Don't judge a book by its cover, doesn't look like much on the outside, in a shopping strip. Inside was beautiful, colorful, and comfortable. Come up to the counter and got a couple of menus and told we could sit anywhere. Came up to our table and got our order. Asked about menu options and dish of the day and the staff was very helpful and gave us great details. I always have a hard time deciding on one dish because I love Mediterranean food so I opted for a combination appetizer plate as my meal. It did not disappoint, food was fresh, flavorful and delicious! My husband got a meal which had chicken, steak and lamb on a bed of rice (curry maybe?) with salad a generous portion of hummus. His dish was both pleasing to the eye and delicious! It did not disappoint. Had a large variety of drinks but we opted for Mexican Cokes. We left with a good deal of left overs and a half pound of assorted baklava. About average price for a nice dinner out for two. We were very pleased and we will return. read more

Disappointing. Underwhelming. Overall not good. Ordered the Combo App Plate and they didn't give us hummus. Nor did they say why they didn't serve the hummus!? And we paid for food they didn't bring us. The lamb gyro meat was super bland and the pita bread was hard as stone. No joke, inedible. The glasses were dirty and the male server didn't want to be there or didn't want us to be there. Either way, much better food options in the area. read more

Great lunch special. Good flavor. Loved the gyro. Interior is nice and service was good. read more

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Food - great and flavorful Service - nice simple order, deliver to table process. Ambiance - not a romantic nor ambiance driven interior, nice and clean though. Tried this little gem between Zarda and Taco Bell on 87th just west of I-35. Really good hummus, had a lamb swarma plate with delicious saffron rice and great hummus w pita. Pistachio Baklava? Sure sign me up for say 2 - 20...! They have a LOT of Baklava on display along with many other sweet temptations, "must resist"..! Pistachio Baklava was good and tasty w/o being too sweet or drowning in syrup. Will be back for other dishes, as the thought came to me that "This is what Basha used to be like". aka good / affordable with great flavor. read more

Queen of Mediterranean - Lamb Mix Shawarma Plate Fresh lamb mix, saffron rice, hummus, salad, grilled veggies. Pita is included. - Mediterranean Near Me - Lenexa, Kansas

Overall, the food was really good that I wish I can go back again. We had the Jordanian Original Mansaf and the Mashawi mix plate. The yogurt that came with the Jordanian Original Mansaf was tart as expected. read more

Queen of Mediterranean - Mediterranean Near Me - Lenexa, Kansas

Order dinner tonight, and everything was perfect. Beef gyro plate (saffron rice, veggies, gyro, pita, hummus, Mediterranean salad), falafel with tahini, and tiramisu. The falafel are light and crispy, with delightfully fresh tahini and tzatziki. The beef gyro is so flavorful, and the rice, veggies, and salad were a perfect compliment. Only regret is that we should have ordered more than one cake read more

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If you're in the Overland Park area and craving Mediterranean, don't make the trek all the way out to Jerusalem Cafe or Baba's! Queen of Mediterranean does a solid job and they're my go-to for shawarma on a weekday night. My favorite dishes to order are the Beef Shawarma Plate (comes with hummus, vegetables, and spiced rice) and the Baba Ganoush. The shawarma is fully-flavored and tender and the portions are good. If you're unfamiliar with Baba Ganoush, it's similar to hummus but made with roasted garlic and eggplant rather than chickpeas. The end result is smoky, garlickly, slightly tangy spread that goes perfectly with their flatbread. I've also enjoyed the stuffed grape leaves, the chicken shawarma, the falafel, and the gyro--those are solid picks as well. Dishes I prefer to avoid here are the lamb options, the hummus, and the baklava. Even though I love lamb, I find that it tends to be on the tough side here and would much rather drive out north if I want that. The hummus is more acidic than I'm used to. While it's okay when paired with the shawarma, I wouldn't order it on its own. As for the baklava--proper baklava has a signficiant number of layers, with spiced nuts and honey spread between the layers. As a result, it's very labor-intensive to make can proper baklava can cost a pretty penny. The baklava here has the layered pastry on one side and the nut spread on the bottom, which is much easier to make but doesn't capture all the flavors and textures baklava should have. For the price, I wouldn't order it here. Overall, a great choice for a weeknight! The service can be hit or miss, so it's not dependable for groups, but even when I came with a group of ~20 the service time wasn't unreasonable. Atmosphere is fairly casual, so not a great choice for special occasions. read more

