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    4.2 (57 reviews)
    Closed 10:30 am - 9:00 pm

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    Chicken Shawarma Bowl
    Veronica L.

    First time at a NAYA! Very similar to a Cava / Mezze with bowl + wraps. Stopped by on an early Sat afternoon and there was ample seating. I decided to get a Chicken Shawarma bowl bc it seemed basic enough. However, I did ask the server what protein they preferred and they said the Lamb, so they generously added a piece of Lamb at no extra cost! I also trusted the server choose the toppings and sauces to add + it didn't disappoint! I got the side of pita to round out my first time. Overall, the bowl was great! I will say, similar to other fast casual bowl spots, after 1/2 way through, all your bites start to taste the same. Not in a bad way, it's just the nature of everything getting mixed together. Service was a bit slow bc there were mobile orders coming in, but shoutout to the friendly staff overall! I wish there were outlets for me to charge my phone lol Decent location in the heart of Downtown Brooklyn with a huge plaza right outside to enjoy the nice weather.

    Jason T.

    Ate and went here today for lunch by myself trying this place out after successfully going and then passing my FDNY F03 exam today at the FDNY Headquarters nearby and before heading to starting to work at the US Open as guest services. I had gotten the braised beef and lamb meatballs with all the toppings and sauces to make it look great. As an overall, I was impressed and it was definitely great and delicious that I was full afterwards. The service there was also really good, friendly and attentive and many thanks to Analy for taking my orders with kindness and respect. I couldn't agree more about it. Finally, I would definitely eat and come back again next time! :)

    Fuang C.

    Been craving a healthy bowl but also Mediterranean flavors so this was great. First time trying NAYA, it's similar to chipotle where you build your own bowl but with a Mediterranean twist. The toppings are unlimited! But they didn't seem too generous in scooping them. I really liked the onions and the baba ghanoush. The chicken Shawarma was a little bit dry. The hummus was just OK. Overall, decent but nothing too amazing. Will be trying another chain next time.

    Julia K.

    Great Naya location conveniently located at the MetroTech commons area and nowadays open on weekends. Service is quick, & friendly, serving the regular Naya menu, and the premise is clean with seating inside and outside.

    Chicken shawarma NAYA Bowl
    Lynn D.

    Had the chicken shawarma bowl & was actually impressed with how flavorful it was. The service was professional & the staff were friendly. A great option if you need food fast, especially if you aren't a fan of traditional "fast food" chains.

    Danielle A.

    It was my first time visiting Naya. For the most part, it's a fast casual restaurant with a build your own concept. I opted for a rice bowl with braised beef. The food was pretty good and service was quick. There was really nothing to write home about. Would I go again, probably.

    Chicken NAYA Salad
    Joy G.

    Fresh, healthy fast-casual option if you're in this neighborhood. I especially enjoyed the chicken shish taouk, or marinated chunks of chicken breast, combined with the cucumber yogurt/hummus add-ins. Lots of options for customizing. If you love all the extra toppings like me, Naya has choices beyond just lettuce and tomato like olives, pickled onions, cabbage, pickled cucumbers. It reminded me of Cava but fresher and less heavy in the belly. They also have a bunch of smaller dips and sides, like grape leaves and tabboule salad, as well as appetizers like fried beef dumplings, mini pies, and pastries with haloumi. The one thing I didn't love was the nammoura made of semolina. It was way too sweet and the texture was too gritty/sandy.

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    Food is fresh, warm, and tasty. Service is always quick and everyone is nice! It's not too expensive.

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    The staff are always so friendly and quick! Food is always delicious and fresh. Very clean establishment love coming on my lunch breaks.

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    The food is always fresh and amazing, and so is Angelica great food and great service as always

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    LOVELY service from DJ! always high quality ingredient! my husband and i come here at least once a week. twice most of the times!

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    Amazing service from DJ! Delicious food and always fresh! Will keep coming back. Very generous with portions.

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    DJ is amazing,always pleasant and helps everyone out. He should be recognized for his outstanding customer service.

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    Thank you Jina. See you soon at NAYA

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    they are great. amazing service from the staff. my guy DJ is a delight. and the food is nice and fresh

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    Sawa - This was their ice cream desert with Tree Sap syrup and Turkish cotton candy, pistachios, and flower petals. Insane

    Sawa

    4.3(55 reviews)
    1.0 miPark Slope
    $$$

    Chef worked at Sofreh - which is one of my faves - and I love Lebanese food, so I was excited to…read moretry this spot. Made a reservation for dinner on a Thurs night and tried: + Seaside snap cocktail + Coco logic cocktail + Hummus with Wagyu beef cheek and pine nuts + Baba ghannouj + Snap peas with labneh + Muhammara + sfeeha - baked lamb pies + lamb ribs Cocktails were fine - would get wine next time. Food was excellent, with my favorite dish being the lamb ribs. Baba ghannouj, snap peas and sfeeha were all delicious as well. I do prefer the muhammara at Miss Ada, but would order the rest of the dips (and hummus) here again. 4.5 stars.

