We ordered a sampler plate, extra garlic spread, pickles and pickled turnips because our go-to place Sahara was closed. The food was decent, but not great. Portions were really small for the money we paid. Sahara has great food and is very generous with the portions. For example, we would have gotten a whole bag of pita bread at Sahara With our carry ou,, but only got a few baggies from Cedar Garden. I normally don't choose quantity over quality. If Cedar Garden had exceptional food, then I wouldn't mind paying the 50+ dollars for a carry Out, but is was just okay. read more

This place is the real deal. There are so many good Middle Eastern restaurants in the area, and this is one of the best. Plenty of parking in front or in the back. Plenty of booths and tables inside. The servers are attentive and friendly. The food is just heavenly. I especially like the juices they blend. They have a juice station near the back door that has piles of delicious vegetables they use for their juices. The hummus, the lentil soup, the lamb... it just goes on and on. Big portions, deliciously spiced. You can't lose here, and it could turn into a semi-regular addiction. read more

Fattoush salad. Garlic dip and bread is the best around.. Love the chicken shawarma. Service is great. It's clean. I didn't like any middle eastern food until I tried Cedar Gardens. Family is very nice that owns it. Don't pass up trying this place. read more

This is the best. Yes, I'm going there. I've been going here for 16 years and it's always been the best. The creamier hummus. The perfectly dressed fattoush. The affordable prices. The delicious sandwich options. The best crushed lentil soup. The not too intense garlic sauce. They just slay it every single time. It's classic and never gets old. A must try for any East Sider. read more

I love this place. The crushed lentil is my favorite. But it is beyond dirty in there. I got sick from the fatoosh salad. So disappointed.

1) The food just wasn't good. I ordered the vegetarian combo; it was unappetizing and blah. 2) ***Most importantly**** I was completely stared down and felt awkward, unwelcome, and out of place when I walked in and out of this place. I would have actually given the food a 2nd chance if it weren't for the unfriendly staff members that were mainly creepy men. GET NEW STAFF, preferably a friendly female to make this place less creepy. read more

The chicken schwarma ceaser salad is one of my favorites. Great bread and hummus as well. I eat here around once a month. I would give them four stars if they kept the place a little cleaner. read more

FRESH. Inexpensive. Huge portions. Delicious. The pita & garlic spread must have crack sprinkled in them. read more

Was in St. Clair Shores and stopped her for lunch with a friend. Read some reviews talking about the décor..when I want good Middle Eastern food the décor is the last thing I am concerned about. Having worked in Dearborn I have hit many places. Cedar Garden food was very solid from soup to salad to entrée. Everything was fresh and flavorful. If I did not live so far away I would be a regular. read more

Pretty good. I've gotten carry out a few times, never eaten in. My only complaint is that once I went and was pretty much ignored for 5-10 mins waiting to put my order in. And the prices on the online menu are not accurate AT ALL- they are just a bit higher- which was disappointing. Good is pretty good- salad doesn't have nearly enough lettuce. read more

Great food and friendly employees!!! I normally use DoorDash, but the friendly employees make it worth picking it up myself.

I will Never go back! The silverware was dirty, the mirrors in the reastraunt were very dirty. The tables are dirty, the waitress were lazy and were more conderned with playing on their phones. This place looks like it has not been vancumed in 3 weeks! I took my family out for a nice dinner and instead I was embaressed at how unclean it was. The salad was wilted and did not look fresh. read more

We are Vegetarian and Love having all the choices that this restaurant offers. The food is always delicious and the staff is always friendly. I highly recommend. read more

First time ordering from this restaurant through Doordash. I tried their falafel sandwich, fattoush salad with chicken shawarma and lentil soup. All were excellent and extremely fresh tasting :) I highly recommend this place and food. read more

This is one of the dirtiest restaurants I have ever been too. Walk by the kitchen and youll see grease pouring off the cook top, floor black with old grease and food. Silverware is filthy, vacuumed dirty flooring. I saw them reusing Styrofoam take out containers. Ill never return. Disgusting read more

Been coming here for over 10 years, food is always outstanding, the wait staff Amy and angie are so helpful and kind thank you cedar gardens keep up the good work read more

