Place came highly recommended and so I was curious to try their chicken shawarma, but total disappointment. The sandwich was cold, chicken was dry, no sauce. Fries were decent though. read more

I got the zinger meal from Baba Saj which is essentially a breaded spicy chicken sandwich with tomatoes, lettuce, pickles, cheese, and their special house made sauce wrapped inside their house bread and served with fries and a drink. They do have a drive thru too which is nice and what I did. Don't expect them to be fast tho, it's not actually a fast food spot. I thought the meal was good! My only complaint was that it wasn't as crispy as I wanted, i think both the fried chicken and the wrap being meh in terms of that crispy bite you'd expect. As you can see it is toasted but it was still more chewy than crispy. Otherwise the flavors are decent and for like a $15 meal, it's ok. The portion is good and it does the job. read more

Whenever in that area I go pick up some chickens wraps, Falafel and stuffed Pita Sandwitch. They are always very good. Service is pretty quick, overall the place is well appointed for a quick, fast food place. The newer set up is quite practical & vibrant. read more

Baba Saj was... fine. I tried the chicken shawarma meal and the steak shawarma bowl, and overall the flavors were actually pretty good. The meat was well-seasoned and tasted fresh, especially the chicken, which was juicy and nicely spiced. The steak had a solid savory flavor too, though it wasn't anything particularly memorable. That said, the bowl came with a lot of pickled vegetables. Way more than expected. If you like pickled vegetables , that might be a plus, but for me they kind of overwhelmed the rest of the bowl and distracted from the meat. I found myself pushing them aside just to get to the shawarma. Portion sizes were decent and the food felt filling, but nothing really stood out enough to make me crave a return visit. The restaurant provided the food quickly for the delivery which was appreciated. read more

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Some of the best to go food I've ever had. Not sure why this place is 3.7/5. It's not cheap, but it tastes amazing. The steak Shawarma meal is one of the best things I've ever tasted. Super consistent. The people working the counter are always so polite. Today I'm mistakenly ordered from the Oaklawn location and went here to pick it up. They made it for me anyway anyways. God bless That being said maybe not the best place to dine in, but it's a 24 hour spot, you gotta hand it to them. read more

My colleague and I were supposed to go Cooper's hawk but saw this beautiful patio at the restaurant and walked in. There was literally no one except us but the space was clean , huge and well decorated. I ordered the chicken shawarma and my colleague ordered gyro. Easily the most tasteless, flavorless meal I ever had . I love middle eastern and this was utterly disappointing!!! The restaurant has great potential in terms of ambiance but they need to make better food. read more

Baba Saj - Palos Hills - Mediterranean Near Me - Palos Hills, Illinois

This is another example of why I'm not a fan of Arab restaurants that are overpriced, terrible food, greedy owners and have an unpleasant vibe. Not sure what the recent 5 stars are for or if they're having people promote them but the cold and odd tasting food isn't worth it. I would of never gone if I wasn't invited.. read more

Came here randomly as I was visiting another shop nearby. Was only going to look at menu but decided to try once I saw a doner with the meat cooking! Also looked like they were hand making the wraps for food. Ordered the gyro pita combo and hummus. I believe I revised the gyro wrap instead but took it as it looked delicious and I was not wrong . Ordered it without tomato and made it a combo that came with fries and drink. Not cheap as total was 23$ but was worth it for quality food. Casual eatery with indoor and outdoor seating. You order and then find seat before they call Your number . read more

Baba Saj - Palos Hills - Hummus - Mediterranean Near Me - Palos Hills, Illinois

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The best chicken shawarma and the chicken was so well marinated and large portions. The venue is very clean and service was excellent!

Been there many times the Food is always has the right temp and taste very good service is excellent and you don't have to wait too long for your food read more

Baba Saj - Palos Hills - Chicken Bowl and meat flat bread - Mediterranean Near Me - Palos Hills, Illinois

Ordered a zinger meal, found a hair in it, they didn't even bother cutting the chicken inside and gave me a whole piece. read more

Baba Saj - Palos Hills - This is the second half of the zinger, I didn't notice it until the first half was finished. There was probably hair in the first one too. - Mediterranean Near Me - Palos Hills, Illinois

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Amazing food! You feel like you're back home in the Middle East. I traveled far just to get here and it met every expectation. Highly recommend making the drive to come and get tasty food! read more

