Aladdin’s Market & Kitchen — Restaurant in Reno

I've been there twice in one week and for the value, I'll likely go again within the next week. I had never had shawarma until coming here. I ordered the basmati rice base with beef the first time and half beef half falafel the second. Got all the veggies, minus jalapeños. Tzatziki and/or tahini with the garlic sauce and even a bit of their house spicy red sauce were choices I tried. No matter the combo I tried, it was nothing short of amazing and incredibly filling. As for the market, it's limited in space and its international inventory but packs a punch in certain areas. I did notice a couple of things that can be picked up at certain discount stores with a large mark-up but that's irrelevant. I purchased a bag of Italian produced Cappuccino wafer bites which were amazing as well. There are a pair of couple-sized dining tables but unless you like the heat, it's not exactly the best place to dine but an excellent place to take-out order food from with really good prices and copious ingredients (although they could drop another falafel or two in the order). There is a cold holding area for their fresh baklava that I still have yet to try.

One fine extra is that it's literally less than 100 yards from my mailing address/moonlighting job so I can try something different sooner than later.

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I went get for the first time today... well, I entered the establishment for the first time today. I've taken my mom here to get things a few times. I must say that I loved the food. My mom really liked the food from the kitchen and she is really, really picky when it comes to food... especially when she likes a certain type of food. She's buys from the market, but didn't want to eat from the kitchen this time from a bad experience a while back, but absolutely loved the food this time. I typically cannot comment much on food quality because I'm fine with most edible things, but this food was even really good to me. The service, which is my favorite part of any experience was great here too. There was a line forming so one of the guys working went and got a pen and pad and started taking care of the people in the line. That's pro-active and shows that they value their customers. He gave me a menu because he saw me looking at the menu in the kitchen. I like that kind of attention. It's actually why we went back in to eat after doing the normal...

Overall, a great place to eat and shop. The employees and owner are extremely kind and very welcoming but sometimes they seem unprepared for the amount of customers they get through their kitchen. On the other hand the food is delicious, when they get the order done right and they are consistent with their recipes. I'm not sure if its because they get so busy at a time that the orders turn out to be not what you ordered or had before, even if it is the same exact dish that you ordered before. Like I said, the food is delicious just be sure that before you walk out you check that your order matches what you ordered.

My best experience has been when I've gone and I am there only customer because then the food turns out to be exactly what I ordered and tastes like what I expected it to taste all those other times they got my order wrong. If they were consistent with their food recipes and didn't get my orders wrong so often, I would give this...