Frank’s Falafel House

Frank’s has the best hummus and house made hot sauce in the world. Their gyros are average but if you add the hot sauce, they’re really good. I had their breakfast once and it was awful. I’ll stick to the hummus and gyros!

Was skeptical at first but was pleasantly surprised. The falafel and kibbee were both delicious. My advice when ordering the wraps is that you can never go wrong with extra tomatoes & cucumbers. Extra napkins are recommended if you get extra sauce. Fast, friendly, and tasty. I will eat here again.

Frank’s is the ultimate Cleveland diner. Crazy cheap and delicious breakfast and good Greek food. The breakfast burrito is fantastic, they make their own hot sauce. Get it.
I’ve been several times and the service is always good. Friendly waitresses, food comes out quickly. You can’t beat the price or the breakfasts. They have great biscuits and gravy, too, or just get a biscuit on the side.
Their only flaw is that they’re not open late night.

Friendly, warm diner atmosphere with some of the area’s best Middle Eastern food. Been there many times. Consistently good.

The food is great and the menu is varied enough for anyone, but the TERRIFIC service and wonderful friendly atmosphere they set make this a great place! Give them a try — you’ll be coming back!

Lived in Ohio city for over 8 years and never had been here, it is delicious and the customer service is outstanding! My kiddos love the pancakes and I love their hummus and gyros!

Ate at Frank’s last night. First time as eat in. Small but comfortable. DH had western omelet with potatoes and toast plus iced tea. I had a small house salad and a falaffel wrap and iced tea. Food was great and DH omelet plate was gigantic. My falaffel wrap was the best I’ve ever had. The salad was delicious especially the balsamic vinegrette.
Tonight DH was in our local grocery store the owner say DH and said hellw. Amazing since DH had only been in his restaurant twice!
The place and the staff make you really feel at home. They seem to know everybody who comes in. This is our new go to restaurant. We are happy patrons of a wonderful restaurant.

Full disclosure: the location is a huge plus for me, given that I can walk over in my PJ’s in a minute.
I’ve been here many times for their gyro skillet breakfasts and daily specials. The food is consistently hearty and delish (greasy spoon standards). Cost for breakfast meals are very reasonable.
Service is quick and friendly, nice folk from the area.

Not upscale. Just good Mediterranean food at a great price. The tabouli was wonderful and the shawarma platter was terrific. The hot sauce will knock your socks off!

‘Twas a lazy Sunday and was looking for something brunch-​y. Pulled out the Unilocal and came across one of Unilocal elite’s PW raving review on frank’s falafel house. This guy knows his stuff so I was convinced this was one of Cleveland’s dining gems. Praise Jesus it has it’s own parking lot. Had a very reasonably priced range of American breakfast and Mediterranean fare. Ended up getting a steak dish with hash browns (could have used more meat, hash browns were not greasy at all and very tasty) and a fattoush salad (very fresh tasting and used greens in the salad). And of course we run into PW there also. Servers were attentive and quick. Would definitely return

Not bad! From the outside we thought this could be bad, but we had a friend’s recommendation and thought we may as well give it a try. Expect some decent food at rock bottom prices and leave the tuxedo at home.

Franks gets 5 stars in my book. Not because it’s the best falafel in the city, not because it’s the cleanest restaurant, not because it has the best staff. (It has 2 of the 3 above though). The 5 stars are for their amazing hot sauce. It’s seriously so good it makes me cry.

Did not like it, food was not warm and did not seem very friendly. The kitchen did not look hygienic and seen food laying around the floor.

We unexpectedly and randomly ended up here while visiting Cleveland. We had a falafel sandwich and gyro. Both were very good. Being from the NY area, our standards for falafel are high and this place was pretty legit. They have their own lot, so free parking is a plus.

Great for takeout but I think I’ll take em down to a three star.
Why?
Those wonky hours man! Sometimes you’ll show up thinking, «They’re diner-​ish, it’s Sunday afternoon, they’re probably open!» And nooope. No bueno. It’s sad times.
But like I said, their cheap, great for takeout – which saved me from a killer hangover the other day. One improvement to the gyros would be some really good hot sauce.

Ok. I know that people are going to say ‘There are better falafel places in cleveland… the falafels are pretty good but not mind blowing… yada yada yada… ’
However, you have to rate this place for what it is — a fan-​friggin-​tastic diner-​y place that does the whole middle eastern + breakfast diner fare to cheap awesomeness. Basically, on the food for price thing, this places hits it square on. Deliciousness, without breaking the bank.
Also, I want to award something to the mad genius who came up with the falafel omelette. Seriously. Falafel. Cooked inside an omelette. Mind blown. Slather some harrissa hot sauce and some tzatziki on the eggs, and enjoy!
Also their baklava — home made by the owners wife — are amazing! They hit this great medium in between the whole too crunchy/​soggy, too sweet/​bland, too much filling/​phyllo dough (?) that places supposedly a lot better can only strive to reach.
I am def going back to get breakfast once (or a hundred time) again!

Decided to stop by Frank’s Falafel House after hearing a great review from a friend.
Having been spoiled by the great middle eastern rrestaurants in Dearborn and eastern Michigan, it’s been hard to find a good middle eastern restaurant that can even compare, here in Cleveland.
The place is rather cute– nice people, old diner looking place. We walked in– it was rather empty, but it was nice to sit down right away.
I think this place would probably be better for breakfast. They had quite the extensive menu for it. However, we were there for dinner. We ordered some baba ghannouj and a schwarma platter.
It was alright. I mean, the garlic butter that came out with the warm pita… wasn’t the super garlicky butter that I normally like… but it was okay. The baba was okay and so was the schwarma.
So, all in all, Frank’s is an okay place to stop by if you have a craving for middle eastern food. It’s nothing like Dearborn, but the people are nice and the food is decent.
I think next time I’m going to try their breakfast…

I really don’t understand all these stellar reviews. The grapeleaves I gave a second try and they were hands down the worst I’ve ever had. Mushy with no taste whatsoever. Their rice isn’t even close to pilaf, its cheap. None of their ingredients are fresh or authentic. Its Aldi’s. So considering that, its actually not a good price at all. The salads are good. We tried the big plate, the one on the front of the menu for 16.99, thinking that’s their specialty it would be good. Nope, very underwhelming. No flavor at all in the grapeleaves and the shawarma was both confusing and tasteless.
I would recommend making your own grapleaves or find a friend with a Lebanese grandma, see what good leaves really are.

This was my first visit to Frank’s. I went for lunch on a Friday afternoon. I was seated immediately. The server was very nice. The place was clean, nothing fancy. I ordered a small order of tabouli and the Chicken Shwarma sandwich roll. My food arrived fairly quickly. The tabouli arrived chilled, but a little bit dull. I thought that maybe it had been leftover from the previous day, until I tasted it. It was pretty decent, served with ½ pita pocket. The sandwich roll was made to order. The chicken was a little sparse and non-​descript. It had a decent flavor, but was overpowered by the garlic mayo, lettuce, and mushy tomato slices. This was fairly ok for lunch, would I bypass Nate’s Deli to go back to Frank’s…probably not. There was definitely a steady stream of customers and phone orders, so this is a popular place.

It’s Frank’s Falafel House. With a name like that, you never know what you’re going to get. So obviously I was intrigued. What was it? Good Mediterranean food for cheap. It’s not the nicest establishment, and you could probably tell that from the name, the location, and the outside of the building. But don’t let that scare you away, the food is good and I can see why it has its regulars.
Trying to stay away from the burger and fries lunch? I recommend a half order of both hummus and tabouli. Takeout ordering is a little awkward because there’s nowhere to stand.