Zena's Lebanese Cuisine — Restaurant in Orange

The place is cozy and well decorated, it is medium size and can fill up fast and it does! It fills up for a reason though, the food is amazing! I started off with the tabuli and that is an excellent starting dish if you like a lemon flavor. After that I had the house salad. Regular salad just like most places but the dressing... God himself would come down for a taste! The lettuce is always crunchy and fresh really blew my mind as I have not come her in three years. I finished off with a lamb platter. Which comes with lamb, rice, hummus, and tomatoes. I have yet to find a place that serves better lamb. The flavor is consistent in every piece and the meat is definitely juicy even well-cooked the meat still holds a great bite! After that I had the chicken soup. Which as far as chicken soups go is delicious. The chicken is fresh and the veggies are fresh the broth brings all the flavors together. As they say, this isn't out of a can. I could really taste the seasoning. The best part though... the absolute best part of the soup was the garlic sauce! I personally hate garlic. But this sauce is like Frank red hots, you can put it on everything! Mixed in with the soup it always helped relieve any sinuses when I was younger and even now as an adult I'll still eat it when I'm feeling under the weather. Finished off the night with fresh baked baklava. Perfect pastry dessert after my extensive meal. The price after all of that was reasonable for the amount of food I had and the portion sizes. Definitely coming back as I consider making...

Good food, but check well your bill before pulling out your wallet !! We’ll never come back to this restaurant!! We’ve been 12 adults and 3 lettle kids, we’ve orderd:

2 large appetizer (10 mix ) $65 each = $130 - We kept asking about undelivered plates! 4 large mix grill $34.95 each say 35. = $140 - they delivered 3 plates & charged for 4! 1 Shawrma $14.95 say $15. = $ 15 1 shanglish $13.95 say $14. = $ 14 1 homemade fries $2.50 say $3. = $ 3 1mint tea $8. = $ 8 2 baklawa $4.45 each say $5. = $ 10 Total = $ 320 +7.75% taxes = $24.80 say 25 + $ 25 Gratituty 20% = $69 say 70. + $ 70 ————— Grand total = $415

Well, the bill came $578!! I know when you catch someone on the act usually he apologize and give excuses, but here the discussion...

Why Zena"s? It's never frozen, always fresh, where you can have a cold beer and warm conversation. They love the customers, treat you like family, because they feel you are. I love the restrooms, why, well who wants to dine at a place with poor cleanliness? Don't be fooled, a host of fresh and delicious food awaits you. Lebanese, yes, however, chicken is chicken and they pick the best. Kabobs, yum, baklava, always fresh and tasty. Lamb? For those or you who like myself, love basic lamb and rice. They have it. The owner works 6 days a week to insure the same tradition of Lebanese food prepared to perfection is always the same. 20 some years in the same location? Do the math. Love it, love it. Skip fast food, precooked, always frozen and drowned is secret sauce drive through garbage. Go here once and it will be your new...