Casablanca Grill — Restaurant in Erie

Every month two of my best college friends and I grab dinner and catch up. It was my turn to pick. I've been wanting to try this place since it opened. Now I wished I hadn't waited so long. I walked in a was greeted with a warm welcome. Very friendly which really set the tone. Our waitress was fantastic. She answered all our questions and was extremely knowledgeable about the menu and flavors. My friend is a vegetarian and the waitress knew what to recommend. They also offer to make any of the dishes without meat or vegan if needed. In today's day and age an offer to modify the menu like that is outstanding. For an appetizer we shared the Faul which were fava beans (think "...fava beans with a nice chianti...") in a yogurt sauce. Delicious! I could live on this stuff. For the main course I ordered the Casablanca Platter which had almost everything I wanted dolma, falafel, hummus, tabbouleh, baba ghanoush and a couple more items. ALL were delicious and looked healthy, double bonus! It came with a side of soup, today was lentil which was rich with flavor. I could have a bowl of just that with fresh bread...another time. Most of the dishes had the spice called sumac. We had never heard of the spice but it added an extra touch to the dishes, think if as glitter for food. As I mentioned the waitress was fantastic. She learned all if our names and checked on us with the right frequency without being annoying. It felt like personal service. She even offered to pack our leftovers, another service you find less and less these days. The prices were good for the quality and amount of food you received. They do recommend reservations. And you can order and then pick it up to go. I think there will be more dinners from here. Will definetely...

I just want to let everyone know that you can be an American and love this food contrary to a previous reviewer that said Americans don't enjoy this food. They may have just had a bad day or expected something else, not sure. But the food I had was incredible regardless of where you come from.

I had the shish kebab which by itself was nothing great, but dipped in that yogurt sauce I was in heaven. And then the baklava was hands down perfect and the best baklava I've ever had (to be fair I don't get baklava often because I find it too sweet from most places so if you have a sweet tooth this may not be for you).

I don't go often since I moved from Erie to Pittsburgh a while back, but just wanted to leave a nice review after reading that negative review saying Americans wouldn't like this place because this American loves it. If you don't like the food, fine just say you don't like it. But don't put words in other...

2020 initial review - Was just here for a quick weekend trip and so glad that we came here! The staff was super professional, congenial, and the outdoor patio definitely allowed for appropriate COVID-19 friendly guidelines. There were so many things on the menu that looked delicious that we couldn't decide what we wanted. Food came out fast and super hot and delicious. Menu has a wide variety of Syrian, Egyptian, Middle Eastern fare and if we lived closer, would come back here repeatedly. Strongly recommend this place to friends and family.

2021 - repeat visit - We came again and it was SO GOOD again!!! I got the lamb stew and it was one of my favorite things I have eaten this year and ate so much I could barely walk home. Service is so nice. We love their coffee with cardamom and we are now doing this at home. Definitely highly...