Queen of Mediterranean - Baba Ganoush - Mediterranean Near Me - Lenexa, Kansas

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To go order: Willingness to please Generous portions Authentic flavors Additional note based on additional experiences: found that the quality of the food has been hit and miss on this sometimes five sometimes three. read more

I ordered a Chicken Gyro Wrap w/Fries ($12) & a Greek Salad ($9) via DoorDash for Delivery. The salad was already mixed w/dressing, so it was soggy by the time it got to me, the feta was in very large chunks (see photo) and the lettuce was not great. I wish they had put the dressing on the side as is customary with to-go orders, so I assume it's pre-mixed. Overall, the salad was not enjoyable. The entree was soggy, but that was on the delivery/DoorDash, as it has obviously been warm when put into the container and then I recvd it 20-30min later (so = condensation). There was more Mint in their sauce than I've ever had, so it was more sweet and... Mint-forward, so not to my personal liking. NOTE: 1/3 of this isn't on the restaurant! I would stop by for lunch, but try something else, without their tzatziki sauce. read more

Queen of Mediterranean - Chicken Gyro w/Fries & Greek salad - Mediterranean Near Me - Lenexa, Kansas

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Food is good. Family own restaurant. The desert are good too. Lamp Shanks plate is awesome. Nice indoor to sit down with couples of close friends. We ordered family platters, normally come with salad, pita bread and two types of hummus for pita. I wish the restaurant give us the choice of soup or salad for the side. I also wish that the family platter comes with lamb shanks as well. Since it is not I need to order separately. It was great and consistent. Recommended. read more

Queen of Mediterranean - Kafta Kabob Plate ( Family Style ) - Mediterranean Near Me - Lenexa, Kansas

We have ordered twice from this small business and have thoroughly enjoyed the food and welcoming service provided, both our takeout order and dine-in. The entrees was flavorful, with the perfect balance of sauces, fresh veggies, tender meat, light and crispy fries. The basbousa dessert had a uniquely pleasant flavor, but was too sweet for our liking. The second order we placed (dine-in), our fries were not as crispy. However, the rest of our food and service was just as good as before. read more

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This place is fantastic. I wish I found this place sooner. Food is amazing and the service was wonderful. read more

Queen of Mediterranean - Mediterranean Near Me - Lenexa, Kansas

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Tried them for the first time yesterday. Had the beef gyro sandwich and fries. Very good and messy. Fries are excellent. Candidly could be a little meatier. Service was attentive. He realized I was kind of in a hurry and wasted no time getting my order out. I Encourage you to try this place. They could use our help. read more

YAAAAASSSS QUEEN!! This is the best Mediterranean place I've tried! Menu selection was great- entrees and sandwiches, great starters. They bake their own desserts- can you say baklava?!?! We had the grape leaves & baba to start. Emily served it to us with warm pita. On a cold night the hot mint tea hit the spot. We shared the chicken schwarma plate to split- it looked amazing. Sadly it had some nuts sprinkled on it which the menu didn't mention & my husband has a nut allergy. Emily felt badly & had the kitchen make him a whole separate platter without nuts at no charge. Great experience & we will be back with the family! read more