My first time coming to this spot after hearing how good this place is. This is a long drive from where I live but the trip was well worth it. There is a drive thru which is what I used to order about $65 for dinner. I got 2 chicken shawarma wrap meals (comes with fries and assortment of pickles), steak shawarma meal, falafel wrap, dozen falafel, and the saj beef sfeha. Wow the chicken shawarma is very good! And surprisingly the saj beef sfeha was also very good. It reminded me a bit like taco meat you'd get from Taco Bell but seasoned with Arabic spices. The flavors were delicious. I would order this again. The falafel were huge and dense. Very crispy texture on the outside and smooth inside not as coarse as I'm used to eating them elsewhere. All the food is well seasoned and even can be a bit salty for some. I didn't mind. Even their fries are well seasoned. The garlic sauce is addictive! Overall I really enjoyed it. I especially enjoyed the fact I got to try the saj sfeha for the first time. I look forward to going back to try the zatar flatbread! read more

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Amazing food super delicious! Amazing portion for the price. Staff are so friendly you can ask for any extra stuff and they never ask you to pay extra! I usually order the bowel and they can loaded up for you and I guarantee you that you will not finish it! I recommend all the items on the menu . Very generous even more than the restaurants in the old country. read more

Absolutely loved this gem of a place! The menu is incredibly superb and authentic, with dishes that well prepared with clean and fresh ingredients. Every bite was a flavor explosion! The staff were super friendly, attentive, and made us feel very good. I live close to Chicago so it was long drive for me, but was worth it Highly recommend for anyone craving delicious, genuine tasty food! 5 stars isn't enough - I'd give it 10 if I could! read more

My cousin and I have driven multiple times for over an hour just to have their tasty Zinger Meal. Their Drive thru is fast and the Zinger wrap with their fries is worth the drive! read more

Best shawarma wraps and bowl in my opinion. Service is always good and ambiance is exactly what you'd expect from a shawarma restaurant. I always go out of the way to come here. Highly recommend. read more

All of the good stuff here from pitas to humongous platters of Middle Eastern food. Baba Saj is a favorite in the near suburbs and one of the best places in Palos Hills. It has lots of better healthy options. Good prices for the massive portions you get. This place is friendly to vegetarians and has many choices for plant based beyond just typical stuff like falafel and tabbouli. Because I've been to the one in Oak Hill, it was time to try the one in Palos Hills. It pretty much is a counter service restaurant where you place an order and they call you when it's ready. The Vegetarian Platter is an incredibly good value. It's $11.99 for so much food. This comes with the falafel, pitas, and 2 salads. Falafel was crispy without being burnt. These are also humongous pieces. Among the salads are some classic favorites. There's obvious ones like the baba ghannouch, grape leaves, hummus, Jerusalem salad, and tabbouli. Let meat eaters know there's chicken and lamb meat. There's lots to choose from such as the famous Middle Eastern pita sandwich called a shawarma. Baked goods such as baklava also are here. It has some pretty good sweets. The prices are kind of high on some items but the platters are among the area's best values. read more

Baba Saj - Palos Hills - Vegetarian Platter - Mediterranean Near Me - Palos Hills, Illinois

service was not what I expected.. staff are Rude especially the woman that are taking care of the drive-through the staff/women taking orders are extremely rude when placing an order with them . I was at the drive-through waiting ten minutes for someone to take my order no one ever bothered to answer the speaker. I thought the speaker wasn't working and decided to drive to the window to let the staff know of the issue with the speaker of why I wasn't able to place my order since I Didn't get an answer.. instead of helping the young lady at the window still took five minutes more to open the window because she was busy texting on her phone and when she finally decided to open the window I explained to her the speaker situation and how I wasn't able to place my order because no one answered instead the young lady was rude to me and rolled her eyes at me and said the speaker was working I said no it's not when I was waiting for ten minute for someone to take my order she then decided to be rude and continue to lie and making me look like if I was crazy and lying I believe that as a customer this shouldn't be happening especially when it's not busy.. please baba saj work on your employees customer service and attitude.. they need to pay more attention to the customers and not their phones when being at work it's an inconvenience for costumers. Attitudes need to go! read more

Baba Saj - Palos Hills - Costumer service - Mediterranean Near Me - Palos Hills, Illinois

