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    Z Falafel

    4.6 (387 reviews)
    Open • 11:00 am - 8:30 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed

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    Kristine H.

    A lunchtime search brought us here, and I'm so glad it did. You can order at the counter or use the self-service kiosk. The food was delicious, flavorful, and tasted very fresh. Our order took about 15 minutes. There are a few outdoor seats, but this is better suited for takeout than large group dining. Conveniently located right next to a parking lot. Definitely worth a try.

    Harrison W.

    Ordered beef pita. It has their style of cooking and was very juicy with the sauce. They have both indoor and outdoor seating and kept it clean. Service was fast. I will be back for more.

    Falafel (Vegetarian) with Tahini Sauce
    Sergey H.

    Amazing food and great flavors. falafel was fresh, delicious and perfectly prepared. The was friendly, cleaning and welcoming. The place had. A nice atmosphere. Definitely coming back.

    Falafel Plate
    Liza G.

    Absolutely delicious! We ordered lunch takeout yesterday as I was craving some good hummus. I got the falafel plate, my husband got the chicken Shawarma. The presentation, texture, taste, and value for money are all outstanding. I appreciate how the takeout container separates the salad, hummus, and rice. The falafel is perfect, with a crispy exterior and pleasant flavor. I hate mushy falafel, and was very pleased with the way it was made here. Even the little side salad was delicious! We got plenty of pita bread. I was able to eat half for lunch, and the other half for dinner so getting two meals out of my order was great. I would get the exact same order next time, but with an extra side of hummus. Their hummus is so smooth and creamy, a texture you simply can't get with store bought hummus. The shop was small, but clean with three workers. Staff is helpful and friendly. Will order again soon!

    Chicken Shawarma Sandwich Chicken Shawarma Sandwich
    Steve M.

    Good food and quick service. Wrap was huge. Pita was a tad burnt which is the only reason I didn't give them a 5. Buon appetito

    Chicken Shawarma Plate
    Estela V.

    I love a good chicken shawarma and this Mediterranean restaurant has the perfect combo! I'm usually in a rush so I place my order online and run in to pick it up. Surprisingly, this restaurant has a 20 min free parking lot directly adjacent to it. The chicken shawarma comes with a great salad, hummus, pita bread and rice. The flavors are always great and the chicken is always fresh. I would recommend checking out this restaurant if you love a healthy Mediterranean meal.

    eric s.

    Best falafel I have had in LA. Not to mention the hummus, baba ghanouj, grape leaves, tabouli and perfectly cooked pita bread. The location is very nice, covered outdoor seating with lots of shade. The food is fresh and really top notch - they know what they're doing and they don't mess around.

    Michael R.

    After shopping in the Jewelry mart we eyed this little stand alone spot from a distance. My girl said "ooh I think I'm craving Falafel!" Lucky us because this place was great. The chicken Kabab was so tender and juicy we were really set back and said OMG! Fortunately I had asked the server what you'd eat here even after eating everything a million times? She immediately said the Chicken Kabab, thank goodness because it was amazing. Now the main event "Fatal" gyro . Delectable is the safest word to use! Light, crunchy and their sauce was sweet & tangy... I wouldn't change a thing about it! We will stop here again next time we're in DTLA! To boot, It's next to 2 parking lots with discounted rates!

    Salmon gyro

    The Salmon gyro omgggggggg Super nice people and good food !! You have to try it :) :)

    Lamb beef plate
    Vincent W.

    Eaten here once before and can say this place is consistent. Can be expensive but worth it. Healthy, lean options that has flavor. Rice is never dry and the warm fresh pita bread tastes decadent. The service from staff are kind and accommodating. My go to dtla Mediterranean eatery I vouch for.

    6/10  VERY DRY ..the most important part of the plate is-supposed to be the chicken that's makes the meal.
    Sabrina W.

