Memorial Day. Great first visit…read more It won't be the last. Why? Fresh ..every thing. Hummus heaven. Meats , fish ,and vegetables. Grilled to perfection. Great service. Super deserts. Clean restrooms. So good.

Food was decent Restrooms are disgusting…read moreThey automatically add 15% tip on your bill as stated on every bottom page of their menu Asian host is not helpful and lazy. They have hard working latino women cleaning and clearing the tables which is the only positive thing I observe in this restaurant ! I spoke with Fatima an employee over the phone and she rushed our conversation with a ridiculous excuse about the gratuity being added . We wont return . This restaurant doesn't care about customer's real experience.

Came here for lunch to celebrate my birthday. It is located in the Harlem Corners shopping center…read morewith ample parking. The staff is warm and welcoming, and we were seated quickly upon arriving. Love the ambiance! It is very cozy and inviting. We were served a complimentary appetizer: pita bread strips, pickled veggies, and what I believe to be an eggplant dip. We also ordered the Bawadi wing appetizer. It was delicious, and those wings! It came with a sauce, but I cannot comment on that because none of us tried it. The wings by themselves are delicious! My friends both ordered the lamb chops, and I ordered the Al Bawadi mixed grill with hummus and bread. Everything was good, and the portions are generous. The meat was tender, juicy, and seasoned well. We all enjoyed our meals. We plan on coming back in the Fall to celebrate another birthday. This is definitely a neighborhood staple and will come back with family.

4.5/5 Food is good…read moreKababs are ok but still pretty good Fish is also good Bread is fresh Good eat in Great service

Best middle eastern bakery around so fresh never a stale taste made with best ingredients and loveread more

flyes all over the floor and the food!! disgusting!! plus,…read morethey have horrible service!! extremely disrespectful!!

The food was absolutely excellent as well as the service was amazing. They were very accommodating,…read morekind, and pleasant to speak to. Will be back 100%. Definitely check this place out. The service and food was awesome. Ambiance was classy and nice.

Suda is one of my favorite Mediterranean Restaurants in Chicago. Even though it is pricey, I…read morerecommend it as I enjoy some of the dishes a lot. First-Their free bread is served hot and fresh, and the sauces they come with are so flavorful! I will always get seconds because they're just that good. -Their Baba Ghanoush was one of the best Baba Ghanoush I have ever had (I don't say this lightly). It was very smokey and savory. The pomegranate on top perfectly complements it. -Arnibit (Cauliflower): People like this one a lot, but I personally think it's just the presentation that is appetizing. It tasted like a regular cauliflower, and I wished the sauce complemented and infiltrated the cauliflower more. It felt like I was eating two separate things. -Mixed Grill: the chicken and the beef were juicy and well made. The kefta was the star. It was soft and so well seasoned, and every time I order it I wish we could have more. My only comment would be that we wish the portions are bigger, considering the price was pretty expensive. This could only fill one person in my opinion. Nevertheless I love it. They also have very specific and unique dishes that you don't normally see at bigger restaurants. We have tried some before and they were not bad (but again just wished the portions were bigger) Overall we recommend this place. Baba Ghanoush and the Kefta are musts!

Very good food . Nice and hot when served . Good portions…read more Ambiance is good also and very good service . We always have our party lunches there . They work with you if you have a large group and need adding or subtracting items . Highly recommend

We dined on a Sunday night around 8 PM and were seated right away, which was a great start. We…read moreordered the mixed grill plate, a Nutella shake, and I asked for water. The salad and hummus came out within a few minutes and the food itself was actually very good. No water given at this time. Unfortunately, the service was disappointing. We waited almost an hour for our main entrée, had to ask for the water again, and the Nutella shake we ordered was never served at all. Our server was not attentive throughout the night. One more thing to watch out for -- a 15% tip was automatically added to the bill, so make sure to check before paying. The food was enjoyable, but the poor service really affected the overall experience.

Simply the best!…read more Love this location, the ownership team is friendly and professional and their positivity is reflected in the quality of the food!

Had a great experience here and wanted to call out the service in particular. I ran into a bit of…read moretrouble with my order, and the team handled it quickly and professionally and no hassle at all. They even went above and beyond and gave me a gift card, which was completely unexpected but really appreciated.

