While at the convention center near VCU, my friends and I had supper here and were delighted with the delicious food and wonderful kindness of the owner and staff. We loved it so much we took 2 more friends there for lunch the next day.They loved the food and the owner, too! The food is fresh, light, seasoned perfectly, so very tasty, and very satisfying while not making you feel you ate too much. All meals are very reasonably priced. I loved the chicken shawerma (SP?), which I got with a salad with a wonderful Mediterranean dressing, and the foul was great---seasoned so well! Totally recommend Sahara! read more

Authentic food, always good service. Somewhere I can always rely upon for quality food.

Very good and delicious i love this restaurant they very clean and care about customers read more

Sahara Cafe and Grill - Mediterranean Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

Ordered lamb kabob plate 22$, fried 5$, lentil soup 5$, & plain steak Philly sub 15$. Total on Uber eats was 53.80$. The lamb was BURNT, steak Philly was raw and mushy, lentil soup cup was 3 tablespoons of soup in it. I reported it through app and was only given 23$ back. This is why I cancelled uber eats and will dispute the charge. Never again will I order from this restaurant. This is why we can't support all business for bad product and services. read more

My hubby, sister, and I all ordered delivery from Sahara on a Wednesday night. We all ordered gyro sandwiches and shared fries and hummus The sandwiches were pretty good and I was impressed with how tender the meat was. The fries were your standard fried potatoes but were the perfect complement to the sandwiches. Everything was going well until we moved on to the hummus... then it all went downhill. The hummus was flavorless and the pita bread was so hard I could literally bang it on the edge of the table without it breaking. If you are eating here most definitely skip it and order another appetizer. read more

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This the worst restaurant ever! If you want to eat, have good time, or ... just stay away of them. The manager is super rude, the place is dirty, the food is expensive compared to what they provide. The manager is ready to start a fight with you once you step in. They are understaffed, perhaps since they are thrifty and terrible, so the manager is the cook, and the waitress. After I left my comment about the place, she has started insulting me at google. read more

Sahara Cafe and Grill - Mediterranean Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

A bit of an odd find, but overall pretty good to satisfy a middle eastern craving. The restaurant itself seems to be multi-faceted, as it seems to also be DaVinci Pizza as well as a fried chicken spot. That in mind, the middle eastern sampler I received was nicely authentic: solid falafel, good grape leaves, and very tasty hummus. I would avoid the chicken shawarma, it comes in more of a tortilla-like flatbread and has very little garlic sauce . I feel that this place has potential to offer satisfying Mediterranean food, as long as you order the right things. read more

I came in one night last week to buy some food because everything else was closed and my phone was dead. The Philly cheesesteak is good but the macaroni and cheese was stale. The noodles tasted stale and it lacked flavor. I do recommend their Philly cheesesteaks cause they're not that expensive if you're just looking for something less than $10 to eat. They do make their food to order though so it takes a minute and I don't think they take Apple Pay. read more

Ordered chicken plate and sample platter. Order was two hours late and I live down the street. Food was cold and over cooked and under-seasoned. Random bites of the chicken were really salty. The chicken to rice ratio was laughable, like 1:20. Platter was good, but really skimmed on the tabbouleh and didn't look fresh (looked brown) and way too much onion. Will not order again. read more

Sahara Cafe and Grill - Very stingy with chicken & overcooked - Mediterranean Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

Please check out Sahara Cafe & Grill when you're next in downtown Richmond!!! Fantastic, sweet people & service Delicious and healthy Mediterranean cuisine at super reasonable prices Perfect energy to take in before an audition or whatever the day has in store for you!! For such great food, they could really use more traffic...and they even have Turkish coffee!!! read more

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When walking in, you wouldn't expect the place to be a newly opened restaurant. It has a jersey diner feel to it as you enter. Very simple and quiet place, that is still trying to be known. The chef is this really nice yemeni, that does a great job of letting you know what is great on the menu. I ordered the Tajine, which is a Moroccan dish that has a slight citrus flavor which is balance by the salty flavor of the olives. It was served with 2-3 chunks of lamb (easily could be shared among two) and a nice serving of rice. This is definitely a place, I would come back to. They also have home made baklava as well as other middle eastern desserts and pastries. If you are in the area, and want to grab a quick meal this is a great spot to either sit down or take it togo. read more

Sahara Cafe and Grill - Yummy baklava with walnuts - Mediterranean Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

Ordered through door dash, and while my husband's chicken dish came correctly, my falafel sandwich did not. It came all separately with pita triangles to wrap it in... I guess... and it was supposed to come with fries and there were no fries with our order. The flavor of the falafel was pretty bland. Very disappointed. read more

Tried this place for the first time tonight. Amazing authentically Saudi food! We had foul, samboosa, umm Ali, and lamb hanith. All for less than $40. We found our new go-to place!! read more

