The food here is good. It's healthy for you, and the restaurant is clean. I enjoyed the service of being able to watch the food being prepared like a salad bar... I'm a fan of garlic and they have lots of A here. The restaurant was quiet the Monday night just before dark that I came in to eat in store. read more

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Chicken was very dry, didn't expect it to be like subway where you build your meal. Mine was bad as I had a wrap with plenty of garlic sauce, but my wife had a a bowl and threw more than half of hers away. Kind of bland, could definitely have used more spice and definitely skip the baklava! read more

I ordered a beef swarma and only got beef. You know, I thought that the American brand Were bad enough when they left something off of your menu when you order something but these Mediterranean guys are just as bad. read more

The food is tasty and the customer service is kind and on point! I recommend the chicken shawarma bowl!

east lansing is always better. the chicken was a little cold today, other then that the food was great i just believe that east Lansing takes more pride in their food. read more

I've been working in the west side of Lansing for quite some time. How in the heck I've missed this place for so long is a mystery. Corner business, easy in easy out, lots of parking space. Ordering is kinda like a Qdoba restaurant. If you aren't familiar with that here's the basics..... 1. Choose a bowl with no bread, a sandwich wrap on pita bread, or a sandwich on panini bread. 2. Choose your filler like meat (shawarma) or vegetarian (falafel). 3. Choose up to 5 toppings like hummus, turnips, garlic sauce, tabooli. They also have premium toppings like feta cheese or hearty toppings like extra meat. A few desserts and drink options round out the menu. Prices are pretty average for middle eastern food. $6 - $7 for a sandwich, sides are $3 - $4, and drinks are $2. I got a chicken shawarma sandwich, side of chips and hummus, and a large drink for $11. I barely finished it all and it tasted better and was healthier than my usual $10 lunch. Place was clean, not busy, and food was fresh. One of the better shawarma sandwiches I've had in the area. Lots of seating inside or get it to go. The only reason I left it a 4 star was because of the staff. The manager was great but the other workers would have been better flipping burgers. They don't know much about the food and are just making what you order. They were polite and tried their best but you could sense their lack of knowledge about middle eastern food. I will definitely be back to try all the options! read more

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This was delicious! The restaurant was clean and inviting. The staff were friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful. The food was fresh and full of flavor! I will continue to eat at this location when in the area. Great place for customizable Mediterranean food. read more

Tabooli - Falafel Bowl and Baba Ganoush - Mediterranean Near Me - Lansing, Michigan

I went in for Tabouli and they said they couldn't serve it because it was moldy. That tells you everything you need to know.

Don't Blame the Customer Before I redeemed the voucher from restaurant.com, I called Tabooli on Waverly to ask if they participated. They said yes and it was ok come in. I arrived and ordered food. A young lady rang me up and we validated my coupon. She asked her manager what to do next and he said we don't accept Restaurant.com. I proceeded to tell him that I called and asked in advance before I purchased the voucher and drove all of this way. He said well you didn't talk to me. I said I spoke to one of the employees and he said well she is NEW. So I said I don't want any of the food and walked my daughter to my car. I wasn't essential going to pay $90 for fast food. He followed me out to the car to tell me I was scammed and I shouldn't take the word of a minor over the phone. I replied that she is a representative of the company. I cannot tell if a person is a minor over the phone. He said true, but she is a minor and she can't make decisions and walked away. It wasn't the fact that I was out of $25 dollars. It was the fact that it was my fault for calling to verify with them before I purchased the voucher. Minor or not. Don't blame the customer. I will just stick to SULTANS or ALLADINS but first I will verify that they are not the same family that owns Tabooli's. read more

I really like the approach to a simplified Mediterranean meal and the quality is much better than I had anticipated. The hummus is pretty good, garlic sauce very good, and I will definitely be back. And the feisty feta dip is a must have. read more

Ugh. Maybe I am expecting too much but this is the Subway of Mediterranean style dishes. I have no idea what the issue is but I am going to say with much prejudice that I don't want two high school kids with no cooking experience making my shawarma. Everything is watered down. Everything. The hummus, the tabbouli, the baba. This is a disgrace to real mediterranean dishes. If you like flavorless and salty food with a "foreign" flare this is your place. The lack of quality of my wrap is what upset me most. This kid grabbed a stale pita and when it was tearing instead of making it over or using the same contents on a new piece of bread he wrapped it in TWO more pieces of bread. Not only was that wasteful, he completely ignored my protest of adding more bread and the quality of my sandwich. Then I tastes nothing but onion, that was the strongest flavor overall, onion. My suggestion, go somewhere else like Zaytoon. read more