    Went to Sawa for dinner with a group of six on a Friday night, and it was a great dinner. When you…read morewalk in, you are immediately greeted by a giant oven baking fresh pita as well as an open kitchen. There is also an outdoor dining area, as well as a mid-sized dining room and we were seated near the window. Sawa serves Lebanese cuisine with some more modern dishes. Additionally, they have a mostly Lebanese wine list, which gave us an opportunity to try some new wines. We ordered both a red and a white for the table, and I was especially drawn to the red, as the red was served chilled, light-bodied, and very enjoyable. Nearly all of the reds and whites on the menu are from Lebanon, with just one red from Morocco, plus a couple sparkling options from Lebanon as well. We started with several dips for the table: hummus, baba ghannouj, and muhammara. The hummus was incredibly smooth, and the muhammara was especially flavorful with large pieces of walnut throughout. Everyone at the table receives fresh pita, and we ended up ordering a few more to share. We also shared the Brussels sprouts and the snap peas. The Brussels sprouts were rich and flavorful, but the snap peas really stood out. They were unlike anything I have tasted before, intensely mint, served with garlic mint labneh, and very delicious. For mains, we focused on lamb: two orders of the lamb ribs, two orders of the kafta, and two orders of the sfeeha. We probably over-ordered by about one entrée, but otherwise it was the right amount of food for six people. The lamb ribs were phenomenal, fall-off-the-bone tender and packed with flavor. The lamb pies were also very good and came with a delicious dipping sauce. The kafta was good, though not quite as memorable as the other lamb dishes, but still very satisfying. Service was attentive throughout the meal, and despite the number of dishes on the table, the staff handled everything smoothly. The table got a little crowded at times, but it was manageable. I would absolutely recommend Sawa, especially for anyone who enjoys trying something a little different. They do classic Lebanese dishes very well, while also offering some creative dishes that feel unique and memorable. I am already looking forward to going back.

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    Sawa - Gem salad

    Gem salad

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    Layali lubnan

    Huda - Green almonds

    Huda

    4.4(51 reviews)
    2.4 miWilliamsburg - North Side

    Came here for my sister's graduation dinner and it did not disappoint! Literally everything was…read moregreat. We ordered nearly the whole menu, including the desserts. I have a lot of Pros so i'm gonna start with really the only con. Con: it was pretty loud in the main room. Food: the Dorade and lamb meatballs were both awesome, the Chicken and Saffron butter was great as well. If youre gettting the pita and mezze, get more pita than you'd expect. It's some of the beg pita our family had ever had. The hummus was great but the babaganoush was killlerrrrr. My family had a field day on the syrian cheese and hot honey. I loved the grape leaves and charred eggplant. For dessert, ordered the tiramisu, date sticky pudding, and the rhubarb tart. The date sticky pudding was kind of like a date brownie and the toffee topping was insane. It was so rich and potent. tiramisu was good, but we could have done another Tart. It was so vibrant and refreshing, it was the first to go and if we wouldn't have already been stuffed, we would have ordered another. Service was great, and very accommodating. I can't have sesame seeds, and they took it off of everything we ordered, no mistakes there and much appreciated!

    The service at Huda was fantastic, and every dish had a really unique twist to it! The staff seemed…read morereally happy to help out whenever we needed something, and I would definitely come back and try some of these dishes again. I think the honey/cheese dish stood out the most. It was a little bit difficult to talk when we were seated in the back area because the acoustics there are not very conducive to conversation, especially when it's busy. There was a group of four girls next to us just catching up, and maybe a few other couples in the space, and it was still really hard to hear each other, enough that it honestly kind of gave me a headache to sit in the back! If you are going here for a date and you actually want to chat, I would recommend asking to be seated in the front so you can actually hear each other.

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    Mesiba - Bread

    Mesiba

    4.3(122 reviews)
    1.7 miWilliamsburg - South Side

    Gorgeous restaurant, but unfortunately the food is just ok. There's a ton of Mediterranean…read morerestaurants in the area that I would rather go to. I feel like the prices here are too expensive to justify the quality. My favorite thing was the babaganoush. Also, the service is not great. It feels like the staff haven't been trained properly. There were times that our waitress seemed lost and didn't know what she was doing. We had to ask other wait staff questions to get proper answers. Also, don't advertise a special menu on Opentable and give people the option to reserve the menu when you aren't offering it. Came here for latkes and caviar for NYE since it said it was on the menu when I reserved on Opentable. Got there and was told they only served it during Hannuka Hanukkah. Checked their IG and they were still posting they were serving it. Total let down.

