Boostan Cafe

Great place. On top of already very cheap prices, we found a $ 15 off coupon on Unilocal,so it was a crazy good deal. Fed four people to very full for about $ 20. We got 4 different sandwiches, plus fries, salad, smoothies, and fresh juice. It was all great. The shawarma sandwiches are definitely the highlight. We also had a Greek salad — this was a little overly seasoned but overall was a great, interesting Arab/​Levant take on the classic Greek salad everyone in Detroit has eaten a hundred times. The one sandwich we tried, a breakfast like sandwich, with eggs, cheese and jam, was interesting but, to me, not worth ordering again. It was a bit dry and plain compared to everything else we had. The house sandwich, the Boostan Shawarma (a chicken shawarma with veggies, banana peppers, and special sauce), and the Cream Chop sandwich (a sandwich wrap with a ranch/​mayo kind of sauce and hot, freshly fried crispy breaded chicken) were both excellent. The smoothies and mango juice were also great.
The only reason I can’t give this place 5 stars is the facility and the service. The staff themselves were great; super polite, helpful, and friendly. But the food was a bit slow in coming I think, for the type of quick over the counter type place you expect it to be. And then the biggest point against it was just how cold it was inside the little restaurant — the staff had their winter jackets on when we first came in.
It’s really a 4.5 star rating for me. They were really good in just about every category, and so much better of a deal than many of the other middle-​eastern cuisines around here. I’ll definitely be going back.

Alright, so I’ve had some things from here, not bad at all. I like the natural fresh aspect of this place. I’m into halal meat. This place has officially bumped fast food places out since it’s affordable/​cheap compared to most other places, and it’s fresh to boot. I’ve already bumped fast food places off my quick lunch bites in NYC, but this is my first time doing it here in Michigan.
1) Lamb Shawarma ⁵⁄₅: I’m not a fan of shawarma in general, with that said it’s your basic shawarma. My boy toy swears by it though, and prefers their pricing compared to other places, so when we are around that’s what he’s getting. The ⁵⁄₅ rating is by those who ate it when we were together.
2) Double Cheeseburger ⁵⁄₅: Yum. One chunk of fat that I had to dump, but other than that it was a huge delicious burger. I would have told them no mustard though, but I didn’t know it’d be on it. Not a dealbreaker, I’d eat it again even with the mustard, but the mustard was over the top, it saturated the bun.
3) Hot Fries ³⁄₅: Okay so they have a few fries on their menu, hot fries being one. I mistook hot for «spicy». They were just plain fries. They were good, but they weren’t spicy. Not an issue, price was no different than their plain fries. Only reason it’s a 3 and not a 5 is for the mistake in order, as plain fries i’d rate them ⁵⁄₅.
4) Boostan Shwararma ⁵⁄₅: If you’ve had a crispy ranch snack wrap from mcdonalds, this beats it. the crispy chicken is replaced with chicken shawarma, and fresh veggies are PACKED in. YUMMY. the sauce. the sauce. love it. this is what has led me to wave goodbye to fast food.
5) French Fries ³⁄₅: These were packed with crushed black pepper, which would have been perfectly fine, except they were intended for a toddler. I think these were suppose to be the «hot fries». I enjoyed them tbh; ⁰⁄₅ for toddler. ⁵⁄₅ for me because I put fresh black pepper on my fries anyway.
6) 1 out of 5 /​/​Rice: I didn’t eat the rice, everyone else did, and everyone else said «eww». we’re big on rice. pretty much, just salt and cook it right and we’re good. The minute I heard everyone disparaging the rice I stayed away. Idk how rice can be screwed up, but evidently it was. I’m guessing it must have been a bad batch or something since everything else points to good-​cookin’ skills.
Sure, the sandwiches are fairly priced, but lets get real, the meals are not. Same price point as other restaurants. I wouldn’t order a meal based on the rice review I’ve witnessed, but I’ll order rice as a side another time and give it a shot first-​hand. Their sides are also fairly priced. Personally, it’s a nice light lunch place, but if I want a sit down dinner with my boy toy or other people I’d totally go to a different place. I could see myself ordering in dinner from here though. They’re faster than Royal Kabob, I’ll give them that. Check out their menu prices on their site.
I’m not a smoothie fan so I won’t be reviewing those, or a dessert fan (the ones they have anyway), but I will be back to review other items as we eat them. I’m in and out of town a lot.

This place is a jewel in a sea of mediocrity. Can not stress how surprised I was at the quality of food. The pricing is reasonable and the employees are friendly. A nice place to go when looking for a fast, quality meal. Would recommend to all.

Very nice clean place to take a carry-​out with friendly employs! I love there debone chicken and shish tawook it is very juicy with a nice refreshing mango juice

Amazing food! Catered for a small office party and it was a huge success. Get their steak subs and mango juice! The juice was made fresh and was so refreshing. Definitely one of my top picks in Hamtramck.

Just opened. Food is great. Staff are nice and friendly definitely recommend people to try this place.

Friendly cheap large selection of food and fresh juice. Excellent addition to the tram.