Habib Mediterranean Market — Local services in Glen Burnie

Came in this evening to pick up my order of the falafel platter, side of tzatziki, and pita with zataar seasoning with a free baklava after spending 20 dollars. The "pita" should be called pita chips because it's not a side of pita so that was disappointing. The falafels were super bitter and strange tasting. The tahini sauce was nasty. The baba ganoush tasted artificially smoky and almost chemically. We threw both of those away immediately. The hummus was the only decent side with the platter. The falafels were on a bed of wilted iceberg salad and the "dressing" that came with the platter tasted like a super unnecessary Buffalo sauce which was also thrown away. The side of "tzatziki" was disgusting. It was essentially just Greek yogurt and cucumbers. No dill, no garlic, no lemon juice. No salt. I added dill, salt, and lime juice (since I had no lemon) when I came home and could not salvage the flavor of the so called tzatziki sauce. I made a falafel wrap with the pitas that came with the meal. The pitas were hard and not fluffy at all, as if it was old. The falafels wrap with the doctored up "tzatziki" sauce, fresh tomatoes (from home), onions (from home) and the hummus. Even with trying to add stuff to mask the bitterness of the falafels and the offness of the tzatziki i could only eat half of the wrap i made. The baklava was okay. I spent 20 dollars for a horrible meal and okay baklava. Really wanted to try a new local spot, but will never return. I will stick with making my own falafels and tzatziki no matter how time consuming it is. If I could give it zero...

I ordered the Hummus as an appetizer. Note: It does NOT come with any Pita Bread and/or chips. Otherwise, the hummus was fresh and flavorful.

I ordered the Greek salad. This was the most disappointment. The feta and peppercini was nice and fresh - not soaked in brine but, ICEBERG LETTUCE. Iceberg upsets my stomach. I expected. Romaine as with other Greek Salads and it would have been nice to include Arugula. The dressing was “Ken’s Steakhouse Gold Italian”. REALLY? A Greek Vinaigrette or just EVOO and Red Wine Vinegar would have been better. I ended up not eating most of the salad.

I ordered the Gyro Sandwitch. It was very tasty. I would order this one again.

Update: 11/03/2020 I gave this a second chance. This time I went in instead of ordering online. I upgraded them a star because of my second experience.

I ordered the Hummus and this time they offered pita chips free of charge. They were AMAZING! They should include them with GrubHub orders. Make sure you ask for them if you order Hummis or any other fresh dip.

I would definitely go back.... just not for the...

Solid Four. Nothing we got was knock your socks off outstanding, but everything was solid or good.

Super Meat Lovers Platter - We enjoyed this. The beef and chicken kofta kababs were both tasty. Beef was overcooked a bit dry, but it was sitting in the veggies juice, which saved it. The chicken kofta was the best item we had. Very well seasoned and cooked perfectly. The chicken shish kabab (chunks of chicken breast) was pretty dry. Again, without it sitting in the juice of the veg, it wouldn't have been edible. The veggie kebab was nice, peppers and onions still had crunch. Kabis was awesome. I really like the turnips, my wife, thought it was just meh.

Spinach and Cheese Pie - Way to much dough and not enough filling. Filling was good, but didn't hold up to the dough.

Lahmajoun Pie - Wasn't sure what to expect. It was tasty, I enjoyed it, just not my thing.

Baklava - Got 5 instead of 6 pieces, either way ... this was...