2Booli

2Booli has great food and a relaxing and quiet atmosphere. We continue to enjoy the great service as well. The hummus and pita bread are the best as well as the deboned chicken and rice. I highly recommend this restaurant!

Went for dinner. They have great happy hour prices on drinks and appetizers. Be sure to get the Lemon Chicken, it is outstanding.

Love this place! Just moved from DC to Bloomfield Hills. Stopped by for lunch and was floored with fresh pita, salads, butter, and service was A+. Highly recommend if you like Mediterranean cuisine!

Excellent service from Joe. The meat pies are quite good and appropriately portioned. Will come again.

Visited the place on 10÷9÷15 around 8pm. I Was in the area with a friend who suggested we go. I had my reservations. The name out front read 2/​Boo/​li
I was thinking I would get some water downed middle eastern cuisine I wouldn’t be satisfied with… Well what I did get was good food well it was okay. No complaints except for pricing. Me and a friend shared a fattoush salad, bread, garlic, an order of hummus, half deboned chicken, with rice pilaf. We had a 2 go box. Their portions size for one person feeds two. I’m usually only go to the Dearborn area for middle eastern food hence my reservations. Customer service was great. Our waiter Joseph was superb!

Not really middle eastern food, but more like middle east inspired food. They use the proper names, but the chicken shawarma is merely chicken strips with middle eastern favors. Fattoush is merely salad with lemon and pita chips. Hummus is pretty decent. My wife and kids like it, but I prefer authentic middle eastern. This is the equivalent to Olive Garden of Italian foods.
And just like the mediocre food, the service is equally so. Very slow, and inattentive servers.
Just your typical chain type place.

The food in wonderful! Shannon is the best sever there! The best Mediterranean restaurant around with the best service! Stop in for a great experience the food and service are excellent!

This used to be my favorite restaurant for Middle Eastern food in the area. The food and service were both outstanding. It has gone downhill significantly. The last time we were there we watched the server drop food on the floor while bringing it out of the kitchen, put it back on the plate, and serve it to the customer. We walked out on the spot. The old manager left some time ago to help start a new restaurant for the owner, since then this place has fallen apart.

I went to 2booli’s several times for lunch. Food is good but service was ehhhhh. A few months ago I was there and ordered a fresh juice. I waited and waited & finally asked the server where my juice was. I was as sitting next to the bar so I heard the server ask the guy behind the bar making the juices where my juice was. His response… He spun around and yelled at my server «you guys are killing me with all these stupid juices!!» I instantly stood up and said forget the juice and give me my check. No one apologized or did anything to make a bad situation better — how sad for the management.
It took me about 4 months to get over that experience and give them another try (they are right by my office and super convenient for me for lunch).
I was seated, someone got me an ice tea and said my server will be over. I sat for 14 min. — no one came over. I was on my lunch hour. I got up and walked out. Guess what… No one cared.

Kind of a bummer, no power at my first visit. I know it’s not the waitresses fault, but the manager or someone could have apologized for the inconvenience. Instead, we were told that they are only finishing up orders already placed. Part of our appetizer was delivered, but no water. We asked s couple times because the restaurant was quickly heating up.
The waitress kept us waiting an extremely long time. Waiting on our check. Was ready just to get up and walk out since we didn’t get to have lunch.
I think it was poorly handled all around.
Finally the manager did show up and took care of the bill for the app and made it right. I may come back to try again.

Never disappointed! I love the food the bread is made fresh every day and baked in the oven and goes great with their fresh made garlic! The chicken Caesar wrap is always amazing! And the lemon oregano chicken is seriously the best! My two top servers I recommend asking for when your there is Ashley! Or Stephen! They are great and will provide awesome service the food is so good and tasteful I love getting carry out from here!

