Mideast Bakery

Here’s the problem. These guys know how to make Syrian food and bread, no doubt. Their simsum (sesame) bread is by far the best ever. The problem is that the older man is grumpy and they seem to treat you nice only if they know you. Do not look for hospitality or a smile just good food. Yes, it is pricey. Food– five stars, service with a smile –one star. Average is three.

We loved everything we ordered from here! All breads and dips are delicious, desserts are excellent as well. Everything tastes very fresh and homemade, especially the triangle breads that we use for dipping and with grilled meats.
Overall this is an awesome little bakery that had great service and has never let us down with any foods we tried. The owners are really welcoming and down to earth, it has the feeling of a little bakery in Lebanon that’s run by one family and they handle all the cooking and baking themselves.
My only advice is be careful to keep in mind when ordering that it can get a little pricey depending on what you’re buying. Otherwise this is our new favorite bakery that we plan on frequenting often!

The best khobz on the Eastern Seaboard. I’ve been to every Arab ghetto from Montréal to Miami, even the cracked-​out ones in the boonies like Allentown and Paterson, and this is the best hands down.
If you come early you may get lucky enough to walk away with loaves still warm from the oven.
If you’re late, and they don’t know you (and especially if you’re a mean asshole like someone else who came here) then they will not have any left after 1−2pm on a saturday. They treat regulars like family, and if you come here every week for 40 years for the same thing like my Sitti, they’ll make your bag early and save you your bread in the back for you.
But don’t just walk in here and expect that kind of service…
They also sell excellent hummus that franjia makes herself, mana’oush (zaata’ar bread), they have olives and jarred grapeleaves, jordan almonds, Syrian Basket & String Cheeses, even whole wheat bread on wednesdays and the Joray Apricot rolls that fruit roll-​ups imitate poorly…
BTW dear dream team bakers — I’m sorry for duking it out in public. 3Ana asif. But I gotta look out for your reputation after you took care of my family for 3 generations…
–TEZ

If you love Middle Eastern Bread, then this is the bakery to go. My favorite is the small triangular Sesame Seed bread. So soft because all their breads are fresh and fly off the shelves. Important to go early otherwise they get sold out. The Zatar Bread is delicious because of the tangy taste to it. I know the couple who own and run the bakery for years. They are the sweetest people too.
Highly recommend the MidEast Bakery to all who love Middle Eastern food.

Because I commented in another review about the bread that makes the second best toast, I had to comment on the place with hands down the best toast (which also happens to be the best Syrian bread In the world). It is impossible, if you are within an hour drive from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, to not stop by and pick up 3, 4, 5 dozen loaves of this stuff (if they let you take that much), and be sure to try the sesame bread as well, you will not be disappointed. If you go early enough, it will still be warm, which makes it compulsory to open a bag and eat a loaf immediately (be sure to smell the inside first).
The bread also brings back memories of childhood trips to Brooklyn to visit my grandparents – featuring ample amounts of Middle Eastern food, psomi kai tyri kai aggouri, and marathon matches of the card game «Contact.»