"Seriously one of the best falafels I’ve ever had!"
"Finely minced falafel and smooth texture of hummus with mild acidity of the Israeli salad and pickles. Harmonious!"
"The food is delicious and the service is superb."
"Very good falafel, salads, hummus platters."
"The falafel was crunchy on the outside and soft and moist inside, and Hummus was super creamy."
"Delicious, amazing and crispy falafels, the best I’ve had after Balade midtown, salads are super fresh."
"The falafel platter was filling but light, extremely tasty, and super healthy."
Cons:
"The food looks good in pictures not in reality taste wise. the falafel is tasteless."
"The 'platter' is just a big bowl of hummus. Not nice, just stodgy and boring."
"The quality of ingredients is substandard, especially their breads."
"Food is mediocre at best."
"The center of the sandwich tends to be a bit dry."
"Sadly disappointed. Ordered the falafel platter for lunch at work and the food was average."
"Food is ample but quality seems rushed and ingredients not top notch."
Service
Pros:
"The service is pretty fast and friendly!"
"Amazing customer service."
"Great service, open until late."
"Excellent service at this location, food was fresh and served very quickly."
"The staff was very attentive and helpful in making selections."
"Everyone from the guy at the order counter, to the chefs and servers worked in unison and super fast."
"Also, Sonia is pretty patient and a great server! Kudos to her professionalism!"
Cons:
"one of the worst experiences, the waiter was rude, the food was cold and disgusting."
"They need to pay more attention to customers with respect to their commitment."
"Woman at counter was very rude and seemed overwhelmed by her day."
"Service was also pretty impatient and annoyed with my requests for utensils."
"When our waiter came she had a huge attitude, she was being disrespectful whenever my family asked a question about a meal."
"I was at the restaurant and i was given attitude when i asked for a refill on my drink."
"Staff is a bit unprofessional too. Sometimes they charge me extra for a larger portion of salad and sometimes they tell me that is not possible."
Cleanliness
Pros:
"It was spacious, clean, open, good energy spot!"
"Inexpensive, quick and clean."
"Very clean and reasonable priced."
Cons:
"The tables were a little dirty/sticky and the bathroom wasn’t very clean."
"The tables were very sticky so we had to spread some paper."
"This place is very dirty, when i had gotten seated at my table, the table was disgusting."
"However, the environment wasn’t the cleanest and there were flies flying around while eating which was annoying."
"The cleanliness and aesthetics are severely lacking. The tables are covered in stickiness, and even after being cleaned, you still end up sticking to them."
"There was hair in our hummus AND falafel."
"Found not one, but TWO hairs in my food. The staff was standoffish and rude about the whole situation."
Atmosphere
Pros:
"Felt like I was back in Tel Aviv."
"What a great find! This spacious and warm restaurant put nice effort into the atmosphere."
"There is a great energy amongst the friendly and professional staff."
"Very pleasant and upbeat vibe to the place."
"This place looks downright cool. It has lots of character, wood and metal and looks generally bad-ass."
"They have plenty of seating outside and inside and the atmosphere is great."
"Classy and unique vibe for a quick lunch or casual dinner."
Cons:
"It's fine. Definitely is not authentic, more of a fast food cafe that's Mediterranean food."
"A couple of minutes after I started eating, guys came in and began working on fixing the windows right where I was sitting, reaching over me and not saying anything and the store employees didn't say anything about it either, so I was very uncomfortable."
"But calling themselves Israeli? Sorry, can't promote genocide and be Pride-friendly."
"These two tough women were never downright rude, but they kicked us out in the middle of our dinner."
"On a nice day when all doors are open this place feels like you're in Israel. I've been here only once and the food unfortunately didn't feel the same. Both the pita and falafel were dry."
"It was a nice day and the restaurant was open and light and airy. I saw the famous chickpea tables and thought they were a little tacky, but it's certainly cute and unique."
"It can get a bit loud due to space and crowds, but it’s easy to avoid rush hour."
Value
Pros:
"I loveeeeeee this place!!! Affordable and really good food."
"Great quality, great price!!"
"Price is good and you get plenty of super tasty food!"
"Reasonably priced for a very filling portion size."
"You get a ton of food for $15 and it's amazing and fresh!"
"For roughly 14 dollars the side of falafel (3 different and they give you pita and some nice sauces and pickle on the side) and a beer is literally the best high value & tasty meal/snack you can get in Manhattan."
"The servings were very generous and the flavor was not lacking by any means."
Cons:
"I was a bit disappointed in the quantity and items given in the platter as compared to the cost."
"It is pricer than I thought."
"Expensive but the platter is usually enough for me to have lunch two days."
"Pricey and a bit bland."
"Everything came up to $23 (spicy pita, Cajun fries, blue moon beer and iced tea). That's a bit pricy but I guess that's the going rate for the area."
"They only give a single pita with the $13 falafel platter, and I assume the other platters as well. Then they have the audacity to charge $1 PER EXTRA PITA."
"Very very disappointed. According to the listing the restaurant is open til 10pm every day. Coming here to dinner was one of the primary reasons we came to the city tonight only to find it closed at 8:30pm. Not cool!"