Aladdin’s Eatery

I’d say this place is better than Greek fesita but not as good at neomande or baba ghannouj. It does have more menu option considering this is more of a sit down to eat please, but fundamentally the food is along the same line, just put in combination for different meat to different sides. You can get you averages kabob and Greek salad here.

3 stars for the food, but two starts for service. We came at 1:50 pm on Saturday. They only had 5 tables, including us. SUPER SUPER slow service. Obviously understaffed!
We had the regular hummus plate with hot sauce. It was delicious! It’s definitely the highlight! This is the ONLY REASON that I’m still giving it three stars!
The pita here was not even close to «ok»! It was very dry and chewy, even after soaking them into hummus. It was totally non-​edible without hummus. Seriously, I tried! Not able to chew it at all! REALLY BAD PITA!
We had a small falafel. We were a little disappointed. It was fried toooo long! The outside was very very dry. But the inside was still good.
After waiting for a while, we finally got our entry, Jasmine’s favorite with lamb. This was highly recommended by our waitress. It was a big plate of fried rice with a few slices of lamb on it. The fried rice was dry and plain. We had to mix the hot sauce with the rice to make it more favored. The lamb was fully flavored, but a little overcooked. It became chewy.
We decided to not eat the fried rice and try a price of cake. We ordered the coconut cake. It has Coconut frosting, coconut flavored cake and walnut filling. The taste was ok. However, is the cake has been in the fridge for too long! It became dry and hard. When I tried to get some cream on top, a big chunk of cream fell down!!! It probably has been there for couple of days!!! I suggest people ask which cake is more fresh before ordering.
Anyway, the whole experience was not good at all. I wouldn’t come back again! There are a lot better choices in this area!

I ate here for the first time today with some friends that had recommended it and I’m sure glad we went! The food was well priced and tasted awesome, but the service is the reason for the review. I normally don’t take the time to review things, but Sam is so kind and outstanding that I definitely had to give him a shout out. He is probably the best waiter I’ve ever had and I will definitely be a repeat customer because of his friendliness, knowledge of the menu, and how well he took care of us.

Just as good as the one back home in Cleveland! Generous portions, fresh ingredients and friendly staff.

Everything was excellent, including the service. Prices are remarkably affordable for what you get. Eat here if you want a great meal, service and value.

Great little Mediterranean spot in Brier Creek. This place feels more like a café than a sit down restaurant but they have a very extensive food menu here. The portions are large and the prices are cheap so it’s great bang for your buck. I highly recommend the specialty plates here — all of them come with a great variety of meat, veggies and rice and can come with a special spicy sauce. I got a beef shawarma pita here which was huge and was only $ 6! However I do prefer Neomonde’s beef shawarma pita in terms of taste, but this one still pretty tasty. Service was good and the atmosphere is casual and friendly.

Delicious delicious delicious Lebanese food. I have also been to a handful of parties/​occasions where they catered. You wont be disappointed! If i can eat from here every day, i would!

Service a little slow, Monday night not that busy (but was at 8:30 when their closing time is 9:00 so maybe they were tired?!)
Ordered the house salad and the lamb plate (they were out of lamb — really, in a Mediterranean restaurant?)
Had the combo platter instead. Asked the waiter if maybe they forgot about my salad? After about a 20 minute wait both my salad and entrée arrived together, waiter apologized and said «that’s the way the kitchen decided to do it» (code for «we forgot»?). Oh well, asked them to keep the plate warm while I ate my salad, which they did. Brought out the combo plate and, it had salad! Why didn’t the waitress say something!
Anyway — Combo platter was good despite it all. Unfortunately did not check out the reviews prior so missed the hot sauce. That will give me an excuse to try it one more time, with all the positive reviews o definitely missed something!
Food good, ambiance poor (strip mall), service poor

Nice ambience and friendly waiters. It has a large menu for all. A lot of the dishes are gluten free and one can also make substitutions.
Like this place.

