Damas Falafel House

Food is great! Never been to the actual place, usually order in. Delivery is timely and food is fresh. Can’t go wrong with the chicken kebab platter or the falafel sandwhich.

Best place to order a cheap and good dinner from. Delivery guys are always nice and the falafel is pretty solid. I haven’t been to their restaurant but I can definitely recommend them for deliver. Falafel wrap and hummus all the way

The food is fantastic but I’m fed up with the crappy service, the delivery is always a mess. The person taking calls and the delivery guys do not understand english very well, they make mistake on food orders and call back numbers. Multiple times I have had wrong orders, and on two occasions now the food has been cold, taking well over 30−40minutes (I work only a few blocks away) I simply can no longer recommend this place.

This is the place! My friend recommended this place and ive been sold ever since.
The lamb Shwarma (spelled right?) is just phenomenal. I’ve tried gyros everywhere. I love them. I eat them everywhere. But i must say this is the best in Brooklyn. For 6.50 you get a large size of greatness. The only disappointment is when its gone. If you’re downtown you gotta stop by.

Food arrived totally cold. Called the restaurant and the manager was unfriendly and unapologetic. On top of that the chicken shwarma wasn’t good, and wouldn’t have been good warm either.

Excellent and always fresh. I have had their falafel numerous times — actually, feel a bit addicted to it. I did try the kibbe but preferred the falafel overall. Great price for the portion, responsive staff. I’ve only ever had take away, which is a good thing because the falafel sandwich pretty much falls apart as it is so full of goodies and eating that in public would not be — a good thing.

The Lunch special ($ 8) is a generous portion of hummus, baba ganoush, falafel, grape leaves, and tabouli. Served with Chapati or Roti, (?) or something along those lines.
Fast and fresh. Great for lunch or dinner.

Good Falafel, good hummus, good pickled deliciousness. I don’t care what it’s wrapped in, (all this debate about pita bread, burrito etc.) Taste pretty good to me. They have a backyard that pretty nice to sit in the summer time. They make pizza also. Great for the kids, I’ll stick with the good falafel. Customer service is always about you, meaning they service the customer in front of them, then on to the next. I felt like a family member, not just «Next», «Next».

Super friendly folks working here, the food always tastes like it was carefully prepared. The kefta tastes great.

Great food. Got the falafel plater comes 3 piece and all of the appetizers. For this price don’t expect good service here!

Always gettin that Falafel Deluxe fur like 5 bucks. Really hits the spot since its like the size of a small Chipotle burrito. Also these boys workin here are so sweet
A+ for being such sweet boys!

Okay, as a preface, I haven’t been to Damas House in two years (I moved out of the neighborhood, though I’m moving back at the end of the month). But when I did live in Fort Greene, about a block away from Damas House, there was almost never a weekend where I didn’t partake in their delicious food.
I’m a big fan of Middle Eastern food (I also think Black Iris and Zaytoons are terrific, and I’m partial to street-​cart falafel sandwiches too), but in a sense, Damas House can ruin it for you, because in all of my travels and many falafel sandwiches, nothing quite tastes like a sandwich from Damas House. This has to do with the fact that they overstuff their wraps with lots of delicious toppings like pickles, pickled cabbage, tahini and hot sauce, creating a unique flavor you just can’t find anywhere else.
Damas House is different from other Middle Eastern restaurants in the area, as it has a much more fast food vibe. You order at the counter, pay up, and sit yourself down to eat, or if you’re like me, get takeout to go. All the food is up front, visible, ready to be assembled.
The service is fast, the staff friendly, the prices reasonable.
As some people mentioned, they do use wraps (as one other reviewer pointed out, homemade flat bread) for most of their sandwiches (when they first opened, they used pitas), but I’m of the opinion that it doesn’t detract, and since they heat the wraps to get them nice and pliant, means they can stuff even more goodness in.
Personal favorites are their falafel sandwich (their falafel is perfect– good texture, slightly nutty, nice and crispy on the outside, soft on the inside) and lamb kebob sandwich (delicious and incredibly tender). With the falafel sandwich (and I think most of their sandwiches), you have the option of getting a delux version (with hummus and some other things added), but I’d recommend just going with a regular sandwich with everything, as the additional ingredients just detract from the perfection they’ve already nailed. Their tabouli is absolutely perfect, and I always get a side. I like the stuffed grape leaves from Black Iris and Zaytoons better, but I rarely leave Damas House without an order (be sure to ask for some cucumber yogurt to go with it). I think their chicken sandwich is probably the most popular item on the menu, and it’s pretty good too.
They also seem particularly proud of their pizza oven (my parents used to go to this location back when it was a pizzeria, before it became a crab restaurant), but I haven’t ever ordered just because their sandwiches are so good (and Mario’s two blocks up on Dekalb is pizza perfection).
I heartily recommend Damas House, and look forward to eating their often when I move back to Fort Greene.

