Al Ameer - reviews,open hours,photo spots, things to do | WanderBoat AI Trip Planner

My review of this place is strictly about the taste of the food which is beyond amazing. Make it simple and order the Alameer platter for two. You will have five different types of meat with the rice and salad. The service and Nest Restaurant is hit-and-miss. The majority of the time we do get waiting staff that will bring us the food and be seen only once before we leave. They are always very lazy with bringing water and you will never get refill and your soda. The restaurant decor and cleanliness is wonderful. The restaurant bathrooms are something else and if the health department inspect the bathrooms they will be out of business. This is why I stated that my reading is for the food and not anything else. I have been to this restaurant over 10 times and the bathrooms are dirty eight out of the 10 times. I am not sure what is so difficult about keeping the staff well educated about the importance of a clean bathroom in a public resturant. Overall al-amir restaurant has the best food for the price... Alajmi has the best tasting food but it's very expensive. The wait staff and both restaurants is average. In general I would love for the middle eastern restaurant to realize the importance of good waiting staff and clean restrooms in a public restaurant.

Jalal AlghabraJalal Alghabra

20

We really enjoyed the food, almost every item was great. The only objection I have is with tipping. So, first of all I am all for tipping. I think for good customer service waiters really deserve to be tipped. But this is totally arbitrary and depends absolutely on the customers' discretion. So here's what happened. We eat our food and get the bill after we're done eating. The waiter gets the bill(iPad), my sister uses her card on their iPad to pay the bill, after bill was paid it prompts up tipping option. It shows tipping option starting from 18%. There was also custom tipping option. She selected it and put an amount which is roughly 15% of the bill(which was a good enough tip in our opinion). She finishes the transaction. And that could have been the end of story. But the waiter (who was standing in front of us the whole time during choosing tip option by the way) asks us if we were satisfied with the customer service or not. We said affirmatively, saying we were satisfied. Then he tells us "I am saying this because you chose a tip that is below the MINIMUM tipping level. But that's ok!" We were so dumbfounded with his answer, we couldn't even say anything to him. I have had the experience of eating in a bunch of dine-in restaurants in Michigan,but no restaurant waiter was as disrespectful as him! First of all there is no MINIMUM tipping level. We could've just eaten the food and left the place only paying the bill. But we saw you serving us very well and that was just token of appreciation for your service. You can't put a number to it and DEMAND that this is the MINIMUM tipping level. And, secondly you are not supposed to watch customers while paying the bill and tipping. You were outright rude with your statement about tipping and violated customer privacy during payment. No customer deserves to be treated like that. Although we were really satisfied with the food, we left the place disappointed.

Ishmam RahmanIshmam Rahman

00

Wow, I had heard so many great things about this restaurant, that my expectations were very high, well would you believe, that my first dining experience here exceeded my expectations!! First let me talk about the service, the staff is very helpful and gave me some suggestions, I was a solo diner, and most of the portions on the menu could easily feed two people. He suggested the combo with hummus, chicken, kebab, beef, kebab, and ground beef kebab. It also came with a foo salad as well as garlic sauce, hummus, tahini, and some other vegetables, and a vegetable skewer, as well as pita bread. The flavor of the beef was unlike anything I’d ever had in my life, and I’ve traveled to places like the Middle East, Pakistan, Bangladesh, dubai, the meet Here specifically the ground beef is something that dreams are made of. While I enjoyed the chicken and the beef/steak, I would much rather have ordered just three of the ground beef. A true triumph, and the salad was incredibly fresh, citrus, sour, and flavorful, and the pita bread was very soft. I think I might have to come back here such an amazing experience.

Brent TimmBrent Timm

00

Found this place through GrubHub...OMGGGGGG ITS AMAZING!!! First off, the hummus is MASSIVE. They don't skimp on portions! I have plenty for dinner plus 2 lunches! The Lebneh is delish. Of course I had to order garlic sauce, because, obviously, right? Anyone who doesn't order garlic with their meal is missing out on life! I decided to try their "white cheese with olives" I had no idea what to expect and omg, it's also AMAZING. It's a beautiful platter of pickled onions, carrots, cucumbers and olives, served with amazing cheese cube slices. I like it so much, I wish I would have ordered 2 more for my work lunches tomorrow and Wednesday. I can't believe how good these are! The veggies are so fresh, crisp and juicy. I also ordered a sandwich, which was the entire reason I ordered in the first place....but....the dips, pitas and "white cheese and olives" is so heavenly that I think I'll save my sandwich for tomorrow so I can keep enjoying these tonight. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect. And good lord, their pitas are incredible too!

Tori ThompsonTori Thompson

10

After getting off a plane, we stopped by Al-Ameer on the way to downtown Detroit. We happened to arrive at about the same time as people were breaking their fast for Ramadan, so the restaurant was quite busy. Despite this, we were able to be seated promptly, and our server was both friendly and efficient. As might be expected from their reputation, the food was tasty and plentiful. For me, the highlight of the evening was a simple plate of roasted baby potatoes. I can't recall the last time that the smell of something being delivered to the table made me so eager to dig in. In addition to the potatoes, we had one of their meat combo dishes, and hummus, providing three big eaters with a terrific dinner and lots of leftovers.

John KutaszJohn Kutasz

10

Call me cheesy but the food was a joy! Mixed grill meats were cooked to juicy perfection. The rice was good on its own. Even the salad was fresh and crunchy! The samboosa was also crunchy, and steaming hot on the inside, seasoned perfectly. The hummus was “correctly” made according to my native Jordanian palette, paired with freshly baked scrumptious pita bread. Dreaming about it still!

Leena SuleimanLeena Suleiman

30