Aslan's Mediterranean Grill — Restaurant in Chester

Excellent!! Best Mediterranean food I've had in ages!! We came here for the first time as a group of 5 (2are vegetarian, 3 are not) and everyone absolutely loved it. We sat on the patio (place has a casual cafe feel) and had the baba ghanoush, cheese borek, kisir (Turkish tabbouleh), two falafel plates, garlic fries, and two kunafeh (dessert). Everything was absolutely fantastic! Extremely fresh and delicious, and nothing is boring or phoned-in. Even the garlic fries had a little spice, and even the tszasiki-like cucumber sauce that came with with the cheese borek was awesome.

Our favorite was the kisir (highly highly recommend to go with the falafel plate); vivid flavor, SO good! The kunafeh dessert was absolutely delightful: savory-sweet with Honey, cheese, pistachio, and some kind of magic. It takes 15min to prepare so make sure to let them know ahead (we ordered it ahead when we ordered our mains).

Other reviewers have commented on the owners, but I just have to add: what lovely people. Helpful, patient, welcoming, and kind. We had a nice time chatting and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. My brother is a local and says he's found his new...

So this place was amazing and authentic! The folks here come from Turkey, and the spices and food reflect that. I decided on the chicken shawarma plate and it was sooo good! The spices here was different than the Shawarma plate in Chico at Ali Babba's (which is Jordanian flavored cuisine). Just note if you are not use to these particular spices, your GI tract might let you know, but only because it is unfamiliar. Yucel was very friendly and gave me authentic Turkish tea on the house. I did not have the heart to tell him I do not like tea, so I took it home to the 16 year old, and he liked it. Santos did a very good job cooking the dish and I am still thinking about it. I also had some of the baklava, and it was good as well and perhaps slightly on the high side in price. The atmosphere is not "cozy" as in a cabin feeling, but airy and open as if on the Mediterranean Sea. I actually felt like I was in another part of the world. So I highly...

TLDR: Wow! What a wonderful surprise. Incredible taste, friendly staff.

So glad to have stopped and tried this place. It can be difficult to find meals that don't use sugar and reduce carbs (current dietary restrictions), but Aslan's was able to accommodate, and everything was so delicious! A great day to sit outside with the doggo too.

The Beef Shawarma and Chicken Kabobs we very good. We were able to replace the carbs with Baba Ganoush. The tzatziki paired so well with the meats. Portions were very large, so we were able to take some home for lunch the next day--although it was challenging to stop eating.

Service was excellent. They were very patient to help me through ordering with such a restrictive diet.

Was visiting the area for a few days and definitely would return next time I'm...