aladdin café

delicious food, everything was amazing. aladdin’sgyrowith lamb strips and topped with cucumber yogurt sauce. and thegyrohummus omg.gyromeat served over a bed of hummus with pita.

small, quaint place. very cute and homey! it feels like a family-owned restaurant but i’m not 100% sure. service was so fast and everything came out perfectly. loved this experience and might make this my new regular lunch spot.

best greek in kansas city! $8 for one of their sandwiches includes rice and soup or salad, which is a great deal, and everything i've had has been good. the lentil soup is phenomenal. i recommend the chicken slovaki orgyrosandwich, but you can't go wrong.

our primary aim this afternoon was outdoor seating, and we'd been meaning to eat here for awhile. win on all counts- friendly, fast service, delicious fresh food and a patio in a fun neighborhood. we had the baba ghanoush, petra platter, andgyroplatter. i'll be back :-)

the food was edible. not anywhere near the best mediterranean food i've ever eaten. we had the aladdingyrowith greek salad. the meat was decent and the pita was wonderful but the sauce was runny and instead of spreading the vegetables out on the sandwich all of them were lumped together at the very end which you couldn't tell because the way the sandwich was wrapped up. the baklava had been microwaved so the dough was tough and impossible to cut but it did have decent flavor. the staff was awful. we have been treated better at mc donalds. the waitress slammed our order down and then ignored us the rest of the meal. she brought our check over and dropped it on the table with out asking if we wanted desert or if we needed anything else and walked away. i had to flag her down to order the baklava. she then rolled her eyes at us. apparently as punishment for daring to order desert she then left our bill on the table for 25 minutes before she bothered to collect it for us to pay. we were not impressed and will not go back.

not impressed.gyrowas okay. service sucked and they don't sell alcohol. don't come here for the atmosphere! sat right in front of the front door, reminded me how cold it was every time it opened. wont be coming back.

aladdin cafe - the return. due to request, i returned to aladdin for the second time this week. much to my liking, the flies were not dinner guests today, which made the experience much nicer. the owner was my server, and i found him quite personable. his banter with my table made lunch very enjoyable. on his recomendation, i tried the lentil soup, which was very good, with my entree of roasted eggplant which was incredibly delicious. served alongside the eggplant was rice which had the most tasty tomato sauce on it that i have had in a long time. i was very pleased with my lunch selection. i would highly recommend the roasted eggplant. those dining with me had the chicken schwarma (likely spelled incorrectly) pita and the dill chicken pita. the chicken schwarma was not as good as those that i have had in the past, but certainly tasty. the dill chicken was wonderful. the garlic potato sauce that was served along with it was a delight. with my second visit being so pleasant, and the food once again delivering, aladdin has earned a permanent spot in my rotation.


-----01 sep, 2011-----

aladdin cafe. i am a huge fan of jerusalem cafe, so i was kind of wary to try aladdin. however, i found myself pleasantly surprised. besides the annoying two flies that were buzzing about and the warmer than comfortable temperatures, the experience was a good one. i ordered the aladdin salad and the shrimp and feta appetizer, both of which were very good. the shrimp and feta was perfectly seasoned and the salad was a good portion with a nice tangy dressing. those dinning with me had the chicken tikka, which was superb, and thegyroplatter, which was also very good. the chicken tikka was absolutely delicious, and came with a nice portion of good hummus. though i am a die hard fan of jerusalem, i would definitely return to aladdin cafe for a change of pace - i'd just order my food to go next time.