Queen of Mediterranean - Baklava! - Mediterranean Near Me - Lenexa, Kansas

We love this place for the comfortable atmosphere, quick service, and delicious food. My friends and I arrived about 7:15 on a Friday for a birthday dinner, a total group of 8 people. I love that you can mostly walk in and just grab a seat anywhere. I've seen a group of 20 casually walk in and find easy seating. Love the accessibility. There are also big family platters you can buy and share family-style. It feeds 4-5 people. We got the Big Mashawi Plate (family style) with different skewered meats on a bed of saffron rice. It came with hummus & pita which came out first. The saffron rice is SO good here. You can smell the saffron, taste the toasted almonds, and everything comes together in a savory-umami goodness. The meats were also solid, not dry at all. Hummus and pita are delicious. I was kind of on the fence with the baba ghanoush here. There's something different in it that I can't really put my finger on and I'm not sure I'd order it again. Stuffed grape leaves were soft, warm, and chewy in texture. The stuffing was really tasty but I felt it ate a little mushy. Kafta Kabob (family style) came on a bed of veggies and rice. It was flavored well but thought it was a little too dry. I came close to closing so I don't know if that has anything to do with it. Half Roasted Chicken meal was really good. The dark meat was the best, white was a little dry. We also had two orders of the lamb shank which I think is the best they have here, hands down. The lamb is soft, tender, and fall off the bone. It doesn't smell or taste gamey and is just really delicious. If you must order something, order the lamb shank! We had a ton of leftovers but ate everything within two days. I'm giving this a 4-star rating because I felt really really rushed toward the end. I mean, I get that they close at 8 pm but the guy at the front kept saying he had somewhere to be and I felt like our group had to inhale the food. We also ordered a pound of desserts and they forgot to give it to us but tacked it on our bill. Glad we caught it before we left! Overall, I'd still come here again because the food is really good. read more

More pictures: Mashawi: mixed meat platter with rice and hummus Mansaf: very yummy! We didn't get the warm yoghurt like side, but the lamb and rice was super yummy and the meat was very tender! read more

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I'm a bit annoyed that I haven't heard of this place sooner! I mean, the quality of my and my wife's meal was AMAZEBALLS! I got the chicken Shawarma sandwich with fries. It's actually a chicken shawarma burrito with fries, and it was very juicy. But HOLY COW was it amazing. They could learn to drain this better but please don't change the recipe. My wife got their Hummus, and it was THE best hummus I've ever had. My only complaint is that it needed 1-2 more pieces of bread. My wife also got their mango smoothie and wow was that tasty as well. We also tried one of their baklava, and that was ok...I know the only thing I wasn't super thrilled about...but it's still worth you giving it a try. It was fine, just a bit dry imho. I think I can never try another place ever again! This food was so good, I forgot to take pictures ...how about that? read more

Ordered take out. Everything was prepared as estimated and packaged well. Got their Mashawi Family Style entree and it is enough for 3-4 people. The meal comes with a good variety of meats -lamb, chicken, beef and all different styles. The beef was a bit tough but the chicken was super juicy and everything was well flavored. The meat sat on a bed of rice and small amounts of veggies. I didn't order a veggie dish since it was supposed to come with some but it definitely was less than I expected. The hummus was smooth, creamy, and well flavored - one of the better hummus I've tried. Overall good experience and I want to try their other dishes. read more

A really good & interesting spot for Shawarma lovers. We ordered "Chicken Shawarma Sandwich with fries" which had herbed spiced grilled chicken, tomatoes, onions with their special delicious garlic sauce wrapped in warm tortilla bread (wish they had the traditional Saj bread instead) paired with seasoned fries which was bursting with its flavors and an absolute treat to oneself. They were very quick in their order and they're priced apt. read more

Queen of Mediterranean - Chicken Shawarma Sandwich with Fries. - Mediterranean Near Me - Lenexa, Kansas

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Food doesn't taste the same as before. It's very bland and also super greasy, they don't package things as neatly as they did before either. I found my pita at the bottom of the bag when I got take out. Hummus tasted super bland, Shawarma was super greasy and tasted bland as well. I don't know if they have new owners or something but I am for sure never coming back again. read more

Great place. Quick food that is truly home-made. Chicken Schwarma was the best. I highly recommend.

