I was a bit hesitate since I don't love the cuisine and came here for lunch with a big group of us since everyone voted yes for it but me. We just found our own seats since no one showed us to one. The waitress was young and very friendly but seemed a bit timid. Oddly our friend only ordered a soup and that came out before all our meals. So, she was trying to be polite and her soup got cold while we all were waiting for our sandwiches. However, when my sandwich came (the falafel mixed with shwarma) - it was awesome. It was huge and extremely filling. The tahini sauce was delicious. The grape leaves we got were really good as were the French fries here (though a bit pricy for the French fries). I would definitely return though and now look forward to it! I'll be the one voting yes for this spot now! read more

Overprice tasteless food. Small sizes and look like the food was old. French fried really dry shawarma look like chopped left overs. No napkins no utensils. Very disappointing. $50 gone to the drain. read more

Had lamb sandwich taken apart for separate salad pita lamb hummus and tzatziki super great food delicious. read more

Sababa Grill - Lamb - Middle Eastern Near Me - Teaneck, New Jersey

There were no public restrooms available here. I wonder if I'm no longer part of the "public" once I pay. I didn't have to go, but I'd like to think that Sababa Grill would let me use their restroom after spending over $50. I'm a pretty clean and cheap restroom goer. I don't use much toilet paper and try to flush as little as possible while also being mindful of clogging. I clean up any mess that I leave behind. Sometimes I'll even clean up another person's mess. It's not out of the goodness of my heart. It's mostly out of fear that I walk out and there is someone that goes in right after me. I don't want them to think that I was the person that made the mess. All I'm trying to say is that I'm good at going to the restroom, but I wasn't always like this. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I've made a mess of some restrooms. I knew I needed to stop when I recognized how upset I would get when someone else would leave a mess behind. I was being a complete hypocrite. Anyway, I wanted Sababa Grill to know that if they let me use their restroom, I would have left it spotless. Also the food from here was absolutely delicious. read more

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To be honest my rating is solely based on one item on their menu -- their falafel. As a vegetarian there are enough options in the Middle Eastern cuisine (hummus, babagnoush, etc.) to complete a meal but I enjoy their falafel the most and would recommend to anyone to go there for just the falafel (and bischoff's ice cream after). The falafel is served in a nice warm fluffy pita, plentiful chickpea balls, hummus, salad and a side of tahini and hot sauce to add as you go. It's a great local authentic spot with decent service. read more

Sababa Grill - Middle Eastern Near Me - Teaneck, New Jersey

I buy takeout from Sababa every week and the food is great! Check out the Moroccan salmon (on Thursdays), pargiout, chicken with spinach, green beans in tomato sauce, cauliflower kugel, veggie patties, cholent, pretzel chicken, cole slaw and Israeli salad. read more

We've been VERY PATIENT with this place and finally have had enough. We've ordered about a dozen times over the past year or two and EACH TIME they have messed up our order. I'm not saying missing a sauce I mean sauces and sandwiches completely wrong. Their phones were down yesterday and so were their cc machines... fine I get things happen. My dad went there to order and pick up. I gave my order directly to the boy twice and had him repeat it. They STILL forgot the salad side and messed up two out of the three sandwiches. My meat was so fatty I couldn't even eat it. The order too over an hour and they just didn't seem to care. Never again! read more

Sababa Grill - Middle Eastern Near Me - Teaneck, New Jersey

Love Sababa grill AND their Shabbat takeout is a great deal!!! Highly recommend and Danny the owner is great. read more

I dont get where all the negative reviews are coming from. This place is prolly the only place in jersey that takes you back to israel the food is very good and does the job right. The price is high but everythinf kosher is. No other place exists like this. read more

we had the chicken MarDallas , pretzel chicken, and potato kugel for Shabbat. Everything was delicious. The yemenite soup was also a big hit. I had made homemade chicken, and no one ate it, because they ate all the Sababa food instead! read more

If you cam get the owner to get your order right, the food is tasty. Keep in mind he hasn't gotten my order right once in 4 years

We love SABABA. It is our go to place for the best burgers around. And their homemade falafel and Hummus are second to none. Well, maybe second to that little place outside Machaneh Yehudah in Jerusalem. But otherwise - the best! read more

Outstanding, authentic, natural, freshly home-made Middle Eastern cuisine and other kinds of foods. Everything is made from scratch. The falafel is excellent. The soups are also excellent, such as lentil, vegetable barley and the unique Yemenite chicken soup is fantastic with chunks of potatoes, carrots, and shredded chicken. The soups are a meal in themselves. The brisket is amazing--Very lean and fork-tender. I'm getting hungry just writing this review! read more

Though the food is great.... they are very racist. You feel such awful pressure walking in there if you are not Jewish. They have a menu that you are not allowed to order from if you are not Jewish and they speak down on you as if you are an outcast. They want to make sure you are so uncomfortable that you don't return if you are not one of their own! Mission accomplished read more

