This place is awesome! It is a must stop if you are looking for delicious mediterranean food ,…read morehospitality and great service. From the moment we stepped inside we were treated like family or close friends of the owner. The owner works in the kitchen but greeted us at the counter and helped answer all of our questions. He is extremely passionate about his food and you can tell he takes great pride in it through every delicious bite. Due to covid , they have limited staff and no servers but their dining room is still open. We thought we would be picking our food up at the counter. Nope, the owner graciously served us and would not accept anything less. The owner apologized for the way covid has impacted how they do business (which he did not need to do) and he was overall just a very genuine and pleasant guy. He even offered us complimentary damascus bread and baklava. Here's what we tried: -Damascus bread and hummus - the damascus bread was light and crisp with sesame seeds sprinkled on top and drizzled with olive oil. It was a perfect pairing with the hummus. The hummus was some of the best I have ever had. Creamy , with a hint of paprika. -Chicken, kufta and veggies special over yellow rice with a Greek salad. Flavorful, tender and delicious!! It was so good. The owner also brought us some tzatziki sauce and a spicy tobasco based sauce. Both sauces complimented the meats well . The owner asked us how we liked the spicy sauce to which we replied how great it was and he then brought us some to take home. It's delicious so definitely order some on the side! -Baklava - this heavenly Baklava combined honey-soaked layers of flaky phyllo pastry with chopped nuts. It was very good. You gotta try this place - you will not regret it. Everything about our dining experience was perfect and I will be back every time I am in Columbia!!

I think one of the best Mediterranean restaurants Columbia has to offer. I've been a frequent diner…read moreof this place for years while I resided downtown, but now that I'm a little ways out, it's a treat to dine here, but still really enjoy their food nonetheless. I've always gone with and recommend the chicken kebab. It comes with about 4-5 pieces of grilled chicken, yellow rice, vegetables, and side of tzatziki sauce. The grilled flavor of the chicken just mixes so well with the rice, so having that clean "chicken & rice" meal while maintaining the awesome flavors. The menu is pretty diverse, despite Mediterranean being their speciality. They offer other American dishes like burgers or even pizza; never tried them though, but options are there to diversify. Right now due to Ramadan, their hours are adjusted for dining in, so they stop seating people around 7:30pm. To go orders are the only option; not a big deal for me though. I highly recommend people to try this place out if they haven't; seriously a solid 4 star dining establishment!

An obvious Columbia staple that just by driving by you wouldn't think much of, but once you step…read moreinside you feel it. The connection, community, and comfort. You feel the local love and familiar faces of those who frequent. Being off Devine, so parking, although not as bad as other areas, still is a little challenging, but it's so worth it. I went at lunch, and it was busy; however, the service was welcoming. Again, it was a feeling of comfort and nostalgia. The menu looked like it had a lot of good options. We ordered the salmon special, which came with rice and a green salad. The food didn't take too long at all. Everything looked fresh. It almost took me on a mental trip back to Greece and how fresh those ingredients were. I should have captured the after picture of the plate. I ate every drop. Everything was so delicious, from the salad to the rice with the juices and sauce from the salmon seeping throughout. The salmon was so delicious. It was like grilled yet cooked to perfection and full of flavor and extremely tasty. Even my lunch partner enjoyed every last drop of their food. Needless to say, I'll be back to enjoy more. Also, the prices were pretty decent for the portion. I was very pleased.

A tiny Columbia landmark that unassumingly sits off Devine ST. While you won't be glamoured by the…read moredecor you will quickly come to feel as though you are dining at the table of a friend. Service is always top notch with staff not only knowledgeable of menu items but also accommodating to any dietary concerns or requests. Whether you go for lunch or dinner you will find portions to be large and food consistently delicious. Every dish I've tried has been delicious including the hummus, chicken salad, Tabouli, eggplant pizza, muduras rice and salmon and chicken pita. Caution though to any non-garlic lovers as dishes are a bit heavy on the garlic and moistly christened with butter.

