Everything about the restaurant was absolutely perfect. From the music to the wait staff to the food it was unbelievable! I'm actually from Houston I'm coming back tomorrow to pick up a to-go meal take back to my husband! I wish they were in Houston also. you have to try this place I can't say enough good things about it! read more

I really like the food and the flavor but the temperature was just not there for me , I felt like I got served a cold plate my chicken shawarma went cold within 5 min of getting it . I had to ask for more pita twice before receiving it . We had empty glasses for most of our visit really wish the service was better . For my first visit definitely disappointed. read more

I can't believe I haven't done a review on this place. It's been a while since we've been here but I can still remember the warm pita bread with the green colored buttery goodness. It's not butter and it not hummus. They make their own and I forgot what it's called but wow! We ordered the Kibbe- good flavor but a bit dry. I ordered their chicken shawarma plate and ate every single bit of it. The flavor was spot on. Hubby ordered the mixed shawarma plate and that was also great. We literally ate everything! The tea was also awesome and the baklava at the end, wow! It was just the right kind of sweetness to end the meal. Deff going back for sure! read more

The hummus and rice here is great. One of the better places in El Paso to get Mediterranean food.

Worth every star! Where do I start... the restaurant is cute and clean, the staff is amazing and the food... oh the food! Everything we ordered was good and I'm not exaggerating. We tried the spicy humus to start. The salad is going to haunt me it was so fresh and crispy and the dressing was so tasty! We ordered the Shish kabob (beef) and chicken shawarma and I personally loved the beef but my husband loved the chicken. So flavorful and the sauces on the side were delightful. We finished it off with an order of baklava and their complimentary tea and Turkish coffee (go for the tea!) I will probably become a regular here I enjoyed the food so much! A little pricey but worth every dollar! read more

Excellent taboulli and chicken, my fav mediterranean restaurant in town

Love the food, great customer service. Gyros, salads, hummus, Baba Ghannouj... simply delicious!!!!

Just moving here from LA at the beginning of the year we tried most of the other Middle Eastern food and found Nour to be the best (even had the pleasure of meeting and talking at length with the owner). With that said the last couple of times have been quite lack luster. The food and service have taken a turn for the worst. Last night my husband had to ask the server if she was going to take our order. We ordered the Gyro platter and the Vegetarian combo. Lentil Soup - Tasteless Gyro meat- Must have been yesterdays leftovers that were reheated Grape Leaves- Nothing but rice inside, no flavor Baba Ghannouj- Watery Please bring this place back to where it was. read more

First time I had food from Nour. Ordered takeout this evening. We were very happy with the mixed grill, salads, and baba ganoush. Service was very fast and pleasant. We will definitely return. read more

Ordered online for pick up which went very smooth. The food smelled great on the drive home. At home, the first few bites of the beef schwarma tasted a little bitter and I assumed I hadn't gotten used to the flavor. The problem is that it never got better. The grilled meat was all bitter and chewy. Not at all what even cheap schwarma should be like. The side of pickles and onions were bad, the pickles slices were like french fries in size and length. Like they were trying to make the very most out of each pickle and just serve a few pieces with each plate. The pita that comes with the plate was under the meat and Iooked tasty. Well looks were deceiving as it was touch as an old shoe and really bad. Also, it was only half a pita. The only decent thing about the meal was the side of rice. The other people who also had take out orders with me had the same experience with different dishes. Won't ever be going back here. read more

So good I initially didn't plane to come here but boy am I so happy I did I got the gyro plate the meat was charred to perfection and so soft and tender to the bite the seasoning was the perfect amount the rice was nothing special but still delicious even the pita and the doppong sauce it came with a was a different type of delicious read more

Good Mediterranean food! The falafels are great and herby, and the food does not disappoint. Everything is fresh, which is my favorite part of any restaurant. The signature spread with complimentary bread is really interesting. It's got this really sharp garlic which imparts a spice, but when you have it with the bread it cuts all the carbiness. The hummus and baba ghanoush are seasoned well. I'm into really smooth hummus, and this restaurant has is more on the thick side, but the flavor is still key. read more

First time there I love the Nour sauce with the warm pita ..I ordered chicken Shawrma.... Very tasty ..the owner very nice he offered Turkish coffee on the house ...I will be back for sure :) read more

Nour is my favorite Mediterranean restaurant in El Paso. The service is excellent and the food is always delicious. I had the combination platter, which was so tender and hearty. I've been here many times and the service/food is always consistently good. The owner is so nice. He's checks up on the customers, offering friendly conversation and sometimes Lebanese cookies. Don't forget to ask for nour sauce to go! This house made sauce is always served as a free appetizer and it's delicious. read more

A great place for vegetarians or vegans to eat while in El Paso, offering many delicious choices.

