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    Sahara Restaurant

    4.7 (352 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Saj Combo plate (beef) w/ hummus, fries, salad
    Eid F.

    Simple... great food, AMAZING service, large portions, no frills, relaxed family-like environment. Recommendation the Saj Shawarmas (beef or chicken). So juicy and delicious!!! Plenty of parking, clean bathrooms, good for families, small, and medium sized groups, not a romantic "date night" kinda place but perfect if you're craving some delicious Middle Eastern food.

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    John H.

    Great experience! We came on a Sat around noon and were quickly and warmly greeted. They immediately brought out a generous basket of pita straight out of the oven with a dip that was outstanding (whipped feta, garlic, lemon?). My bride ordered the Chicken Shawarma lunch special ($14) and I went with the Shawarma Combo ($15). They both came with hommous and side salad. Everything was outstanding! My bride commented how most and flavorful the chicken was....and my beef was as well. The owner/staff is super friendly....like we've been friends for years :) We love this place!

    Karol C.

    We dined in at Sahara in Dearborn last weekend. I like the convenience of this location. Parking is right at the door; and It's also much more quaint than the location in Oak Park. The service was imbeccable. The gentlemen there really treated us well. I was there with a party of three. Everyone liked the experience and the food. The greek salad looked amazing and was piled high on the plate of my fellow diner. She asked for a soda midway throughout the meal. The gentleman waiting on us noticed that she didn't have a huge appetite and offered to put her drink in a to-go cup. I haven't had service like that since leaving the South. He also made sure that we had all of the proper carryout trays and bags upon the end of our lunch. I had alacart chicken kabobs and a small fatoosh salad. There was enough food for three servings. The pita chips on top were delicious. The chicken was fresh, succulent, and grilled to perfection. I loved the huge bowl of garlic sauce that accompanied the bread for the table. I appreciated that so much, as you don't see that much these days. I LOVE garlic and pita bread; and since I decided to put my diet on the back shelf that weekend, I ate most of it myself. Our bill was right around $35 for three people.

    The sauteed cauliflower is VERY DELICIOUS
    Dustin H.

    With all of the Middle Eastern choices in the area, competition is high, and it's easy to judge good from average. And Sahara is better than good, it's great! From the traditional, commonly found items, to fantastic specialities like the tangy and oily Sojok sausage, which comes piled high, griddled with onions and mushrooms all swirling in a flavorful grease, to the sautéed Cauliflower with onions that is sure to please the vegans AND meat eaters in your crew. Service is delightfully friendly, and the food comes out really fast. Highly recommend for a delicious lunch in Dearborn with friends.

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    Albert T.

    Sahara is more of a quantity over quality kind of restaurant - but that's not a bad thing! Sometimes you just want a huge amount of food that's of reasonable quality that can feed a large gathering and still have a bunch of leftovers. Sahara Combination Shish Combo, w/ Rice and Lentil Soup ($40) - The portion size is absolutely gigantic (the aluminum takeout tray was bulging from the amount of food), filled with all types of meat, rice, 5 small packs of pita, toum, small hummus and two bowls of lentil soup. I actually decided to weigh everything since I had a scale handy - almost 10 pounds of food here. The value is insane. The chicken shawarma is reasonably juicy, but doesn't have much of a crispy sear on the outside. The taste of the chicken really shines here due to the relative lack of seasoning. The meat shawarma is quite a bit paler looking than other places, quite tender though with a bit of a sour seasoning mix. The texture is honestly kind of strange, strangely too tender. The beef kabob is appropriately cooked with some pink still inside. The pieces are absolutely giant - probably 2x the size of other places. Tawook - again, super huge pieces of chicken, this one you can taste the spice mix on the outside. More dry than not internally though. The kafta was my favorite - good, densely packed beef, seems to be 100% beef with no filler. All meats were on the saltier side. The rice was quite good, with a nice al dente chew, cooked perfectly. The hummus is not top tier, but pretty good with a nice balance of lemon, tahini, chickpeas. There's a bit of a smoky quality to it. The toum is kind of grainy, but dissolves on the tongue to a smooth finish. Might be from mashed potato. Can't taste it though (unlike some other restaurants in Dearborn). A good garlic flavor, but also quite lemony. If you like a more lemony toum, you will like this one. The lentil soup is quite peppery and a bit tart from lemon juice, with not as much cumin and spices as other places. Still a good and refreshing lentil soup. Tabbouleh, Small ($6) - They really fill that takeout container to the absolute brim. The tabbouleh has way too much lemon juice though - the lemon taste dominates. Is probably just a fluke - I've gotten this multiple times before and it's never been this lemony. Once again, if you're looking for the most flavorful, high quality Lebanese food, there are better places to go. But if you're looking to feed a giant crowd, Sahara is where you go.

    Marwa H.

    Amazing service! I honestly don't think I have seen one server be a host, run takeout orders, communicate to the back of the house, and take care of 5-6; and doing it all WELL. We got two entrees with rice and salad, and a side of hummus. It all tasted great and the portions were enough to feed 4 people easily... it was just two of us though. The restaurant very clean.

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    Nothing extraordinary here. The best part was the fresh bread, they were quite good. Hummus was mediocre, and so were the kaboobs.

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    11 months ago

    Fantastic experience at Sahara. Wonderful tasting large portioned Lebanese cuisine that will leave you full and satisfied.

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    6 months ago

    This place has the best food. Service is fast. And I always have food to take home. Sam is the best.

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    Ate here this past Saturday and both the service and the food were top notch. We are gluten free and all was great.

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    Food was great overall, could have been cleaner inside, a bit dingy. Service was good as well.

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    Food was delicious and reasonably priced. Best garlic sauce . Always great service, highly recommend

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    10 months ago

    Good portions and friendly service. Lunch special could feed a village and the warm bread freshly baked was so nice.

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    Don't sleep on the roasted cauliflower!! It's amazing! Great service on a very hot day!

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    Great Mediterranean food. Sam is amazing and very attentive to all of his customers.

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    After seeing the photos of the inside here on Yelp, figured it would be a bit more upscale for a…read morenicer casual lunch. It has a fun Detroit vibe. Dining area was clean and loved their artwork. I had the Hot Chicken Wrap with their choice of tortilla (Tomato Basil). The flavor was pretty good. Their chicken is in a sauce rather than fried and dipped in a flavored batter. It was a bit messy but a pretty decent tasting wrap. He served our meal to the table and then helped us by making sure we had napkins by getting them for us.

    My boyfriend and i came here recently and were treated nothing less from kind from the owner and…read morehis staff. you can clearly tell he's proud of the work he's done on this place. You can also tell based off their website their pictures are real and the food that sits before you looks exactly like the website. We had ordered fries but the owner suggested we try it all (mac n cheese bites, moz sticks) no extra cost to get a feel for more of his menu. i am unsure if he makes his wing sauces from scratch but wow are they delicious!? i am not a honey mustard girl but his is the best i've had, i kept dipping my fries in that! Mac n chz bites were ok, moz sticks were good, but the french fries were amazing. crispy! My boyfriend got a burger, which was huge and very tasty, myself i got a chicken bacon wrap which was far from disappointing. so many toppings, grilled crispy on the outside with great flavors. we left here beyond full. what i can appreciate as well, they have pepsi fountain products but know how some people prefer coke; so they sell sprite and coke cans if pepsi isn't your thing; which is very cool and shows awareness he wants you to enjoy what you prefer with the meals they offer. i did not have any room for a milkshake but those looks excellent of course. i don't live close to this place but next time i crave a wrap i will be stopping by again. Thanks for the hospitality and great food!

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