Albasha Greek & Lebanese Café

3501 Severn Ave #1, Metairie
(504) 304-8441

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22 Meat Sampler Plate w Grape Leaves
Chicken Shawarma Salad
Chicken Shawarma Plate
Shawarma Chicken Wrap
Mediterranean Hummus
Albasha Super Salad
Eggplant Moussaka
Shrimp Kabob
Taboule Salad
Grilled Fish

Menu

Featured items
Combination Chicken Shawarma and Gyro Plate
Served with hummus and rice.
Chicken Shawarma Plate
Fresh boneless chicken marinated, olive oil, and Lebanese spices. Cut in thin slices. Served with hummus and rice.
Chicken Shawarma Salad
Feta or fatoush.
Fried Cheese
Kosher cheese made from a mixture of goat and sheep milk, this brined cheese is fried and garnished with fresh oregano.
Hummus
Click peas blended with tahini, sesame paste, lemon juice, and garlic.
Mediterranean Hummus
Hummus with feta cheese, fresh tomatoes, pickled garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, and pitted black olives. No substitutions for pita bread.
Shrimp Shish Kabob
Shrimp broiled in butte, garlic, and lemon juice.
Meat Stuffed Grape Leaves (6 pcs)
Kosher ground beef, herbs, spices, and grape leaves.
Adass Soup
Lentil bean soup.
Vegetarian Plate
Served with feta cheese salad, plus select 5 of your favorite (grape leaves, spinach pie, baba ghanouj, moussaka (eggplant), moussaka (squash), falafel, rice pilaf, taboule salad).
Chicken Shawarma
Served with French fries or rice.
Feta Cheese Salad
Fresh romaine lettuce, feta cheese, Albasha's homemade extra-virgin olive oil dressing. Gluten-free, vegetarian.
Meat Mousaka Plate
Layers of sautéed potato, eggplant, and ground beef, topped with our creamy "béchamel" sauce. Served with fatoush salad or feta cheese salad and rice. No substitutions for pita bread.

Most Popular
Combination Chicken Shawarma and Gyro Plate
Served with hummus and rice.
Chicken Shawarma Plate
Fresh boneless chicken marinated, olive oil, and Lebanese spices. Cut in thin slices. Served with hummus and rice.
Fried Cheese
Kosher cheese made from a mixture of goat and sheep milk, this brined cheese is fried and garnished with fresh oregano.
Falafel
Lebanese vegetable patties, a mixture of cracked wheat and chickpeas, deep-fried.
Beef Shish Kabob Plate
Chicken Breast
Broiled chicken breast topped with mushrooms, bell pepper, and onion.

Specialties
Kicking Chicken
Chicken sautéed in olive oil, with bell pepper, squash, and red onion.

House Specialties & Meza
Lamb Shank
Tender and juicy lamb shank over rice pilaf, topped with sautéed pine nuts. Served with hummus and feta salad.
Meat Stuffed Plate
Grape leaves (2), cabbage (2), squash (1), and stuffed bell pepper (1).
Albasha's Platter
A special combination of grape leaves, kibbi, hummus, and rice choice of (beef, kafta, chicken, or lamb kabob) or (chicken shawarma and gyro).
Mousaka Plate (Meat)
Layers of sautéed potato, eggplant, and stuffed bell pepper.
Albasha's Meza (serves for 2)
A sample of feta salad, hummus, baba ghanouj, kibbi, falafel, grape leaves, cabbage rolls, rice, and a special combination of chicken and gyro.
Albasha's Meza (serves for 3)
A sample of feta cheese salad, hummus, baba ganouj, grape leaves, cabbage rolls, and a special combination of chicken and gyro.

Appetizers
Hummus
Click peas blended with tahini, sesame paste, lemon juice, and garlic.
Mediterranean Hummus
Hummus with feta cheese, fresh tomatoes, pickled garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, and pitted black olives. No substitutions for pita bread.
Fried Cheese
Kosher cheese made from a mixture of goat and sheep milk, this brined cheese is fried and garnished with fresh oregano.
Meat Stuffed Grape Leaves (6 pcs)
Kosher ground beef, herbs, spices, and grape leaves.
Mujadarah
Lentils, rice, sauteed onions.
Meat Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (6 pcs)
Kosher ground beef, herbs, spices, cabbage leaves.
Mousaka (Eggplant)
Baked fried eggplant in tomato sauce, topped with sautéed vegetables.
Falafel
Lebanese vegetable patties, a mixture of cracked wheat and chickpeas, deep-fried.
Meat Stuffed Bell Pepper (1 pc)
Kosher ground beef and rice seasoned with Mediterranean spices, bell pepper, tomato sauce, Mediterranean spices.
Meatless Stuffed Grape Leaves (6 pcs)
Meat Stuffed Squash (2 Rolls)
Kosher ground beef, herbs, spices, squash.
Feta Cheese-Greek Olives
Kalamata olives pitted and stuffed.
Baba Ghanouj
Blend of broiled eggplants, garlic, tahini sauce, and lemon juice.
Grecian Sauce
Cucumber dip with sour cream, garlic, and Greek spices.
Hummus with Beef or Lamb
Mouska (Squash)
Baked squash with olive oil, garlic, onion, and fresh garlic.