It didn't look like it was opened when we walked by. But so glad we realized it was opened late! The buffet was awesome and the people are SO friendly! It was reasonably priced at $14 and the kids eat free! EVERYTHING in the buffet was delicious! The buffet came out at 8pm. Everything was coming out as we sat there. So glad we found this place. We will be back! read more

Sahara Cafe and Grill - Loved the buffet! So good! - Mediterranean Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

We've been to Richmond for atleast 4 times at this point and hands down this is the best food place we've eaten in months let alone Richmond. The place is nice and clean and the hosts are super warm. Maryam greeted us with a big smile as soon as we stepped in and gave us recommendation about, what to order... we went by her words and oh my; we didn't regret a single bite of anythjng we ate there. Razan was our server and equally warm and nice as Maryam. We are definately going to stop browsing in the area anymore for the food and will come here anytime we get a chance. Oh btw my kids are super critical about their food and they loved the food as much Me and Husband did read more

Sahara Cafe and Grill - Mixed Grill - Mediterranean Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

I had food from here delivered through UberEats. I got the falafel sandwich which is supposed to come with fries but those were missing. The food was dry and bland. read more

First time here was amazing. My friend originally ordered and brought it home and the food looked so good. The way that he ate his food made me very anxious to try it. So I'm here ordering and I decide to get the Falafel with rice and may I say it was the best combination of flavors I've ever experienced. The falafel is a vegan meal (in my eyes ) made of chickpeas, cucumbers and a lot of other great things. The meal was better complimented by rice vs the fries because it made it a wholesome meal. If you love flavor, spice, and a great texture of healthy meal that you wouldn't normally eat, that's the place. I'm sure you will feel the same and want to return. read more

Sahara Cafe and Grill - Falafel in Pita Bread - Mediterranean Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

I ordered a falafel sandwich, and it was not made correctly at all. I asked for extra lettuce, tomato, and tahini sauce on side. I received a falafel with NO lettuce or tomatoe, onion, or tahini...instead it only had falafel, pickles(?), & hummus. I'm really upset and want a refund. They also did not call or knock when it was dropped off. read more

Oh my God! This was the worst restaurant I have ever seen. Dirty place, expensive, rude manager, inaccessible. First we couldn't find it since the information on google map is misleading. You can't find parking nearby. Then, after these many problem you reach the messy place you find it messy and dirty. When complained about these many problem to the mamager/cook/dishwasher/waitress she said that we don't know how to do search on google! The she said that she has been working hard and she is tired! She was almost starting a fight with us and we decided to leave. read more

I am surprised with all the great reviews this place got. Maybe my experience is a one off. I can tell you that the chicken kabobs I ordered were burnt and bitter. Rice tasted weird and bitter. Hummus was ok. Baklava was stale. Very disappointing. read more

If I could give one star I would. Did an online lunch order from this restaurant using Foodify.com all sandwiches were supposed to come w/ fries and be labeled w/ names. None of this happened. No fries, all sandwiches wrapped in foil with writing on the foil in bright orange highlighter, impossible to read. Sauce and who knows what else was leaking out everywhere. Delivery driver for the restaurant just dumped the lunches at our front desk, otherwise I would not have accepted the order, probably why he didn't stick around. AWFUL! read more

Today was my first time there. I was early do a medi-pedi so I decided to get me something to eat. At first I ordered chicken kabobs with rice and a Sprite. I continued looking through the menu and decided to order the gyro with fries and hand made lemonade. When my food came they still had not given me my lemonade. They put the ketchup in a little saucer. I asked for more ketchup when I finished the first one and still no lemonade. I did not get my lemonade until I was finish with my food. The food was good, bit too long for more ketchup and lemonade. read more

Sahara Cafe and Grill - Mediterranean Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

This place is outstanding! This is only my second Yelp review ever (need to do this more often). My only other review was for a personal favorite restaurant which may now soon become Sahara Grill. The lamb dishes are particularly excellent. I had the lamb mendy which was juicy and flavorful; one of the best meals I've ever had. Included with it was complimentary lentil soup which was equally delicious. The portion size was large (had plenty left over). For only $14 it is hard to imagine a better deal anywhere. The service was friendly and fast. It was a true pleasure dining at Sahara Grill. The cuisine is North African/Mediteranean. This place is truly a hidden gem. Check it out! read more

We ordered the chicken shawarma sandwich and the cheese burger. Both were excellent in taste. The service could be more efficient and the place cleaner. Overall great food. read more

Everything we ate was top notch! The service was a bit slow, but it was more than worth the wait! I'd try just about anything they serve for sure. read more

