Zaffron Kitchen Schenectady — Restaurant in City of Schenectady

Mediterranean food is absolutely my favorite thing to eat so I might be a little harsh with the ratings on this place only because I've had some to die for Mediterranean food in my lifetime. Let's just start off by saying that the restaurant is absolutely beautiful! Even though the parking lot is a little hard to get into with construction in front. It's got a great open atmosphere and even places to eat outside. The decor is awesome and the seating arrangements are very nice and not too crowded. The two gentlemen that were there are very accommodating and welcoming and explained everything very well. They were definitely friendly! We ordered three different types of appetizers. The first one was stuffed grape leaves, these are my absolute favorite appetizer to get at Mediterranean restaurants. Sadly they are not the tastiest ones I've ever had. They are mostly just rice inside and I wasn't really too fond of the flavor, you get 5. I think if there was more fresh herbs inside instead of just rice they would be a lot better, I would give them a 3 out of 5. We also got falafels, they gave us four of them for $6.99. They were good especially with the white sauce but I find them a little pricey. My husband ended up getting the meats dumplings which they call Aushak. They were pretty good but the dumpling itself was a little hard in places. And I'm not really sure what kind of meat was inside I was thinking beef. My husband said they were okay, I liked the gooey stuff they had on top, I think it was some kind of sauce made with lentils possibly? I wasn't too into those either. My son and I both got the chicken rice plates, so it's cooked up pieces of chicken with seasoned rice and then you get to pick the toppings you want on it, I got lettuce, tomato, cucumber, a little bit of hummus, which their hummus is very good by the way, I also got the white sauce which is also very good, a dab of their hot sauce and a couple jalapenos. My husband got the lamb chops and rice which was a little pricey $24... he says that when he read the reviews prior to going there they said that they were supposed to be falling off the bone, he said that they were kind of overdone but he really liked the seasonings on them (3) they were tasty. Overall I give the place a 4 out of 5. I feel that most of the food that I got really needed Salt or more flavor. I feel that Mediterranean food usually is so flavorful and fresh tasting because they always use a lot of herbs and spices. I might give these guys another try but unfortunately the place down the road on upper Union Street is way tastier,...

Really disappointed. We were hoping this would be good.

I ordered online for my husband to pick up after work.

The picture on the website showed the sauces that come with the bowl in little cups on the side. It did not occur to me that I would then need to ask them not to drown my entire bowl in white sauce. There are way too many different toppings in this bowl to dump a bunch of sauce on everything. The cold sauce cooled down the warm items in my bowl before it got to me. I ordered my bowl with 2 grape leaves, I got one. I ordered corn, there was no corn.

My child's wrap had vegetables that aren't even listed on the site when you ordered. So I was able to choose to leave out the onions and olives. But my child about had a meltdown when her wrap came filled with cucumber. She hates cucumber. And it was not a listed ingredient.

So the website descriptions, ingredients, and pictures don't match what they actually serve you. That's bad enough but...

I got the lamb kebob bowl. I love lamb. And it was the most disgusting lamb I have ever eaten. It is so fatty and slimy and the texture of the meat made me nauseous. I can't even eat it. The rice tasted good. The hummus was good.

My daughter loved her falafel wrap, after we picked out all the pieces of undisclosed cucumber.

My husband liked the rice on his chicken kabob platter. He liked the naan. And the flavor of the chicken is good. But the chicken is the driest chicken I have ever seen. I looked like WOOD after I managed to gnaw a bite off. Never in my life have I had dry chicken from a Mediterranean restaurant.

Unfortunately, I don't think we'll be going back. Takeout dinner cost us $50. I hope they improve in the future. But we won't know. Because I'm not spending anothrt $50...

We ordered delivery from the Schenectady kitchen. First and most importantly, I have Anaphylaxis to eggplant, very severe. I was clear on my order and everything came as expected. The best part was the owner phoned and expressed that they took extra care as to not cross contaminate. I found that to be above and beyond, and rare. The food: fresh and delicious, if I had to pick one thing to find fault with, and it’s really not a fault, but rather my personal taste, is the white sauce, which is out of this world, could use a little less dill, it overpowers the nuance of the delicate flavor. Over all an 8 out of 10, but after I’ve tried it a couple more times I’m sure that number will be a ten. The prices are fair and quality mirrors that.Try it, you won’t be sorry. Thanks to the owners and staff that protected me from a possible life...