Falafel Cafe

When i ordered kibbeh, they told me i had to pay extra for sauce. WTF. every lebanese/​middle eastern restaurant ive been too sells the kibbeh with a yogurt sauce or tahini of some kind. FAIL

Not only the food is junk but moreover they are so unfriendly and cruel, we went there with kids and because one of the kids started crying we got kicked out does that make any sense, we are paying to get kicked out of the restaurant I will never ever go back there and won’t recommend anyone to go there.

I go to this place quite often and it has its bad points and good point they make good chicken Phillies and the French fries are good I’ve tried some of the other dishes and they were good too the only thing he doesn’t put enough of gyro meat on sandwich otherwise it’s clean and nice

I love the food here. The service has always been very friendly. The prices are also reasonable.

Friendly staff, always courteous. Food consistently good and authentic. Great before a show at Severance Hall.

Go to Aladdin’s instead. Food is better. Service was ok until they failed to own up to their internal and external communication problem. Cashier sends you to the waitress. You confirm with the waitress. She assures you of 1 thing. You end up paying for something else. Why does the customer suffer? Establishments need to see the bigger picture. #frustrated SMH

The basic falafel sandwich is rather spartan (no salad, pickles, etc.) and the falafel itself rather over-​fried and dry, but it’s an easy grab on the go. They have restaurant seating and fast-​food style seating too.

Eh, I’ve tried it 2 times, not impressed.
It does make a decent lunch place to meet up and talk (since the food doesn’t distract you much). The service is alright as well. The list of goods ends around there. The pies and falafels are rather tasteless. Fries are overly soft and not cook thoroughly. The wrap (shawarma) was rather good, if not entirely what I was expecting. For the price, the food is not worth it.

I have only eaten here once although service was fine and the food very good. Great veggie dolmas, lentil soup and baba ganoush.

This place has fairly decent food. I usually get a shawarma sandwich with fries or hummas. The food is authentic and fresh. My issue with this place is the service. The staff is very rude. I speak Arabic and on multiple occasions have witnessed them talking about customers. I would not recommend this place!

Wonderful service and excellent food! My husband is part Syrian, and this food was totally authentic and made with care by a husband and wife team. We’re visiting from San Francisco and our two daughters loved everything. Definitely can recommend the hummus, kibbeh, falafel and spinach feta pie!

Easy, tasty lunch. The owner is always so friendly when I order.
This is a quick walk from my office; grabbing a spinach pie and hummus to go is quick and delicious.
While I have stopped here for dinner once or twice this is more of a lunch spot for me. The service is quick and the food tastes fresh. Order at the counter and wait there. Be advised, there is a $ 5 minimum on credit card transactions.
Try the grape leaves! So tasty.

Enjoyed this amazing place! Love the fact that it is Zabihah and the food is very tasty and authentic! Certified halal! Service was great! The quantity was more than enough! Great seating for Niqabee sisters! My sister wears the Niqab and we both were able to eat here comfortably! Strongly suggest the Hummas and Chicken Philly

Nice find! Always passed this place when I went to school and 8 years later trying it for the first time. Free parking across the street. Cheap and excellent meditarranean food. Place was nice for big parties. I had the chicken fattoush salad, very fresh lots of greens. Had to ask for more sumac and lemon. It was onion overload but a nice serving amount

I got take out from here… tried the lamb pita. It was actually pretty good… I’ll say I didn’t have high expectations but was pleasantly surprised. It was only $ 7 and filling. Seemed like a better deal than their entrees. The could use a pick me up on the décor inside, but is a place I would try again, especially for a quick lunch!

Greasy greasy greasy meat. Lazy service and a rude staff who couldn’t care less. Overpriced food, poor quality
I ordered the Lamb Fattouche after being rushed by the man at the counter (despite the place being empty) and I was very disappointed. $ 12 for a few morsels of lamb mixed into a salad. I told the man no pita, but he neglected to inform me that pita bits were mixed into the salad. So I spent ten minutes picking them out if my salad, the server walking past and ignoring my dissatisfaction. When I told him that I didn’t like the meal at the end, he mocked me.
The worst part was the greasiness of the dish. I couldn’t tell you how the meat tasted because it was drenched in soybean oil. Soy makes me sick and now I am sneezing. Guess what – they fry everything in soybean oil at Falafel Café.
Oh, and is the meat halaal? «Don’t worry about it» said the old man to me when I asked.
I will never be going back to Falafel Café. There are much better deals at Chopstick across the street if you’re looking for a good cheap meal.

I have been wanting to try this place for a couple of months now, and so finally I gave it a try this past week. Being Middle Eastern, I know what these dishes should taste like and so maybe my review isn’t ideal.
I went in for lunch around noon, was greeted by who may one of the owners. She was friendly and reminded me of my roots.
I ordered the falafel sandwich combo which is the sandwich (obviously), fries, and a drink. The fries are the highlight of the meal for me. They are not frozen, they are fresh potatoes, just like how mom makes them at home. They were hot and tasty. The falafel sandwich was where points were lost. It was not good at all, it tasted generic. It was also probably fried in advance as it wasn’t fresh and kind of lukewarm. The pita was soft and fresh and the toppings were delicious but the falafel itself was very unpleasant for me.
The prices are really cheap, I think it was less than $ 8 for the entire meal. I will probably give it another try and get something else because I just want to like the place and maybe I just had a bad batch of falafel.

Decided to give this place a try and was quite disappointed. The place was almost completely empty except for a few other patrons, and I went at dinnertime. The beef kefta came with quite a lot of sauce and was overcooked to the point of being crispy. (And I normally LIKE crispiness in my food, but not in this case.) The falafel itself was extremely dry and not very tasty. One good thing? The staff was extremely friendly and attentive.

None of the ingredients come from a can! If you have allergies this place is great for accommodations!

I feel like Falafel Café is a leftover from a few years back, when the food offerings on this stretch of Euclid consisted of abysmal pizza, nasty Chinese take out, Starbucks pastry, a very ghetto McDonalds, and this place. Among that group of contenders, I recall that Falafel Café seemed downright appealing: it was affordable, vaguely edible, and quick enough to grab for lunch.
Now, though, all I can notice is that the food isn’t particularly authentic, the staff isn’t terribly friendly, and everything is a fair bit greasier than it should be. I’m not convinced that Falafel Café has gotten any worse – it’s just that the competition has gotten that much better.
The last time I came in, my friend and I were the only two customers and it still took a solid five minutes for someone to bother serving us. My shish taouk wrap was drowning in grease (albeit slightly tasty) and the fries were soggy. At the end of the meal, we had to go up to the counter and beg for our check, despite still being the only two customers.
Falafel Café needs to step up their game. With all the great new options in the Uptown district, serving «edible» just no longer suffices.

I tried the falafel wrap and was wildly disappointed by how tasteless it was. My order also came with fries, which were extremely soggy!
The service here is kind of awful. It took the server 30 minutes to take our orders, even though the restaurant was practically empty. The server also got my friend’s order wrong and never even gave her the rice pudding she ordered.
Overall, very displeased with the experience and will probably not be coming back here again!