    I felt like everything here was very average. The schnitzel was good, not great. It was a little…read moredry. The table-side hummus was very standard hummus, and the table-side experience didn't add much. The baba ganoush was pretty good, however. I didn't love the pomegranate seeds, but they kind of just got in the way and made it harder to eat. The prawn risotto was decent, but again, nothing really blew me away. The service was great, and the ambiance inside was great as well, but due to the food just lacking much personality, I will not be returning.

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    Tableside hummus

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    Mesiba Ribeye

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    Boutros - Mission Fig toast

    Boutros

    4.4(279 reviews)
    0.5 miCobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights
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    We found Boutros completely by chance while looking for a good brunch spot in Brooklyn, and what a…read moregreat find! We walked in without a reservation and had no problem getting seated. The restaurant is spacious with a vibrant, lively atmosphere. One thing that immediately stood out was the music. For a Middle Eastern restaurant, the playlist was refreshingly diverse. We heard everything from hip-hop and salsa to world music, and it really added to the vibe. Our server, Omar, was EXCELLENT! If you can, ask to sit in his section. He was warm, attentive, knowledgeable, and absolutely wonderful throughout our meal. We started with the very popular short rib hummus and homemade pita, and it definitely lived up to the hype. Very, very good! Everything tasted incredibly fresh, especially the hummus and bread, which are made in-house. We also tried another pita topped with spices, which was a little more sophisticated and absolutely worth ordering. For brunch, we tried the Lebanese omelette, which was a little bland for my taste, but the fig toast was a MUST! Definitely one of the standouts of the meal. The chicken shawarma was also very good. For drinks, we tried the Strawberry & Na'a along with one of their bourbon-based cocktails and enjoyed both. Overall, Boutros was such a pleasant surprise. Great atmosphere, fresh food, fun music, and exceptional service from Omar. There's still so much on the menu I want to try, so I will FOR SURE be back!

    Pretty good lebanese food. Good brunch, good for dinner, everything hits home. Nothing will…read morenecessarily blow your socks off, but if this wasn't NYC it might. The Duck fat Batata is just soooo flavorful and wonderful with the toum. The labne is great and with honey just so good. The Short Rib is good on the hummus or in it's own dish. Really flavorful and scrumptious. The soujuk is nice and spicy. French toast at breakfast is also just really quite good. Hard to dislike this place, especially when you open up with such good fresh, hot pita. Cocktails are also good, I really liked the Cloud 9 as a breakfast cocktail, but there's lots of good cocktails and wine choices for dinner too. The service was splendid, but not too much, and the vibes are lovely. You can drop by sahadis after for shopping, and that's always a good idea.

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    Boutros - Short rib hummus

    Short rib hummus

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    Miss Ada - Israeli Salad

    Miss Ada

    4.4(638 reviews)
    0.7 miFort Greene
    $$$

    Make your reservation - this place was busy even right at 5 pm on a Friday!…read moreMiss Ada is the perfect place to come with friends and order a bunch of things to share. I highly recommend getting an assortment of dips and small plates - 2-3 dishes per person was just right for us. I can't pick a favorite item of the evening: The Israeli Salad Hummus was some of the best/most flavorful hummus I've had, the Whipped Ricotta was perfect and so fluffy, and the Matbucha & Labne are also great additions to the table. They make a really good Falafel here, and the Crispy Cauliflower were perfectly crispy and well-sauced. The Chocolate Babka dessert is a great way to end your meal, and they do make a solid espresso martini for those wondering. The only thing I was not a fan of is their drink menu - all of the cocktails are spicy or smoky. Although you can sub out different alcohols, it would be nice to have a few other options.

    I usually don't leave negative reviews on food because we all have different tastes and different…read moreopinions. But in this case I have to point out for a $18 chicken skewer that had 4 tiny pieces of chicken that tasted like vinegar was completely absurd. The Merguez humus was ok at $19. The babagabush was good but at $14 was a tiny portion. Waiter was friendly but took our order and didn't see again until end of meal when asked for check. If you are going to charge premium prices at least have service that you would expect from a higher end establishment.

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    Outdoor set up

    Miss Ada - Whipped Ricotta and Babaghanoush

    Whipped Ricotta and Babaghanoush

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    Crispy Cauliflower

    NAYA - lebanese - Updated August 2026

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