Rana's Indian Bazaar- Al Salam Halal Market & Café — Restaurant in Pittsburgh

Pretty solid spot for Middle Eastern groceries, but some of the cooked food falls short. They are somewhat often out of things on the menu, without updating it, it seems. But, the food is still pretty alright. I tried the Moroccan cookies, the baklava, the lamb gyro sandwich, and the hummus.

Originally, I had ordered basbousa, but they were out of it. So, to make up for it, the gave me the cookies and some hummus (more than enough, so thank you!) The cookies themselves were probably my favorite part of the meal. They were coated nicely with powdered sugar and had a slight date flavor, a grainy texture, and were overall quite good.

The hummus was kind of disappointing. It had a strange acidity to it. Honestly, it just didn’t take that fresh or creamy. There also wasn’t any pits served with it.

The lamb gyro was also just alright. I had ordered it without lettuce, but it came with lettuce anyways. The meat was fine, not too tender or tough, but probably also not the highest quality. Pita seemed not homemade. Lots of vegetables. Sauce was okay, a little creamy, but not too much.

The baklava was not worth buying, in my opinion. It definitely tasted storebought and not made in house. It was stale and quite flavorless. No crunch, no nuttiness, very dry. No syrup. Not that good.

I probably won’t be returning to this place for the cooked food. But, the market itself is really nice, so I may come...

The previous management was sad. The store attendant was blatant at over pricing and billing. If you weren't looking , she'd add any amount to the bill and when confronted, she'd be nonchalant and blame it on the system.

Now with the new management, we thought things would be better. But sadly the store is the same.

The veggies are not fresh. The cost is more than the cost at other stores .

The frozen section has expired or stale stuff. My personal experience with buying tinned sweetmeat from them twice. On both occassion it was stale and spoilt.

The management refuses to accept it. I'm definitely not going there and will...

Be careful - April 2018 experience. They billed me 10 times the actual cost. The billing guys were more interested in watching TV. They also informed wrong prices when enquired. Please be careful. When I went back on excess billing, the billing lady didn't even apologise and ask me to take a gift card. This lady is pretty rude and lazy.

t's small n quick shopping. Will get all general grocery and some Pooja stuff. Samosa is good here to eat. They accept card for purchase above $7. Staff is ok here. Free parking...