If I could give zero stars I would. As someone who loves middle eastern food I was extremely disappointed after ordering a simple tabbouleh salad and fries for a late night dinner. The salad had little to no parsley, no flavor, and the bulgar wheat was RAW. I took one bite and realized that regardless of how hungry I was I wasn't going risk chipping a tooth. On top of all of this I had to wait an hour for my food to be delivered, I would think with an hour someone could at least prepare a salad. Will not be ordering again. read more

The only reason this place didn't get one star is because they're open late and the rice was ok. The lamb was BUNRT, soaked in salt, and it didn't even come with a any yogurt to cut the flavor. Just hard, burnt meat and rice. I literally couldn't eat it and I'll eat anything. The grape leaves had minimal stuffing too but they could have been worse. read more

Worst experience ever for late night dining. I ordered a classic deli sub where the description clearly states what comes on the sandwich from their menu. When I received the sandwich at 2 am for $22, the delivery person was an older female who seemed in a rush. I open the aluminum foil to find a hard toasted sub with 3 pieces of turkey, large amounts of lettuce and mayo and nothing like what the menu describes. I called several times with no response. I finally reach the establishment to only be told there was nothing they could do because the delivery person has not returned. I then drove to the establishment for a refund. I walk in at 230am to a minor child sitting at the empty bar on a lab top. A lady walks in from another entrance and I told her I was the one who called. She returns with a gentleman, who asks what's wrong or what happen and I explain and ask for a refund with the uneaten food in the original form. He tells me that he can give me half of my money back because he can't be responsible for this mistake because the delivery person who collected my money hadn't return yet. Never ever again. So Pitiful and unprofessional. read more

Fabulous Baba ghanoush and homemade hummus - make sure to ask for the spicy sauce on the side, hot and delicious! The grilled lamb/kabob was so flavorful - definitely worth getting it again. The rice that accompanied the lamb was extremely well-seasoned. I will definitely go back for another visit! read more

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After waiting for a delivery over an hour, was contacted saying they didn't have an item we ordered and that they won't be able to make delivery for yet another hour. Doubt they will be in business long. It would appear they don't have a working phone either. read more

We were having a International Food Festival in my community we needed Mediterranean dish. The food was outstanding we order Lamb Mendy with Saffron rice w/cranberry and Fatuous Salad also Tabbouleh Salad. Food was awesome and authentic and beautiful presentation which makes the difference for people to want to try it. The menu even cover vegetarians and vegans. I would recommend this restaurant 100%. Event Coordinator Dawn read more

I went there with my wife we got mix grill platter and shawarma platter we also ordered a tebolah and houmous it was Horrible,food was not cooked well and it doesn't even taste like Mediterranean food I actually had the worst experience ever at this restaurant, we didn't even eat any thing and we just decided to pay and leave this place but the owner came to us and started talking and she wanted to know why didn't we eat we were nice and said everything is good we just have to go but she wanted to know what happened so bad that's why my wife explained everything to her in a nice way and told her food is not cooked and stuff but she got so mad and she was so rude she was like you can't complain about my food and my business, the cashier was nice and she felt so bad for us so she did not wanna charge us for the food I guess but the owner was like no no charge them! I can't believe the way she treated us just because we didn't like the food, we are never coming back to this place! read more

A great place to have lunch or dinner wonderful food I had the mix Grill lemon chicken mixture over rice with salad. It's very good that got real lamb chunks do you get the ground lamb I don't like read more

When we ordered in food was average at best but when we got take out they barley gave us any meat despite ordering the largest thing in the menu. When we opened the box it looked like they just put leftovers inside. Rice also tasted old. It's generous to give this place a 2/5. read more

Wonderful food, friendly staff, very attentive, calm atmosphere & a smoking and hookah lounge in the back. My husband and I ordered lamb mendhy and moussaka, which were both unbelievably delicious! read more

Place was deserted when I walked in. I ordered the Beef Shawerma and even though flavorful, the size of it was too small. Ordered a side of soup which tasted like it came from a can and a lot of greasy spots floating on top. The fattoush salad I had was very tasty. read more

The mixed grill kabab was $16 and included 2 bites of lamb, 4 bites of chicken, a few bites veggies and 3 lbs of bland rice. This was delivery and I feel a bit ripped off. read more

Best Mediterranean food yet! Only opened since May 2016! I want to keep them around, it is worth it! Needs work on the atmosphere! But the food is amazing!!! read more

Terrible food quality. Lived in the Middle East for 22 years and this is not even close to the real taste.The lamb I ordered cake burnt. The only decent part of the restaurant is the waiter that was kind. But when I told him about the food quality he just remained quiet and did not say anything. I ended up paying 17 dollars but they were not worth. With 3 dollars I can even make more decent food. It was an insult not getting apologies and being obligated to pay for such a bad food. read more