Just got take out from here less than an hour ago. Kurt, the gentleman who took my call as well as rung me up for the food, could not have been nicer. Super friendly, made my day.
The food itself — lentil soup (whole) and a falafel wrap — was delicious. The lentil soup was SO good. I’m pretty picky when it comes to falafel and they nailed it. Also, for a sandwich wrap, a decent sized bowl of soup, and like 3 pieces of bread, the price is very, very fair.
Good service, good value, good food: 5 stars. I came back to work with it and couldn’t stop raving about how good it was.

2Booli isn’t really in my neck of the woods, but I ended up here after being invited by a friend who had the world’s best coupon.
The interior was clean and attractive. It was much less busy than I anticipated for a Sunday afternoon, though there was a large group/​party in the back. We received bread and upon request, garlic butter while making our choices. I chose a falafel wrap, my friend got something from their lunch menu with shrimp, and we both got whole lentil soup.
The food was delicious and reasonably priced. I particularly enjoyed the soup! Our waitress was extremely attentive and very polite. Honestly, my experience was really enjoyable. If it weren’t so far away from where I lived, I could see myself frequenting this place. They also have a location in Farmington, which also isn’t all that close to home. I’ll be coming back here again next time I’m in the area!

My experience here started and ended pretty poorly. Walking into the restaurant, you would expect to see a hostess waiting to seat people, but all that could be seen were employees chatting around the bar area, and one person cleaning a table. I thought they hadn’t opened yet because no customers were visible. After a few awkward seconds of wondering if I was in the right place, the hostess came to seat us.
As for food, don’t expect authentic middle eastern food. I went with my boyfriend who is Saudi and we were both underwhelmed. Although the chicken shawarma was juicy and tender and the tawook was also tasty, everything else was subpar. You’d at least expect the hummus to be palatable… A tart, store-​bought tasting mess. Their freshly baked bread is clearly freshly baked, but the dough used to make doesn’t taste freshly made. Also crushed lentil soup should look like crushed lentils: a little lumpy and chunky. When I received the soup I thought it was a cup of honey mustard. Smooth and runny.
Service was also disappointing. When we needed more bread, our waitress was no where to be found. And when she did come by, she didn’t offer the bread after seeing a very clearly empty bread bowl, we had to ask before she walked away again. Unfortunately even then, she didn’t rush to bring us the bread but took the order of a large table first… After we received all of our food, she asked us if we were okay 3 times in the span of 5 minutes. Just a very inexperienced server.
All in all, will not return. Maybe for take away.

I didn’t care for 2Booli at all. With so many really great Mediterrranean places in and around the area, I doubt I would ever go back here. When I want Mediterranean, I want Mediterranean… not some half baked attempt at it.
First off, our server, along with our drinks, brought us a basket of bread… with a little container of oil… hm…okay…my sister asked for some garlic sauce, and our server brought us a teeny, tiny ramekin filled with the sauce. We were joking that it was so small, so my friend asked our server if she too could have one, because it seriously looked like a single dose for one person. Our server obliged, but only after telling us, that what she had brought before was for the table… haha…shut it!
We all got sandwhiches… two falaffel pitas, one with a spicy slaw, one with fries… I got my traditional chicken shawarma, with the spicy slaw.
The others like their sammys, I however, didn’t care for mine at all. The slaw is placed on a large leaf on the same plate as the sandwhich, and this pretty much renders your wrap a wet, sloppy, soggy mess. Ick! My shawarma had no wonderful pickeled vegetables on it, only chicken… with some of the garlic spread… Oh wait, I did have one pickle type thing that slithered out of the wet mess.
The garlic sauce wasn’t anything special either… in fact, it appeared to be breaking down as it sat at our table. You could see the oil leeching out from the garlicky paste. I don’t know if this is a sign that it is not fresh (my take) or that it was prepared incorrectly… It was not good though…
My whole experience was very ho-​hum at 2Booli, and like I said up there… too many other fabulous Mediterranean places to sink my chops in to, before I’d ever go here again.
THE ONLY thing that saves this place, and would maybe have be coming back is they do serve alcohol here… No other Mediterranean place does, and honestly, it’s not that big of deal… so yeah… probably still not…

