter was around $15.89, which felt a little on the higher side for the portion of chicken provided. There was a lot more rice than protein. The chicken itself was okay, but it felt a bit chewy. To be fair, I did pick it up and brought it back to work before eating, so that may have affected the texture. Overall, it was decent and I'd probably give them another try, maybe next time eating fresh at the truck might make a difference.

This food truck has a limited menu, but there's a little bit for everyone. I had the falafel plate…read morethat comes with salad and rice. It comes with a few good pieces of falafel. The salad was a decent size with tomatoes, olives and the pickles.I did order the hummus with pita bread. Hummus was OK. The pita bread is definitely store-bought. II would definitely go back for more as they are close to my home and they were super quick at getting our order ready.

I don't believe the overall experience warrants more than two stars…read more I kept seeing these amazing photos posted by Shawarmatee on social media, so we decided to drive out to their food truck on Friday evening. The truck is parked in the Shell gas station on the corner of Babcock and Wurzbach. There's space for about 5 or 6 cars on the side of the food truck. The menu is prominently displayed, and the area around looks as clean as one would expect a gas station parking lot to be. The gentleman taking orders and packaging the food was polite enough. I'm not one for overly effusive or disingenuous customer service. As long as you're not a jerk and the food and price are right, I can tolerate a bland interaction. We asked for details about a couple of menu items, but he kind of nodded while never answering the questions. We ordered the mix shawarma plate, two Arabi wraps, and an order of falafel, as well as a can of Coke, bottles of water, and a mango drink. It took about 15 minutes for our order to be ready, and everything was hot and well-packaged. He even threw in some extra tahini and garlic sauces (or what he said was garlic and tahini sauce). My kids said the Arabi wraps were fine. They didn't think the sauce had any garlic flavor whatsoever, and the tahini tasted more of oil than anything else. My husband and I both agreed that the beef included on our mixed shawarma plates tasted off. There's a sweetness that develops as red meat begins to turn, and that's the unpleasant flavor we detected when we ate our plates. The chicken, as many other Yelpers have pointed out, was beyond dry. It lacked seasoning and was throat-scratchingly dry. The salad was uninspired and lazy, and the rice was adequate. The falafel was broken and burned in areas, but had an overall good flavor and almost fluffy texture. I had to agree with the kids that the garlic sauce tasted more like mayo. We didn't finish our food and ended up going to an Indian food truck down the street to fill our stomachs. I feel bad writing this because this is an elderly gentleman, but I also don't think the feedback on the chicken and the quality of food is being addressed. We want to go out and feel we're getting our money, gas, and time's worth, and Shawarmatee failed to deliver on that. Instead, it feels like a cash grab from unsuspecting diners.

I'm from Houston where there's great Mediterranean food everywhere. In SA it's a little harder to…read morefind. We ordered two dishes, the mixed shawarma plate and the chicken shawarma. Were delicious. Ate in the car. So good ordered another dish to go. Yum Yum