Delicious, rich falafel… too bad I was deeply disappointed by the fact it isn’t a falafel (in a pita like the standard) but a burrito (in a wrap).
When placing my order with the owner and asked a question– what is the difference between falafel & falafel deluxe? He took that as I wanted one and served me one too many falafel. When I went to ask why they gave me an extra, one of the workers looked at me with fear in getting into trouble, even though he didn’t take my order. So I took it and paid for the extra food I didn’t eat.
I understand everyone makes mistakes but you can tell The Owner Has NO RESPECT for his workers. Not acceptable!
And WARNING– don’t order the fries! Small deep fried oil sticks… no potato whatsoever in those, just oil! Yuckkkk!

Best Middle Eastern food in Clinton Hill! The falafel sandwiches are awesome, I love all the toppings — the red cabbage and radish are delicious. They also make their own french fries which are also very yummy. The delivery is also extremely fast, sometimes I get it in 15 minutes. Love this place!

Lunch Review:
The Good — Shawarma is the name of the game here! Now they may wrap them in tortillas but honestly, it still tastes really good. You get a tortilla wrap stuffed with hearty chunks of lamb or chicken and plenty of tasty veggies drizzled in tahini sauce. The pickled turnips were especially savory. The flavor is really bold and after I took the first bite I just couldn’t stop eating until it was gone.
The Bad — The only reason I can’t give this place 5 stars is that their homemade french fries are some of the worst fries I’ve ever had. Completely water-​logged soggy and flavorless. I couldn’t eat more than a few. Afterwards I tried giving some to people at the office and after trying one they were equally repulsed.
Stick to their middle eastern stuff. I can’t reccommend the shawarma enough!

I was deliriously hungry on the way home, and stopped in here instead of at the Subway across the street. Mistake. I wish I’d perused Unilocal first and found out that they wrap their shawarma sandwiches in tortillas. Tortillas? YES, TORTILLAS. Also, when I opened the sandwich at home, the foil wrapper was folded halfway into the sandwich.
Other than that, the meat was sorta dry and the other toppings sorta vinegary — but honestly, I don’t know what could have made up for the tortilla. I mean, I ate it anyway, but jeez, a tortilla? (Did I mention I was deliriously hungry?)

In an effort to try something different from our usual take out joints we settled on Damas. Damas offers your standard Middle Eastern fare and surprisingly throw pizzas into the mix as well. I ordered the shawarma platter which was served with a salad, rice, and bread (at least I think it was mine). The shawarma wasn’t as succulent or flavorful as I am normally used to from my favorite joint in Astoria but it was acceptable. I did feel I was little jipped in portion sizes given the cost of the platter, nearly half of my plate was full of salad, I would have preferred more rice just so I could be full at the end of my meal. Fortunately we ordered a side of falafel and that helped to polish me off. From a value standpoint, I recommend getting their sandwiches and their falafel is in fact amazing.
Be warned however, they don’t actually have pita. They do use something that resembles tortillas, not standard taco truck tortillas mind you, they’re certainly much thinner, chewier, and seasoned with cinnamon. Not particularly a fan of that and would have preferred pita bread or afghan bread. Overall, good value if you’re getting the sandwich and definitely try their falafel. Damas has made our office list of acceptable restaurants to order from.