    Ordered 3 plates for take out tonight for $65. 2 Chicken Shawarma and 1 combination plate Not a good experience! The Chicken Shawarma was SO DRY with lack of flavor. Usually when I order this at other places. The meat is usually juicy and tender. This was so dry. Even my hubby was complaining about it. We didn't get to the combination plate yet. Saving it for later tonight Hope it's not the same results. Kind of disappointed spending almost $70 tonight By the way they charge $2 for swiping your card

    Beef Shawarma Sandwich
    Maxim P.

    My friend had a project across the street from this place and we met there for lunch there. Really enjoyed this place. The food came out fresh, hot, and packed with flavor. Really enjoyed this place. The food came out fresh, hot, and packed with flavor. The fries were crispy and golden, and they went perfectly with the wrap. Overall it was a super satisfying meal and definitely worth it for the price. The spot also had a nice casual feel, which made it easy to just sit back and enjoy the food. I'd definitely come back again and would recommend it to anyone looking for a filling, tasty meal.

    Chicken Kabab Plate
    Mario G.

    This was considerably a hard place for me because I went there and ordered the chicken kabob plate and it was great, full of flavor and the service was top notch. The restaurant was clean and it had a decent ambiance for it being in DTLA. I ordered the exact same thing a few days later and it was mid af, the food was bland and it lacked everything I had experienced from the first time around. Making it inconsistent, the first time was a Tuesday and the second time was on a Sunday. I had ordered it to go but I don't know. I guess it's great if you order food there and eat it at the restaurant but aside from that it didn't hold up to its hype, once taken to eat elsewhere. I probably won't be coming back as it's in an inconvenient location of the city, for me.

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    Healthy and fast! Sandwiches and plates. Order at the kiosk. I got a salmon plate for lunch and it's delicious.

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    The best! 5 stars everything. If you're in Dtla you have to try their falafel sandwiches!

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    Killer Kabab

    4.4(342 reviews)
    0.3 mi•Downtown
    •$$

    I absolutely love the food here--it's always delicious. However, today I ordered the chicken…read moreshawarma wrap during the buy-one-get-one-free promotion, and the free wrap was extremely disappointing. It was mostly pita bread with very little chicken inside. After just a couple of bites, it was practically flat because there was barely any filling. It honestly felt like I paid for air. If you're going to offer a promotion, the quality and portion size should be consistent with the regular item. The food is fantastic, which is why this experience was so disappointing. I hope this was just an isolated incident and not how promotional orders are normally prepared.

    Really enjoyed a lighter lunch during our visit to DTLA, with the food tasting very good for both…read moremy wife and me. Killer Kabab (fast food mediterranean) has two locations, with the other being in the Sawtelle area near West LA. There are multiple Kabab shops near the hotel that we were staying, so chose the closest one. It wasn't too busy inside, with plenty of seating so placed our order and paid through the kiosk. The food took a bit of time to come out, delivered to our table. No soda fountain, so got a can of soda ($1.99) which you pick up yourself from the nearby bev fridge. We shared a Mix Grill plate ($21.95), consisting of a variety of things, all of which we enjoyed. The bed of tumeric rice was well cooked. The beef fillet, chicken breast chunks, and the beef kofta were all excellent: very tender, well seasoned, and well grilled. A few grilled vegetables were added, along with a really good plain hummus and pita braed. It also came with two side dips/pastes: a really good garlic paste that went great with the grilled beef and a yellow 'buttery' sauce that was great with the chicken. It also came with a small side salad, and some really tart pepperoncini. All of this added to a good light(er) meal, mixing various tastes and textures really well.

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    Killer Kabab - Menu Board

    Menu Board

    Killer Kabab - Mix Shawerma Plate

    Mix Shawerma Plate

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    Falafel Queen

    Falafel Queen

    4.6(157 reviews)
    5.4 mi•Mid-Wilshire

    Every time I come here the food is excellent. I usually get felafel sandwich and Greek salad but…read moreeverything I've had here is great. I've also catered from Felafel Queen, they out together some great trays. You get a lot of food so you can order for fewer people than you're actually feeding. Very nice service too.