The hummus is unique, made with fresh ingredients and my dad called it the best he's ever had (I'm not a hummus connoisseur but it tasted pretty good to me too!) The owner was very friendly and chatted with us while taking our order. My dad (vegetarian) had the falafel sandwich and I had the beef kebab sandwich. Both were delicious, and we got the larger size. It was definitely a full meal-- go with the pita size unless you're feeling very hungry. Definitely will go back again. Great meal. read more

What a great find and way to celebrate a birthday! The mushroom barley soup and hummus were a great way to start the meal. The fresh pita bread was excellent. For my entree, I had "Danny's Special", which really is if you like shawarma, fried onions and jalapeño peppers (as I do) with french fries and Israeli salad on the side. Everything we tried was very fresh and flavorful here. I also need to mention that our server was very attentive throughout the meal. We all shared baklava to end the meal but hope to be back soon! read more

Overall pretty tasty schwarma, though I found it to be a bit overpriced. Had to wait a bit as they were preparing a large order. Would stop by again when in the area. read more

We used to come here a lot a few years ago and I don't even remember why we stopped coming as the food is great. We started out with the combo platter as an appetizer and the portions were generous and delicious. All freshly made. Both my husband and I had the mixed grill, he in a laffa and me on a plate. On the plate I also had rice and lentils with Israeli salad. All was excellent, freshly made and delicious. The decor is ok and family style but that adds to the charm. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is I'm always looking for places to bring friends who don't keep kosher and it has to be up to the great non-kosher standards. The food definitely was but the service was so-so. Yes, the waitress was attentive but she forgot to bring the extra spice, and harif we ordered. I was also surprised there was only one pita in a basket for the entire mixed combo plate. All the wait staff were in the back talking and not really paying attention to the dining room. In the meantime, I will return and soon! read more

What can I say other than the greatest falafel sandwich I have ever had. Get the sandwich on whole wheat pita, you will not find any better.

Maaarvelous Yemenite soup. Lovely and I'll remember it's deliciousness for a long time ... Until I return. Really good pita and excellent hummus with fried onions and cooked mushrooms. Falafels, shawamels (?) are delicious. Decor is very basic, functional only. Service is a little slow but OK. Overall, food is really good and reasonable. read more

The food is delicious and reasonably priced. The best hummus and Moroccan eggplant salad I've had locally. The soups are great. The Friday night takeout offerings are very "home style" food, with quality ingredients used. Overall I love the food here, only giving it 4 stars because there are consistent mistakes made with food delivery. Always check your order before the drop off person leaves! read more

Food was good and service was great. I dropped my silverware and without even asking the waiter replaced both the fork and knife. The food came out quickly without any issues. Price is pretty decent for a kosher joint nothing too nuts. The portion size was very average and quite frankly I was still a bit hungry when I left. I give the establishment a 3/5 for it's adequate food and quality service. Nothing too special but does the job. read more

We had to wait 20 minutes to get something that was supposed to come with the food. Service was horrible because we ordered a kebab well done and there it wasn't. They st7ff every thing on one plate so the salad was all greasy. Had to wait another 20 minutes to get check. Finally, they didn't even have a picture in most of the picture frames. Never Going Back read more

Best service ever I travelled from NY and came to Cali for vacation and wouldn't leave until I tried Sababa and honestly it was the best falafel sandwich I ever had. It even tastes better then the ones over seas. if I could give you more then five stars I would. Loved it and I will definitely come back soon read more

We have patronized most of the kosher restaurants in Bergen County but keep coming back to Sababa. His ingredients are always fresh and the shwarma and falafel balls are always perfect. Very authentic as well. read more

Gotta say this place is as authentic as it gets. Great food, delicious and made like someone actually cared about it. Nicely plated (this matters to me...) I had an amazing burger, was fresh and juicy and tasty. And never underestimate fries which are actually made in-house. It's an effort but so so tasty. Also had some techina to dip them in (which I love), was also definitely home-made. It's a good thing I don't live in Teaneck or I'd be here four times a week easy. I only wish they had more sitting area. read more

Service problem We took Yemeni soup, Lentils soup, Baby chicken skewers, and Lamb skewers. Soups were mediocre: the taste of the Yemeni soup was not pleasant, the Lentils were too firm. The meats were really tasty. At 7:45pm the workers started to clean tables and put chairs on top of the tables. Then they started to sweep the floor. The place is small, and they were sweeping not far from us. I asked the worker to stop sweeping and let us finish. He stopped and walked away. In a few minutes he came back and continued to sweep. I asked him again not to do it while we are sitting there. At that point a lady proprietor came out and told me that they will not wait for me to sit there and talk, they have to clean and go home. My plate was still half full. I showed it to her, she shrugged her shoulders and started to sweep herself. I told her that she is rude, she immediately told that I am rude and weird! That was at 7:55. At that point we got up, paid, and left. Not coming there again. read more

Here for the second time, the food is absolutely delicious! I wish they would sell their Hummus in groceries closer to home.