Alex, our waitress was attentive and pleasing and ensured our cup of Turkish coffee was always full. All the food items we tried were quite enjoyable. We had the large Greek salad, two falafel sandwiches, and the potato harrah appetizer - all very enjoyable. What we really liked was the complimentary pita pieces and their special dipping sauce. The taste of their sauce was EXCELLENT! We ended our visit with baklava. We were mildly surprised that their baklava contained no nuts, which is why we enjoy this rich dessert. All in all, it was a good memory. Thank you Nour Mediterranean for making our visit enjoyable. read more

I absolutely LOVE the house salad. I combine it with the delicious chicken shawarma. This is one of my favorite lunch options. It is always consistently good. read more

This is truly the most amazing Lebanese food in the City of El Paso! This will be our mainstay restaurant. We highly recommend it. We've tried many dishes and they're all fabulous. read more

Unfortunately, we did not like this place. The hummus tasted like it had peanut butter in it and the rice had a strong flavor of cloves.

I tried this place today with my boyfriend. The food was amazing!! The bread and Nour sauce are delicious, the hummus was fantastic and the complimentary tea was the perfect end to a delicious dinner. The owner and staff are super friendly too. I recommend this place to anyone looking for great food!! read more

Nour Mediterranean Cafe - Don't forget the baklava! - Mediterranean Near Me - El Paso, Texas

My boyfriend and I found this gem driving through El Paso and we were so glad we stopped in. The pita bread was warm and ready as soon as we sat down. Which was wonderful because we were starving! We decided to try the Lebanese black tea and it warmed us to our soul. We both tried the Veggie Platter, and it did not disappoint. read more

I rarely post reviews, if not ever, but visiting this place on a regular basis and leaving satisfied every time prompts good praise at the very least. The food is always fresh, always delicious. The service is very attentive and prices are more then reasonable. Lastly but surely not least is the owner. He's gracious beyond words and will always welcome you and treat you like family. There's a great energy and lots of love resonating from this place - you can feel it in the food and see it see it on the walls. I cannot recommend this place more. Cheers! read more

Really great food and the owner and staff are very welcoming! Kinda small place though so if it's busy it gets pretty tight.

This place rocks! A brand new Mediterranean/Arabic food place in the same shopping complex as Carousel and the place formerly known as Veggie Good very close to campus across from Luby's. We had seen the "coming soon" sign on this place for a few months and as usual being new restaurant slu*s ..were waiting for this to open and we discovered it was yesterday. So seeing that we had to have dinner and going home to eat would involve cooking and cleaning...and also the fact that we are ardently trying to support small businesses, we went to Nour for dinner. This place is very nicely laid out inside and it looks like they tried to replicate a sidewalk cafe with the round tables and the "brick" linoleum laid on the floor etc. Very nice ambiance with a really good quality fake fireplace set towards the end of the restaurant. Nice friendly staff seated us promptly and fetched us our drink orders. The menu looks fairly standard for Mediterranean places but a few thing stood out on the menu one of which was a tomato kibbee! I can truthfully say I have never seen this on a restaurant menu. So we ended up ordering the tomato kibbee and grape leaves (my barometer for such places), small fattoush salad and cup of lentil soup for the wife and kefta kebab platter for me. After a fairly short and pleasant interlude our apps arrived. The tomato kibbee was a salad with cucumbers, radish, tomatoes, mint, parsley and rehydrated bulgur wheat with a generous smattering of sumac and a lemony dressing. This stuff was the bomb with a perfect combination of the crisp and crunchy cucumbers and radishes, slightly chewey bulgur and a nice minty-lemony-allspice (or maybe cinnamon...the acid killed my tongue slightly so cannot make the nuanced distinction) hit. The grape leaves were tasty but very overcooked in my opinion. Too squishy...kinda like the ones I had in Zinos, but pretty tasty. The waitress was very attentive and filled the water glasses and checked up on us. I also found that if you used the pita to scoop up the kibbee, the acid was muted very well by the pita and brought the whole dish together. The great start to the meal was followed by our entrees : the salad and soup for my wife and the kebab for me. The kebab platter also came with soup which was a very nice lentil soup, thick and redolent of turmeric and hints of cinnamon with a squeeze of lemon to brighten the flavors. The salad was quite good, but slightly overdressed for my liking. The kebabs were nice tasty bites with parsley and garlic and served on a piece of grilled pita that soaked up the juices from the kebab. This was seriously good eats. The kebabs were cooked through yet juice in the middle and served with a very well cooked simple rice that worked very well with the clean flavors of the dish. Was this the best plate of food every? no..but it was very well made. Throughout the meal the waitress was attentive and made sure the pita basket was stocked and water was filled. Too full for dessert, we filled out our tiffin's with leftovers and departed into the beautiful night...oh and get this....yesterday was apparently their first day open! If they can perform like this on the first day open (Yelp is filled with horror stories of early days of restaurant openings!) then this place can but succeed. I urge all of you to go try this place and keep them in business! read more

