Food is delicious—delicious is honestly an understatement. The service is amazing, everybody is always very kind and helpful. We have never once felt unwelcome here. For the amount of food you get the prices honestly aren’t bad! Best empanadas I’ve ever had in my life.
Jordan Flem
Hey, Z.F here (iykyk) and no thats not my real name either because the internet has enough of my information... moving right along!
Im going to start by saying I have ordered from this establishment at least 12 times... with doordash no less so that should tell you something about the food.
The second is i can't tell you about the atmosphere since I've never actually been in the restaurant but I'd imagine its fire. Either way, not a reason to downgrade a rating.
The third is I've tried a lot of food on the menu so im about to hit the honest button, you ready?
1. Shawarma Plate - Best food on the menu. It looks the same every time and tastes the same. Scrumptious. The chicken is the best, then lamb, then its whatever after that lol.
2. Pabellon venezuelo- disappointing overall. Meat is severely underseasoned for me, so are the beans. I stay away from this meat choice altogether... the shredded beef is a no for me dog... sorry
3. Empanadas - can be good, better when they are on sale. Nice crust but again, that shredded beef needs some love
4. Parrilla Del Arabe- its mid overall. Like a 6? Yucca fries are good, toston is good, cheese is cheese, salad is salad and the beef is underseasoned. Seriously, the beef needs love lmao.
5. Hamburgesa- thats like a 6.5 out of 10. Its cool but its a sandwich. Decent seasoning though, id eat it again when its on sale.
6. Churros - 9.6/10. THIS IS THE BEST ITEM ON THE MENU. I dream of these churros. How the hell they make churros so hearty, crispy, delicious, and maintain their texture even during delivery?!? Yooooo. I buy like 2-3 churros every order. No cap. Get the churros. If you like the food, the churros are better. Get the churros. Get the churros.... did I mention to get the churros? I said what I said.
Im going to stop writing now because my fingers are getting tired but uh... get the churros or the shawarma. You'll be glad you did. I know I will right after im done posting this. Stay blessed.
Hannah Drewes DiPasquale
El Chamo delivered food for our event and the food was delicious and well received. Communication was outstanding and accommodated all our requests.
Lou Wagner
Good for a quick lunch.
Georgette Gravert
I'm a Doordasher and Uber driver so I get introduced to new places every week, but El Chamo Arabe will stand out as THE BEST EMPINADA I've ever had. It was THICK with seasoned shredded beef, slightly sweet, and super juicy. Dipped in the yogurt sauce.... PHENOMENAL! The gal at the counter is super friendly and I will be returning for lunch every week.
El Chamo Arabe Express
The best of Venezuelan and Arabic food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Faith Edmond
I got three types of empanadas and they were the best I have had in this city. I got three other plates of food, all were made fresh, using fresh ingredients , cooked perfectly. El Chamo Arabe is DELICIOUS ! I recommend this delightful restaurant . I ate all my food so pictures next time :) .
I recommend to the owners that they look for friendly staff. The cachapas that they sold us, instead of adding sugar, they added salt, and they were raw. They gave us a refund of only $10 when the mistake was not ours. Put more love into the food and change the staff and things will be better for you!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Robin Hamm
Update- Ok finished eating, noticed my review of Habibi House (food was very bad). This restaurant's FOOD IS delicious. I am still not ok w/ Paris portions (lol) with tailgate party veggies instead of the typical cucumber,tomato, onion w/sumac salad.
*******Pics, Not one bite taken! Lettuce merely moved. Less than 1/4 container of food. Chix Schwarma .... basic inexpensive food... WHY 60% of the container is AMERICAN LETTUCE (some strategically place UNDER hot rice trying to make it look fuller?! Wtaf? Never ever in my LIFE have I been fed lemon drizzled sour ICEBERG LETTUCE peddled as middle Eastern! Then to put yogurt sauce ON TOP OF HOT FOOD FOR TAKE OUT? I got a $4.50 side of beef for my dog, SHE HAS MORE FOOD THAN I DO! Not to mention the liquid from beef wasn't wrapped at all, simply in foam container poured & soaked other food. Waaw really disappointed.... more fookin environmental poison containers than actual FOOD! NEVER AGAIN! ps. Not all yt ppl are untraveled idiots looking for murikan salad.
Chix & beef were cooked & seasoned well. The waitress was lovely. The PassionFruit drink - yeah THAT was worth every penny.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 2
Ricardo Scannella
I'm sorry but the food is expensive and very bad! I felt cheated....too bad!!
The food is great!!! The customer service not so much!!!! Geeze! How hard is it to be nice, i just dropped over 50 bucks for lunch and u treat people like that?!!
Karina Budz
Stale lettuce, dry rice, dry kibbeh. Sauce that comes with arepa tasted gross (like it was made with miracle whip or something like that). Water tasted like they needed to change filter ? One cook didn't wear anything to cover at least the hair on his head, not even mentioning the beard. Service was mediocre. I don't recommend this place.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 3
Spencer Phillips
Fattest arepas i have ever eaten. We ordered a beef arepa, chicken arepa, cachapa, n fresh parchita. The cachapa was huge could have fed a small village lol the food was tasty. Looking forward to trying out the baba ganosh next time.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Damon Urtheil
Disappointing is a generous assesment. Had the Arepa Picada with chicken and the Arepa Domino with a side of fried plantains. Not very flavorful, any of it. Service was prompt but the young lady was difficult to understand, weak on english. Atmosphere dull but clean. Not worth the money. Sorry.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 4
Lauris Santos
Uffff Everything is delicious, this place is highly recommended ????