What a lovely surprise when you first arrive in Raleigh! The location is on a strip of food chains, but this proves to be a local gem with homemade of almost everything.
Don’t be intimidated by the variety of items on the menu. The server gave us to try to Hummus and I picked the Favorite platter, both filled up for two!
Everything was fresh and delicious. The spices and seasoning was on point.
The cake topper is the server gave us free baklava even though I didn’t have Unilocal on my phone at the time.
They know how to take care of their customers and their needs. Hopefully next time I’ll have room for dessert.

Aladdin’s is a great spot for some Lebanese food.
The menu is full of options that do not disappoint. There is plenty of space throughout the restaurant — from tables to booths inside and seating outside for warmer days.
I have been here multiple times and have tried a few different things on the menu. Most recently I had the Jasmine’s favorite tawook and the portions were very large. I also had some tabouli, the appetizer, which was very light and fresh. Both dishes I would recommend. The pita bread is a lot thinner than I’ve had at some other restaurant which I liked a lot. Also, there is a nutrition menu online!
Don’t forget to check in on Unilocal and get some free baklava :)

This place is one of my favorites. Food is always fresh, flavorful, and more often than not you’ll have leftovers to take home. I went there two weeks ago on the night before flying out of town. They accidentally forgot the piece of cake I bought. I called and the store owner insisted on driving the cake to me! I told him no but he insisted. Well not only did he bring me the slice I was missing, he snuck an extra piece in there of another cake! This is how you keep customers coming back. Great food, and if you make a mistake (they happen!) you fix it. This went beyond that in my opinion and even though they no longer make my favorite Mujadara Pocket, I’ll be back often.

Guys, this place knocked my socks off.
A strip mall kind of restaurant with great service, authentic food and ridiculous desserts!
We were greeted (yes, greeted) in a professional, welcoming way even though the restaurant was quite busy and crowded. She asked us if it was our first time there and when we said yes her eyes lit up and she started explaining the expansive menu. If you are a meat eater or a vegan or love desserts this place is for you. So basically if you eat food — you have to try this place.
I command you to order the vegetarian combo appetizer. Don’t order anything else yet because you are going to want to taste this before you decide on your entrée.
The flavors… OMG the flavors. I’m drooling just remembering this dish.
The kids meals were not kids meals — the grilled chicken pieces were huge and so tender and the rice/​vermicelli is grown-​up fancy rice that my kids absolutely devoured.
And get the hot sauce. It’s an extra charge and I’m super cheap, but get the hot sauce. Trust me.
After pouring over the menu I ordered the half lentil soup half chili bowl. There’s no meat in there, but you wouldn’t know to eat it. But it was so filling that I forced myself to stop eating it halfway through — just so I could have dessert. I’ll admit it, that was some real self-​control right there.
My husband ordered a rolled pita — and it was huge! Yes, there are turnips in there — but for all you carnivores — they are the perfect complement.
Real smoothies at this place. Real, made in the blender right there fruit smoothies. Carrot cake made me swoon and of course the baklava is to die for.
I will be back. again and again and again. and they will remember my name.

I love this place! I ordered the Alladin’s favorite which is a mixed platter of beef kafta, beef tenderloin, and chicken tawook. All three were wonderful! The chicken was do tender that I cut it with a fork. This was served with rice and house salad. The dressing was amazing and the salad was a mix of all kinds of greens-​big plus in my book. I also ordered the hummus which was great! The garlic sauce is where it’s at. Overall: excellent flavors and high quality food!

New to the area, like to experiment & Unilocaled rated it well.
I had the tuna steak rolled pita. Mmmmmm, mmmmmm. I’d explain more but don’t want to ruin it with words that don’t do it justice. The peppermint tea was a nice surprise!
Belly full, pocketbook not wiped out; it’s a win, win!!!