Soup & Salad
Chicken Shawarma Salad
Feta or fatoush.
Feta Cheese Salad
Fresh romaine lettuce, feta cheese, Albasha's homemade extra-virgin olive oil dressing. Gluten-free, vegetarian.
Adass Soup
Lentil bean soup.
Gyro Salad
Feta or fatoush.
Taboule
Traditional Lebanese parsley cracked wheat salad.
Shrimp Salad
Grilled shrimp served over feta cheese or fatoush.
Combination Chicken and Gyro
Feta or fatoush.
Fatoush Salad
Toasted pita bread salad with vinaigrette house dressing.
Green Garden Salad
Fresh romaine lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and bell pepper. Gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan.
Greek Soup
Chicken, cabbage, potatoes, peas.
Salmon Salad

Sandwiches
Hamburger
Served with French fries.
Fried Cheese Sandwich
Halloumi cheese fried with our home dressing, tomato, cucumber, and lettuce.
Gyro Sandwich
A lean blend of ground beef and lamb, lightly seasoned, topped with Grecian sauce, tomato, and onions.
Chicken Sandwich
Vertically broiled fresh chicken with Grecian sauce, tomato, and lettuce.
Falafel Sandwich
Fresh vegetable patties with tahini sauce, tomato, and lettuce.
Souvlaki Sandwich
Tender beef with tahini sauce, tomato, and onion.
Shrimp Sandwich

Shawarma & Gyros
Combination Chicken Shawarma and Gyro Plate
Served with hummus and rice.
Chicken Shawarma Plate
Fresh boneless chicken marinated, olive oil, and Lebanese spices. Cut in thin slices. Served with hummus and rice.
Gyro Plate
A lean blend of ground beef and lamb is broiled vertically and cut into thin slices. Served with hummus and rice.

Pasta & Vegetarian
Vegetarian Plate
Served with feta cheese salad, plus select 5 of your favorite (grape leaves, spinach pie, baba ghanouj, moussaka (eggplant), moussaka (squash), falafel, rice pilaf, taboule salad).
Meat Mousaka Plate
Layers of sautéed potato, eggplant, and ground beef, topped with our creamy "béchamel" sauce. Served with fatoush salad or feta cheese salad and rice. No substitutions for pita bread.
Chicken Pasta
Served with feta cheese salad.
Shrimp Pasta
Served with feta cheese salad.
Gyro Pasta
Served with feta cheese salad.

From the Broiler
Beef Shish Kabob Plate
Chicken Breast
Broiled chicken breast topped with mushrooms, bell pepper, and onion.
Chicken Shish Kabob Plate
Served with feta cheese salad, hummus, rice, and pita bread. No substitutions for pita bread.
Lamb Shish Kabob Pate
Rack of lamb
Very tender and perfectly seasoned (5 pieces).
Kafta Kabob Plate
Seasoned ground beef mixed with onions and parsley. Served with feta cheese salad, hummus, rice, and pita bread. Served with your choice of protein with a feta cheese salad. No substitutions for pita bread.

Seafood Dinners
Shrimp Shish Kabob
Shrimp broiled in butte, garlic, and lemon juice.
Broiled Tilapia
Topped with mushrooms, and garlic in lemon butter sauce.
Shrimp Scampi
Shrimp sautéed in butter, garlic, and lemon juice topped with mushrooms and bell pepper.
Broiled Red Fish
Topped with mushrooms, and garlic in lemon butter sauce.
Broiled Salmon
Topped with rosemary, lemon, and garlic butter sauce. Served with squash moussaka (no hummus).
Combination Seafood Platter
Choice of broiled tilapia or redfish with 5 large shrimp topped with sautéed mushrooms and garlic in lemon butter sauce.

Kids' Plates
Chicken Shawarma
Served with French fries or rice.
Hamburger
Served with French fries.
Gyro
Served with French fries or rice.
Chichen Tender
Served with French fries.

Side Orders
Side of French Fries
Side of Pita Bread
Side of Grecian Sauce
Bag of Pita Bread (6 Pitas)
Side of Chili Paste
Side of Sliced Cucumbers
Side of Feta Cheese
Bottled Rose Water

Desserts
Tiramisu
Ladyfingers dipped in coffee liqueur layered in mascarpone.

Beverages
Iced Tea (Gallon)
Fountain Drinks (24 oz)
To-go cup.
Fresh Squeezed Lemonade (24 oz)
To-go cup.
Mango Juice (8 oz)
Bottled juice.
Lebanese Coffee
Gold Peak Sweet Tea (24 oz)
To-go cup.
Club Soda
Perrier

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Recent Reviews

The food portions come with so much! I ordered to go and they packed it all very nicely. They even let me try some Lebanese tea before I bought it as I didn’t know what it would taste like. Definitely recommend!
June 2025
Albashas is my favorite restaurant and I typically eat at the Baton Rouge locations. Compared to those, the quality of the food at this Metairie location is very disappointing. The olives, salad dressing, even the chicken is not even close to the quality of the other locations. I've eaten here many times and the lettuce is almost always bad with lots of dark and wilted pieces to pick out. It's like they're sacrificing quality somehow here. I love Albashas and will...
March 2025
The restaurant is bright and clean looking with delicious smells all around us. I ordered the grilled shrimp plate, it came with fresh humus, and a green salad,and rice with peas. Everything was delicious. The rice was perfectly cooked, light and fluffy the peas sweet. The salad was simple just chopped romaine but the dressing was so yummy. Feta on top was a little salty a little tangy. The humus was cool smooth and tasty. The grilled shrimp were buttery garlicky and cooked just...
February 2025

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Albasha Greek & Lebanese Café

3501 Severn Ave #1, Metairie, LA 70002
(504) 304-8441