Zatar Cafe & Bistro Reviews Summary

Category: Restaurant New York

Address: 1201 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA

Phone: +19292521287

Rating: 4.5
based on 128 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Everything I tried here was delicious."
  • "This is our favorite place for Middle Eastern food! Wow, their Hummus and Pita are amazingly fresh, every time we order!"
  • "Equivalent to the best hummus I’ve had it just tastes good quality."
  • "The food is insanely good! Ask for the harissa sauce on the side for whatever you get, it’s the real deal."
  • "I really love their chicken sheesh kabab and rice! It’s amazing!"
  • "The lamb segar served here is my new favorite Middle Eastern dish!"
  • "Food so far seems high quality and interesting."

Cons:

  • "Soup was mostly water. Grilled cheese was tough as if microwaved."
  • "The Americano breakfast was so bad I couldn’t even finish half of it."
  • "The food has become totally sub par."
  • "Food arrived in bad condition."
  • "The food was terrible. The Fattoush was plain salad and the beef kabobs were dry beef balls."
  • "For some reason, the food in the later afternoon during the week is overcooked and not nearly as tasty."
  • "When the food came the chicken was not cooked all the way through. It was really gross pink and tough."

Service

Pros:

  • "Waiters were friendly and polite, asked the kids if they needed a menu jokingly and called my daughter a sweetheart."
  • "Service was excellent, had requested a table for a party of 5 and even though many members were significantly late, there was no complaints from staff."
  • "The place was a bit busy, service was a bit overwhelmed but nice and attentive."
  • "Our waiter was super nice and friendly!"
  • "The staff was so sweet and attentive."
  • "Service is fantastic everyone is very attentive and kind and helpful."
  • "Also, service was very nice and attentive."

Cons:

  • "Strongly would not recommend this location to anyone looking for even decent service."
  • "The waitress never came by to see how everything was."
  • "They really need to work on the speed of service as it is painfully painfully slow."
  • "I waited 15 minutes for table service and even though she looked at me several times, nobody came."
  • "The sour attitude of some of the staff (one owner included) far overshadows the food here."
  • "Literally the worst customer service and wait staff I’ve ever experienced."
  • "Please hire more servers! The service was very slow and it took us 15 minutes to get our order in."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "Beautiful restaurant with great food."
  • "Cute restaurant in park slope."
  • "The place have a lot of indoor and super cute outdoor seating."
  • "Delightful meal in an equally inviting ambiance."
  • "The outdoor seating is beautiful."
  • "It's spacious, beautiful and the wait staff is incredibly friendly."
  • "The place and vibe was so good and middle eastern."

Cons:

  • "Not good that such a nice restaurant with good food loses business because the person who answers the phone does not care and is rude/unprofessional."
  • "The only downside to this spot is the lack of staff and ownership when they are at fault."
  • "The atmosphere is comfy and warm, although the door to enter is a bit hard to operate."
  • "We were disappointed with the service and the food. Everything seemed undercooked."
  • "The only thing about this place is that it's a little pricey."
  • "It's a roulette this place, been here a handful of times and it's 40 / 60 bad, good service. 30 / 70 bad, good food."
  • "Zero Professionalism!"

Value

Pros:

  • "You won't go wrong giving this place a chance!"
  • "The halloumi sandwich was very good but sadly pretty small."
  • "My favorite place for halal food."
  • "A neighborhood favorite for Middle Eastern cuisine."
  • "Very reasonably priced as well, with friendly and helpful staff."
  • "The food was amazing and reasonably priced."
  • "Awesome authentic middle eastern food."

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