After doing some phone calling, we found out that 2Booli does not use peanut oil in their meat marinades like other Middle Eastern restaurants do in that area. You know, allergies and such. So we stopped in.
We arrived post lunch and predinner to find an empty restaurant. Cool because to me, the service should be better, I don’t feel rushed and overall I enjoy my meal better. 2Booli did not disappoint.
We ordered a 2-​person appetizer for four of us to share. It had majadra, hommous, cru di te, baba ghannouj a scoop of tabouli salad and two falafal. The untrained eye will confuse the hommous with the baba ghanouj as they almost look identical here. However, the baba ghanouj tastes funky and I did not enjoy it at all bringing me to the conclusion that I either don’t like baba ghanouj (from an previous experience elsewhere) or they don’t make it right. Hard to say. The falafal were a little overdone and the centers were a touch dry and the hommous could use a bit of garlic and was kind of bland.
Further, we ordered the Combo Platter for 2 to share for four people. More than enough for two adults and two children to share. Comes with chicken and beef kabobs, beef kafta, rice, dolmas, a couple of vegetables, and soup or salad. I chose the pureed lentil soup. Piping hot but lacking any identifiable flavor. Perhaps too processed and under seasoned. The meats were all cooked to our liking and delicious. Beef kabobs were a table favorite. The kafta are basically hamburgers. Split a pita open, add kafta and instant hamburger. Oh, btw, the bread was better here than at places like Mezza or Lebanese Grill – much better.
With nut allergies, there is little cross contamination here. Pine nuts and almonds are used but not in the cooking process. They are added to the rice and hommous at the end. Our waitress made sure that the cooks took necessary measures to keep us safe. Thank you and we’ll definitely be back.

2Booli doesn’t get enough credit around these parts. They have a busy lunch rush but after that, I never see it filled to capacity. I think I’d feel more comfortable if they were a little busier during dinner because I believe they do an excellent job serving their customers. It’s bewildering as they’re in a highly frequented plaza that includes Nordstrom Rack which always has that perfect shirt in the wrong size.
I’ve been here at least 10 – 11 times and have yet to be disappointed with anything served to me. I adore how their garlic paste has a zesty kick to it unlike anywhere else. I’m an admitted sucker for restaurants that give you something to munch on before ordering but 2booli kicks it up a notch with their fresh baked pita bread. One thing I struggle with is that they have a lot of combo’s that offer fries and I find it hard not to order them. I’m pretty sure my caloric and carbohydrate consumption by the time I’m done here is well into the thousands.
Big fan of their crushed lentil soup and I typically go with their chicken shish tawook sandwich. It’s probably ¾ of the size of your average tawook from other middle eastern restaurants but the chicken is marinated very well and it’s never fatty. I need to start going there during happy hour to officially hold the flag for 2booli. They have some of the friendliest servers in town and the build out is insane. It’s definitely a plus having them in the area.