    Well, to start off, I must admit I drove by this place about 10 times before I finally went in. All…read morethose times, I never saw people inside. Which I understand why. I finally went in today and sadly, was not only disappointed, my fantasy of Falafel King was destroyed forever. I know Benito used to work for Falafel King, but this place is nothing like it. The service was horrible. The guy behind the little counter was not nice at all. In fact he was rude. And didn't like if you asked him questions. But that aside, sitting in this little tiny restaurant was not a good feeling. We were the only ones there. They have a seating area outside, I'm guessing for overflow - yet, the table and chairs were right there in the middle of the restaurant. Piled up. They didn't even bother to take it outside. Put all that aside - we get to the food. One of the best things Falafel King has were the "chips", which were battered slices of potatoes that were deep fried. These were slices of potato, they were potato chips. Thin. No "meat" on them, if you know what I mean. And sadly, they were fried either early this morning or last night. Terrible, cold, hard, no taste - not even salt. We move on the falafel - which tasted good. The taste of the falafel itself was good, but the oil dripping down my hand an face was not. I blame that on the oil not being hot enough when he put the falafel into the oil. Next, the actual shwarma is not really shwarma (like you all know it). There was no revolving slab of meat where the fat melts into the meat and makes it so so special. No. This was a little baggy of already cooked meat with no spices on it thrown on the plancha and heated up. Hard and tasteless. Very disappointing. I picked it out of my pita and ate the salad with tehina and spicy eggplant (which WAS tasty). The pita is also a thin hard pita - not the nice fluffy type. I didn't finish my food, and my friend didn't finish the food, as you can see in the pictures. Sorry to give it a 1 - but to say you have ANY connection to "Falafel King" is a disgrace. Sorry if I sound brutal. I tell it like it is.

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    Falafel Queen - Shawarma is the bomb here!!!

    Shawarma is the bomb here!!!

    Falafel Queen
    Falafel Queen

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    Dune - Meze Plate with Grilled Chicken and Falafel

    Dune

    4.4(1.2k reviews)
    5.0 mi•Atwater Village
    •$$

    We had the steak and fries, chicken plate and steak sandwich. You only sit outside so on a not too…read morecold day this was perfect. The flavors were amazing. Love the hummus that comes with the plate and the fresh salad and rice. It was delicious. Only small complaint: I wish the meat portion would be more generous. It was a little for the price you're paying. The fries were also spot on. We found a new go to Mediterranean food spot. Would definitely come again. It was not too hard for us to find Street parking on a Friday night.

