Corner grill offering Mediterranean meals over the counter in a hip, brick-lined space with seating.

Taheni

Very fresh food, high quality vegetables and pickles and large amount. Don’t waste too time being served. 10% tip option and you order at a kiosk. We need more of this.

Ordered a wrap sandwich and it was fine but nothing special. I was excited that they had lavash bread but it turned out to just be a tortilla. Maybe I just ordered the wrong thing. Service was great and staff was really nice and friendly. 2.5 stars rounded up to 3.

We have to talk about their sauces because no one’s really mentioned it yet which I feel is a cardinal sin because their Shattah sauce is a tiny little container of PERFECTION.

Seriously they need to find a distributor and bottle it up, because I’d be first in line at the grocery store. Or even just sell bottles of it. It’s so good there are times I’ve gotten food elsewhere but will do an entire order of just that darn sauce because nothing else compares. Buffalo who? Sriracha where? A1 what?? I’m officially ruined for life because I don’t know how my tastebuds will survive in the future without it. Beware it’s spicy (I have high spice tolerance so to me it’s just a slight kick). TMG & Taheni Sauces are also mouthwateringly delicious. But garlic sauce I wasn’t a fan of.

Zaatar fries are fantastic, though their shawarma fries are my go-to. Deliciously crispy and more filling since it’s topped with chicken and tons of that delicious TMG sauce.

For the wraps, I’ve had better in my life, but these are quite solid. Probably second best I’ve had in the neighborhood (best by a mile is Kotti Berliner Döner Kebab, and is so good you might actually cry - so very hard to beat). Chicken option is good, though I do find it doesn’t have much seasoning on its own and is definitely helped by sauces. Gyro option is great, though you can tell its not high quality meat - kinda has that common mystery meat texture. Great flavor though! Steak…not so no good - meat was pretty unseasoned and relied heavily on the sauces & fillings for flavor. Not worth it given the higher cost. I’d go for gyro if you want beef. Same applies to the platters.

Their TMG Chicken sandwich is nice but I kinda wish it had an option for a regular bun, as the cheese pita is a cool idea but a bit too heart attack inducing. Same with the Halloumi fries - would be nice to have a basic grilled option with no breading & deep frying.

5 stars for food, 3 stars for delivery/takeout as they deliver fast but are very unresponsive. Have called on different occasions and no one’s ever picked up. Have also added order notes (like asking the halloumi cheese not be fried) that go ignored. Hopefully that improves.

Food tastes great, and portions are big with a decent price. Service was good too, person at the cashier was very polite and helpful. Only thing they need to work on is appearance, the place looks a bit neglected, eg. Dusty windows, some litter here and there on the floor, dried looking plants, etc. It's not nasty, just unattended in that regard. Would still come back for the food.

In the past I would have given this place five stars. The food is usually quite good so this review is based on current visit. The kiosk is never easy and I kept getting kicked back to the beginning so I paid cash.

I ordered the lentil soup which they did not have for awhile. The soup had tremendous flavor which to me was too oily and salty with good lemon flavor. To me adding all these ingredients should help bring out and add to the flavor of the lentils. It seemed the oil, salt and lemon over powered the taste of the lentils.

To be fair it is only one thing on the menu and as I said usually their food is very good. Given I have had such good experiences here I always expect a delicious meal. To me a good place has consistency.

I look forward to coming back and will order other items I know will be delicious!

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