Came here from a instagram video claiming it was the best halal food in Chicago. It's in palos hills and very mediocre. The best thing they had was the zatar with cheese flatbread. The staff was very nice and service was very fast. Prices were very reasonable! read more

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I have been coming here for years, the taste of authentic Shawarma never changes. They are really open 24 seven 365. They started putting less seasoning on the fries, but nevertheless, whenever I asked them to add extra seasoning they do or give me a side of that. read more

I've recently took a liking to Mediterranean food in the last few years and this place is one of the best that I've come across. I've visit their other location in Oak Lawn but the Palos location is it! I always get the steak shawarma meal. Steak is never under cooked or over cooked and ingredients are always fresh. Not to mention that it's open 24 hours so if there is a late night of kicking it, it's always open. read more

Baba Saj - Palos Hills - Steak Shawarma meal. - Mediterranean Near Me - Palos Hills, Illinois

This place used to be good, now their service and good as bad as it gets. No more business for these guys.

They were good when they started but now the meat portion is smaller and more expensive I feel like I just had an onion sandwich

Love the fact that there is a drive thru. Always get the chicken shawarma meal, their garlic sauce is Weak though , needs more garlic and a little thicker please. Don't water it down and then charge me extra. On another note: Best falafels I've had in Chicago so far. read more

I heard this place was good, so decided to order a steak shawarma wrap to-go when I was in the area. I was able to request fries to be added inside the wrap, so that was cool. The meat was tender, and having fries inside the wrap was a nice touch. However, the sandwich was dry. I wish they added garlic sauce inside. And the bread seemed like tortilla bread, not thin pita as I had expected. Aside from that, service was friendly, and the interior seemed hip and trendy. The orders being served for dine-in looked good on the wooden platters. It was very busy when I went, so that's a good sign. I was confused by the signs that stated the restaurant is self-service, though. I'd say 3.5 stars overall. It would easily be 4 or maybe 4.5 stars if there was some sauce in the sandwich to counter the dryness. read more

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My friend recommended this place , and it was a big disappointment , the shawarma wrap was so small looked like kids meal size for $14 . I won't recommend this place to anyone and I won't go back read more

Baba Saj - Palos Hills - That' was $14 ripoff - Mediterranean Near Me - Palos Hills, Illinois

Not so good quality food i ask something and my order get something els and Melted with lot White sauce. read more

Bad experience, did not like the customer service nor the food nor anything that combines with this company I completely regret spending my money here and I do not recommend anybody to this place read more

Chicken shawarma combo is my go to. Can't get enough of the French fries with garlic mayo.

Service: busy but it's fine. Self service- place an order and wait to pick up- take out or seat yourself. Overall clean tables, however bathroom could use more cleaning. Food: prices were worth the food quantity. Quality of food was fine. read more

The food was ok. Came in for the first time to try cuz of the hype, and it wasn't bad but nothing amazing. The saj bread was closer to tortilla bread than actual saj, the shawarma flavor was missing something and I think it was their tahini sauce was not all that great. Service was ok also. Unfortunately I don't think we'll be back. read more

Absolutely horrible service. We were stared at the whole time by 3 employees. The 3 guys were standing staring at us and whispering the whole time. We didn't feel comfortable at all to eat our food and enjoy our time at this place. First and last time. I don't know if this is your first time seeing black people but c'mon get it together and treat people kindly! read more

They cheap out on the pickles and meat in my opinion it should be a little more packed otherwise taste is good

Their Chicken Swarma wrap may be as good as it gets at noon or midnight. Open 24 hours but at any hour it gives a family owned feel with professional service. Great job. read more

I tried mostly everything here and I am not a fan of anything but the zinger sandwich and the fries. The zinger meal is the best in there, overall the workers there are nice and customer service is pretty good. read more

My regular late night place to get food at but this time I found a hair in my fries. Come on y'all! read more

Baba Saj - Palos Hills - Hair on fries... - Mediterranean Near Me - Palos Hills, Illinois

Can't believe this place is not nation wide yet. The food is really amazing, fresh and on point with flavor and service. The variety of food you get to choose is amazing, my favorite is the Che shawarma wrap, it's so juicy and delicious. read more

Best food best customer service the Dalia the girl she works the she the best. And the place so clean and the tea is great. read more

Took a roll today. Excellent service, nice, fresh food prepared in front of you. Very limited choice of soda. Could add some dessert. Clean and neat sitting area. Does brisk business. Would go there any time, again. read more