• Falafel Cafe

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Mediterranean
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Middle Eastern
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Menu includes several vegan/vegetarian sandwiches and combination platters, marked with a VE or VG. Also has several savory pies (look like calzones) that are vegan or veg - ask. Relocated from 11365 Euclid Ave. Open Mon-Sat 11:00am-8:00pm. Closed Sun.


6 Reviews

First Review by ClevelandChowDown

rhubarbstew

Points +817

Vegan
23 Feb 2026

authentic lebanese cuisine made with love

owner mae puts a lot of care into her kitchen and makes sure everyone is well-fed. alongside classic rolled fried eggplant, cauliflower, and falafel pita and soup there's also spinach pie and vegan rice pudding on the clearly-labeled menu. falafel is fried per order. everything is flavorful and fresh! i highly reccommend anything with tabbouli, fattouche, and hummus. if you can't choose, have a vegan platter to try a little bit of everything (and save some for later!).
avoid chains like sittoos, aladdins, or taza - if you want classic lebanese food, falafel cafe is where it's at around university circle. trust me, you can taste the difference.

Pros: flavorful, homemade kitchen, clearly labeled menu, up-and-beyond hospitality

Cons: location (slightly out of the way on euclid), can sometimes be a wait

PlantRich

Points +466

Vegan
27 Sep 2025

Vegan Platter!!!

Been coming here for several years, everything is consistently great. Homemade middle eastern food.

Pros: Mousaka , Mujjadra, Hummus

Melaz

Points +246

Vegan
22 Apr 2023

Lovely place with yummy food!

This cafe by the University has clearly marked vegan selections. I got the falafel wrap, eggplant wrap and spinach fatayer which were all delicious! My fav is the eggplant one 🤤
The owner is very sweet and understands what vegan means so it’s A .

Pros: Good vegan options, Tasty and fresh, Budget friendly

Crewville96

Points +166

Vegan
25 Mar 2023

Amazingly Good

All the food here is fantastic. The spinach fattayer was incredible. Hummus was good. Mujadara was tender and flavorful. Eggplant was perfect. Perfect.

Everything is vegan unless meat or cheese is added. Fried and falafel are cooked separate from meat, separate cooking areas for vegan and non-vegan food.

The only con (and this is subjective) is that the falafel is very crunchy, by design. If you like it crunchy, you’ll love it. If not, falafel is hard to mess up so its still ok, just not my preferred method of cooking.

Support this place!!

Pros: All food is vegan unless you add meat or cheese, So good, Decent prices

Cons: None

KatieGates

Points +38

Vegan
15 Jun 2018

Good vegan plate

There’s a great vegan platter here, I came back for it 3 days in a row when I was here at a conference.

ClevelandChowDown

Points +33

Vegetarian
27 Nov 2013

Got me through grad school

Lots of authentic options. Go with the falafel sandwich. This was the first place I found after moving back from Cairo the the States that offered the authentic, crunchy falafel I missed. Reasonably priced. The owner and his wife (I presume - apologies if I am mistaken) are very nice. If you are not vegan, I also recommend the rice pudding and baklava.




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