Good, simple, fresh food and nice, clean place. We had a quiet meal that was tasty and at a very good price. Will definitely go back! Don't skip this place! read more

Never coming back to this location. I did a take out order today and the Philly cheesesteak did not taste good as the beef chicken was hard and raw. Their falafel was also very hard and tasteless, hummus and fries are okay. Cook time also takes up to 30 minutes. Definitely a waste of time and money. read more

The food was delicious and filling for a very respectable price. The service was wonderful, the family that runs the restaurant was very kind. I am Mediterranean but I felt at home. My waitress was a little girl with lots of enthusiasm who made me feel invited by the family to enjoy my meal. I have not had much Mediterranean cuisine and nor am I an expert but I would highly recommend this establishment to anyone wanting to try something new. read more

I really hate to ever give a bad review, but sadly I must here. I had been here before when it was under different ownership and loved it. I saw it had changed over and decided to check it out. My friend and I decided to just try the appetizer sampler to just give us an overview. We added meat to the order and got a kettle of tea. Our food came out before our tea which was a bit frustrating. The food was presented very well and looked really good, until the meat came out. It was pre-made pre-sliced gyro meat that I literally have in my freezer right now, oh and it was super dried out. They took it back, but in a short amount of time the server brought us out another type of "gyro"meat that looked really good and made in house. We were really impressed with that. Also we noticed we were missing the salad so we asked about it and our server explained they replaced the salad with dolmas. Well again a short time later she comes back and said the owner wanted us to have a salad. Again SUPER nice, but sadly here's where it goes downhill. Although the server was super nice, she was also very inattentive. We had to flag her down many times for things. The place was busy, but not too much for a well trained server. Now to the food.... The salad was probably the best thing and it wasn't even suppose to be included. The hummus was fine, but I could have used more olive oil and some garlic chili, but our server was too difficult to get ahold of. Also the pita I was given to eat the hummus with was at least two days old. There is no need for that when we have great places right here in KC that make pita EVERY day! Make and sell pita chips with the leftover pita, I'd buy some seasoned with Zatar! Ok back to the food, the dolmas were fair and the meat the kind owner gave us was good, but we left some on our plate. The baba was too smokey for me, but that's just a preference thing. Not that we could have enjoyed it anyway since the pita was so dang old! The tea was fine, but I was super frustrated we were halfway through our meal before we got it. I also got the rest of my tea to go and wanted to take the mint leaves with me. There were definitely not more than five leaves in that whole kettle. I told my friend after my first sip, there's not enough mint in here. Yep I was right about that! So as much as I wanted this place to be even better than the last place it is not. I use to love to go there and get their baklava. It was the best I've had outside Bethlehem. I didn't even try theirs because after out meal I was afraid to be let down one more time. read more

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Over the last 2 years I have become a frequent flyer at their northland location. I was super hyped that they were opening a Johnson County location for a couple of reasons: a possible reduction in the northland line at their tiny location and also that they deserved all the success that they were receiving. I drove across town on a quarantine Saturday to do some carry-out on opening day. The menu is identical of the original shop and why wouldn't it be?, don't mess with perfection! The new location allows chef Kay to show off her art of dessert in 3 new show cases and a soon to be opening case of frozen treats for smoothies and shakes. A coffee grinder sits on the west wall representing the wonderful Turkish coffee drinks that await the patient. I did a carry-out of my favorite - hummus and grilled meat. What a flavor combo! I also took home an assorted sweets tray. They have a plethora of pillows to accompany bench seating and Jordanian art whenever dine -in seating resumes. read more

