Serves meat, vegan options available. Small franchise of falafel bars offering top-it-yourself falafel and Dutch-style fries with dipping sauces. Among the toppings are baba ganoush, hummus, tahini, curried ketchup, pickles, parsley, crispy onions, fried eggplant. Fryers are only used for falafel. Near Woodley Park. Added chicken and non-veg alcohol to the menu in 2020. Reported closed June 2023.
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2425 18th St NW, Washington, District Of Columbia, USA, 20009
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31 Reviews
First Review by cookiem
Pancakes
Points +92
Tasty & Fast - Edit
Only recently discovered this falafel shop. The fries are tasty, the toppings are excellent. I really like how they fry the fries right when you order them & make the falafels up when you've ordered instead of the stuff sitting in warming trays.
Read morePros: 100% Veggie (just not 100% vegan), Food cooked fresh when ordered
Cons: Limited Seating
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DC Vegan
Points +337
Best Falafel and Fries in Town - Edit
If you're in need of a quick and simple bite, check out the Amsterdam Falafelshop. As someone else pointed out, it's just falfel and fries, a.k.a., frites (and some non-vegan brownies) and a top-your-own bar with mostly vegan toppings. The falafels are cooked fresh and are spiced just right. The frites are hot and crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The person working the fryer will ask if you want salt, but there are also alternate seasonings for your frites. Sometimes a small wheat and a small frites, which is how I place my order, is too much for me.
Read moreI'm glad I live in the area, as there is hardly any seating in the restaurant. It's easiest for me to get my falafel to go and eat it at home. If you find yourself heading to the Falafelshop a lot, get a frequent diner card--if you get eight falafels, your ninth is free.
And yes, you must pay in cash, although there is an ATM near the soda machine.
Pros: Inexpensive, Good food
Cons: Very little seating, Cash only
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Mimi710
Points +585
Yummy and cheap - Edit
I went here with three friends when I was in DC last summer. I had mentioned falfael as we waited for the metro train to take us from MD (where we were staying) to Dupont Circle (where we were going to hang out) and one of my friends literally asked me "What's falfael" and I was like "Whatttt!? You've never had falfael. We have to go get some now." So we went, and he wasn't disapointed at all. None of us were. The vegan friendlyness of the place was awesome, and I'll definetly go again when I am in DC.
Read morePros: vegan friendly, open late, yummy
Cons: confusion at topping bar
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cookiem
Points +5871
Cheap eats! - Edit
Eater beware, your eyes may be bigger than your pita! At this local favorite in Adams Morgan, bring cash, as there is no other payment accepted! This place is all vegetarian, and almost all vegan, except for a couple of the toppings! Where else can you be assured that the frier is vegan? Why, right here, where the falafel and french fries are cooked right before your eyes to golden perfection. Don't be misled into thinking you'd like a regular sized pita, as the small is plenty, once you properly fill with a tasty selection of the more than a dozen veg toppings! But beware, you must fill up, as there are no repeaters allowed at the toppings bar! When it says hot, it's really hot (the hot sauce). Toppings include cucumber salad (2 types), tomato salad, garbanzo bean salad, cauliflower and carrot, hot sauce, garlic sauce, beets, baba ganouj, cumin onions, hot peppers, hummus, pickled cabbage, tahini and garlic cream. Choose the whole wheat pita for a healthier choice. The fries are classic but fresh and tasty, and you can choose from peanut sauce and ketchup for topping them off. A definite veg favorite in the area, stop in and get some falafel! Oh, and they only serve falafel, fries and non-vegan brownies. But, this place is fabulously tasty! Stop in! Open until 2 or 3 am on the weekends, midnight during the rest of the week!
Read morePros: Falafel, Toppings, Fries
Cons: Cash only, Not 100% vegan
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