Sahara Restaurant & Grill- Bar The District Detroit
77 W Columbia St, Detroit
(313) 888-9909
Customers' Favorites
Mixed Appetizer Hummus Grape Leaves Baba Ghanouj Tabbouleh
Chicken Tawook with Veggies
Sahara Super Combo for 2
Mixed Appetizer Platter
Vegetarian Combination
Sahara Chicken Fries
Stuffed Grape Leaves
Chicken Kafta Kabob
Chicken Cream Chop
Colorado Lamb Chops
Appetizers
Hummus
Vegetarian. Mashed chickpeas mixed with olive oil, lemon juice, tahini, and garlic. Served with pita bread.
Hummus with Meat
Hummus topped with your choice of fried lamb, beef, chicken, or salmon. Served with pita bread.
Falafel
Vegetarian. 4 pieces of ground chickpeas mixed with vegetables, prepared with our own spices and deep fried. Served with pita bread.
Sahara Fries
Beef or chicken shawarma, chicken cream chop, or falafel, on top of hot fries then drizzled with sahara ranch. Served with pita bread.
Fried Chicken Wings
6-piece original wings, bone-in.
Vegetarian Combination
Vegetarian. Hummus, baba ghanouge, tabbouleh, and falafel. Served with pita bread.
Sahara Maza Tray
Vegetarian. Hummus, baba change, tabbouleh, fattoush, falafel, and grape leaves. Served with pita bread.
Yogurt garlic dip- Labneh
Vegetarian. Yogurt mixed with pureed garlic. Served with pita bread.
Baba Ghanouge
Vegetarian. Baked eggplant mashed and mixed with olive oil, lemon juice, tahini, and garlic. Served with pita bread.
Steak Bites
Savory steak bites, seared to perfection with zip sauce and mushrooms. Served with pita bread.
Cheese Sticks (4 pcs)
Vegetarian. Served with pita bread.
Fried Kibbee
4 pieces of finely ground lamb, mixed with cracked wheat and served with yogurt on the side. Served with pita bread.
Saute Shrimp
Sautéed in a garlic wine sauce. Served with pita bread.
Calamari
Vegetarian. Lightly fried and served with roasted red pepper sauce. Served with pita bread.
Salads
Fattoush
Vegetarian. Cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, parsley, onions, fried pita bread, lemon juice, and olive oil. Salads.
Taboulee
Vegetarian. Parsley, tomatoes, green onions, dried mint, cracked wheat, lemon juice, and olive oil. Salads.
Sahara Salad
Vegetarian. Cucumbers, tomatoes, beets, chickpeas, lemon juice, and olive oil. Salads.
Greek Salad
Vegetarian. Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, chickpeas, beets, olives, and feta cheese. Salads.
Falafel Salad
Vegetarian. Diced cucumbers and tomatoes mixed with falafel and tahini sauce. Salads.
Shawarma Salad
Your choice of beef or chicken. Served with your choice of fattoush salad, greek salad, tossed salad, cabbage salad, or a tabouleh salad. Salads.
Jajeek
Vegetarian. Yogurt mixed with mashed garlic and cucumbers topped with mint. Salads.
Eggplant Salad
Vegetarian. Thinly sliced colored bell peppers tossed with cucumbers, tomatoes, and fried eggplant, drizzled with olive oil and lemon. Salads.
Caesar Salad
Vegetarian. Chopped cabbage mixed with diced beets, tomatoes, and fresh mint, drizzled with olive oil and lemon. Salads.
Soups & Stews
Chicken Lemon Rice
Chicken lemon rice. Soups.
Adas Soup (Lentil)
Adas soup. Soups.
Curry Stew
Curry stew. Soups.
White Bean Stew
White bean stew. Soups.
Sandwiches
Shawarma Sandwich
Shawarma. All sandwiches wrapped with your choice of pita or tortilla bread, please choose your toppings and sauces. Additional charge for extra dressing.
Chicken Cream Chop Sandwich
Chicken breast breaded and fried chicken cut into strips. All sandwiches wrapped with your choice of pita or tortilla bread, please choose your toppings and sauces. Additional charge for extra dressing.
Falafel Sandwich
Vegetarian. All sandwiches wrapped with your choice of pita or tortilla bread, please choose your toppings and sauces. Additional charge for extra dressing.
Beef Kabob Kafta Sandwich
Ground beef mixed with our special seasonings grilled on the shish. All sandwiches wrapped with your choice of pita or tortilla bread, please choose your toppings and sauces. Additional charge for extra dressing.
Chicken Kabob Tika Sandwich
Chicken tika. All sandwiches wrapped with your choice of pita or tortilla bread, please choose your toppings and sauces. Additional charge for extra dressing.
