Aalia’s — Restaurant in Oak Bluffs

Aalia's is a new coffee/breakfast/Middle Eastern(yes you read that right!) restaurant located in the heart of Martha's Vineyard. While there are options a plenty on the island, I highly recommend checking this eclectic place out. Here's why....

Common breakfast fair is available, as well as some fresh and unique options like an açaí bowl, Lebanese Breakfast, and Egyptian Fried Eggs. You can't go wrong with the breakfast menu.

Serving at the same time is the lunch/dinner menu which is where this place really stands out. They offer three types of shawarma; beef, chicken, and vegetable. Also while supplies last they have an amazing North African chicken that is a dinner exclusive but goes quite fast.

If you are visiting the vineyard it is easy to get caught up in the crowded, long waiting line restaurants that are very good, but Aalia's is a gem among so many options. They is plenty of indoor seating, as well as an outdoor area that is family and dog friendly. If you are in Martha's Vineyard you DEFINITELY need to try this place. It will leave you...

This is a gem - charming, bright interior, amazing food and lattes, friendly service. I was looking for a breakfast spot with sit down service, which was hard to find on a Wednesday before Memorial Day, but this counter service place delivered (and then some). The portions are huge, very reasonably priced, and every component is thoughtful (chives in the eggs, homemade honey butter, etc). We had a cardamon latte, vanilla latte, the big breakfast, the brown sugar challah french toast, and a side of sausage. Everything was perfection - fluffy biscuit, crispy mashed potato hashbrown, and some of the best french toast I've ever had (fluffy and custardy inside with crispy edges did not even need syrup, though the honey butter made it sing even more!). Could easily share one entree between two people, but was so happy to be able to try so many things. The lattes were perfectly made (and worth the wait for such a well done drink). Go here, try as many things as you can, you...

We went for the convenience as well as a high rating. Don’t be fooled by its size, iseating is a bit limited, but we soon found out why it has the rating it does. You would not expect the level of quality of food to come out of the small kitchen - but wow oh wow. Every thing we had surpassed any expectations. It was hard to fathom how a seemingly simple bagel breakfast sandwich could be that oh my goodness delicious! It came with a side of hash browns that weren’t your normal hash browns. Light & fluffy & perfectly crispy on the outside w just a dash of chives to give extra depth to the fluffy potato pillow. A big plus for me was they have gluten free bread for my ‘standard’ breakfast of light & fluffy scrambled eggs. Even the side of butter wasn’t ordinary butter, but lightly whipped sweet butter w a hint of honey. We had already had our coffees, but all the drinks coming across the counter looked amazing. If you’re in Oak Bluffs,...