JAFRA — Restaurant in Des Moines

Pleasantly surprised and I destroyed every small bit my breakfast.

Jafra truly is “A taste you’ll remember” a motto that matches the deliciousness. This is not your usual small at the corner messy hash house or greasy spoon place. A rather meticulously clean, five star ⭐️ standard organization, real Mediterranean accent service, and authentic enough taste of the Mediterranean delicacy. Bad news for pork lovers 😆 Jafra won’t serve but you can enjoy the turkey bacon and sausage made right from turkey meat with unbeatable taste. As I often tell my foodies, I like to eat my food with my eyes first before deciding to dig into my food. That, I found it checked ✅ to exceed my expectations. Beautiful presentation. The usual suspects of any Mediterranean choice of everybody such as the gyro, kabobs, shawarmas, Kafka, falafel and list of bakeries are served with the same authenticity. I was stunned with the number of Mexican dishes present. I wasn’t surprised the sound of DoorDash and Ubereats online orders at times making you feel that someone is ringing the bell by your ears. Mahmoud at the counter and chief Hamza wear hairnet bouffant to give you confidence in their deliberate effort for hygienic touch of your experience along with their professional approach, simply leave you thankful. This early morning on Thursday, July 25, 2024 my Meatlover’s Breakfast Omelet is fulfilling succulent. Price wise, unless you want to pay more, they are extremely affordable.

I tried to sneak peek 👀 to the restroom (where way too many restaurants fail to keep up) and found out was tidy enough that I can’t complain. That makes it outstanding; doesn’t it? Should Jafra open a downtown Seattle kitchen, I suspect the lines can be boring before you get your food. Well done Team...

DO NOT PASS up this place!! The food was excellent with some amazing flavor to the gyro meat (a culinary delight not the Chicago style I was used to). Hummus was light and delicious, pita was warm and tasted fresh made. I wanted rice, but I was there just after 10am so it was not ready yet so I had some of the most crispy and perfectly cooked fries I have ever had. This place is spot on and I wanted to try so much on the menu everything seemed so good. The staff were very friendly and on point. There was a very nice young lady who was so kind and responsive, if my food didn’t smell soooo delicious I could have stayed all day just to talk. Everyone working seemed happy and upbeat, making it a nice atmosphere even though it is pretty simple. The place was absolutely spotless clean. The location is a bit of a drag because it is a little difficult due to the traffic restrictions, but well worth taking the time to eat here. THIS PLACE IS DELICIOUS!! I plan to try everything on the menu eventually 😂

Seems to be a well oiled local small business, I hope they serve everyone with the quality that I received, because this place deserves to thrive.

I ordered a gyro plate and had to try a donut because they looked too good to pass up, just like the store! It was a ton of food and I was stuffed. It was a little pricy, but for the quality and quickness of the food it is a phenomenal deal.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!

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Its worth it, dont keep drive past this place!! My Wife Family (4 sons) and I Finally stopped in to try the Food Here, we drove by for years and kept saying we got try that'd place JUST DO IT MORE THAN DONUTS!! Don't know if new owners or it's always been this good!! but I'm going back probably tonight I'm getting hungry thinking bout it!

It wasn't extremely fast, but Great food! We had chicken Sharma and Gyros, Phillies with all of us we tried alot more. Honestly everything was delicious, they we inside sat down, had order on monitor which was easier than I thought, there was language barrier that monitor made up for the pictures made it easy for all of us.

the staff was really polite when our order took a while and our 2 yr old was getting impatient, so we wanted get some ice cream hold him over, but they were busy and my son had a melt down anyway, i took him outside they made it up to us, and gave my son ice cream without charge for the wait, our drinks came out wrong and they fixed it quick and politely.

They got everything!, the food here absolutely reminded of a D.C. or east coast Gyro/Philly shop!

Seriously can't believe we drove past this place for so long, ha! i still didn't even try the donuts, smh,...