Lamb Tika Sandwich
Lamb tika. All sandwiches wrapped with your choice of pita or tortilla bread, please choose your toppings and sauces. Additional charge for extra dressing.
Beef Tika Sandwich
Beef tika. All sandwiches wrapped with your choice of pita or tortilla bread, please choose your toppings and sauces. Additional charge for extra dressing.
Potato Chop Sandwich
Potato chop is beef in a mashed potato shell, fried. All sandwiches wrapped with your choice of pita or tortilla bread, please choose your toppings and sauces. Additional charge for extra dressing.
Chicken Kabob Kafta Sandwich
Chicken kafta. All sandwiches wrapped with your choice of pita or tortilla bread, please choose your toppings and sauces. Additional charge for extra dressing.
Lamb Dinners
Lamb Chops
Four lamb chops charbroiled to your taste. All dinners are served with rice & stew or steamed vegetables or french fries, and a soup or a salad. Tashreeb is not served with rice, vegetables or fries.
Lamb Shank
Cooked with homemade sauce. All dinners are served with rice & stew or steamed vegetables or french fries, and a soup or a salad. Tashreeb is not served with rice, vegetables or fries.
Lamb Kabob Tika
Chunks of lamb tenderloin charbroiled to your taste. All dinners are served with rice & stew or steamed vegetables or french fries, and a soup or a salad. Tashreeb is not served with rice, vegetables or fries.
Seafood Dinner
Salmon Filet
Broiled salmon seasoned. All dinners are served with rice & stew, steamed vegetables, or french fries, and your choice of soup or salad.
Calamari
Calamari. All dinners are served with rice & stew, steamed vegetables, or french fries, and your choice of soup or salad.
Shrimp Kabob
Tender shrimp dipped in a creamy garlic and butter sauce, charbroiled to perfection. All dinners are served with rice & stew, steamed vegetables, or french fries, and your choice of soup or salad.
Fried Catfish
Breaded fish filet deep fried to a golden brown. All dinners are served with rice or steamed vegetables, or french fries.
Jumbo Fried Shrimp
Fried shrimp with our special sauce. All dinners are served with rice & stew, steamed vegetables, or french fries, and your choice of soup or salad.
Shrimp Scampi
Fresh shrimp marinated with white wine and italian sauce. All dinners are served with rice & stew, steamed vegetables, or french fries, and your choice of soup or salad.
Sautees / Ghallaba
Stir Fry Salmon
Pan fried with colored peppers onion and tomato. All dinners are served with rice, or vegetables or french fries, and a soup or salad.
Stir Fry Vegetarian
Vegetarian. Sautéed onions, green peppers, tomatoes and vegetables. All dinners are served with rice, or vegetables or french fries, and a soup or salad.
Stir Fry Chicken
Tender pieces of chicken sautéed with onions, green peppers, and tomatoes. All dinners are served with rice, or vegetables or french fries, and a soup or salad.
Stir Fry Beef
Tender pieces of beef sautéed with onions, green peppers, and tomatoes. All dinners are served with rice, or vegetables or french fries, and a soup or salad.
Stir Fry Shrimp
Fresh pieces of shrimp, sautéed with onions, green peppers, and tomatoes. All dinners are served with rice, or vegetables or french fries, and a soup or salad.
House Specialties
Stuffed Grape Leaves
Grape leaves stuffed with rice, beef and tomatoes, seasoned with our own spices. House specialties.
Vegetarian Grape Leaves
Vegetarian. Grape leaves stuffed with rice, vegetables and seasoned with our own spices. House specialties.
Potato Chop
Seasoned beef, stuffed in a mashed potato shell and deep fried to a golden brown. House specialties.
Sahara Combination Plates & Trays
Create Your Own Combo (Choice of Three)
Cyo combo (3). Served with a variety of meats, choice of rice & stew, or french fries, or steamed vegetables and soup or salad.
Sahara Super Combo
1 beef kafta kabob, beef shawarma, chicken cream chop, 1 chicken kafta kabob, and 3 pieces chicken kabob tika. Served with rice, stew and two dinner salads or two soups. Feeds 2-3 people. Served with a variety of meats, choice of rice & stew, or french fries, or steamed vegetables and soup or salad.
Sahara Combo for 3
Sahara Combo tray includes 5 meats
Chicken creamchop
Chicken Tika
Beef Shawarma
Beef Kafta Kabob
Chicken Kafta Kabob
Sahara Super Combo for 4
Veggie Pita Wrap
Veggie Pita Wrap
Poultry Dinners
Lemon Chicken Cream Chop
Sautéed with butter, garlic, parsley, and fresh lemon juice. All dinners are served with your choice of rice & stew, or steamed vegetables, or french fries; and a soup or salad.
Chicken Shawarma
Seasoned sliced chicken, broiled to your taste. All dinners are served with your choice of rice & stew, or steamed vegetables, or french fries; and a soup or salad.