I am eating here a lot. of course it's not in the level of the restaurants in Israel. BUT , for America , the kosher food is good. fresh meat. fresh laffa bread. and it's very clean. if you want to eat kosher Shawarma then I suggest to eat in this place. I suggest for the owners to start selling Shawarma inside baguette. but the baguette must be real french baguette and must be daily fresh from the same day. and must be real french baguette and not a long regular bun. read more

Delicious food. Hummus is great. Waitstaff is nice. Danny the owner introduced himself and was very hospitable. Prices are very reasonable for the bounty! I would recommend this place highly! read more

I grew up with dishes like these- hummus, babaganoush, coos coos, kababs, etc. I've also been to more then one restaurant that have similar styles, but amongst them all, I have to say this one beats them all! My family and I came for Mother's Day. It was 10 of us at the table and we could be a demanding type (lol) but the waitress was so patient and so professional, which made it an even better experience. The food was top notch- my husband (that is Chinese) said "this is the best humus I've ever had! My response was "of course, it's made by Israelis." I stuffed myself so much, at the end I couldn't breath, I didn't want to stop eating! So to sum up- you want authentic Israeli food? This is the place that has it! Enjoy my friend! read more

I took my wife and the kids for mother day we eat shawarma and shislik my wife took hamburger it was great food and the service was quick nice place great food read more

So far, so good! Fair prices and very good quality food. The pitas are fresh and tasty. The falafels are great! Nice family ambience. This place is a gem so far! read more

This is the first time I ever had a Laffa. Boy was it good. I had a falafel sandwich. I also had some sort of potato thing that I forgot the name of. I did have a N/A Malt Beverage that I didn't care for though. It was far too sugary. However the food was top notch. I also enjoy seeing all the Yamakas. read more

Came for late lunch on 1/29/2014. Ordered, what was titled by a lady who helped me at the counter, as vegetable with lentils soup (I indicated that I would like to get a boiling hot soup) and a platter of Shawarma with side orders of Majadra and Israeli chopped salad. I got a lukewarm bowl of SWEET vegetable soup - the vegetables were mostly carrots - hence the sweet taste. Adding salt did not improve the mediocre taste. Than came the platter: A tremendous pile of what was supposed to be fresh, straight of the pit Shawarma - these were crumbs of dry meat that look like they were collected from the fall outs of when the Shawarma was sliced earlier in the day. Next to it was something that I have yet to come up with a description that will not bring the vomiting feeling back to me - a huge pile of white rice topped with some brown, gooey mixture that brought to mind something I prefer not to spell out here. Needless to say I did not touch it and left without having my $24.00 lunch. I was asked by a guy if I want to take the food home, when I refused he asked if something is wrong, I said yes, it is not edible - at the restaurant they could not care less. I mentioned to the counter lady that this is not Majadra and the response was this is our style of Majadra. I said again, this is not Majadra but she insisted it is. Also, when I mentioned that the Shawarma was dry and disgusting she claimed it was not dry. I paid and left and could not wait to get to my computer to post this review. Don't Go There - let them close this awful place! read more

Typical Israeli greed at its best. Ordered the meorav...its a an Israeli mix of meats that we eat I Israel all of our life. Its almost a tradition to eat meorav in Israel.. So here I go, ordering my good not even looking at the menu.. I know what is meorav, they know what is meorav... Should be really simple. I get my meal, and its blown up with mushrooms... I am allergic to mushrooms. Who in the world put mushrooms in a meorav? I will tell you who! Greedy owner, that want to put as little meet as possible, and put mudroom to make you feel as if you got a big sandwich. Its sure looks like meet, but its mushroom. Ii told her that I can not eat mushroom, and I had to beg for a different sandwich. Salads were on the table, we had to ask for bread piece by piece. 2 people at the table and we get one piece of bread to share at a time. Greed , greed , greed. Poorly served, poorly treated .. Disgusting. Simply disgusting. After pleading and begging, the owner finnaly gave authorization to the poor lazy to make a real meorav sandwich. It came 20 min after my girlfriend finished her meal.... Which was good actually.. The salads were great and even the sandwich was good but their prices are ridiculous!! The are ripping you off... Not recommended!! At all! read more

Ordered their lamb on pita bread. Unquestionably the worst I've ever eaten. It was mostly fat and grizzle.

The service is great and the food is delicious. The portions are also generous. The shwarma quality could be better.

Very good shawarma. This is my 20 time at this place. First time having Sharma. It's very tasty. Service is good, the owner is friendly. The place is clean. read more

Great Israeli food. Exactly what you would expect from a local Jerusalem place. Everything we ate was very good.