By far, the best Mediterranean food in El Paso. The key is the quality of the ingredients and authentic preparation. The owner is always there and he and staff are very friendly. Recommended food: Baba Ghanoush, Mixed Grill, Chicken Schwarma, and Baklava. Their free bread and garlic sauce are incredible! read more

I have to say, this restaurant surprised me. Here in El Paso, there isn't a huge variety of international restaurants. We love Mediterranean food and were happy to find this place. Their Nour sauce was incredible. Be careful not to fill up on the sauce and bread before your meal comes out! Can't wait to go back! read more

Great spot for Mediterranean food on the Westside. I highly recommend the Lebanese salad with chicken or the vegetarian platter (i am not vegetarian). The platter comes with hummus, baba ganoush, falafel, tabbouli and a soup. read more

I did not like it. That being said, let me explain why: I know Mediterranean food - I am half Turkish and grew up with this kind of food because my family cooked. That might make me a food snob when it comes to Arabic/ Mediterranean food - but at the same time I would call myself open when it comes to trying new things. Anyways, we ordered the Shish Kafta plate (hubby) and the vegetarian plate (me). The pita bread or whatever they call it what is served before your food comes was way too sloppy, it should have been more crunchy or at least toasted. The Shish Kafta looked like sh!t. I apologize for my language but seriously, that's what they looked like and that made my husband so not want to eat his plate! I mean, I know what they're supposed to look like and they're supposed to be grilled and come on a stick but the presentation of the food was just bad- oh and they were burned outside and inside it just tasted like cinnamon. My vegetable plate was more of a hummus plate - ideal for all the hummus lovers out there, but I would have preferred more vegetables. Above all was he taste of cinnamon and no, don't let the cook fool you... That's not what Lebanese food is supposed to taste like. Okay so on we go... We ordered baklava, a dessert made out of pastry leaves, nuts and syrup which is normally a very moist dish but however, we got a very dry one. Why dry? Because it was old! Dry baklava is old and as if that wouldn't have been enough, we didn't even get it on a real plate but on a paper plate which is not the standard for when you dine in. Also, our Turkish coffee came without a saucer. So please, Mr restaurant owner... When you read this: no offense, it was great talking to you (although maybe your guests don't want to talk about their Iraq-deployment as soon as they enter your restaurant and you find out one is a soldier), but please look for another waitress who doesn't spend all her time on the cellphone and acts pissed when she has to make moves and take an order or bring something to a table- and also another cook maybe who wears an actual cook hat and not a cool SnapBack to be stylish and who walks back and forth through the restaurant. I wish there was something like a money back deal on bad restaurant experiences... read more

Nour is awesome-- from the food to the staff! We have been several time and have enjoyed their soup, salads, hummus, pitas, gyros and kababs. The owner is such a nice man and even gave us complementary dessert and coffee. Very reasonably priced and if you are a first timer, you can grab a groupon for an even better deal! read more

