Lacto
Ovo
Beer/Wine
Take-out
Middle Eastern
Honey
Breakfast
Syrian
Non-veg
Serves meat, vegan options available. Syrian restaurant serving vegan dishes such as falafel sandwich, beans with tomato paste, okra with rice, muhammara, grape leaves stuffed with rice, lentil soup, hummus, baba ghanoush, and salads. Specify vegan when ordering. Open Mon-Sun 9:00am-10:00pm.
8 Reviews
First Review by merryvegan
Carrohugo
Points +20
Amazing food - Edit
Very tasty and friendly staff!
Read moreMy general experience in Albania is that you have to specify no cheese, no yogurt, etc for every single meal. It’s rarely enough to say it once for one meal. And better safe than sorry - say it even if it doesn’t say cheese on the menu. Very often they put it on top for decoration.
I didn’t have any issues at this restaurant. But after reading other people’s comment, I just wanna share that it’s at least for me been a very common ”issue” here in Albania
Pros: Food - simply amazing and authentic , Staff
Guest
ratgirl1979
Points +59
Excellent food and good mix of vegan options - Edit
Good value food and easy to pick vegan options on the menu. The muhammara was outstanding - I could eat buckets of it!
Read morePros: Excellent fresh food, Decent amount of vegan options
Cons: Busy and only one person serving
Guest
Schifi09
Points +1862
Vegan options available - Edit
Very tasty food, vegan options available
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Sabine_P
Points +17
Good service and food - Edit
Good food options, easy to understand what was vegan, tasty food and lovely staff
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Pra
Points +557
Not worth it - Edit
The bread was boring, stale and tasteless, the muhammara was the worst I have ever had. The falafel sandwich was nothing special
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B_O
Points +2880
Incredible food, bad service - Edit
Edit after a total three visits: definitely not going back. Huge shame.
Read moreThe first time we went for lunch – and it was wonderful: very friendly and helpful service, delicious food; no problems whatsoever. Absolutely delightful!
The second time, we had dinner there: The waiter tried to be helpful, but the ordering process was confusing (it was not a language problem!), and although we had said SEVERAL times very clearly that we did not eat cheese, milk, butter, eggs etc., there was yoghurt in the ful AND they brought out a salad with grated cheese on top. To be clear, there is NO mention of cheese in the menu: It says the salad contains: rucola/rocket/arugula, tomato, onions, tahini, walnuts. But there was zero tahini in the salad and, instead, mystery cheese...?! The waiter apologised and offered to remove it.
Third time: dinner again. We very VERY clear about not wanting dairy AND about wanting to try something new. Nevertheless, they ended up bringing the SAME salad, and again with the surprise cheese on top. When we asked the waitress, she too apologised and offered to remove it, replying "the cheese is just for decoration!". But she didn't seem to see the issue and simply shrugged it off saying that the printed menus were old and needed to be changed. When asked about the missing tahini, she said that tahini simply means "sauce" and in this case lemon and olive oil dressing, i.e. nothing to do with sesame seeds...? Come on, just admit that you don't know, or at least go and ask the kitchen staff.
There are several different rice options: mandi, kabsa and biryani. Having ordered biryani (the "old" menu weirdly says that it contains milk...) on our second visit, we stressed that we wanted something different for our third time there. The waitress, upon seeing a photo, said that the previous time we had probably been given kabsa by mistake, so she had us order biryani. It turned out to be the exact same dish as the 2nd time. When we asked about it, her explanations were odd and contradictory; you could tell she had no clear idea what she was talking about. And again, it was NOT a language issue.
All in all not a MASSIVE problem, but it was wholly unnecessary and pretty frustrating, and the justifications just felt a bit confused and dishonest. Why not simply say "I don't know, let me check"? The food itself is great, and maybe if you order EVERY SINGLE ITEM explicitly with no surprise pop-up dairy, you might get a delicious meal – with a bit of luck!
Updated from previous review on 2024-07-08
Pros: Excellent food (the stuff that's ACTUALLY vegan)
Cons: Dairy ingredients NOT labelled in the menu!, Always double-check when ordering, SOME waiters seem confused about the ingredients..
Guest
Ale82V
Points +224
Amazing Lebanese dinner - Edit
Hummus, falafel, muhammara, lentil soup and more over.
Read moreEverything very good.
Guest
merryvegan
Points +33
Yum - Edit
Perfect hummus and delicious falafels, tabbouleh salad very parsley heavy.
Read morePros: Delicious food , Good for sharing , Friendly staff
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