Had such a fantastic dinner this evening at Gveenah, definitely going to make this place a regular spot. I was tempted to write a bad review just so this restaurant doesn't become too crowded, but this restaurant deserves all the praise. The interior was small and a little loud, but they're moving a few doors down soon to a bigger restaurant which am I very excited to see! Even though it was almost completely full, they made accommodations to get us a seat as walk-ins. Our waitress was fantastic and attentive despite serving the entire dining room. She made some excellent recommendations of dishes to try and was very enthusiastic. For food, we tried the chefs bread which came with delish dips (my favorite being the delicious yogurt and eggplant). They even had gluten free bread that was fresh baked. It is without a doubt the best gluten free bread I've had at a restaurant. We also tried the salmon tagliatelle which was creamy, fresh, and delicious and the short rib gnocchi which was homey and comforting. Only complaint, maybe a little too much parsley. Even though we were stuffed, we had to try dessert since everything else was so fantastic. We tried the iced pistachio crème brûlée and the Caramel cheesecake. The cheesecake wasn't your traditional New York slice you'd expect, but it was light and doused in delicious caramel. The iced pistachio crème brûlée was out of this world, I didn't think I'd finish it but ended up basically licking the plate. Everything was amazing. Take the drive off of Blue Back Square and try this place out next time you visit West Hartford, you won't regret it! read more

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This is my second time here, and everything was amazing once again! The owner cooked everything for us. I love how small and cozy this place is--it has the warm, authentic feeling of enjoying a homemade meal. Everything tasted delicious, but the bread was definitely my favorite. It was perfectly crispy, and I loved the toasted sesame seeds on top. The prices are very reasonable, and another big plus is that it's not right in the center of West Hartford, so parking is much easier. I highly recommend this place if you're looking for authentic, delicious food in a cozy atmosphere. I'll definitely be coming back! read more

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I met some friends here for lunch and had a positive experience. It's the very definition of "hole in the wall", It's small and definitely not fancy but the food is really good. They have most of your standard middle eastern favorites plus some other things. Definitely get the app of various dips they are all delicious as was the chicken shawarma. The place is small but they have parking and the waitress was very nice. Prices are reasonable. If you're not looking for a fancy WeHa Center kind of place and just want good food this is a good option. read more

I've been here a few times since my first visit and honestly the experience has been better every time. Exquisite, inspired food. Chef-driven. Yes, it's a small spot. Make a reservation. It's worth it. read more

Excellent! Our first time and we were beyond imptessed. From the welcoming owner to the outstanding food, a fabulous dinner! The herb salmon and short rib dish were both absolutely delicious. The dessert also was a standout, the pistachio creme brulee. We will be back! read more

First time here and everything we ordered was absolutely delicious. The restaurant is very small but I think they are moving next door to a bigger place. I will definitely come back. Highly recommended read more

An absolute gem of a restaurant, between the interaction with the owner and the delicious food. Stopped in for lunch and tried the Jerusalem bagel, mozzarella salad, and the homemade lemonade. Everything was freshly prepared using high quality ingredients and constructed with care. The owner was super friendly and catered to us right away. Always has a smile on his face! The inside is bright and welcoming, limited seating but pack in tight for some amazing food. Can't wait to try out the dinner menu next! read more

Loved this wonderful restaurant. The owner is so accommodating and friendly. The food was superb! I highly recommend. read more

Another Fabulous lunch at Gveenah A gem of a tiny restaurant serving reliably excellent Mediterranean fare .today we enjoyed the Chefs bread with 4 sauces, pillowy soft Beef Shawarma and grilled sunchokes and cauliflower in curry over greens and Tahini All were great Tiny space ..big flavors read more

Gveenah - Pillowy soft Beef Shawarma - Mediterranean Near Me - West Hartford, Connecticut

