Great store for middle eastern supplies! I get my labaneh and halloumi from here and it's always…read morebeen great quality,the price is great too! The cheese has been better than what I get from whole foods.

Clean nice little grocery store. I but meat from here. Always very clean. They also carry foreign…read morecandies and drinks which are yummy.

A very well kept store in Latham offering a variety of international foods…read more The employees were very friendly. There is so much to see, every bit of this store is fully stocked with thousands of items. Any questions I had were answered expertly. There is a cafe in the rear of this store which seemed like it just kept going further and further back, seriously there is so much inside! There was a full service butcher shop in the middle of the store with Halal meats and a large freezer section stocked with whole fish. Fresh produce is also in the middle of the store close to the cashier stand. A large freezer section lines the wall to the left when you enter and on the right bulk rices are available. It was a very cool shop and super affordable. I'll be back soon.

This place seems to have it all! We ordered food to eat there and everything was delicious. The…read morevegetable korma was so flavorful and may be one of my new favorite dishes! Generous portions and friendly staff.

Amazing food. I will definitely be back to try more items. Flavorful, fresh, just great all around…read more Service was fast and friendly, you just order at the front counter and wait. Not a whole lot of seating, mainly great place for takeout, but we did eat in and with not a lot of people it was comfortable. Definitely recommended!

Zaitoon Kitchen was a great find. I'm sad to know that Zaitoon and I are not in the same city! We…read morewere passing through Albany on a Sunday and needed a casual restaurant for dinner. Zaitoon seemed to be interesting. So, we (a party of four) stopped by around 6pm. The ambiance is great: contemporary with natural decor elements and comfortable seats. They also have outdoor seating. Their menu appeared to be extensive. I asked for recommendations and immediately she captured my attention with a Jordanian dish with lamb shank over rice. One of us got that and I asked for the lamb shank over garden salad. The two others ordered grilled chicken wrapped in pita. We all loved our food. I especially enjoyed their White Sauce, which I think was Lebanese garlic sauce. They had something called Falooda for dessert. It's hard to explain it: combination of ice cream, pistachio, frozen vermicelli. All I know is that it was great! Prices were very reasonable. Service was great.

I'm a fan of new foods with different textures and of parts unknown. Halal was surprisingly large…read morefor not having a sign up on Rt. 9 to find easily. They were well stocked with a double wide store area. There is a sign in the back, but they lost the star for location and ease of finding. The inside is what you would expect from a middle eastern grocery. A whirlwind of advertising directed at different taste and culture. Rich reds and yellows unashamed mustaches on plump faces. There are so many different kids of food than there is a our markets. I got a cucumber looking thing with unappetizing looking bumps all over it. Food can be an adventure for the adventurous.

Customer service is very poor and operates with very unethical business practices... not recommendedread more

Very nice Italian deli, with a decent selection of Italian groceries as well. Food was great; hot…read morelasagna with meatballs for less than $10. Really good. You can tell this place is worth a visit because the door was revolving with all the people coming in to grab lunch. Tables to sit at. What I was most impressed with, beyond the tasty food, was how great the service was. Attentive, kind, considerate. Really nice to experience, especially for us out-of-towners. Thanks to the staff for a great experience!

Don't miss this place! It was below freezing outside, and Pellegrino has a warm, cozy vibe with a…read morewelcoming atmosphere. Service is excellent. Thank you Deb! The food is amazing! I got some chicken salad, tomato and mozzarella salad, and eggplant parmigiana to go! Wow! Deb was helpful in answering my questions. If you don't eat pork or meat, call them and they can clean a machine for you. Heating the food up and eating it later, all I could think is this is comfort food and amazing!! Can't wait to return to try the chicken parm and the other salads!! So nice to be in an area with some great immigrant families showing off their talents!! Lots of the products are straight from Greece, Italy, and Sicily! Wonderful

Asian/Indian store have increased around the area with population growth of the minority…read morepopulation. This was one of the first asian/Indian stores opened in the Saratoga County by the Sihal family who owned another grocery store and a restaurant location in Albany county. The management has recently changed. You do get to buy stuff that you wouldn't find at Walmart or a local grocery store that are used in a South Asian household. My family goes there every Thursday as they get fresh vegetables and meat. The vegetables are purchased in NYC and brought here. You get the green chilis that are spicier than the one in your local store....I addition you get to buy tropical fruits jack fruits, green pumpkin, lychee and guava. I go there for my Mukwas (mouth freshener...soamp), Thums up (Indian soda) and mango kulfi.