Grilled Chicken
Chicken breast marinated and grilled with garlic and lemon. All dinners are served with your choice of rice & stew, or steamed vegetables, or french fries; and a soup or salad.
Chicken Kafta
Ground chicken mixed with parsley and onions,char-broiled to your taste. All dinners are served with your choice of rice & stew, or steamed vegetables, or french fries; and a soup or salad.
Chicken Kabob Tika
Chunks of white chicken breast marinated in lemon and garlic. All dinners are served with your choice of rice & stew, or steamed vegetables, or french fries; and a soup or salad.
De-Boned Chicken
Grilled with our special sauce. All dinners are served with your choice of rice & stew, or steamed vegetables, or french fries; and a soup or salad.
Chicken Cream Chop
Sliced breaded chicken breast deep fried to a golden brown. All dinners are served with your choice of rice & stew, or steamed vegetables, or french fries; and a soup or salad.
Chicken Thighs
Grilled with our special sauce. All dinners are served with your choice of rice & stew, or steamed vegetables, or french fries
Sahara Chicken
Grilled chicken breast served with a mushroom gravy sauce. All dinners are served with your choice of rice & stew, or steamed vegetables, or french fries and a soup or salad.
Quails
3 pieces tender quails seasoned and charbroiled to perfection. All dinners are served with your choice of rice & stew, or steamed vegetables, or french fries; and a soup or salad.
Shawarma Quesadilla
Chicken or beef shawarma served with fries.
Sauteed Quails
Served with lemon garlic sauce. All dinners are served with your choice of rice & stew, or steamed vegetables, or french fries; and a soup or salad.
Beef Dinner
Beef & Lamb Shawarma
Seasoned sliced beef and lamb broiled to your taste. Beef dinner.
Beef Kabob Tika
Chunks of beef filet, charbroiled to your taste. Your choice of plain or with zip sauce. Beef dinner.
Sahara Hamburger
Prime choice angus burger served with fries. Beef dinner.
Beef Shish Kafta
Ground beef & lamb mixed with parsley and onions, charbroiled to your taste. Beef dinner.
Kids Corner
Kids Menu
Kids menu. Kids corner.
Side Orders
Sahara Ranch
Sahara ranch. Side orders.
Fresh Oven Bread
Fresh oven pita bread 3 pieces per order. Side orders.
Garlic 2 oz. Cup
2oz garlic. Side orders.
Garlic Spread
Garlic spread. Side orders.
French Fries
French fries. Side orders.
Rice
Basmati white rice. Side orders.
Steamed Vegetables
Steamed vegie. Side orders.
Rice & Stew
Rice & stew. Side orders.
Grld Jalapeno
Grld jalapeno. Side orders.
Home Fries
Home fries. Side orders.
Shrimp Skewer
Shrimp skewer. Side orders.
Grld Tomato/Onion
Grld tomato/onion. Side orders.
Desserts
Baklava
Rice Pudding
Homemade rice pudding. Desserts.
Crème Carmel
Home made creme carmel. Desserts.
Fresh Raw Juices
Sahara Power Drink
Sahara power drnk. Fresh raw juices.
Sahara Smoothie
Sahara smoothie. Fresh raw juices.
Carrot Juice
Carrot juice. Fresh raw juices.
Strawberry-Banana Smoothie
Straberry-banana smoothie. Fresh raw juices.
Apple-Carrot Juice
Apple-carrot juice. Fresh raw juices.
Beverage
Canned Soda Drinks
Can drink. Beverage.
Fountain Soda Drinks
Fountain drink. Beverage.
Bottled Water
Bottled water. Beverage.
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Recent Reviews
Fabulous bar tender who was also our server as there were employees that did not come into work. The restaurant is beautiful and the food was delightfully good. They did the best they could on a Game Day very short on staff. It was good enough that we will try it again when we're in Detroit next
November 2025
Our server was able to give us great food recommendations. We ate a fattoush salad, steak bites, calamari and chicken shish tikka. The lemon oregano sauce was SO GOOD. We were not offered the complimentary pita, which all of the dining tables around us were. We also had to ask for refills (I had one, and the second one was brought to me after we were finished eating for reference). There was a lot going on downtown that night so I understand the service wasn't top notch as...
October 2025
Friendly and prompt service. Insanely good spiced ice tea was a delightful surprise, but it might not be for everyone so be aware when you order. We had the baba as an app and it was garnished with cubes of beet which was a wonderful twist on the otherwise classic dish. I made my own combo with beef kafta, chicken shish tikka, and beef shawarma, as pictured. and my eldest got the mixed grill and my youngest got Sahara Chicken without mushrooms. All was fantastic and the toum was...
September 2025
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