the vine mediterranean café and market

where am i?. the setting, service and food whisk you away to a foreignplacewhere the dollar is strong, the coffee is smooth and the food is so delicious.

go for lunch or dinner and ask for elisabeth (of the the best servers in st. louis). she will take care of you.

love it!!!!!. what can i say except that this humble littleplaceis just perfect. i had stopped buying falafel for years because the tastes that i was getting from different places was wither way to lemony or just not consistent! the vine never fails to please. the owner is very accommodating to the pregnancy cravings that my husband and i have (lol). being pregnant, there are many places that i can't go into since the smells make me sick, but not this place. my new favorite spot!

great food, wonderful service and atmosphere!. thisplaceis great! the food has good spice, the atmosphere is wonderful, the pita breads are freshly baked and the waiters have always been welcoming. i like spicy so my personal favorite is the sjuk. only draw back was the cardamon tea used ground cardamon spice instead of real green cardamon seeds to flavor.

smallplacebut cozy. the beef shawarma was fantastic, baba ganough was very good also. everything came out hot and fresh. no alcohol served so if you're looking for wine, this isn't your place.

don't believe the hype.. i have no idea how thisplaceis getting good reviews. it is cramped and dirty (actually saw an employee pick up dough scraps off the kitchen floor then go back to preparing food), the service was sub-par, and the food (even the stuff labeled spicy) was bland. it was $11 for a dish that was basically a chopped potato on top of a cup of rice. also, the coffee (at $4 for about 4 ounces) was the absolute worst coffee i've ever had in my life. all of the coffee drinkers at our table agreed.

great food. i have been to the vine three times. the first time was about a year ago on a sunday after a church service. it was wonderful, the restaurant wasn't busy the pitas were fresh, the hummus is fresh, the food and service were fantastic.
second time; about two weeks ago. the food was great, service was okay. we sat around for a while with our cups empty. it was nice not having someone come to the table every three minutes though.
third time; this past monday, the manager was our server. i know he was busy but three other tables who came in before us got their food before us. our appetizers came out promptly and were delicious. we finally got our main course and ate. after eating we werent approached for about 15 minutes, after another server coming to our table to help us. i asked about a hookah. they said no because of the rain three hours earlier. the patio was dry. so after getting a no to the hookah we asked her for our check. it took literally 20 minutes to get our check, waited 15 minutes for someone to grab our checks and another 10 to get our cards back. we were there for an hour after eating,waiting. granted it was really busy, but the service was ludicrous.


overall still a greatplaceto eat, but i might just call in my order next time and eat at home.

great place. took my daughter there for dinner. we both enjoyed our dishes. theplaceis very busy, which is a good sign. not the fanciest place, but the prices are very affordable. i will definitely be back.

best restaurant i've been too!. last friday i was at the vine with my wife and mother in law. the food was superb, the service was amazing considering it was jam packed and people were in line out the door. we ordered traditional lebanese appetizers before we dived in the delicious chicken shawarma, mediterranean kabob, and sujok (traditional spicy lebanese sausage). thisplacewas deffinetly a success.

one thing i didn't mention was how good a value the vine is. their sandwiches are all around the $5 mark, and the chicken kafta dish, while double that price, was enough food to satiate nearly any appetite. i cannot speak to the market or hookah aspects of the vine, but as far as the food, there's a reason why each time i've been theplacehas been full of customers. it's going to be hard for me not to just get the tabouli and fries sandwich every time....but maybe i'll just order it as an appetizer on my next visit.

food great service not so much. i have eaten here several times. the food and prices are amazing but the service is lacking. the staff is a big disappointment for such a greatplacebut the food makes it worth it.

horrible service. great food, awesome patio, yummy smoothies, good hookah.... worst servers ever. i seriously would not complain if the servers were just okay, but they really sucked. it wasn't just our server. i watched the other tables wait and be ignored. the waitresses on the patio last night were impersonal, unfriendly, and in a rush... to get back to the kitchen to chit-chat. seriously. the food was so awesome, but this will not be aplacewe will frequent until they do something about their servers. ridiculous.

the vine is now on my favorites list! i went to lunch with two friends on sunday. we had the hummus and falafel appetizers to start. both were good and i loved the fluffy pita. but we were amazed by the lunch specials! we ordered two beef shawarma and one chicken. the beef was tender with some delicious crispy edges on a bed of perfectly cooked rice. the scent was amazing! portions were very generous (i had enough leftover for one meal, maybe two) and it came with my choice of salad. overall, greatplacedoing it right!

microwaved chicken shawarma. i am a regular at thisplacebut today, january 11, 2012, i ordered my ususal lunch dish - hummus deluxe with chicken shawarma and instead of getting a warm dish of hummus with recently shaved slices of delicious chicken shawarma i got a cold plate of hummus with hard pieces of chicken shawarma was that were obviously microwaved pieces of day old chicken. this is a joke - you lost a regular customer.

great food, great value!!!!. i have been a chef for over 25 years, and have a great love of mediterranean food, i went this past weekend to the vine for dinner with my wife and two kids, we had a blast! we were greeted by a friendly waitress named sara who was terrific with my two young children as my wife and i looked over the menu. she helped us find some great things that were kid friendly (minature "pizzas" in a variety of cheese, meat and veg combinations). my wife had the fatoush salad with shrimp (another great recommendation... thanks sara!) it was a plentiful and appealing salad with lots of perfectly seasoned and well cooked shrimp and loads of green vegetables with a light but great tasting dressing. i had the lebanese hamburger...and i gotta tell ya.. it is one of the best burgers i have had in town. it was big juicy and cooked perfectly. topped with homemade slaw and great pickles and tomato, i didnt even need ketchup it was seasoned so well. the burger was served with "mediterranean fries" that were seasoned with some great spices and sea salt. it was also served on a home made bun!!!!!! well done folks! the hummus was terrific and came with more delicious home made bread that was still warm from the oven! all of this and we managed to feed the four of us for less than $30 including tip! a greatplaceto explore some new and wonderful food. thanks for being in the south grand neighborhood, places like yours make it such a greatplaceto live in st louis!

loved the falafel hated everything else.. ok me and my husband had never been here. we felt like we visited another country. for some, that might be ok, however, this is america and thisplaceis right in the middle of the hood. alot of women walking the streets in muslim attire. i was very uncomfortable. maybe we just dont get out much but me and my hubbie are just country white people that just wanted a nice greek meal. well thisplaceis lebonese not greek. ok my bad. it was a filthy looking dive. the waitress was being bossed around by an ogre and was literally waiting tables, answering the food, getting the food, checking people in and out and the boss yelling at her in front of customers.
theplacewas nestled in btwn hookah lounges and honestly i didnt realize this area was a hooka street.. if you know what i mean. i swear the apts above must be a chain of cat houses. i literally saw two hookers pass my car. and this is lunch time lol wow.. all i can say is wow. anyways. the tables were filthy when we got seating and still had wet rings from the prior glasses. i just over all was appauled that this was how we accidently spent our anniversary. oh and i hated their stuffed grape leaves. and that was one of the main things i went for. they were flat and tasteless. the baklava was over priced. they had no gyros.. ok so i really wanted greek food. i asked for some tabouli to take home and of all things she didnt pack it well and it went all over my back seat. /sighs. im sorry.. it was just the worst experience in a very long time for me.