Rayoog Cafe — Restaurant in Gilbert

A lil Tuesday lunch adventure! ✨✨❤️🥰

Rayoog is a cute lil spot boasting Jordanian and Iraqi cuisine. I was really excited to try the food, as I'd never tried it before. This place also closes by 2pm, so please note it is mainly a breakfast/lunch/brunch spot.

FOOD: We (4 of us) ordered the Special Mam's dish, as we always try to eat family-style and this dish comes with a lot of dishes! 💪 It came w Arabic tea, pita bread, feta cheese, mango jam, creamy cheese, yogurt, eggplant salad, olives and shakshuka, fruit, kibbe rice, salad and hummus, cheese boat and salami boat.

We ordered the baba ghanoush, croissants and falafel separately.

The flavors were very interesting and unique. 🤯 I enjoyed the croissants (ate this w mango jam), falafel (very moist and tender, not dry at all), kibbe rice, eggplant salad, and the cheese and salami boat. 😋😋I also liked the tea (tho plz note I put a lot of sugar in it). 😂😂

I liked the shakshuka but found it undersalted (also there was no salt and pepper on the tables, which I found strange too, haha). 😅😅🙈 For food pricing, I felt it was pretty fair for the amount of stuff we ordered. We all left feeling full and satisfied. The bill was about $22 each and after gratuity (20%), about $25-26 a person ish. 💓

AMBIANCE: The place was fairly quiet, save for two tables and our table of four. The decor was clean and cozy and I loved the music. It felt like I was transported somewhere in the Middle East ! It was very cool.

SERVICE: Service was friendly and kind. However, I will say, we had to remind them often to ask to refill our water glasses. Not a super big deal, but would have just liked more attentiveness, especially since they weren't busy.

OVERALL THOUGHTS: This place is definitely a unique place to go with friends , I encourage everyone to go try this at least once! I enjoyed my experience there; however, I don't see myself going here too often. I'm more of a lunch / dinner person than breakfast / brunch. Nonetheless, it was still a good time and I hope you guys can make it out there to experience it yourselves! I'd love to know others' thoughts! 💗💗🙌

The address for Rayoog is 78 N Cooper Rd #101,...

I went with a friend to Rayoog Cafe for a unique brunch experience. Other than the Salami and Egg dish, it didn’t really feel breakfast-ish. Don’t get me wrong, the food was good, just leaned more towards lunch than brunch. My friend and I were seated and immediately served lentil soup. It was warm, and good…a nice welcome to the restaurant. We decided to split an order of the Arabic Way and Salami Cheese Boat. The Arabic way consisted of the Salami and Egg dish, hummus, falafel, salad (no dressing), sour cream (yogurt), fava beans, baba ghanogh and naan bread. The eggs were prepared perfectly and they were quite good with the salami. The hummus wasn’t as thick as I’m use to but it was still tasty. The fava beans were something I’d never tried but I enjoyed. This was also my first time tasting baba ghanogh. I didn’t love it. I will be open to trying it again, at another restaurant but I wasn’t a fan of this dish. I very much enjoy the salami cheese boat. A very cheesy bread! Yum! Splitting all those dishes was a smart way to sample things I’d never tried before. The service was good, the restaurant was clean and the parking lot was adequate. The decor was similar to most Mediterranean restaurants I’ve eaten at before. We arrived shortly after 10 am on a Thursday and we were seated immediately but shortly thereafter business really picked up. It’s not a large dining room so I could see where it could...

Updating my review (we have visited countless times and the service kept declining every time. I hope the owner is aware): Service gone way downhill. Came in around 9am music off, not even a hello. I asked if they were open because it felt like they weren't. The lady came around and sat us. I asked if she can turn the music on since it was just a weird atmosphere. When I asked questions about the menu first she ignored me then she had no clue the answer to a simple question if a specific dish was fried or not (end result it was not made authentically but I figured that out after the food came) her response was idk the chef is the one that makes it.....ummm ok can't you ask?? She kept going behind the counter and on her phone to the point where we waited an hour for the bill....I finally had to let her know we are still waiting to pay!

Previous review (we have visited countless times and the service kept declining every time. I hope the owner is aware): Our new favorite! The food was great. The service was friendly and the server was knowledgeable. Inside, the restaurant is quaint and the decor is beautiful. Will be returning in the...