Madina restaurant — Restaurant in Nashville-Davidson

I am glad you chose to see why I gave this place 3 stars.

I am not familiar with Somalian or East African, food, culture and people. Glad I had the unique opportunity to be in the USA and still experience samples of other cultures.

Quick reminder before you interact with other cultures foe.

Practice patience.

This place confuses me. For so many reasons. It’s hard to find. Parking lot is a disaster and when you try to get in line it’s confusing because the menu is confusing and there are people everywhere. I was so confused.

When you finally get to the menu. Nothing looks familiar. I didnt know what I did or did not like so it made it difficult to make a decison. I used everything I know to make the best guess based off what I thought I liked and what kind of sounds familiar. Scary but okay. Noone is sure about everything. I am not sure about anything anymore.

Based off of a picture with no prices. It’s hard to compare the value of each. The person at the register will only say the price of the dish you ask but wont tell you what the cheepest dish is…Weird.

The wraps on the bottom right are easy comfortable dishes for under $10 but don’t capture the essence of why you come to a place like this. I would try anything you can dip that beautiful bread into. If your willing to travel 1,000s of miles to experience culture. A quick trip in your backyard is fine.

To make it simple. If your curious to try some delicious food outside of your comfort. The food here is really good and they have some special secret green sauce.

3 stars, it’s not for everyone. Like...

I saw the 4.9 star review and had to try Madina and I'm so glad I did. It isn't a fancy restaurant but the quality (and quantity) of the food and the very reasonable price make this an amazing choice. I ordered the beef and rice lunch and it was incredible. Starts out with a wonderful bowl of soup - nothing fancy but knowing the health benefits of a broth-based soap, I dug in. A huge late of rice with wonderful raisins and a separate plate with the beef were out shortly. The raisins were infused with a modest amount of honey - truly amazing. Rice was really good. The beef was cut into thin, high quality slices. A very generous portion and, again, the subtlety and complexity of the flavors made this a real treat. Nice grill onions on this. A small pitcher of delightful lemon water - a very subtle experience - again, they know how to bring the best out of their ingredients. The lemon water was very mild and pleasant - I don't drink lemonade as I find it overwhelming. Finally, a nice healthy banana. The servers were friendly and attentive. My kid goes to school in Nashville - asked to bring lots and lots of friends over for some great,...

This place is really wonderful. I dined with 3 companions and all 4 of our dishes were excellent. I ordered the KK with chicken, my husband ordered KK with steak, my friend ordered chapattis with beef sugar, and my 4th friend couldn't decide so our server said he'd pick for her. Our meals started with an aromatic brothy soup, followed by Somali coffee which is fragrant with cardamom, an orange drink, fresh bananas, and then finished off with a delightful mango pudding mixed with fruit. My friend's surprise meal came with 2 large and super puffy breads that were delicious with the hot sauce that was on the table. Every meal was bursting with flavor and was enough to feed 2-3 people. $18 per person. And when we were paying, our server bypassed the tip screen, but we just tipped him with cash. He was very attentive and friendly. We would definitely dine here again and highly recommend it to...