Al Basha Grill — Restaurant in Miami Beach

Second or third time in the area and did not know where to go for food. Found this place. Initially did not have very high opinions of the place, as it was eight pm on a Saturday, with not many people in the place of business. I did observe quite a few people coming and going though. Probably doing takeout. Made an order for beef and rice, fully expecting the food to taste dry as I have made this same order to many other restaurants around Florida to include however not limited to Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Melbourne,. You get the idea. I also order two dishes of beef and chicken and one for chicken only that both come with rice to take home for tomorrow. The food takes a few minutes to be served, which is expected. This leads me to believe that the food is being made to order, which is always a decent sign. I take the first bite of the rice with some of the sauce. Unexpected flavor hits my taste buds. I take a moment to process that this food is not bland, dry or spicy. My brain takes a minute to process. This bed of rice is moist, with the right amount of flavor. Next I take a bite of the beef. This beef has the right amount of flavor. There is no dryness to this beef as with previous restaurants all across the state. The person that made this beef took time and effort. This person is proud of this beef. Lastly, I decided to go for the trifecta and take a bite of the chopped up lettuce and tomatoes, fully expecting them to be past their prime. I am again surprised as each bite of the lettuce is met with crunches, the chopped tomatoes taste as though they were cut at the perfect time of ripening. Now that I have tried everything on the plate and am thoroughly impressed, I devoured that plate. There is not a minuscule of food left on that plate once finished. By this time the additional food has been delivered to my table, wrapped nicely with the lettuce in one set of boxes, the rice and meat in another. I thoroughly thank these two people in this establishment, who are known as Nahyan and Khaled for their outstanding meal. This is a hidden gem of an establishment. If they were nearby, I would come for food at least once a week. I will definitely be coming back the next time I am in the area. Props to this establishment for taking pride in their food, going the extra mile, and adding flavor back...

Walking distance from mid/ south beach. Not the best location given the adult club next door. They were operating on Ramadan hours (open at 8pm) when we went. We got there around 7:40 so had to walk around a bit. We ended up killing time at the Argentinian coffee shop a few stores down.

For my whole foods with no (minimal) added oils vegan ways, and desire to avoid lettuce due to recent E. coli related recalls, there weren't too many options on the menu. And then, they were out of almost everything I asked for: fresh fruit smoothie, lentil soup, Moroccan tea. I ended up getting hummus, vegetable grape leaves, and the Arabian Shepherd Salad. I asked for everything without oil, and dressing on the side for the salad. Food was mediocre - but know that my standards are set by Lebanese establishments in Dearborn, MI!

Service was not the best, but one gets what one is paying for. our server redeemed herself a bit by agreeing to make us some sage and mint tea upon our asking, and brought out baklava on the House. I didn't partake, but my 3 colleagues appreciated it.

I'll skip the place next time. I'd probably have skipped it to begin with, had it not been for a colleague who was looking for a sit down place that...

I ordered a chicken and Gyro plate for $16.99. I was the only customer in the small sitting area, in full view of the cooks and the cashier. 30 minutes later I asked if my food was ready, at which point they realized that they had not started on it. Again I was the only customer in the place. So they took another /5 minutes to get it ready. There was a very tiny amount of meat on this platter. There were three small cubes of chicken on a skewer. There was maybe 1 or 2 ounces of Gyro meat which were cold and dry. I’m not quite sure how this establishment can possibly serve cold and dry Gyro meat when they have the Gyro meat spinning on a spit in front of fire right in front of you. After eating the disappointing and the not-filling food, I witnessed two STATE HEALTH INSPECTORS reading the riot act to the chef/owner about PEST CONTROL. They told him that they have to file the report right then on their iPad. They will then wait for the response from Tallahassee before they can tell him if he can continue staying open. Until the response comes back, they told him he can stay open. This was the most nightmarish experience....