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    3.9 (126 reviews)

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    Lunch menu.
    Michael M.

    Been a happy customer for over 10 years. Love the middle eastern food. Great lunch specials. Favorite are the kabobs. Priced at $9.95 a great deal. Enjoy the freshly brewed ice tea. Located in strip Medel with plenty of parking.

    Danielle P.

    Awesome food! I love their breakfast! The breakfast potatoes mixed with onions are delish. The lunch special is enough for 2 meals. I love the chicken shawarma with sides of baba ghanoush & hummus with warm pita yummmm The owner is super cool and really appreciates his customers! My fave restaurant in Secaucus!

    Chicken shawarma lunch special
    Stephanie G.

    Came in for lunch and they have some good lunch specials! It's a cute little restaurant and the service was super quick and friendly. You can't go wrong with some chicken shawarma (except spelling it) which comes with some rice and choice of 2 sides (got to make one the hummus with pita!) It was a filling, tasty portion that is especially great for those grabbing lunch quickly on a break. They also have wraps for less fancy options and some entrees for more fancy options. If you want some Middle Eastern food that's quick, reasonably priced, and tasty, you aren't going to do any better.

    Falafel?
    Barbara M.

    We ordered $60 worth of take out last night centered around what we thought would be outstanding falafel and lamb kebab. The lamb was severely over-cooked , lacked any kind of seasoning and it was dry and nasty. I was so very disappointed as we had invited a special guest to sample your food. I visited the restaurant and enjoyed a lamb wrap weeks ago which was cooked to perfection. But this is so disappointing. I also ordered a Lamb wrap last night without tahini sauce. The same dry morsels of lamb were in the wrap and it included the sauce specifically stated that I did not want. Therefore I really couldn't eat it. The salads that accompanied the wrap and the meal were wilted and over dressed. The lettuce also was also gritty as if it hadn't been cleaned properly. The rice was also bland and unseasoned and pretty Al dente for my taste. Fortunately, spinach pies. the hummus and baba ganouj along with the pita bread was very good. But the falafel! It might as well of been pellets for a rabbit cage. They were dry, hard, over fried, and small. Not sure I'll ever get food from here again. I was so disappointed. Perhaps we didn't get your best food because it was at the tail end of your long day. I know we ordered around 8pm but my goodness, it was just awful. I will say you were efficient with the delivery and that's why I gave you at least one star combined with the two side orders and your warm pita bread.

    Turkey bacon egg and cheese breakfast sandwich on a kaiser roll
    Jessica B.

    My fiance's parents were in from out of town and staying at the hotel across the street so we decided to meet here for breakfast. My fiance said that he has carried out breakfast from here before, but this was my first time here. The prices are extremely reasonable for their breakfast, a breakfast sandwich with bacon eggs and cheese is around $3.00. My fiance ordered BEC, I ordered TBEC and his parents both had over easy eggs and toast. You get to choose the bread for you sandwich and we both of us got our sandwiches on kaiser rolls. The food came our really quickly and looked pretty good. The food tasted good and definitely hit the spot. I would have liked more egg on the sandwich though. There was definitely more bread than anything else, but for the price I guess I can't complain. The service was OK, not great considering we were the only people in the restaurant. In my opinion, if you are looking for a cheap and quick breakfast place, this is a good option.

    Takeput taboule
    Steph S.

    *This review is for the takeout option only* After having a really terrible day, my dad brought home one the best chicken wraps I have ever had. He also got the taboule. The chicken shawarma wrap is out of this world, the chicken is thin slices seasoned well with lettuce & tomato in a whole wheat wrap. The extra pickle adds the perfect saltiness to offset the intense flavor of the shwarma. The side was a little salad seasoned perfectly with Italian. I don't think I could speak for the taboule myself because my mom would not share with me. That speaks for itself how good it is, plus she said that the taboule was not salty like a lot are. Both meals were very generous portions at a great price! A little over $12 together.

    Saurabh S.

    Had lunch here with friends here and i must say i enjoyed my Friday lunch. Fast service and food tasted awesome. Definitely recommended. Tip: If you check-in through Yelp...you get 10 percent discount..

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    Sinbad cafe has excellent food, shawerma, hummus, freshly made pita bread. I recommend this place 100%!!!!

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    Thank you and we hope to serve again very soon

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    8 years ago

    great food low prices... friendly staff. definitely recommend it. Ate lunch here weekly. Fast friendly service.

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    Small portions for the price. Uncooked meat and rice felt like they were made last week.

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    A little pricey, girls who work the counter are nice, but a little not with it, would still go back, food was delicious!

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    Absolute best Baba I have ever had. Great service too and they give you a boat load of food.

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    Thank you and we hope to get to serve you again

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    Just so you know, they don't serve hookah here anymore. Can't rate the food as we didn't eat here.

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