We ordered two lamb gyros for pickup, one with pasta salad and one with chickpea salad. The gyros…read morewere fantastic, though the sides were a bit bland. We'll definitely be back for more gyros and to try other items on the menu.

I would rate 3.5 stars. Prices are great and few dishes we…read moreloved and few absolutely didn't. We loved: hummus, Babaganoush and Damascus bread. Very flavourful and tasty. The bread was soft inside, crunchy crust - delicious! Chicken kabob was also tasty (4/5). Rice was delicious! What we didn't like: Falafel was too garlicky for my taste. The worst was tabouli salad. It was soggy and full with tomatoes. Usually the main ingredient is parsley and thats what we hoped for. But parley was barely there.. big disappointment (1/5). Gyro was very oily but it was okay. Overall we would like to try more dishes. Customer service was also good, food arrived fast and they have plenty of parking up front.

Very big fan of this place. Very good varieties of curry from different regions, and of course they…read moredo the things that everyone likes best very well, tikka masala, korma, etc. I like the mixed grill, Laal Maas, Xacuti Curry, and their matar paneer

My favorite Indian restaurant in the area recently changed ownership so with that I'm on the quest…read morefor a new spot. JJ's came highly recommended so off course I had to try it out. I came here Saturday at 1 with my daughter and was meeting a friend. We were seated immediately and staff were kind. They had shah paneer here which is one of my favs so off course I had to get that, I also got an order of the butter paneer masala and out of those two I actually loved the buttered paneer masala more here though both were amazing. I also placed an order of the salt and pepper mushrooms, garlic and cheese naan and off course some mango lassi. Everything was delicious and friendly quick service. My only complaint was as we wer finishing our meal I really started smelling cigarettes coming through the vent which thankfully we were finishing up but the smell was not pleasant at all. My 6 year old devoured the food as well. We'll for sure be back.

Lamb and chicken kabobs were excellent. Good helping of rice and veggies. Service and staff were…read morenice and helpful. Would go again if in the area.

Came here for dinner. It was completely empty. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it was something…read moreto keep in mind. Ordered the chicken and lamb shawarma. It's was ok. It honestly lacked some flavor, and the rice itself was basically flavorless. Adding salt to the dish helped. Overall, there are better spots to get Arabic/Mediterranean food.

I love the amazing flavor of every dish. It's great to be able to eat authentic foods from time to…read moretime. The atmosphere is very laid back and great for family or friends. Most dishes have a certain spice level (1-6). I usually get a 5 or 6 and they truly have kick. Tandoori is my favorite type of dish style as it presents with a roasted flavor without the sauce.

Great Sunday buffet with live dosa and chaat station. Buffet included masala chai and lassi…read more There wasn't a whole lot of vegetarian items but I was happy and still ate way too much. Besides the live dosa man, service was non existent. Nobody ever cleared the dirty plates from the table and I had to go ask for cups for the water, even though they had places a container of water on the table. The small bowls that are usually made of stainless steel at Indian buffets were Styrofoam here, which I did not like at all. Prices are higher than what they advertised on their Facebook page. They add a surcharge for paying with a credit card. It was $51 and some change for two of us to eat after tax. Not bad for what we got. I've eaten dinner here too, off the menu and enjoyed my dosa and daal tadka.

Was at the Academy and finished a course so treated class to pizza. Grabbed 5 pies and they were…read morepretty good. Great undercarriage, good sauce to cheese ratio. Very tasty pie.

As a European I've eaten Greek food on many, many occasions. This place was such a poor experience…read more The Greek salad was awful, it was literally a bag of regular salad, there was nothing even resembling a real Greek salad, no feta cheese, no juicy tomato and 2 small pieces of cucumber. It was truly dreadful. The gyro was dried preformed slices that looked like shoe leather, I've never seen anything like it. No flavor at all and totally inedible. I did complain and was comped a dessert but for $23 it was truly awful. The server was truly apologetic but I won't ever return, first and last visit.