We stopped at Nour after reading some great reviews on Yelp, just for an afternoon snack/late lunch kinda thing, and it was another great food decision! The complimentary Nour sauce, with what must be homemade pita bread, is outstanding!!! Garlic, cilantro, lime juice, raw potato (yes, RAW according to our server), was one of the most incredible dips I have ever had. When she told us the ingredients included raw potato, I was very reluctant to try it, since I have tasted raw potato and I am not a fan. But it was pale green and creamy and all the other ingredients she mentioned are things I really like. Thank goodness I decided to be adventurous! There is not taste of raw potato whatsoever (wonder if I misunderstood what she said?), it is this creamy tart deliciousness that is unlike anything we had ever tried before.Unfortunately, it is a creation of the chef and not a traditional Mediterranean dish, so I have no idea how to even make an attempt at it when I get home, which is a huge bummer, because I will be craving it for years and will not be anywhere near this place, sigh. We also ordered the meat Kibbee, which were the traditional fried oblong shaped style. Very good with the yogurt sauce that came with them. We ordered one more thing, which I have never seen on a mediterranean or middle Eastern menu, the Harrah potatoes, which were medium sized cubes of fried potatoes with fresh chopped garlic, lime juice, cilantro and red pepper flakes. When it arrived, it looked like a simple plate of fried potatoes, nothing special. But then we got them into our mouths and Shazam! There is something about the flavor combination, the sum is so much greater than the parts. They were incredibly delicious and neither of us could believe that those few simple ingredients could be so wonderful combined. I would love to know what type of oil the potatoes were fried in, maybe it was magical frying oil? Who knows, but worth ordering if you visit and I am pretty sure I can try to recreate this dish when I get home, at least I am going to try! Great service, food was brought our lightening fast and prices were incredibly reasonable. We left as very happy campers. read more

Had a late lunch here with a friend. Nour is a tiny (quaint) little restaurant. You start your meal off with strips of pita bread with a side of green (salty) sauce/hummus (I should know what it is, but its escaping me). As a side I got a house salad with fresh greens and a couple slices of tomatoes but not much else which was fine (if a little too much vinaigrette). I got a gyro platter with rice (comes with side of yogurt sauce). The gyro meat was actually very good. Sweet and wonderfully tender. The rice was also good. Honestly, I was a little taken back. Everything else was only eh, but their lamb was impressive. Good portion size too. I liked their yogurt sauce too. It had a nice flavor without being too sweet or too bland. My friend got a veggie plate which she liked a lot. I'd be willing to try nour again with friends but I probably wouldn't go out of my way for it. It was definitely satisfactory at a reasonable cost. Worth checking out if you are in the area. read more

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Consistent and good food. Great owners. "Turkish" coffee is best in town, baba ganoush is their best appetizer, baklava could be improved if they made it locally - only item keeping them from 5 stars read more

This is my new favorite restaurant. The food and hospitality bring me back to Beirut. The hummus is nearly perfect and the mixed grill was fantastic. I judge middle eastern restaurants by their hummus and Nour is one of the best I've had anywhere in the US and possibly even the Middle East. The hospitality is exceptional. We talked to the owner for a long while and like a good Lebanese host the tea kept flowing. I wish I could give it 6 stars. read more

Worst Mediterranean restaurant I have ever been to. Truly ranks the lowest in all categories of quality. Really hate to write these and hurt someone's income, however it's the truth. Would not return, did not like the food, was not remotely mediocre. read more

Good food and excellent service. Vegetarian plate is very good.

I tried Nour with a Groupon and I am so glad that we did. The food and service were fantastic! The hummus and baba ganoush were fresh and very tasty. The pita bread warmed to perfection. And the baklava was the best I have ever had. I will be back for sure. read more

This place is outstanding! Best Mediterranean Ive had in years. Service is top notch & fast. Food is flavorful and in generous portions. Grape wraps are fresh. Gyro has a large amount of meat...tzaziki sauce was not as seasoned as i would like and the consistency of saice was a little too watery. However the garlic saise served with bread as an appetizer was phenomenal! read more

Amazing food and amazing atmosphere. The owner sat with us and told us some very inspiring stories. He gave us tea, coffee and baklava on the house. He provided delicious food and great advice. Will be back the next time we're in El Paso. read more

First the bad: overpriced, poor excuse for chicken shawarma, only one side with platter all served on those plastic beige plates. The good: the hummus with the bread basket is awesome, the mixed grill plate is authentic and delicious. I wish they would include rice, pickled beets and more grilled veggies to send you off super happy. Instead, this place makes me miss the more authentic places I've experienced before. read more

We tried something different today. Nour Mediterranean cafe. Nice place. Had the Arayes Kafta and Chicken Shawarma. Both very good and tasty plates. The bread and nour sauce are very delisous too. Nice environment. read more