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I guess I ran out of luck! My man and I decided to come here today for lunch. The waitress was friendly. No problem there. I was craving a gyro wrap because the one I had the other day was SO good! Well I was disappointed!! Normally, gyro wraps are packed full of meat. There's always more gyro meat that pita bread.. Well not here. There were literally 3 or 4 minutes thin slices of gyro.. Well at least the hummus was good! read more

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Don't buy from the Baklava! It is supposed old and musty! I purchased around 2lbs yesterday and once it is iftar time (dinner) we started eating from it and directly we threw it in trash! I'm sharing pictures of the receipt and the plate I bought. Don't buy the Baklava from them. The worst place ever! Musty, it looks they have it since last year! Scammers read more

Queen of Mediterranean - Baklava receipt - Mediterranean Near Me - Lenexa, Kansas

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Lovely family-owned Mediterranean spot. Friendly and effective service. The food was definitely the highlight. The lentil soup is light but flavorful, however the shrimp plate was the star. Such great presentation and flavor. Not too oily. This will be a regular spot for me. Highly recommend! read more

Today was my first time to try this and I don't think I'd have it again. I usually go to another place nearby. The lintel soup is very salty and there is soggy bread I assume it's pita inside it. The chicken shawarma had hard pieces in it kind of like someone scraped the grill in it. read more

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I tried a new restaurant (for me) and I hate I didnt try it sooner! I had the Chicken Shawarma plate, which was extremely tasty. The combination of spices and herbs made a memorable lunch meal. The pits read was soft and warm. It literally melted in my mouth. The plate came with pita, hummus, salad, rice and chicken shawarma. The salad was perfectly dressed and delicious. read more

Queen of Mediterranean - Lunch Item: Chicken Shawarma Plate - Mediterranean Near Me - Lenexa, Kansas

Great place for lunch, their lamb shank is absolutely delicious, also you must've their tea with mint leaves paired with some of the tasty desserts. You will be in heaven. read more

The food is really good ... the service needs improvement and they need to smile and make you feel comfortable. I like the dolmas and the chicken swarmha and the appetizer plate with hummus , baba , falafels etc read more

I ordered the falafel plate which did not include rice so I ordered a side of rice. This all came out to $19 and it was not very much food. Probably a couple bites of the salad, 6 pieces of falafel, and very small amount of hummus. The side of ride was $5.55. It was just expensive for not very much food and it was incredibly bland. The staff was so kind, however, I will not be returning. read more

great place very nice atmosphere and great costumer service! Hussein is a great guy. Delicious food!

Really enjoyed our lunch here. Lamb shank was delicious. Staff made us feel like royalty. Friendly, helpful, yet professional. Very clean inside . We'll definitely be back. read more

Given the great reviews of this restaurant, I really wanted to love it but unfortunately I didn't. My friend and I ordered the beef shawarma with hummus, as well as an order of falafels as an appetizer. The beef was bland and dry while the rice was also tasteless. The hummus was good but couldn't save the meal overall. The falafels were tasty and were the only thing I would order again. I even bought a few of the baklava and other desserts to-go and they too were disappointing. Not sure what happened or if I went on an off day, but unfortunately this won't be my go-to place for Mediterranean food. read more

Queen of Mediterranean - Baklava, polenta cake with nuts, and a carrot/coconut dessert ball - Mediterranean Near Me - Lenexa, Kansas

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We absolutely love Queen of Mediterranean. The staff is so wonderful and really care about giving you the best experience possible. Our favorite entree is the Lamb Mix Shawarma Plate (which is a large portion--come hungry!). Their Falafel is also perfect--crispy on the outside, moist on the inside, never dry. QoM also has delicious pastries, my favorite being the Nabulsi Kanafeh. Don't miss out on this gem! Worth the trip every time! read more

Great food and best sweet Their baklavas are very good and fresh. It is one of the best bakery in town. read more

This place was okay. If you're not used to flavorful Mediterranean food then you won't notice the difference. The ingredients were all there but the flavor was missing. We really wanted to like this place. The baklava was good. read more