    Made the drive from Studio City to Dune for Dine LA lunch. It was 98 degrees outside and although…read morethere was no traffic midday, parking in Atwater is always a challenge. I hunted a bit before tracking down a spot and paying the meter. I have not been to Dune before, but the value of the lunch special along with the promise of a fried chicken shawarma, coupled with unexpected free time, sounded like a promising moment to stop by. Walked up to the window and after no acknowledgement, I peaked inside the door and asked whether I place an order at the counter or wait to be seated. When I tell you the jarring elder Gen Z stare and incredibly unfriendly direction to sit on the bench and wait my turn (in the literal sense that I was told to sit on the bench and wait my turn. There was only a party of 2 seated at the bench and no line to speak of) made me regret coming out to eat entirely. I'm not lying when I say I thought about leaving immediately and driving home in my air conditioned car instead of sitting on a hot bench in nearly 100 degree weather with no acknowledgement of party size, no offer for a drink or water while I wait, and just existing in my bizarre humiliation ritual for having asked what the procedure is here for any kind of recognition of my interest in dining or simply existing. And yes, after sitting down I saw there is a small low contrast sign on a post stating to sit on the bench and wait, but it is positioned parallel to the counter window and only when turning away from the glass toward the seating area was it placed in a way that I would see it. Not very useful for someone who is walking up or down the sidewalk as it's not visible. I held my breath for about 10 minutes before being asked my party size (one) and seated at a shaded table. I regretted my choice to dine out the entire wait time for the table, while ordering and then being required to pay upfront before my meal was even presented to me, while seated awaiting my order, while my food (loaded fries, fried chicken shawarma, date shake and an added unsweetened iced green mint tea) was dumped at once on the table in front of me, while eating feeling humiliated for existing inside human skin, and again when having to walk to the window and ask for a to-go box. I felt like a massive inconvenience for the staff and fully regretted bothering them every step of the way for normal things like a Dine LA menu which was not initially offered, adding an iced tea to my order, existing in a metal folding chair and generally taking up space. I don't like being treated like a turd by people, and certainly don't want to be treated this way when I'm paying for a service. But after the initial flubbed interactions, demanding payment with tip upfront before receiving any kind of service was rendered, and then dumping my food at the table without ceremony, it's truly no wonder why the LA restaurant scene is dying. Between poorly trained staff, rising costs in rent and utilities, the outrageous cost of staffing and the fact that eating at a restaurant is completely unnecessary when cutting household expenses, restaurants are disappearing left and right. Some of the foods I still dream about are lost forever to closure after closure. Customers being treated like they're inconsequential isn't the only reason people like me usually choose to dine at home, and it's not the only reason restaurants are disappearing. But it's one of the only controllable elements in a world of runaway hospitality expenses. Customers deserve even a modicum of respect if restaurants are going to survive. $48 for the meal including tax and tip. More than enough food for lunch, I took home half. Loaded steak fries / wish they were served with a whipped feta or dipping sauce instead of ketchup but they're good. Generous portion of steak. 9/10 Fried chicken shawarma / fun idea, execution made it difficult to pick up to eat. Serving in a metal basket made it impossible to cut in half since there was not a solid surface to cut against. Flavor is yummy, wish those middle eastern flavors were more prominent in the batter but the chicken is extra crispy. Enjoyable. 8/10 Date shake / luxurious, creamy, flavorful. No notes. 10/10 Unsweetened green mint iced tea / overpriced, underdelivered. I'd skip it unless you're parched. 5/10 **written without the assistance of AI**

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    Dune - Outside / ordering window

    Outside / ordering window

    Dune - Pickled Beets Sandwich 8/10 delicious

    Pickled Beets Sandwich 8/10 delicious

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    Haifa Restaurant

    Haifa Restaurant

    4.4(259 reviews)
    7.3 mi•Pico-Robertson
    •$$

    We had a really enjoyable meal at Haifa Restaurant on Pico and tried a wide range of dishes…read more The stuffed cabbage was one of the highlights, especially paired with the majadara -- the combination worked really well together. We also really liked the potato salad with dill, particularly with some pickles added, and the cooked vegetable side with zucchini, onion, celery, and mushrooms was another favorite. My wife really enjoyed the Israeli salad and tahini. The hummus was a little mild on its own, but much better combined with the red salsa. And the pita was excellent -- fresh, soft, and something we'd absolutely order again. The green beans in tomato sauce were nicely flavored, although not quite as memorable for me. One useful note: if ordering the baba ghanoush, we'd ask for the version made with tahini rather than mayo. We also tried the Nesher malt beer. Interesting to try once, but probably not something we'd order again. Overall, what we liked most was being able to order a variety of dishes and mix and match everything at the table. There were plenty of things we'd happily order again, and next time we want to try the baby chicken.

    Wow wow wow. The food!! Super authentic restaurant, I felt…read morelike I'm in Israel. Just a good place to either eat lunch or dinner and feel at home. The waiter is really friendly and will make sure you feel at home.

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    Haifa Restaurant - Inside view - Three tables wide by four tables deep

    Inside view - Three tables wide by four tables deep

    Haifa Restaurant - The third item was called a salad but it looked more like a sauce it was good but very spicy

    The third item was called a salad but it looked more like a sauce it was good but very spicy

    Haifa Restaurant - Inside

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