You feel home at this place. Best service + best live Classical Arabic music.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Blue Jay
Hosts monthly Arab arts salon, a semi conservative space that is mostly Arabs & pro Palestinian culture / people. Complimentary tea with salon, and you can order hookah, but no food is served.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
jbwhitehouse
Appropriate bright lights, lots of seating, and many dairy/parve choices from which to select. We enjoyed a very yummy salmon wrap and an Impossible Burger made even more delicious with honey mustard on it.
Harold B
My wife and I ate at this restaurant a couple of days ago with friends. The restaurant is self serve and you pay at the counter. My wife had a slice of pizza with tomatoes and onions, I had the eggplant parmesan and fried breaded cauliflower and we shared a leafy put together yourself salad and vegetarian sushi. The food was excellent, very tasty and filling. The atmosphere was what you'd expect from a self serve midtown/downtown business lunch place--not a place to take a romantic first date that you want to impress--but we'd highly recommend this restaurant if you want some quick great food at a reasonable price.
Kris P.
True heart of this neighborhood summarily evicted and disappeared. Please anybody, post any information on what happened and where they may have moved to!
143tzvia
Big place with plenty of seating and good food. This place has more of a “food court” style with a couple of different booths making everything fro soup to pizza to bagels, in addition to a small take-out section. This is especially great for a group who can’t decide quite what they want to eat; everyone can get what they want and still eat together. I got pizza, and it was fresh and tasty. My one complaint is that the shelves were a bit cluttered and the condiments were all mixed up and hard to find. Otherwise, great place to stop for a quick lunch.
Raven B.
Great food. Very generous portions. Clean enough for a hole in the wall. I've been eating here since the 90s. I would give 5 stars but they have started raising prices (even before the pandemic).
Annette Hoffman
Loved the ornate decor. Also, loved the turmeric & ginger tea with honey that I had. Customer service was great too. Highly recommend!!
Robin X.
Used to be about my favorite spot for late Saturday dinner if I didn't have other plans. But that was several years ago. They used to be open until well after midnight (maybe til 2?), which was great if you needed a late feed. But even pre-COVID, they started cutting back the hours. And as of August 2022, it seems like they are closing by 9 p.m. Which, alas. So I have maybe been been in twice in the past 6 months? The quality of my usual, a chicken sandwich, depends on who's behind the counter. But it seems like it's always been the same guy for a few years now, and somehow he's not as good as a couple of the guys who were serving in the mid 201Xs.
Sima M.
Delicious! I ordered one of the chicken wraps and man oh man was it good! SO many different flavors in a wrap. First there was the chicken, then the falafel And then the veggies with the yogurt sauce in it. It was delicious! I paired it with the hot sauce it was amazing and everything was fresh
soooooo good - delicious and fresh ingredients- i came 3 times last week, babaganush and falafel are superb
yochananb2016
This is an amazing kosher restaurant in midtown Manhattan. The food is freshly made. The portions are plentiful and delicious. There are many options to choose from. I highly recommend Jerusalem Cafe.
Alex A.
I only ever get the chicken platter but it hits the spot every time. The price is right, the portion is generous and the people are speedy and always so nice. One of my favorite lunches in the neighborhood.
Jacob B.
Very solid shawarma. I got the pita off the spit and it was tasty, packed to the brim, and well priced. For less than 10 bucks, you can get a big momma sandwich. That's a good deal if you ask a bizzle like me.
Amanda R.
I was pleasantly surprised when I received my order. The portion was really large I had 2 meals on my hands. The flavors of the chicken platter with hummus, rice, falafel and pita were really nice. The only thing I would change is the chicken was a little dry. But really everything was seasoned nicely.
You feel home at this place. Best service + best live Classical Arabic music.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hosts monthly Arab arts salon, a semi conservative space that is mostly Arabs & pro Palestinian culture / people. Complimentary tea with salon, and you can order hookah, but no food is served.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Appropriate bright lights, lots of seating, and many dairy/parve choices from which to select. We enjoyed a very yummy salmon wrap and an Impossible Burger made even more delicious with honey mustard on it.
My wife and I ate at this restaurant a couple of days ago with friends. The restaurant is self serve and you pay at the counter. My wife had a slice of pizza with tomatoes and onions, I had the eggplant parmesan and fried breaded cauliflower and we shared a leafy put together yourself salad and vegetarian sushi. The food was excellent, very tasty and filling. The atmosphere was what you'd expect from a self serve midtown/downtown business lunch place--not a place to take a romantic first date that you want to impress--but we'd highly recommend this restaurant if you want some quick great food at a reasonable price.
True heart of this neighborhood summarily evicted and disappeared. Please anybody, post any information on what happened and where they may have moved to!
Big place with plenty of seating and good food. This place has more of a “food court” style with a couple of different booths making everything fro soup to pizza to bagels, in addition to a small take-out section. This is especially great for a group who can’t decide quite what they want to eat; everyone can get what they want and still eat together. I got pizza, and it was fresh and tasty. My one complaint is that the shelves were a bit cluttered and the condiments were all mixed up and hard to find. Otherwise, great place to stop for a quick lunch.
Great food. Very generous portions. Clean enough for a hole in the wall. I've been eating here since the 90s. I would give 5 stars but they have started raising prices (even before the pandemic).
Loved the ornate decor. Also, loved the turmeric & ginger tea with honey that I had. Customer service was great too. Highly recommend!!
Used to be about my favorite spot for late Saturday dinner if I didn't have other plans. But that was several years ago. They used to be open until well after midnight (maybe til 2?), which was great if you needed a late feed. But even pre-COVID, they started cutting back the hours. And as of August 2022, it seems like they are closing by 9 p.m. Which, alas. So I have maybe been been in twice in the past 6 months? The quality of my usual, a chicken sandwich, depends on who's behind the counter. But it seems like it's always been the same guy for a few years now, and somehow he's not as good as a couple of the guys who were serving in the mid 201Xs.
Delicious! I ordered one of the chicken wraps and man oh man was it good! SO many different flavors in a wrap. First there was the chicken, then the falafel And then the veggies with the yogurt sauce in it. It was delicious! I paired it with the hot sauce it was amazing and everything was fresh
Restaurantji Recommends
soooooo good - delicious and fresh ingredients- i came 3 times last week, babaganush and falafel are superb
This is an amazing kosher restaurant in midtown Manhattan. The food is freshly made. The portions are plentiful and delicious. There are many options to choose from. I highly recommend Jerusalem Cafe.
I only ever get the chicken platter but it hits the spot every time. The price is right, the portion is generous and the people are speedy and always so nice. One of my favorite lunches in the neighborhood.
Very solid shawarma. I got the pita off the spit and it was tasty, packed to the brim, and well priced. For less than 10 bucks, you can get a big momma sandwich. That's a good deal if you ask a bizzle like me.
I was pleasantly surprised when I received my order. The portion was really large I had 2 meals on my hands. The flavors of the chicken platter with hummus, rice, falafel and pita were really nice. The only thing I would change is the chicken was a little dry. But really everything was seasoned nicely.