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We stopped into Gveenah this week and it was great! The staff is so friendly and knowledgeable about not just the food, but also allergens, which is a big plus. They also have tons of gluten free options. We ordered a cucumber lime fizz, a tahini shake (I was definitely questioning this one), some hummus, and a sabich flatbread. Cucumber and like always makes a good drink, in my opinion. My husband really wanted to try the tahini shake, and I was surprised that it was good. It was mixed with banana, so it tasted more nutty than a sharp tahini taste. The hummus was delicious and we really enjoyed the sabich flatbread. Definitely a place in West Hartford to visit! We'll be back! read more

Gveenah - Dip Hummus - Mediterranean Near Me - West Hartford, Connecticut

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This small little gem is only slightly off the beaten track on Farmington Avenue. The food and service are superb! The three of us chose two appetizers and three entrees fully intending on leftovers, but, the food was so good it was hard to stop eating. We chose the burekas and a Jerusalem bagel with smoked labneh and eggplant for appetizers. Then, had a lamb kebab, Mediterranean not fried fries, and cheese ravioli with beetroot cream sauce for entrees. All were excellent and throughly enjoyed. I missed getting a photo of the Mediterranean fries, but, don't miss out trying them. Delicious with chicken shawarma. read more

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Very tasty, pricy but cooked with passion Came here after checking some reviews and decided to make the trek. The space is small but cozy. It's very much a little cafe in design and feel. The owner was front of house, talked about the menu and specials. We opted for the chefs bread, the fresh catch crudo, and the lamb ravioli special. Menu lacks a lot of meat options. not a bad thing, but I noticed it. First to come out was the daily catch crudo. Presentation was very nice, fish was fresh and well seasoned. A very nice curated bite, with a presentation of a tasting menu in a fancy restaurant. Next was the chefs bread. Bread was literally baked to order, which was piping hot when we got it. It was a little hard to handle, but the dips were great. The smoked lamdeh was my favorite, while the missus really enjoyed the hummus and the tomato dips. Lastly we got the lamb ravioli, and those were unfortunately very tough. We thought they might've undercooked the pasta and it was just very toothy. We informed the owner who immediately went to the back of house with our dish with no communication to our party. After a 20 minute wait, he returned with a fresh plate stating that the dough was overworked and they had to make a new batch of dough. The attention to detail is impeccable and the new batch was much better in terms of quality. The sauce was tasty and the lamb was heavily seasoned but lamb needs that to get rid of the gaminess. Despite that hiccup, it's clear that they care about not only the quality of their product but the satisfaction of their guests. The food does take a while to come out, and they could be a little better in terms of communication. But this place does exemplify a diamond in the rough. The bites are tasty, the owner is great, and the quality is well worth the price. read more

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This restaurant is small but the environment is welcoming! I had the chefs bread and the oxtail ravioli! There are so many items to choose from this menu I have to return to try more dishes. I recommend and I will return! read more

Gveenah - Chef vs special with various dipping sauce - Mediterranean Near Me - West Hartford, Connecticut

Gveenah is a relatively new Mediterranean restaurant that opened in the former Black Bamboo space on Farmington Ave in West Hartford. I recently visited for a solo workday lunch. The food I tried was good and the people were nice and welcoming , but I don't think this is the right space for food of this quality and price. If you ever visited the old Black Bamboo (which re-opened a bit up the road), there is a small eating area as you walk in, and a large kitchen in the back. That worked for Black Bamboo because their food is ideal for takeout, and there were a few spots for people who wanted to eat there. Gveenah is offering elegant food such as Branzino, Moroccan Style Fish, ceviche, pastas, fish crudo, Shakshuka, etc. This is really food best experienced in person with other people and I think it loses something in takeout. They have other food that may work better for takeout. In any event, with the current configuration, they can't really sit more than a few very small groups of people at the same time. This level of food and service deserves a larger space. Since I was dining alone, this space worked fine for me. I ordered Moroccan Style Fish. The fish varies depending upon, I assume, the best option they can find that day. It was tile fish for me. Tile fish is a firm white fish. They served it in a "butter sauce", with tortellini, yogurt, chickpeas, leeks and some other vegetables. The fish was high quality. I would have preferred it a bit less done and a bit more seasoned, but it worked well as you broke it up and it combined it with more flavorful aspects of the dish. I'm not familiar with a Moroccan Butter Sauce. It presented more like a brothy soup than a sauce to me. In any event, it arrived steaming hot and elegantly presented. It was a healthy satisfying meal. If this experience occurred in a more appealing and roomy space, this would be a 4.5 Star review and I would round up to 5 Stars. But the space being what it is, this is a 4 Star review. read more

