Al Basha — Restaurant in Kendall

I was craving a Mediterranean meal with some hungry friends looking to eat lunch and stumbled upon this place based on its great reviews. So glad we decided to go because it was a delicious experience at insanely low prices. This food spot is in the back of an international market that also sells authentic Mediterranean cooking ingredients. My two friends and I were the only people there which ended up feeling very homey as their staff was warmly attentive and open to explaining menu items we hadn't heard of.

We ordered the Baba Ghanouj (roasted eggplant dip) as an appetizer and ended up finishing off every bit with a spoon when we ran out of pita because it was that good. For lunch I ordered the El Basha Combo Platter which included kibbeh (small stuffed meat pies), grape leaves, hummus, baba ghanouj and tabouleh for a whopping $8, being the most expensive lunch menu item. The food is made immediately and is noticeably fresh. My friends also ordered lunch combo platters---the shawarma platter and the chicken shawarma platter, both were perfect.

Will come back when my Mediterranean craving strikes again, very excited to try other things on their menu that I'm sure will all taste great. Also, took a home a pound of black olives that I ended up using for a stuffed chicken thigh with black olives recipe. They were...

Wow what a great food experience this was for me. My son chose this place and I am not one to go out of my food comfort zone but I did on this day. There was only one person working on this day and he was very welcoming and helpful in choices and apologized for having to wait which I felt was a reasonable wait time we had. We chose to eat here. There is not much seating and it is a simple atmosphere and a small place. We tried a few appetizers, sandwiches and platers. The food had so much flavor, texture and very reasonably priced. They also had many unique grocery items to purchase we enjoyed looking through everything. They had many choices of drinks along with exotic type drinks. Parking was easy. They are refacing the strip mall so there were scaffolds at their entrance but it was not inconvenient at all. From the time we walked in until we left it was a great experience for our family and we are looking forward...

For me, this is the epitome of finding special, unique, and rare ingredients. This is my Mediterranean mart. I have not eaten here, just love the groceries. Artichoke heart crowns!! Not only is it hard to find good artichokes, the amount of work required to clean them and separate the heart and have this many, is just a pure joy for me! The other treasure that I found, are these little baby okra, so small and cute, but taste a million times better than the big ones and really don't have as much of the slimy consistency. The pita was excellent and they put them in the freezer, to preserve freshness. They also have phyllo! We are lucky to have this...