Stopped in for the first time and tried Mediterranean food at Tabooli Restaurant on S Waverly Rd in Lansing and the food was awesome! The place was clean and the staff was very friendly and helpful explaining all the food options. I didn't know what to get so I purchased their Sampler Bowl. They do have Wrap's and Panini's as well, so I will be defiantly back again to try something else! read more

Tabooli - Love my meal and very clean place! - Mediterranean Near Me - Lansing, Michigan

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My workplace chose Tabooli to cater an event and Shams who helped me along the whole process was extremely corporative and attentive. I told them exactly what I needed, how many to feed, and my budget and they provided the perfect solution for me. They even did a last minute accommodation for me happily to ensure everything was perfect for the party. I have always gone their myself as a consumer and had gotten good service but the catering experience was much better than I was expecting!! Highly Recommend. read more

When middle-eastern menu meets Tacobell production line mediocrity, you get Taboolis. .. Do yourself a favor and just go to a real mid-east restaurant. read more

I don't know what happened - if they sold to new owners or what - but the quality of the food has taken a huge nose dive. I will eat mostly anything, and literally could not eat the last takeout meal we got. The babaganush had so much garlic you couldn't eat it - and I buy garlic sauce by the quart. It made the garlic sauce taste like yogurt. Then the falafel had so much salt it was inedible. It was almost like someone sabotaged the food. Yikes. We won't be going back read more

I've bypassed tabooli so often due to cost and it's fast food...omg why did I wait? The beef kafta is so good, it's spicy! It comes with a orange sauce that is perfectly spicy. The beef schwarma, falafel, Mediterranean nachos, garlic sauce, hummus, pita, tabooli salad, and pita chips are fabulous. Must try! read more

Food was delicious, and the guy serving us was very likable. Prices were great. Will definitely go back. Also, don't overthink it: tell them to give you their recommended toppings. read more

Just wanted to add an extra "WOOHOO!" for their feisty feta. The crew member gave me two scoops of hummus, which seemed like a little much...until I got into the feisty a little more. Mixing that with the hummus and the regular feta (plus the shawarma, of course) took the edge off and put the entire dish on the right side of spicy for my tastebuds. It still made my nose run, but that's just fine. ;) read more

Not many places deliver to me in the middle of nowhere, but tabooli does. And y'all, their baklava is just shy of the taste of heaven. I just wish they delivered tabooli salad read more

The one on Grand River Ave was where we went. The prices read $8.99 for entree and $3.99 for side. I asked are those the prices and he nodded. Then when he rang it up, he rang up $9.99 and $4.99, so he charged us $2 more. I said those aren't the prices on the board. He said "Covid prices". Well, they should tape the correct price over the board, not trick people. I should have walked out for him adding $2 extra. So just beware that he is going to ring you up for more than you think you're going to pay. As for the portion -- it was not even $8.99 worth. Pretty small. Four grape leaves, about 2" long and around 3/4" diameter. So -- go to another Middle Eastern restaurant if you want that type of food. I really did not like being tricked at the register. It was not $15 worth of food. read more

It was my first time here and the menu was a lot to look at. Luckily, the employee that helped me recognized it was my first time and walked me through all the options. He knew exactly what everything was and told me what was in each item. I ordered the chicken shawarma bowl with rice. With the bowl you get a choice of 5 toppings. My toppings were tabooli salad, house salad, cucumbers, baba ganoush, and a potato garlic sauce. It also comes with choice of chips or pita bread. Pita bread was okay, kind of dry though. They offer a handful of sides that you can get for a .75 cent extra charge, in my opinion that is a lot to charge for an extra side. The food was all good and different than anything I have eaten before. I will be going back for fresh tasty Mediterranean food. read more