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Food was amazing, ended up coming back in the same weekend. Service was prompt and I appreciated how willing they were to educate people on the menu offerings read more

Met my cousin for lunch and we had an absolutely delicious meal. starting with the Chef's Bread (Jerusalem Bagel) and a series of dips. Then we moved in to the Chefs salad with an additional chicken Shawarma and the not fried fries (cauliflower and potatoes) with amazing sauces. Everything was fresh and uniquely spiced!! Can't wait to come back and try other items. read more

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Basic interior, excellent pasta. Mediterranean I guess. My lunch was good, but I'm hard pressed to say much more. read more

Gveenah - Mediterranean Near Me - West Hartford, Connecticut

I'm so, so impressed by Gveenah. Gveenah is brand new to West Hartford's Farmington Avenue, they are a Mediterranean fusion restaurant. The space is very, very small inside. The tables are very close together. You could see everyone's plates and hear everyone's orders. Chef Roi Graber arrived here from Israel, he has taken us on another level with his culinary skills. They don't serve alcohol at Gveenah, you're welcome to bring your own. They offer lemonade, coffee, tea, specialty lemonades and such. Now for the food, we got an assortment of dishes and shared everything. The Fish Crudo, this might have been raw tuna. This was so flavorful and acidic, with lemon juice and herbs. The presentation was beautiful, and there was enough bread for soaking up all the juices! We were impressed! We got the Beef Carpaccio, you could have fooled me and told me it was fish, this was super tasty! Of course their Ceviche was another winner! The Buche Salad was super fresh with peaches, pecans, radishes, buche cheese, and topped with the most delightful dressing. The Moroccan Style Fish was super, super tender, without a single bone. Surrounded by the creamiest sauce, with some of the juiciest tortellini. Wow! That was a lot of food! We concluded with their in-house made Dubai Chocolate Desert. This came in a little jar with pistachio cream on the bottom topped with hardened chocolate on top. This is the one thing that was just ok for me. This was far too tiny to fully enjoy especially shared. It was also difficult to dig in with the spoon, because it was essentially frozen. It was pretty tasty, but a better presentation would be appreciated. We were all so impressed by every single dish at Gveenah. The presentation, the FLAVOR, and the service, everything was superb! Even Chef Roi came out to see how everything was. I must also mention the prices are super reasonable. Our total bill was $112.00. I highly recommend you check out Gveenah. Their unique dishes will keep me a return customer. read more

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Great food! Great staff and environment. Easy parking around downtown and great place for a happy hour or dinner.

Gveenah is a brand new place (former black bamboo space) that has decided to offer something different - Mediterranean fusion. There are aspects of all sorts of flavors and it differs a bunch from another place down Farmington Ave - Zohara. It's a small space with just a few tables (but table service which was nice) and very friendly servers. I wished I could've tried more but I got the pappardelle with fennel, peas and lemon cream sauce. The pasta was very fresh and cooked perfectly (just a tad Al dente as it should be). I'm normally a little skeptical of lemon sauces finding many to be too tart but this wasn't at all. It had a nice subtle flavor to it and just worked really well. The place is also kosher meaning that they don't serve meat and dairy -- rather they are firmly in the pescatarian world with dairy, fish and vegetables all in their wheelhouse. But don't be put off by the label if you don't keep kosher. (Though they are closed for dinner on Friday and all day Saturday). This is just good food at reasonable prices for the quality and quantity. Look forward to returning again soon. read more