Food is delicious—delicious is honestly an understatement. The service is amazing, everybody is always very kind and helpful. We have never once felt unwelcome here. For the amount of food you get the prices honestly aren’t bad! Best empanadas I’ve ever had in my life.
Hey, Z.F here (iykyk) and no thats not my real name either because the internet has enough of my information... moving right along!
Im going to start by saying I have ordered from this establishment at least 12 times... with doordash no less so that should tell you something about the food.
The second is i can't tell you about the atmosphere since I've never actually been in the restaurant but I'd imagine its fire. Either way, not a reason to downgrade a rating.
The third is I've tried a lot of food on the menu so im about to hit the honest button, you ready?
1. Shawarma Plate - Best food on the menu. It looks the same every time and tastes the same. Scrumptious. The chicken is the best, then lamb, then its whatever after that lol.
2. Pabellon venezuelo- disappointing overall. Meat is severely underseasoned for me, so are the beans. I stay away from this meat choice altogether... the shredded beef is a no for me dog... sorry
3. Empanadas - can be good, better when they are on sale. Nice crust but again, that shredded beef needs some love
4. Parrilla Del Arabe- its mid overall. Like a 6? Yucca fries are good, toston is good, cheese is cheese, salad is salad and the beef is underseasoned. Seriously, the beef needs love lmao.
5. Hamburgesa- thats like a 6.5 out of 10. Its cool but its a sandwich. Decent seasoning though, id eat it again when its on sale.
6. Churros - 9.6/10. THIS IS THE BEST ITEM ON THE MENU. I dream of these churros. How the hell they make churros so hearty, crispy, delicious, and maintain their texture even during delivery?!? Yooooo. I buy like 2-3 churros every order. No cap. Get the churros. If you like the food, the churros are better. Get the churros. Get the churros.... did I mention to get the churros? I said what I said.
Im going to stop writing now because my fingers are getting tired but uh... get the churros or the shawarma. You'll be glad you did. I know I will right after im done posting this. Stay blessed.
El Chamo delivered food for our event and the food was delicious and well received. Communication was outstanding and accommodated all our requests.
Good for a quick lunch.
I'm a Doordasher and Uber driver so I get introduced to new places every week, but El Chamo Arabe will stand out as THE BEST EMPINADA I've ever had. It was THICK with seasoned shredded beef, slightly sweet, and super juicy. Dipped in the yogurt sauce.... PHENOMENAL! The gal at the counter is super friendly and I will be returning for lunch every week.
The best of Venezuelan and Arabic food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I got three types of empanadas and they were the best I have had in this city. I got three other plates of food, all were made fresh, using fresh ingredients , cooked perfectly. El Chamo Arabe is DELICIOUS ! I recommend this delightful restaurant . I ate all my food so pictures next time :) .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shawarma Plate, Shawarma Sandwich
I recommend to the owners that they look for friendly staff. The cachapas that they sold us, instead of adding sugar, they added salt, and they were raw. They gave us a refund of only $10 when the mistake was not ours. Put more love into the food and change the staff and things will be better for you!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Update- Ok finished eating, noticed my review of Habibi House (food was very bad). This restaurant's FOOD IS delicious. I am still not ok w/ Paris portions (lol) with tailgate party veggies instead of the typical cucumber,tomato, onion w/sumac salad.
*******Pics, Not one bite taken! Lettuce merely moved. Less than 1/4 container of food. Chix Schwarma .... basic inexpensive food... WHY 60% of the container is AMERICAN LETTUCE (some strategically place UNDER hot rice trying to make it look fuller?! Wtaf? Never ever in my LIFE have I been fed lemon drizzled sour ICEBERG LETTUCE peddled as middle Eastern! Then to put yogurt sauce ON TOP OF HOT FOOD FOR TAKE OUT? I got a $4.50 side of beef for my dog, SHE HAS MORE FOOD THAN I DO! Not to mention the liquid from beef wasn't wrapped at all, simply in foam container poured & soaked other food. Waaw really disappointed.... more fookin environmental poison containers than actual FOOD! NEVER AGAIN! ps. Not all yt ppl are untraveled idiots looking for murikan salad.
Chix & beef were cooked & seasoned well. The waitress was lovely. The PassionFruit drink - yeah THAT was worth every penny.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 2
I'm sorry but the food is expensive and very bad! I felt cheated....too bad!!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Restaurantji Recommends
The food is great!!! The customer service not so much!!!! Geeze! How hard is it to be nice, i just dropped over 50 bucks for lunch and u treat people like that?!!
Stale lettuce, dry rice, dry kibbeh. Sauce that comes with arepa tasted gross (like it was made with miracle whip or something like that). Water tasted like they needed to change filter ?
One cook didn't wear anything to cover at least the hair on his head, not even mentioning the beard. Service was mediocre.
I don't recommend this place.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 3
Fattest arepas i have ever eaten. We ordered a beef arepa, chicken arepa, cachapa, n fresh parchita. The cachapa was huge could have fed a small village lol the food was tasty. Looking forward to trying out the baba ganosh next time.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Disappointing is a generous assesment. Had the Arepa Picada with chicken and the Arepa Domino with a side of
fried plantains. Not very flavorful, any of it.
Service was prompt but the young lady was difficult to understand, weak on english.
Atmosphere dull but clean.
Not worth the money. Sorry.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 4
Uffff Everything is delicious, this place is highly recommended ????
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pabellón Venezolano
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