Maybe I've been spoiled when it comes to Mediterranean food, I usually eat at Zaytoon (West side one, not that garbage in Holt). But wow, Tabooli is like a step up from roach coach food. The ingredients are not fresh, the seasoning is light if at all and the staff at this location doesn't seem to have the experience or desire to do their job. Bowls are prepared dumping ingredients into separate piles over rice, not distributed at all. I've seen more care taken at Subway. Pita chips are burned, pita bread is stale and hard. Garlic sauce is soupy and hardly taste of garlic. Rice is dry. Meat is deplorable, chicken kabobs are spongy in the interior and dry on the outside. It's a weird texture, like rubbery fish. Beef Kafka is a unseasoned hamburger log. Chicken kafta was made to throw in the trash next to the beef shawarma. Mediterranean "salsa" is questionable at best, very strong olive and decomposition flavors. I really haven't found much that I care for here. Another thing that bugs me, even if you show up right when they open, you get the impression that the food has been sitting around for hours. This is not the subway of Mediterranean, it is like a bad Mediterranean vending machine that serves warm food. read more

Was in the area for work and was glad to see this place. The restaurant appeared very inviting from the outside and was equally as inviting when I got into the restaurant. The staff was very friendly and did a great job explaining their menu and options. The food was very good. Really enjoyed my meal and the lentil soup. read more

Stopped here on a whim for my lunch break and wasn't really sure what to expect. The woman working was incredibly helpful and even offered me samples of the meat options. If I had to describe their menu, I'd call it 'the Chipotle of Mediterranean' because you can choose a wrap or bowl and then all of the toppings for it. I chose a bowl and started with rice and ratatouille. I was then able to choose five side items to add to my dish so I chose cucumbers, pickled turnips, banana peppers, hummus, and pickles. The combination was actually a little strange so I ate each item separately, but everything was very good on its own. I also tried their baklava and it was very tasty. I had a good experience but I don't think this was my favorite Mediterranean cuisine. read more

Too bad. The staff was working hard. The food was disappointing. I saw this place and took my boss. I guess I expected better quality. The Falafel was fine. The shawarma was not. I thought since they had a spit they would have carved it off it while making the gyro. All the meat was broke down like pulled pork and scooped on to the pita from metal serving dishes. Like I said, the staff was a plus and I feel bad giving a poor review to people that work hard. read more

You might as well just take your money and throw it in the garbage. The chicken shawarma tastes like canned chicken and the falafel taste like a ball of stale salt. The food is disgusting. read more

After changing owners, I thought I would stop in to grab a chicken shawarma bowl since I had a specific craving for it. I had gone to this particular location a good half dozen times and was always pleased. The restaurant had been closed for a month or two as they switched ownership. So, I was pretty excited to see that they had re-opened. I was let down, big time. The bowl had absolutely NO flavor whatsoever. It's as if the new owners hadn't discovered "seasonings" to flavor the food. Everything was lukewarm and my lettuce was still dripping with water. The chicken was tender but had no flavor, the tabouleh was flavorless also. I was highly disappointed and so upset that I wasted $11 for the trio combo. I will not be returning. read more

Food was definitely not fresh, soup tasted like it was from last night leftover, the salad leaves had brown color which shows it had been out for a while. Good food but please keep it fresh. read more

Great place to grab a quick meal and I almost always have leftovers for lunch the next day. Staff is great. I wouldn't change a thing.

Meh. Too expensive for such rigid choice selection. Had an eggplant wrap - was ok. Pass on future visits.

I had the best service ever!!! I came on 11/2/19 around 2:30pm and the guy that made our food went ABOVE and BEYOND. Very satisfied. The food is also good and the guy making our food made great recommendations! Next time i'm in Lansing I will come back. read more

The service was great, the worker was very polite, and friendly but the food was the worst I have ever had in my entire life. It was old, dried up and I had a couple of bites before deciding not to continue further. I would never return to this restaurant again. read more

This place has great food and great employees. I either get the falafel or beef shawarma - both of which are always fresh and delicious. My wife and I will continue to come back to this location. read more

This experience was terrible. Huge disappointment. The staff has no idea what they're serving. I had to help a client since the staff didn't know what was in any of the foods they were serving. I had to repeat my very simple order several times. And it tasted terrible. And it was so expensive!!! I give this place another couple months before they have to close for good. If you want Mediterranean, this place is an insult. Go to Choupli. Or Falafel & Bakery in the mall. Or Zaytoons. Way too many better and affordable options in the vicinity. read more