I’m giving this place a solid three stars.
The inside is cozy but not completely over-​emphasizes the Middle Eastern vibe. It’s almost like Middle Eastern for the average Joe, which is fine.
Our server was nice and brought out tons of the pita bread, and she gave us ample time to look through the menu and didn’t rush us. What was strange, however, was when she said certain items on the menu (like the whole lentil soup) sucked. Geez, I know honesty is appreciated but you shouldn’t say an item (s) on the menu sucks. That’s not a good way to make money, either.
Also, everyone received their pre-​meal soups and salads except… me. Yeah, I got a fattoush salad and it never came out. The table of six of us were conversing and I didn’t really realize until the entrees showed up – yeah, entrees came out before my salad came out — that I was the only one waiting on something. I told the waitress and she said, «Hm, that’s weird.» So she comes back with the salad and said, «No wonder we had one salad sitting there in the back» and gives it to me. I wonder why she couldn’t originally put two and two together, and it’s a pet peeve receiving my salad with my entrée.
As far as the taste of the salad, it was okay. It wasn’t anything special. The dressing could have been a little better, although the pita chips in the salad were very good. Other salad options were Greek and Caesar, but being at a Middle Eastern place I wanted to try the fattoush. Don’t know if I would get it again.
We also ordered a hummus appetizer, which was just alright. I’ve had better, that’s for sure. I’ve had better store-​bought hummus too. The pita rolls were fresh and tasted good, though. Try them with the olive oil.
As for the entrée, I ordered the chicken shwarma. It came with white rice and fresh veggies. The veggies — peppers, squash, carrots — were good. The schwarma is not a pita but rather rice next to strips of chicken, and they give you garlic sauce with it. The garlic could have been better overall but it was satisfactory. The chicken was really good and it was a plentiful plate of food. I liked it and ate the whole thing.
There were three couples eating so we were splitting the meal three ways, but the waitress brought out one check even though she knew it was being split. It was a cluster, all of us adding and subtracting what we ordered and what not. Just give us three damn checks and call it a day!
The waitress just didn’t seem all that enthusiastic to be working there, like she had better things to do. I understand that, to a certain degree. But she was there, serving us, and was careless and ripping on the place’s food that she is serving to patrons. I’ve never been a server but I would imagine that’s in Restaurant 101.
The food is a little pricey, too. My shwarma was $ 16 (entrée + soup/​salad) …I guess if you factor in a salad at other places that have $ 10 or $ 11 menu items it all comes out the same with how much salad costs extra.
So, three stars when you factor in the entire experience. I don’t think it’s too much for a server to realize when someone is missing their salad, or to not call your own food shitty or not know the beers served on draft (which were like three or four beers anyway). Was worth trying but I don’t know if I would come back.

Third visit review.
Stopped in on a Thursday night and were seated immediately. We were greeted at the hostess desk by the friendly manager and served by equally sweet/​friendly waitress.
This time around I ordered chicken tawook with a Greek salad and a bottle of Merlot. (Half-​off bottles of wine on Thursday & they re-​cork the bottle of you want to take any home) Wine was fantastic.
Salad was fresh, bright and tasty.
Pita bread wasn’t bad– it didn’t taste hot out of the oven/​overall kind of bland. I didn’t have the desire to devour it with the lemon/​garlic like I usually do.
Tawook arrived– nice flavor. Juicy. But the rice had zero flavor and was mushy. Eww. My grilled vegetables were less than stellar– arriving almost raw. I love grilled veggies so I was a little bummed out.
Two stars. One star for being seated quickly/​service. One star for the wine & salad.

My family visited here on a blustery thur evening in May (just felt like saying that, no reflection on the review;-) for my brother’s birthday. We had reserved ahead for about 10 of us. As I quote my brother’s tip I was «blown away by the atmosphere». This place is very nice. From the décor with the canvased art on the walls to the cute jade-​colored sinks in the ladies room, I found this place to be absolutely adorable. From the outside, it does have a strip-​mall/​take-​out joint appearance, but dont let that be a deterrent, step inside…
Our waitress was truly a doll and had a different endearing knickname for each of us as she took out order. I had grilled salmon with rice pilaf and was a tad bit repulsed to discover almonds on my rice when the order arrived. I was just gonna scoop them off, but my family informed the waitress and she insisted that she bring me another. She in no-​time returned my salmon and rice on a clean plate almond-​free :-) Everyone enjoyed their food. My salmon was perfect, not a single area that was burned/​too crisp. They started us out with the complimentary appetizer of seemingly unlimited (& might I add extremely fresh;) hot bread/​pita bread and hummus during the wait.
The place was kind of empty on the day that we visited, but it has such a spacious lay-​out that even when it’s packed I can’t imagine that it detracts from the casual and welcoming ambiance.
Another thing that I appreciated was that she automatically provided individual tabs for each person (even the kids), that way we could easily collect whichever tab we were covering without the bother of splitting the reciept ourselves or asking her .
I can’t wait to return!