Q's Halal Chicken — Restaurant in Alameda

Used to be one of my favorites, but after a couple VERY disappointing meals over the last few months, I doubt I will even try again. The falafel plate was always was always a favorite, but all recent samples are a pale impersonation of what the dish used to be. The falafel themselves are now dense and lacking seasoning, more closely resembling sawdust pucks than the light, fluffy, flavorful nuggets Q's used to serve. Likewise, the humus was bland and grainy where it used to be smooth and fresh tasting with the cumin, garlic, sesame and lemon flavors coming through. The salad, tzatziki and mint chutney have fallen similarly compared to earlier versions - all lacking components that were hallmarks of why they were good and how you could tell they were fresh.

On the plus side, my wife's chicken kabob was fresh, hot and tasty, but the lackluster accompaniments rendered that small win all the more disappointing, by being just the shadow of the anticipated meal.

I know the pandemic has been hard on many restaurants, but paying 35% more for meals that aren't even half as good is not a formula they should be choosing in order to survive, since it won't regain them their formerly loyal customers and only lead to...

Located across the road from a movie theater , this establishment offers both indoor and outdoor dining. It was not too busy when we came to this place. We ordered Combo Platter and Falafel platter. The serving size was good. Combo platter came with Chicken, lamb salad, basmati rice, bread, Tzatziki and Chutney. Falafel platter came with falafel plus hummus and the same sides. I frankly was expecting Combo platter to have chicken kabob and lamb-beef kabob but the lamb-beef component was gyro instead of kabob. I found it surprising, as they already have a "Gyro-Gyro} combo.

The rice was cooked perfectly. The salad was fresh. I think the hummus was OK. The Tzatziki sauce was slightly on the sweeter side but overall complimented the meat. The chutney was not too spicy and went well with the meat. I thought some pieces of the chicken were slightly overcooked and probably could use a bit more seasoning. The gyro however was cooked well. Same goes for falafel, but it lacked some seasoning too. I found this to be an average experience. The food was not bad at all but I did not feel it was memorable.

The service overall was good, fairly quick and the staff...

Oh well!!!Started my drive into an unknown territory of Alameda just looking for a cafe i once enjoyed an esspresso at but i drove n drove n could not find it simply because i did not remember the name of it!So i am driving around and i see this Q's Halal with a sign of Falafel/kabobs Etc....I decided to park and go in.Well i was received very nicely by the owners that were behind the counter and i ordered the SHAMI KABOB:)))))Wow and what an experience i had with this hight quality food for real!I had taken several pictures right away and posted them on facebook for my friends to see and even called home and told my wife that this new place here in alameda has the best kabob!Now we have a new place to go to and invite friends as well so they could enjoy this great quality food at it's best!Amazing Amazing Amazing...and this is coming from a Lebanese that knows excellent cuisines from around the World and i have to confess that this kabob beats the Lebanese Kabob!The Owner SAM was very cordial and polite:)and so...