A red awning with a cypress tree covering the entrance to one of Chicago's famous…read more"hole-in-the-wall" urban eateries and all that announces the presence of one of the city's best Lebanese/Mediterranean restaurants. This place has all the staples you expect in Levant cuisine, and best of all, they do everything well! I love this place because it's no frills, inexpensive, quick, and SO GOOD. The hummus is fantastic, and the falafel is some of the best I've had, but my hands down favourite item is the Chicken Shwarma Wrap. That's the winner for me. The crew here was very accommodating with catering when we had a company event... and I watched a huge tray of wraps disappear in what seemed like minutes, so I can attest they were popular with our attendees. This place is truly are more than meets the eye.

In this day and age, even though the prices have gone up at Taste of Lebanon, they're still okay…read morecompared to other places making similar food. I enjoyed my beef shawarma over baba ghanoush plate, ~$11 (it made quite a filling lunch!) although I would've loved if they'd thrown some pickled veg in there. The beef shawarma is a bit different from shawarma I've had elsewhere--almost ground beef-like in texture--but the flavor was pretty good. Their baba ghanoush is also creamier than others I've had, seems quite similar to their hummus, with a lot of tahini mixed in maybe? I didn't love their chicken shawarma wrap in the past, but that might be because I'm not that into their hot sauce. I'd love to get their veggie platter sometime! Service is friendly and quick. Cash only.

This is our first of many adventures to eat in Little Palestine. I had this place on my list for…read moreawhile. We came on a Saturday night around 7 pm and we were able to find parking immediately. To be clear, the parking area is kind of tight and cramped. If you can't find parking here, you can try seeing if parking is available in the neighborhood or next door. Inside Al Manakeesh, they have a plentiful amount of tables. You order at the front, receive a pager, and wait for your food. They have additional drinks in the back. They are known for making Middle Eastern flatbread pizzas and kaaks (bagel). Customer service was great. They were very efficient at making the food and drinks. Everyone was nice. No one was pushy when we ordered our items. Prices were good, they were inexpensive. We ordered egg/meat/cheese, pepperoni, mixed meat bagel, sfeha with tahaina, and zaatar/akkawi cheese/cherry tomato. Honestly, everything was a 5/5. I liked that the pizzas weren't floppy and none of the ingredients slid off. The portions were huge. I also got a peach matcha. After mixing it, the peach taste was very noticeable: -The pepperoni tastes cleaner and more flavorful than the American places. For some reason, the American ones are so greasy and oily. -For the egg/meat/cheese pizza, the egg taste really stands out. -Sfeha is halal ground beef and has more flavor than regular ground beef. The tahaina helps make it pop. -The zaatar/akkawi/cherry tomato is an awesome combination. When you take that first bite, you'll immediately taste all of the ingredients. It's that prominent. -The mixed meat kaak has halal turkey, halal roast beef, halal salami, mozzarella, Mexican cheese, and their signature sauce. They give you two cups of sauces. One I think is the signature sauce and the red one is a little spicy. The portion is big enough to share between 3-4 people.

this place was so good!! We ordered three things and ate them the whole day because the portions…read morewere bigger than we thought. Everything was so fresh!! would totally recommend if you love manakeesh

I have been passing by this place for a while now and I've been wanting to try it so finally was…read moreable to. Is a place was really nice inside and the parking is a bit small but there is a valet and the service was good. For the food the seafood platter was good the salmon was cooked perfectly but we were a bit disappointed with the Shawarma plate according to my friend the beef and lamb tasted like jerky so he was really disappointed with it we did order a lamp kebab which was really good I am very picky with my lamb and this one I would go back for because it didn't have that after it taste that I don't like when eating lamb. I would definitely still go back to try some other stuff in the menu. But definitely will have to try the meat kabob instead of the shawarmas next time. Happy eating!

02/09/26 - I love Al Bawadi. I have been coming here on & off @ 8501 W Dempster about 1/2 mile…read moreeast of Lutheran General for many years ever since they opened this location. I met my 3 former co workers here for lunch today (first time for them) & they loved it. We all worked together & get together about twice a year for lunch. Al Bawadi has a lunch special M-F for $13.99. This is an excellent deal w/generous portions of absolutely delicious food. The original Al Bawadi @ 7216 W 87th St in Bridgeview.

Delicious food. Very friendly staff everything tasty very fresh and amazing definitely will be back.read more

First time visit and I took the suggestion to get the lunch special. Good flavor good price. Food…read morecame out quick. The staff were friendly and helpful.