I came here for a girl’s night with 5 of my friends and we all really enjoyed our dinner here! We went on a Friday night and they were busy. They don’t have a huge dining room, but luckily we were able to snag a table at the back. When I first looked at the menu, I was a little overwhelmed. There are SO many choices and so many things I wanted to try! Not to mention that the prices are super reasonable, with most items being under $ 10, so making up my mind was especially difficult. I wanted to order everything!
I decided to go with the hummus falafel rolled pita. I also ordered a small hummus appetizer, since there are not any sides that automatically come with the rolled pitas. The small hummus was definitely bigger than what I was expecting and it comes with an unlimited amount of pitas at no extra cost! Me and one other had ordered small hummus’s and we ended up sharing with the whole table (not to mention there were still leftovers). My rolled pita was huge too! I wasn’t able to eat it all after filling myself up with pita and hummus, but it was delicious and tasted very fresh.
And since we were celebrating, we went to check out their dessert case. After much deliberation we settled on the baklava cheesecake and the chocoholic cake. However, the servers overheard us discussing the limoncello cake and gave it to us for free! How awesome is that! My favorite was the baklava cheesecake. But seriously, you cannot go wrong with any of these 3 desserts. I loved them all!
The people working here were awesome! They were friendly and very helpful when we couldn’t make up our minds. I will definitely be coming back! And once it gets warmer, I will definitely be trying some of their tempting smoothies!

We were shopping in Brier Creek and stopped in Aladdin’s for dinner. Unilocalers have given the place good reviews, and I trust my Unilocalers, they haven’t steered me wrong yet.
It’s a small and casual spot. Very clean inside. The staff is very friendly and helpful. We had the cutest waiter. He seemed maybe a little shy, but he took great care of us. He made sure our drinks were full and our food was the way the way we wanted it.
There was quite a selection of vegetarian options. My man had the Farmer’s Vegetable pita pizza. He says he liked it very much, a nice blend of flavors. The pita crust was crispy and perfect even though that pizza was LOADED with veggies. Just a little spicy, but so flavorful.
I had the Hummus Falafel rolled pita. I think they must use some kind of sandwich press because the pita was so nice and toasty/​crispy. It was absolutely delicious. I also got a complimentary baklava as a Unilocal check-​in offer — bonus! It was good baklava. Denser than what I’m used to but quite good.
So, definitely hit this place up for a delicious and healthy meal after shopping. Really good Mediterranean/​Lebanese!

Excellent food at a great price and free bread included.
We both enjoyed our wrap, which were quite flavorful.
The lentil soup was also great.
They have many vegan options, clearly labeled and very tasty.
Highly recommended.

I ate here on 1−5−16 I ordered the the (Mediterranean Lamb Plate $ 13.95 Tender cuts of marinated char-​grilled lamb served with seasoned brown rice with vermicelli, sauteed pine nuts, almonds and a hint of cinnamon. Your choice of garlic sauce or tahini yogurt dressing. Pita on the side $ 16.00 tax included.) This dish was so good. Everything about this dish was pretty damn good. The lamb was tender and flavorful and the seasoned brown rice was great. Also the garlic sauce and hot sauce were absolutely delicious. The other 3 people who were there with me that evening all raved about their food.

Wonderful first experience at Aladdin! A couple of co-​workers & I went for an early lunch (11:15) & ensured we got a table at this medium-​sized spot.
Our waitress was super sweet & patient, since it was mine & one other co-worker’s first time here. I had already scooped out the menu, so I knew I wanted the chicken salad pita salad.
Oh, the dessert case stares at you! So many good cakes & desserts to choose from. The waitress told me about the chocolate nightfall cake & I was sold.
Our food didn’t take long to arrive. And my salad looked so good! And it was! The chicken was cut in small cubes. I went with the balsamic vinaigrette dressing. It was way more salad than I could finish; however, I ate all but maybe ¾. :)
I couldn’t pass up the cake though, so this huge slice comes out with the waitress! I ate half & brought the other half back to work.
Reasonably priced, clean, tasty food & great customer service. I’ll be back!