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    Hatikva Grill

    4.3 (96 reviews)
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    HATIKVA GRILL ATMOSPHERE

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    Divey
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Cris I.

    A Taste of Israel in the hood. This is a family owned and run business offering Middle Eastern flavors. I had been here twice and met the owner, Aime and his wife. First visit, I had the Falafel hummus appetizer served with warm, fresh pita. I would have ordered something else but I was on an errand so I enjoyed this in between runs. I loved the pita and hummus but falafel was just okay. Second visit, I had Sabich with loaded fries, a bed of crispy, golden fries, topped with grilled eggplant, shawarma, hard boiled egg, tahini and a sprinkle of parsley. I loved this item and something I'll reorder on my next visit. Free side dishes available which include different kinds of pickles. Just grab a small plate and help yourself at the bar. Free limited parking in a small plaza shared with other businesses. The place is kinda small but clean. Restroom is also available on site.

    Beef fajitas.
    Emelie O.

    This is definitely my favorite Mediterranean food in the valley. I tried this place out a couple weeks ago for the first time and have been thoroughly impressed. I come here almost every day for during the week on my lunch break. The service is amazing, they have a salad bar that has different salads every day which I've never seen at any other place before. It never gets boring because they have different homemade style meals every day as well. The food is always fresh and made on the spot. Pictured are a couple of meals I've had here the past weeks. Chicken breast salad, chicken breast plate, beef fajitas (a daily homemade meal dish), and a shakshuka breakfast with sides. They also have a wide variety of drinks from Israel which is a fun twist like juices and nonalcoholic black beer. Amazing lunch spot and Sunday breakfast location.

    Shakshuka in a pita for breakfast. It was delicious.
    Nancy E.

    I really like middle eastern food in general and indulge on Israel food in specific. Almost every middle eastern country has it's style of shawarma, pita, humus, babaganush and tahini. The Israeli middle eastern cuisine is my favorite. Hatikva (named after the Israeli anthem) took over the Star Falafel space, that was good in it's own, and improved some of their recipes. Their shawarma in a pita, lafa (similar to lavash but better) or baguette is juicy and delicious. The falafel here is good as well and one of my all time favorites, shakshuka in a pita for breakfast, is always a winner. My belly likes this place, I have an extra 5 pounds to prove it.

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    Love this place and go often. Haven't had a dish I didn't love. Particularly love the cholent and grilled veggies.

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    No 1 in the valley Excellent food, great taste, everything is accurate, excellent service, highly recommended

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    OMG, the food here is delicious! Fresh, tasty and travels well. I'm a fan and definitely recommend.

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    This place is the best Mediterranean kosher restaurant that I've been to food is fantastic staff is great what more to ask for

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    The perfect place to enjoy delicious fresh Mediterranean food. Always clean and the service is excellent. Highly recommended

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    RCC Glat kosher

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    By far (!) the BEST falafel sandwich I have ever tried in ANY restaurant…read more I can not believe I found this place less than a month ago. I do not live in the area, but I am visiting here once in 2 weeks. Last time I was there, I had a huge cravings for Falafel. I know a few restaurants in the Pico/Robertson area, which has falafel, but I was hoping to find a new one, and I did! The GPS found this place, and I decided to try it. It was DELICIOUS! By far, the best Falafel I have ever had, and I am eating Falafel all my life. The salads are fresh and the place is clean. It served with 2 potato chips, which I didn't care about. I would rather had 5 falafel balls in my pita bread, instead of 4. (most of the places that sell falafel, put 5 or 6 falafel balls in your pita bread) The place is very small, you can easily miss it. Do yourself a favor, and stop by if you are in the area, and hungry for an amazing falafel! I know I will, every time I will be there.

    Well, to start off, I must admit I drove by this place about 10 times before I finally went in. All…read morethose times, I never saw people inside. Which I understand why. I finally went in today and sadly, was not only disappointed, my fantasy of Falafel King was destroyed forever. I know Benito used to work for Falafel King, but this place is nothing like it. The service was horrible. The guy behind the little counter was not nice at all. In fact he was rude. And didn't like if you asked him questions. But that aside, sitting in this little tiny restaurant was not a good feeling. We were the only ones there. They have a seating area outside, I'm guessing for overflow - yet, the table and chairs were right there in the middle of the restaurant. Piled up. They didn't even bother to take it outside. Put all that aside - we get to the food. One of the best things Falafel King has were the "chips", which were battered slices of potatoes that were deep fried. These were slices of potato, they were potato chips. Thin. No "meat" on them, if you know what I mean. And sadly, they were fried either early this morning or last night. Terrible, cold, hard, no taste - not even salt. We move on the falafel - which tasted good. The taste of the falafel itself was good, but the oil dripping down my hand an face was not. I blame that on the oil not being hot enough when he put the falafel into the oil. Next, the actual shwarma is not really shwarma (like you all know it). There was no revolving slab of meat where the fat melts into the meat and makes it so so special. No. This was a little baggy of already cooked meat with no spices on it thrown on the plancha and heated up. Hard and tasteless. Very disappointing. I picked it out of my pita and ate the salad with tehina and spicy eggplant (which WAS tasty). The pita is also a thin hard pita - not the nice fluffy type. I didn't finish my food, and my friend didn't finish the food, as you can see in the pictures. Sorry to give it a 1 - but to say you have ANY connection to "Falafel King" is a disgrace. Sorry if I sound brutal. I tell it like it is.

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