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The best food I've had in CT, period. We had: Jerusalem Bagel & dips. I could drink that shug & grated tomato out of a glass. Oxtail ravioli. Fresh, tender, sweet, rich, and perfectly cooked. Carciofi salad. Refreshing, flavorful, balanced, crisp. Both branzino dishes. Moroccan fish, and the oven baked branzino. Moroccan was a tomato-y sauce with tortellini, and while like everything else from this restaurant was absolutely delicious, it paled tremendously next to the other one which was literally mind blowing and consisted of: The most velveteen, impossibly creamy, sumptuously silky to die for gnocchi I've ever experienced bathed in some kind of heavenly marriage of sweet and nutty brown better, bright and zany lemon, fried sage (& maybe basil) and sweet and tender and nutty kohlrabi and sunchoke all finished with a lovely balance of white wine. IT WAS INSANE. I literally have not stopped dreaming of it. The fish filets were tender flesh tucked beneath cracker crisp skin. Perfect. Iced pistachio creme brûlée. This had a deep and fudgy creaminess and perfect pistachio flavor. Texture was otherworldly. 1000% best meal I've had in CT in years. Other memorable spots have been Shell & Bones, and Shu FYI. read more

This was our first time here and we got the sabich pizza, hummus, and Tahini shake! The place is a bit small but it's bright and feels open. The manager was kind and the restaurant is super allergen friendly (manager has sesame/fish allergy, lots of gluten free options)!! The Tahini shake was more like banana nut, it wasn't overwhelmingly sesame (good thing) the sabich pizza has so much flavor and texture with a deep rich note that the spice breaks up, and hummus is smooth and creamy but chickpeas on top should either be crispy or fresh, they seemed in between. The hummus dip is not served with pita/chips either. read more

oh my, what a treasure! Have been there 3 times and each time I was warmly greeted and the food is amazing. If you're not sure what to order, just ask! read more

Some of the best Mediterranean food my husband and I have had, and so affordable, too! I'm honestly so critical and harsh when it comes to kosher food, but this blew us away. Gveenah might rival Zohara. We went for lunch and got the cortado, the chef's appetizer special, the cucumber seltzer drink, the branzino, and the sea bass. The bread and dips in the chef's special we're clearly homemade and fresh. Oh how fresh the bread was! The fish dishes were perfect portions and the pasta was melt-in-your-mouth delicious. The spices are so rich and flavorful. I really have no feedback other than I wish they were playing Israeli music on the speakers. Gveenah is a special little place and I hope WeHa shows them the love they deserve. Go check out their authentic dishes whenever you need a wholesome meal to enjoy. You'll be returning time and time again. I know we will! read more

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Delicious food, generous portions, delightful family run restaurant. Stopped in on a whim and was pleasantly surprised. I would highly recommend trying this place out. read more

My husband and I stopped into Gveenah for dinner and were so impressed with our meal! So many interesting Mediterranean/italian fusion dishes that are unique for the area. Everything was incredibly fresh. The warm bread with dips, perfectly cooked sea bass, and homemade tortellini were stand outs. Chef Roi was so nice, and we really fell in love with his cooking. Dining in was cozy, and it's definitely a great takeout option. Wishing this new business the best of luck! read more

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This is a new favorite for me. The level of cooking is tremendous and different from what's been on offer from other restaurants. Had the Jerusalem bagel and if you love sesame this is for you. The accompaniments were also excellent. For mains we had the beef cheek with bulgar and lamb risotto. Both were delicious but the beef cheek really stood out and I think is can't miss. Service was very friendly and welcoming. The ambiance is comfortable if a bit spare but only serves to help emphasize the food. A unique new gem for the Hartford area and I'm already making plans to go back soon. read more

Gveenah - Beef cheek with bulgar. This is the most tender beef you will ever eat. - Mediterranean Near Me - West Hartford, Connecticut

Food was delish! Would definitely come back. Downfall is the seating. Very tight space. Owner is really nice and cares about your experience

Finally tried Gveenah and what a cute spot! It's a very small space so the seating is limited but it was very comfortable and the owner was lovely. He made sure we were comfortable and chatted with my mom about her trip to Israel. We ordered the chef's bread and OMG this is the best bread I've ever had and the dips were amazing! We also got the Tunisian flatbread which had a variety of flavors and again the bread was amazing. I can't wait to come back and try their pasta dishes which I've heard amazing things. Will definitely be back! read more

