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Al-Zaituna Restaurant and Hookah Bar

4172 N Mesa St
El Paso, TX 79902
(915) 838-1260

http://www.al-zaituna.com

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Price Range: $$
Credit Card: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes




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by R L.

This place rocks! The food is very tasty with proportions to match price. Try the chicken kebab and conclude your meal with a baklava. It would be safe to explore the other dishes as they are all very delicious. The staff provided excellent service and the peach hookah was very relaxing as it was sweet.


 
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by Nina mae A.

This place is a definite GO! The food is AWESOME and the portions are big. The lamb meat and the gyros are always great!


 
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by Miranda b.

Place your money in hands of another establishment.Disgusting and filthy


 
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by Nora O.

The lentil soup is the best.... you definitely have to try it.  The service is really good too!  The falafel sandwich is good and the potatoes they give you with it are also really really good.  I recommend this place for sure!


 
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by Daniel W.

We were here just before 5PM on a Saturday and when we walked in, we were the only customer they had.  Service should be awesome right?  Wrong.  And you would think that "if you got time to lean, you got time to clean" right?  Wrong.  We asked to sit outside since it was nice and warm and breezy and were told to pick any table, which they all looked kinda gross due to the hookah burns in the plastic table tops.  Ok, so we chose the least disgusting and have a seat.  A quick glance at the menu and we notice the glaring lack of alcoholic beverages, which was quickly confirmed by our server who had all the enthusiasm of a teen stuck in a car on the way to relatives in the country(at least that is the best I can conjure up right now.)Ok, so one Coke and one Sprite, which came out with just a few floating cubes in the top of each glass, very flat.  The "Coke" was not Coke, but some other type of cola...or the mix was so off, that it was not recognizable by my taste buds.So we order Vegetarian plate and beef kebabs(or is it kebobs?, Wikipedia doesn't know either http://en.wikipedia.or...) which took a long time to get.  I mean, how long does it take to make falafel and a couple of skewers of beef and vegetables?  Once we got our dishes, we forgot to take pictures and pretty much ate everything.The falafel and hummus were pretty good, the beef I would bet $100 had been made way before we got there and had just been warmed up.  You know that glisten that meat has when its fresh off the grill?  This didn't have it...it was dry-ish, and tough and not that hot.  The basmati rice was below average.Food 2.5 stars at best, and portions were not that big.  And for the two of us, it was $26 and change not including tip.Service was 3 stars...while she wasn't happy to be there, she didn't exactly neglect us.Cleanliness and atmosphere gets 1 star if that.  I can see this place being ok if you are a student that is into the hookah craze, but for the food?  No way.  Anyone that has any experience with  mediterranean food will not enjoy this place at all.Won't be returning and couldn't recommend this place.  Maybe it wasn't primetime, but I can't un-see or un-eat the experience.

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