Sahara is my absolute favourite Jordanian/Middle Eastern restaurant in Albuquerque! I have been eating there for almost 20 years at all of their locations and still frequent the Central/University one The most. Helen and her family are so kind and talented and I'm grateful to know them. The chicken shawarma plate is my top choice and they have the best homemade pistachio baklava in town. The meats are all fresh and succulent, the rice is fluffy and perfect texture, the veggie dishes are exceptional, and the jallab and blueberry pomegranate teas are unique and flavorful. Love love love this place and can't recommend it enough. They also have Dubai chocolate!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Susan E
Delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dani Ethereal
Wonderful vegan options & quality food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
oldies4ever74
I ordered the Lebanese Platter and Dolmas. It was excellent ... fresh and nicely seasoned. I also tasted my friend's Dubai Chocolate (with Pistachio) ... WOW! Wound up with a good-sized ToGo box. It's a really great place for a newbie or pro to Middle Eastern food!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stephen Klages
Went here before the super to get food the game and brought it for mom and step dad and the 3 of us enjoyed the food and the game
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tyler Bateman
Food was good. We weren’t blown away exactly, but it was good. Meat could have had more spice.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Stefan Comvalius
Amazing flavor, succulent, and aromatic. Everything on the menu is awesome, my wife and I eat here at least once a week. Authentic Arabic cuisine, atmosphere, and hospitality. They have this drink called rose water, it is literally to die for lol. Its a fight not to gulp the whole cup down before your meal lol
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Danny Lindsey
We have been to the middle east and this food was delicious. The service was good, the philathelphel and bahama's media chicken lamb.It was all delicious. We're coming back. They had dubai chocolate.That was the best i've ever had.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Leanne Yanabu
We love Sahara and go there every few weeks. The staff is always welcoming and happy to see us. Food is consistently scrumptious and affordable. Very convenient to UNM.
This is hands down one of the best Middle Eastern places I've been to in quite some time! We were visiting from out of town and are only slightly familiar with Middle Eastern cuisine. The cuisine was new to most of our group, but everything the group tried turned out to be fantastic. I highly recommend the shawarma sandwich,hummus and of course you have to get some of the Dubai chocolate! I enjoyed the visit so well. I went back a day later to get a Turkish coffee and ladyfingers.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Eric M
I’ve been to Sahara twice this week. It’s outstanding food with amazing flavor. I’ve had the Gyro twice and each time it was perfectly consistent. The warm pita, well seasoned meat, tangy tatziki was perfection on a cold day. Dubai chocolate is too good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef and Lamb
John Visnauskas
Tasty baba ganouj and French fries. Pleasant Staff. Fairly priced.Clean, comfortable place very near UNM on Central. Plenty of plant based options.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ryan Benjamin
The Shawarma sandwich was off the rails delicious. Excellent flavor and value. I could’ve gone with half as many pickles, and it would be perfect. The hummus was also very delicious and the pitas were on point. The jallab and baklava really sold me on the quality of this place. I would come back to Albuquerque just to eat here again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ricardo Gonzalez
Good food overall. I've eaten there (sit-in and takeout/delivery) a few times on my visits to Albuquerque. Good gyro, falafel, and their rice dishes are good. Portion sizes are perfect.
Amazing food
Sahara is my absolute favourite Jordanian/Middle Eastern restaurant in Albuquerque! I have been eating there for almost 20 years at all of their locations and still frequent the Central/University one The most. Helen and her family are so kind and talented and I'm grateful to know them. The chicken shawarma plate is my top choice and they have the best homemade pistachio baklava in town. The meats are all fresh and succulent, the rice is fluffy and perfect texture, the veggie dishes are exceptional, and the jallab and blueberry pomegranate teas are unique and flavorful. Love love love this place and can't recommend it enough. They also have Dubai chocolate!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wonderful vegan options & quality food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I ordered the Lebanese Platter and Dolmas. It was excellent ... fresh and nicely seasoned. I also tasted my friend's Dubai Chocolate (with Pistachio) ... WOW! Wound up with a good-sized ToGo box. It's a really great place for a newbie or pro to Middle Eastern food!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went here before the super to get food the game and brought it for mom and step dad and the 3 of us enjoyed the food and the game
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was good. We weren’t blown away exactly, but it was good. Meat could have had more spice.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Amazing flavor, succulent, and aromatic. Everything on the menu is awesome, my wife and I eat here at least once a week. Authentic Arabic cuisine, atmosphere, and hospitality. They have this drink called rose water, it is literally to die for lol. Its a fight not to gulp the whole cup down before your meal lol
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We have been to the middle east and this food was delicious. The service was good, the philathelphel and bahama's media chicken lamb.It was all delicious. We're coming back. They had dubai chocolate.That was the best i've ever had.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We love Sahara and go there every few weeks. The staff is always welcoming and happy to see us. Food is consistently scrumptious and affordable. Very convenient to UNM.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
This is hands down one of the best Middle Eastern places I've been to in quite some time! We were visiting from out of town and are only slightly familiar with Middle Eastern cuisine. The cuisine was new to most of our group, but everything the group tried turned out to be fantastic. I highly recommend the shawarma sandwich,hummus and of course you have to get some of the Dubai chocolate! I enjoyed the visit so well. I went back a day later to get a Turkish coffee and ladyfingers.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I’ve been to Sahara twice this week. It’s outstanding food with amazing flavor. I’ve had the Gyro twice and each time it was perfectly consistent. The warm pita, well seasoned meat, tangy tatziki was perfection on a cold day. Dubai chocolate is too good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef and Lamb
Tasty baba ganouj and French fries. Pleasant Staff. Fairly priced.Clean, comfortable place very near UNM on Central. Plenty of plant based options.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The Shawarma sandwich was off the rails delicious. Excellent flavor and value. I could’ve gone with half as many pickles, and it would be perfect. The hummus was also very delicious and the pitas were on point. The jallab and baklava really sold me on the quality of this place. I would come back to Albuquerque just to eat here again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good food overall. I've eaten there (sit-in and takeout/delivery) a few times on my visits to Albuquerque. Good gyro, falafel, and their rice dishes are good. Portion sizes are perfect.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
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