Gveenah - The Tunisian flatbread - Mediterranean Near Me - West Hartford, Connecticut

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Very fresh tasting food overall. The greek salad was perfectly crunchy and tangy. The bagel and labneh that came with the gravlax was also very good. I would come back! read more

Gveenah is delicious! I stopped in there and ordered food to-go. While waiting, I watched at other tables of ppl were there for family dinners. Great place for a meal as a family, date night, casual meal on the go, or place to stop in and eat while reading or working. Comfortable, casual, friendly environment. Their food is an incredible, delicious modern twist on Mediterranean foods! I tried their Matbucha and it was INCREDIBLE! The crème brûlée was so delicious too! Everything was super fresh, authentic, and clearly made by a talented chef! Best food I've had in a while! I can't wait to go back and try more from their menu! Highly recommend going to Gveenah if you haven't yet! True local gem! read more

Gveenah - So excited to try Gveenah for the first time!!! - Mediterranean Near Me - West Hartford, Connecticut

If you're looking for fresh, authentic Mediterranean food, this place is the absolute best. From the moment we walked in, you could tell this wasn't just another WH restaurant the owner personally prepared our meal and paid attention to every detail. Everything we had was incredibly fresh. The Greek salad was hands-down one of the best I've ever had, fresh, crisp, and full of flavor. The gyros were outstanding. And the bread? Baked fresh and absolutely next-level. You can taste the attention to detail in every bite. The place is small with limited seats so id book ahead. I can't wait to come back to try more. read more

The service was warm, welcoming, excellent. The food was above and beyond. Everything tasted fresh and the preparation was imaginative and tasty. Even the desserts were interesting and delicious. Not to be missed! read more

Excellent food. Full of flavor and diverse menu with mixed middle eastern and southern European food. Unexpected general place. The owner and staff are very friendly. Neat and clean place what else could you ask for. read more

Take-out for a rainy day got us to Gveenah on Farmington Avenue. Unfortunately, the menu was so diverse it was difficult to keep the order to feed two [not 10]. We were, however, schooled by a very efficient behind-the-counter genius. Started with a Sabich Flat Bread on Home Made Focaccia Bread topped With Whole Eggplant, Amba Tahini Sauce, Hard Boiled Egg, Schug (Mild Spicy), Tomato Salsa with Cured Lemon Paste and Parsley. Combined this with a Carciofi Salad of Grilled Artichoke, Radish, Red Onion, Spinach, Arugula,and Chickpeas With Tahini, Olive Oil And Lemon Dressing. Had to have some lamb so had Lamb On A Kebab on a Homemade Wrap with a Tomato, Onion, Cilantro Sumac Salad with Tzatziki sauce. Finished with a large slice of Sticky Coffee Caramel Cheesecake which was delicious! The place is rather small and was empty at that time so I am glad we carted it all home to eat in relaxed courses. read more

Delicious flavorful food and attentive service! Went for lunch. Especially loved the lemonade, the fish and the "fries"! Everything felt healthy and good for the body. All made with fresh ingredients. Easy parking too! Will be back! read more

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The food is out of this world. Best Mediterranean in town- by far! Expect the unexpected. Cold pistachio crème brûlée- addictive! Be careful! read more

Gveenah - ICED PISTACHIO CREME BRULEE - Mediterranean Near Me - West Hartford, Connecticut

Delicious fresh food and service was friendly and attentive. This place is very small! Not much seating. But it is perfect for couples or a group of 3-4 persons. It is a bright spot along that stretch of Farmington Ave. I highly recommend it. read more

Food was amazing, authentic, fresh and delicious. The owner was very attentive and gracious in spite of the place be super busy for mother's day. I will definitely be going back the next time I visit Connecticut. This place is a gem. Be sure to try the Jerusalem bagel with dipps. It is fresh delicious and hot from the oven. read more

Gveenah lives up to the wonderful recommendations I have heard. Everything was very fresh and had so many great flavors. Excellent service. read more

Gveenah - Mediterranean Near Me - West Hartford, Connecticut