We are trying to support our local businesses and we are very happy to report that CEDAR GARDENS is making such great food for us...we just picked up a combo dinner for 2 and all was fantastic. Unfortunately we were unable to get our hands on some baklava but we understand why. Keep up the great work. We loved our shish kabob dinners! Thank you. We will be back. read more

Horrible! I came here for lunch by myself. I walked in to find the waitress and manager and cook arguing in Arabic at each other. I was given a glass of water by the manager and never asked if I wanted anything to drink. I was ignored for about 5-10 minutes by the waitress until the manager asked if she helped me yet. He took my order and said bread was coming. He said bread was coming 2 more times until the busboy finally brought it. I ordered a soup and salad, they both came at the same time. No one asked how my meal was. My chicken swarma was the worst ever, it was all fatty and soggy. Inedible. The greens tasted good, but there was too much dressing. I put my credit card out and paid, got the hell out of there! Don't waste your money! read more

Reliably good! The food is very fresh and well prepared. We've tried everything on the menu and liked it all.

Ordered several items days in advance for pickup at noon. I arrive at 1:15 and they sold part of my order already. What? If they were that concerned about me punching a clock a noon why didn't they call before just selling part of my order. The place was chaos with no one really in charge. "The owner is never there they said." I tell them to refund my card that I don't want any of the order if they can't fulfill the whole order. They don't know how to refund to a credit card! They want to cut me a check! I said give me cash. The place looked dirty and the staff was unenthusiastic to be there. The guy running the register was rude. I'll never be back. read more

This place has in average very good reviews, and that's what drew me in in the first place. However, all I can speak for is my own experience today, and it wasn't all that great at all. I love all kinds of Middle Eastern food, from falafel, to tabouli, to kabobs, hummus, fatoush salad, chicken and lamb shwarma, etc.... but I usually start experiencing a new restaurant via their fatoush salad with lamb shwarma. That's what I ordered today, and unfortunately it was the blandest fatoush salad I've ever had. The ingredients were actually very fresh and crisp, but the dressing makes or breaks a good fatoush salad, and this dressing was mostly oil and not much else. A good fatoush salad dressing has a fun balance of oil, vinegar, lemon, sumac, parsley, etc.... This dressing again was mostly oil, with not much flavor... so it was very unimpressive. The lamb shwarma meat was also not the best I've ever had. It was hard, a bit dry, and not as savory as I expect, but it was nice and warm when served on my salad so I'll give them that. One good thing to mention about the salad was the size of the salad, I think it's of a good fair quantity for the price. On another note, it was nice to get a basket of pita breads quickly upon sitting down, but these pita breads were very "un-middle eastern".. they don't have that nice warm split, relatively thin layer, and comforting taste of a good pita bread, instead it was thick and cakey, and tasted very much like a dinner roll.... So it's more like a dinner roll in the shape of a pita bread... disappointing... And what made my experience really uncomfortable was that the waitress and the cook were arguing and yelling over if an order were 2 chicken shwarma sandwiches or chicken shwarma salads or whatever that was about... you don't do that in front of your customers... The ambience is ok standard, but a bit dirty, though I feel the place is probably nice and quiet most of the time... However, I was very tense during my lunch because of the arguing in front of me, and because the food was just not up to par. I finished my meal wishing I could get another lunch hour from work to go to a good restaurant and actually enjoy my food... but alas my lunch hour is over, and I'm actually full.. so it'll have to wait for another day. I would not recommend this restaurant. Try Sahara's down the street on Harper =) read more

I've been here before but it's been a few years. As I'm waiting To order I got a good view of the filthy kitchen. The cooking area was disgusting. The kitchen had buckets and filth everywhere. I would never eat here. The Health Department should go here. read more

I agree this place is really good. One of my favorites is the fatoosh salad with tawook (chicken kabob) instead of shwarma. Try it. You'll love it! All the sandwiches and soups are great, too. Don't forget a "blood tune up" -freshly squeezed juice. I wonder, does it really work? read more

There service is great! They are super quick too. I really enjoyed the food as well, but it is a tad pricy.