A colleague put me on to Damas for lunch. I ordered the merguez sandwich with a lot of tasty condiments. It was so good! The lamb sausage was flavorful and the toppings were fresh. The guys behind the counter were nice as well. We sat out back to enjoy our lunch.
Damas is close to work, and the prices are good. I don’t eat out often for lunch, but I will be back here when I do.

Before I review the food, I wanna point out the one slightly odd thing about this Middle Eastern restaurant — instead of using pita, they use flour tortillas. Whether you order a gyro, or just «bread», you’re gonna get flour tortillas. I suppose it wasn’t *that* big a deal, but warm soft pita would’ve really been nice, and granted it was only $ 1 that I paid, I was hoping for pita, not tortillas. Don’t know if this is their usual practice, or if they just ran out of pita.
Anyway, onto the food… which was… mind-​blowingly fantastic.
The lamb gyro was SO incredibly well seasoned. Hands down, the BEST tasting meat in a gyro that I’ve EVER had. Perfect amount of onions/​tomatoes/​lettuce to meat ratio, and just the slightest dash of hot sauce to make it REALLY delicious. My one an only qualm — which I’m not sure you can tell from the photo I took– is that it’s incredibly tiny. Like, if I was only eating gyros I’d need 3 of them to be full kinda tiny. But honestly, it was so darn delicious that after finishing it, my boyfriend trekked all the way back to Damas just to get himself another one.
The baba ghanoush is incredibly delicious. Creamy, with the right about of olive oil, and that incredible deep smokey eggplant flavor. Perfectly seasoned and salted. I could swim and/​or bathe in this stuff. Simply incredible. ⁵⁄₅ for taste.
What I find kinda interesting, and this is gonna sound bizarre, is that the baba ghanoush actually tastes slightly carbonated when it first hits your tongue. I’ve noticed this a few times at a few different places where I’ve had any type of eggplant spread, and I always find it slightly amusing.
The hummus, also, absolutely delicious. The perfect amount of bitterness from the tahini — giving it the exact chick pea to sesame ratio that makes a hummus incredibly solid. The perfect amount of olive oil, and a handful of actual chick peas thrown in, which really make an impact texture-​wise. Perfect amount of salt. I don’t know what type of olive oil they use, but I could drink it straight. My goodness.
The labnah/​cacik/​tatziki (yogurt/​cucumber sauce) is… you guessed it… FANTASTIC! The combination of deliciously flavored yogurt with the incredibly refreshing cucumber, and the slightest taste of finely chopped mint leaves, perfect amount of saltiness. Creamy yet chunky. Just phenomenal.
Taste-​wise, this place easily gets 5 stars. EASILY. But for what you’re paying, you really should be getting a lot more. All 4 items that I ordered ended up being smaller than what I expected. I’m glad I ordered 4 items, because I would’ve ended up hungry if I hadn’t. I know Fort Greene is an area flooded with wealthy individuals, so I suppose it’s to be expected that you’re not gonna get the bang-​for-​your-​buck that you’d get in a neighborhood like Midwood, per say, or
Gravesend, but I really would’ve liked to give this place a 5-​star rating if their servings were larger.
If you’re in the mood for really delicious Middle Eastern food, I wouldn’t think twice about recommending Damas, but if you’re hungry I’d order 2 servings of everything.
This is one of the best meals I’ve had in recent memory. A SERIOUS kudos to the chef. Everything was BEYOND delicious. 5 stars for all 4 items I tasted. I truly don’t think you’ll find better tasting middle eastern in the area. And if there *is* better, I’d love to know about it. Because this stuff seriously blew my mind. Again, as I’ve repeated throughout my review, my one and only qualm is portion size.
I will definitely be back, and order 2 of everything if I have to, because the food really is THAT good!
Minus ½ star for tortillas instead of pita
Minus ½ star for small portions

I stopped by to grab food for a my daughter. She said all her friend come here for lunch.
With that recommendation I ordered the chicken shawarma ($ 6.50) and a side order of fries ($ 3.50).
The Shawarma was good and substantial. Definitely worth it. Rate ⁴⁄₅ stars.
I’ll be back to try they’re other items on their menu.
Parking on weekdays are tough but on weekends there are spaces off of Myrtle Ave.