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Babylon Market

4.5 (113 reviews)
Open • 8:30 am - 8:00 pm

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Outdoor seating
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Shane Z.

Excellent grocery for Middle East and Mediterranean foods, spices and especially olives. The restaurant seen is older reviews is no longer open.

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Litsaki K.

I wish it was closer to me to shop more frequently or weekly. My husband and I love the store easy to find things, the okra is always good and fresh here as all vegetables and fresh herbs. Good fresh meat choices as well from butcher. Love love the bread with potato and herbs the dough is so flaky and melts in your mouth and the herbs mixed with potato so flavorful. Look for those little homemade packaged things I am telling you the best freshest food with natural ingredients like your mom or grandma made. Its Turkish style like bourek. Very good. I once came in and they didn't have them I was so disappointed I wanted my brother to try it while he was visiting for a quick snack. But look for the rack with fresh baked goods or ask them if you don't see them, you will thank me. Also, great to find those ethnic item staples you need for cooking middle eastern/european.

Jodi H.

Sometimes someone recommends a place that is like a new adventure. I started this new Mediterranean collection as I have been on the hunt for new and fun things from the Middle East. I had several wonderful meals in California and Phoenix and I decided to dig in my own backyard. The owners here at this market are friendly and inviting. It doesn't matter that I'm the minority when I walk through the door. One of the workers bent over backwards to help me find a particular space that I had bought years ago (where; I can't recall?!?) I never did find it on the shelf but he came back about 10 minutes later and found it in the catalog and offered to order it for me. I found several items I've never seen in any other market, and I've been in a few in California and Phoenix. Mostly I was looking for spices and "Halvah" Which is ground up sesame seeds, honey or sugar, and often pistachios. Usually it's in a Candy form but this place had it in small tubs. I'm not sure how they eat it but I guess I would put it on the plain cookie or a rice cracker?? It's a tight packed place with a restaurant in the back. I could smell the bread baking. There were a lot of people coming in to order food - - which I'm going to have to do in the future. They even had a butcher shop! There are breads, teas, mystery items (mysterious for me!) and spices galore. They even had some tea pots and special serving trays from Iraq I believe. The owner told me that is where he is from. I will certainly be back to dig some more!

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Mark A.

Babylon is on fire!!!! Love it, Love it, Love it!!! It is outside my travel area for food, it is now going to be a part of my food pilgrimage for many reasons. 1. The prepared food in the kitchen is so fresh and delectable I cannot get enough. The hummus is smooth and creamy, Waleed turned me onto this summer squash ganoush that is everything. 2. The meat counter fresh and ready not frozen. 3. They are super nice and care about the people who come in. 4. A wide variety of other food items from the near to middle east. Really all of the Med countries including North Africa and the Balkans have variations of the same foods, which a lot of the ingredients are to be found here. 5. All of it, just all of it!!! They are local and his brother has my other favorite place to eat in all places, the food court at the Tucson Mall Kebab King.

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Elena J.

Great find in Tucson! I'm always on the hunt for an ethnic marker for authentic cuisine! Great shop with wonderful shwarma wraps, falafel,tabouli, baba ganousch, etc. Sometimes the falafel are a little "well done" but they have great flavor. Make sure to ask for the tahini sauce on the side for the falafel! This place is mostly a market with a standing shop in the back to order food. Be warned that there isn't any seating, except for a few tables outside, and the tables outside are pretty noisy due to their location on speedway. Prices are more than reasonable and the service is quite quick. I'd recommend this place to anyone for a quick meal on the go.

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12 years ago

Best middle eastern store in town. The owner is really nice and helpful. They have a big selection of Indian, Greek, Arabic foods.

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Very friendly and helpful Staff. Wonderful assortment of Middle Eastern food. Great place for Middle Eastern street food.

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Babylon has everything middle eastern would need as food and groceries, there restaurant is also great providing delicious meals.

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Best. Falafel. Ever. Very smoky baba. Lots of bread and lentil options. Worth the drive.

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8 years ago

Just simply like this market. It carries items that the other markets do not. Clean and well organized!

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8 years ago

I always look forward to the food and the awesome people in this store. Great grocery with takeout and good prices.

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Excellent butcher shop. They cut the meat to your requirements and good prices.

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Returning after about a year with out of town visitors for our last dinner before they head home…read moretomorrow. It seemed like the menu had been updated with more and improved selections. We ordered drinks and studied the menu some and put in orders for the Aspasia and hummus plates along with the big (we had no idea it was that big) family mix grill and chicken and beef shawarma. We received the Aspasia plate first and it was delicious! The kibbeh was so good but so was everything else. The mixed grill plate was awesome. The hummus and baba ghanoush were incredible. I don't think I can get enough superlatives into this write up to fully convey not only how good this food is but also how authentic it all was. Of course our server timed all the deliveries to our table so that everything came out correctly and at the right time. The inside of the restaurant is actually a big room, sparsely decorated with simple tables and chairs but again it added to the charm and authenticity of the cafes from the Middle East region. There is no other place in Tucson like this and I highly recommend this to you to go and try. There is plenty here to try and enjoy.

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We have driven by the Persian Room many times and FINALLY got to take Ann there yesterday. WOW! Of…read moreall of the dining rooms we have seen in Tucson this is by FAR the most elegant ambiance in all of the Tucson area: massive vaulted ceilings with intricantly painted sky scenes, gorgeous drapery, seemingly marble columns, tiled floors, and deluxe tables, chairs and booths! And that is NOTHING compared to their food! They first provided pita, mint leaves and sliced onion. Ann had their "chicken Barg" with exquisitely tasty basmati rice and vegetables. I had the Lamb Koobideh-A mixture of ground lamb minced onions and seasonings, skewered and broiled. Tender, wonderfully seasoned and one of the most tasty meats I have ever had! Lank, our server, was conservatively attired, quiet and yet very friendly, well informed, and professional. It would make a most elegant wedding reception that the newlyweds would remember for the rest of their lives. It was a little more pricey than we would normally spend for a typical night out, but this was a deferred Mother's Day outing, and the portions were very generous (I just had the second half for a next day dinner)!

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Driven by the place a lot but never went in until today. Parking lot is a little small and you can…read moremiss the entrance pretty easily on speedway, so just be sure to slow down. This place specializes in Turkish/Mediterranean food. There have various appetizers, pita sandwiches, entrees and dessert. I got the diner sandwich, which is pictured in the photo, pieces of beef & lamb mixed kebab sliced thinly served in a pita with red onion, lettuce, tomatoes and tzatziki sauce. It comes with your choice of Greek salad or fries. Their fries at crispy, not soggy. The meat was well seasoned and the spices the meat was seasoned with come through! It you want slices typical to kebabs or gyro sandwiches, get the Istanbul pita, which was what my husband got. Lots of seating for small and big groups! Service was decent, but not sure how it is on a really busy night. We came at lunch time, so about 8-9 tables and our server didn't check in on us much after we got our meal, which was out pretty quick after we ordered. We did have to wait and stop her to ask for more napkins and water but other than that, friendly staff. Would recommend checking this place out!

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