My boyfriend and I ordered carryout from Cedar Garden yesterday. We ordered a variety of things so we could try more and so we would have leftovers: a meat pie, a falafel plate, hummus, meat grapeleaves, a tawook and tabbouli pita, and tomato kibbe. Everything was fantastic! My favorite items were the hummus and the tomato kibbe: the hummus had the smoothest texture and was delicious, and I just love tomato kibbe but very few restaurants actually make it! I will definitely order from here again. read more

I ashamed that I've lived near here for 10+ years and never tried it. Started w some hummus and fresh made pita, the hummus was delish creamy and full of flavour. Next up was lemon rice soup, this was more or less tasteless and didn't taste any lemon. For the entree I ordered the kibbee and haswi, omg was this good. Can't wait to go back again and again. read more

The service was really good and the food was out of this world!! The hummus and garlic bowl were soooo good and the bread -- can't even describe how great it was!! read more

I went here today after working out to grab something from the juice bar. Juice was yummy and fresh, the waitress offered humus and garlic sauce while we waited and it was yummy. I will go back for juice and probably some take out. read more

Love all of it, good hard working people who kick ass at what they do, my favorite mid eastern food on the Far East side

Great Shish Tawook, Great Hummas and Great Salad....however a member of the waitstaff leaned over to pick up plates on my table and I almost puked the smell was HORRIBLE. Body odor and food don't go well together. Come for the food....but be ready for the "Smells" read more

The food is usually the best Lebanese in town, far better then sahara or anything else nearby but the service is very inconsistent, and at times downright rude. Other people have mentioned employee socialization as a primary reason for this and I would have to agree. Other people mentioned the smell and interior. I dont think it smells bad, just like 30 years of shawarma spice and a hot humid kitchen thats just a little too close to the back entrance. It is dated on the interior, but has a certain aesthetic charm. Falafel Hommous and Tabbouli sandwich for 4 dollars one of the best deals in town. Best to play safe and get carryout. read more

After reading all of the great reviews I was excited to eat here. However, after waiting 5+ minutes to get 2 waters and some menus (even though there was only 1 other table in the whole place) my excitement began to dwindle. Ten minutes later, still no return to take our orders as we watched as the cooks sat and joked at the table across from us. When the person FINALLY returned, we opted to leave. First impressions are everything and this wasn't a good one. read more

I'm not an expert on middle eastern food but this is definitely one of the best places I have ever been for bread. The bread is so soft and chewy. The meats were well seasoned and juicy. The service was decent but not exceptional. The price was very reasonable. A meal for 2 with plenty of leftovers came out to less than $30. read more

We ordered takeout yesterday- a veggie combo platter and lamb kabob entree. And tabouli. So sad to say that it's really gone downhill. The cabbage rolls were good. But the tabouli was DRENCHED in canola oil!!!!! And the lamb was like leather. (They asked how I'd like it cooked and I said medium. Plus it was in strips, not kebob skewer squares. The rice was good. Everything else was meh at best. I used to love their falafel and now it's just a bland fried ball. I was pretty upset bc this was my only shot at Middle Eastern food while visiting home. read more

I convinced a large group to go here because of the ratings, however none of us had a good experience. The chicken was very dry. Service wasn't bad but not very fast. Prices are high. read more

Tried cedar gardens for the first time last week. My mom usually treats herself to this place once a month and recommended it. The chicken kabob double veggies with extra garlic sauce is pretty great! We will definitely be back! read more

I love Cedar Garden and try to eat here every time I am back in MI. They have one of the best schwarma sandwiches around! I also love the crushed lentil soup, which I cannot find anywhere else. I also love the fresh squeezed juices they make - I'm a sucker for carrot, apple, beet juice. So good! The inside is dated and the customer service is not very warm or attentive, but the food is truly delicious. I would recommend getting it to go. read more

Authentic and Awesome!! Everything from the hummous, tabouli, grape leaves, bread, veggies, tzatziki, and falaffel....YUM YUM YUM!!!!

Food was good....just not consistent. Staff was not interested in customers...too busy visiting with others. read more

One of my family's favorite restaurants for middle eastern food. Absolutely delicious and reasonably priced. The service is friendly as well. Never have had a bad meal. Love it here. read more