Halal Meat Market has now added a grocery department and a produce section, and the choices are…read moreimpressive. They actually seem to have a wider selection of dry goods than Parivar on Central, including some Lebanese brands as well as Swaad and the other Indian standbys. And, a summer-long search for fresh okra, I found two different varieties; the proprietor explained that one is supposed to be less slimy than the other. The way you buy your meat here is to place an order through a window, which doesn't appeal to me because I like to see it first. Meat prices are also a bit high. But for other South Asian items this is going to be my go-to.

My son had stopped here on the way to visit and based on some of the leftovers, we knew it had to…read morebe on the list. Traveling within about 5 minutes on the way to visit a good friend, and it happened to be right around lunch time, the opportunity finally came. It's a casual place, lots of 2 and 4 top tables, but what caught my eye when we went in was the cooler full of amazing side options. Then you look up and there's a beautiful oven and a dough station. This is looking great. We sat and ordered lamb kebab and doner kebab. A couple minutes later, a large (~11x17?) wooden tray appeared with a piping hot lavash bread and a plate of dill yogurt sauce. If the meal had stopped there, I would have been a happy camper. We had just had a few pieces when the kebab arrived, each with a pepper, tomato, some red cabbage, and onion. Both meats were authentic and delicious. My favorite way to eat my doner was with a bit of the bread, a bit of the dill sauce, some onion and cabbage, and a bunch of meat - a mini gyro, if you will. We took away about 1/3 of the generous portions and ordered a large mixed plate (all 10 of the sides) and baklava to take to our friend. It's a bit of a drive for us, but any time we're anywhere close, we're going to be back for sit down (if it's mealtime) or takeaway if it's not. I highly recommend you do the same.

Alibaba is probably the oldest Turkish restaurant in the Albany area, and it recently got a nice…read moreupgrade -- from the furniture to the serving plates and menus. The place feels much more modern and inviting now. Our family especially enjoys the beyti kebab, the güveç, and their pide. I haven't tried the pizza yet, but since their pide is very good, I imagine the pizza would also be solid. For me though, the real highlight at Alibaba is the mezze. In Turkish cuisine, grilled meats and kebabs are almost always enjoyed with a variety of mezze. They might technically be sides, but they're a big part of the whole experience. These days there are several Turkish kebab places in the area, but none of them offer a wide selection of fresh, house-made mezze like Alibaba does. At many places you're lucky if you find one or two options, often just a basic ezme. At Alibaba you'll find around ten different mezze and each one tastes distinct and freshly made. Every time I tell myself I'll just take a little... and somehow I end up filling a big mezze plate. Honestly, even when we grill at home, our motivation is picking up mezze from Alibaba to go with it. I'm not sure if it gets the credit it deserves, but don't skip the mezze here -- you'd be missing out. In fact, start with the mezze and figure out the rest later :))

Very nice family owned business. We love the lamb gyros. Freshly cooked with grilled onions,…read moretomatoes, and lettuce. Staff is very friendly. The atmospheric is simply a counter and a few tables with some outside tables during spring, summer and fall. We also have tabbouleh on the side to share. Good for a quick lunch and to pick up some bread and other supplies like grape leaves and zartar spice

Great food, friendly service, a great place for patio sitting to catch up with friends…read more Everyone enjoyed their sandwiches, not my favorite falafel but good. The baklava was wonderful!

I love my Gyros. The one served here was dreadful. The meat was dried out. The sauce was mediocre…read more The pita was over cooked and dry and the fries were also over cooked. The ginger ale was nice and cold though :) Maybe they do have something better on this menu but the Gyro was a major disappointment.

We were in the neighborhood for an appointment and happened to be driving on Wolf Road when Halal…read moreGrub caught our attention. It was still a little early for a full-on lunch crowd, so we were the only ones there (for a little while, anyway). We started with two different kinds of hummus- regular and roasted red pepper. Both were VERY generous portions and delicious - served with warm pita. The kabob platters were also large - cooked fresh to order and served piping hot. The rice leans towards a more warm cinnamon/slightly sweet flavor and the chicken cubes are definitely marinated in a lovely curry. Plenty of leftovers - enough for two more meals, in fact. I will definitely grab some more grub here in the future!

All different types of groceries and fresh meat every day! Many different spices and herbs. There…read moreis a wide variety of different branded rice, flour and traditional masalas.