Ali Baba Restaurant , smoothies & more

There's been Misses. But Ali baba is a reliable HIT. Don't knock it for 1 bad experience arriving at 2am or when it's not super busy/no full capacity BBQ.

The more western/American dishes like Chicken over rice, a comfort for NYers. It is far from the best dish they make.

The Half chicken and Full Chicken with rice is supreme. Very tender chicken kissed by the red hot coal. The rice is moist and seasoned with chicken rendered fat. Salad and hummus as sides are given . The salad is mid. Hummus is AA+. Fresh.

The smoothies here are AWESOME.
The Shorter saudi/yemeni guy is a pro, if he or the girl is working the juice bar. You are in for a treat for the eyes and taste buds.

This restaurant is standard in cleanliness, despite the dine-in patron's best efforts to litter (Sigh. Manners maketh Man!)

It's a busy joint, for the made to order food expect 15 to 30 mins of wait. Call ahead if possible..
They are a gem of a spot for Syracuse/CNY. Who else opens to 4AM red-eye hours serving fresh delicious food like this?

I give a 5/5 total. with AA+. if Timeliness and Tidiness improve. it will be a 5/5 AAA+.

Vegetarian options: Hummus and the salad.
what else can I say. it's kickass.

Dietary restrictions: Halal food for Muslims and everyone!

Kid-friendliness: Yes. Kids are happy to come. Watch TV, watch the juice bar and eat great!

Wheelchair accessibility: Yes. it is all one level with curb cutouts. The bathroom is ADA compatible with a ADA Sink.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Kofta Kabob Sandwich, Combo over Rice, Half Roasted Chicken, Kofte Kebab Platter, Lotus, Hummus, Ali Baba Salad

This place is legit and delicious!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Shawarma Sandwich

Don’t came here guys those plp have very rude behavior they act like President
and food is not good everything they will very bad test I really request you guys please don’t come to. Don’t try this restaurant to eat Halal foods. If you want you can go for any other Halal contest not Alibaba Alibaba is not good.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

If you catch the food on the proper day it's really good and then other days it's so-so. Same thing with the smoothies if you get the right person to make it they're awesome if it's the wrong person it's like sour foam.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Combo over Rice

I am a food blogger and caterer visiting from Fl. I ordered 2 Gyros. I asked for Shawarma, but they said try tomorrow. I asked for my Gyro to be separated and there clearly was a language barrier. I arrived in the 10 minutes they stated it would be ready. My order was not only not ready, the order was being repeated and still made incorrect. The lamb was not shaved freshly from a rotating spit. I received three, small, oval, thin, hamburger patties wrapped in hard pita bread that was not warmed on the griddle. The customer service was as bad as the food and I do not recommend this fake representation of middle eastern food… or whatever you wanna call that trash that I just paid for. #Terrible??

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

The food was very similar to what I had overseas in Iraq. I highly recommend the mixed grill skewers. Unfortunately, the pita bread was hard and lacking not quite genuine as a naan type bread. The hummus was quite terrible, my assumption it's pre-bought not homemade but not sure, has no creamy authentic texture/taste and was very oily. The only thing missing that would make it authentic is Torshi.. (Pickled Vegetables, cauliflower, etc) Nice work though, keep it up.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mix Grilled Skewers

They don’t know how to take care customers from different race and culture.no nice greetings or thanks ?.Food taking longer then given time.No information when will be ready.last time today

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

A bystander had to convey my order for me. Employee was nice but was unable to communicate clearly from their own menu.

Service: 1

Best grill chicken in

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Chicken shawarma sandwich is flame!! Made with traditional saaj bread. Excellent with some garlic sauce.

Look forward to visit and try more items. Friendly service, reasonable prices and generous portions.

I wish they would substitute their Pepsi products with something that isn’t boycotted.

Vegetarian options: Falafel, fries, salads, smoothies

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

lamb over rice was very good, zinger burger was dry, needed more sauce on it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

ordered sauce, not included. gyro had 1 piece of meat on it. disgrace to gyros everywhere.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

Got $60 worth of food late at night on a weekend. Food was crappy and missing many key components. Might've just been a bad time to come here but the experience was awful and I will not come back.

Ordered online and arrived up at the estimated pickup time. Still had to wait half an hour for food. Got 2 shawarmas, a burger, and 2 platters.

The combo platter was relatively satisfying. But the lamb chops platter was just ridiculous. $20 for 3 super thin (1/4 inch) chops that were overcooked to oblivion. Both platters were missing salad, hummus, and white sauce.

Burger was on a bagel (not a good one), and the meat inside was also thin and overcooked.

Chicken shawarmas were good but plain because, like all food ordered, it was missing all vegetables for some reason.

Had ordered basbwah but didn't receive it - received an extra combo platter in its stead. Not complaining... The extra food was welcome.

Hope this place is better in the day time!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 2

Great food reasonable price

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Really solid, well seasoned, and reasonably priced. Nice portions and flavors. 4 stars because ordering some of the items made on the spits during off hours can leave you disappointed. Not bad but dry in an obviously reheated and a bit stale especially the leaner meats since it's probably not economical to leave the rotisseries on all day.

They used to have the very best fries, heavy salt and pepper and a dusting of sumac but they switched to a pre seasoned different kind of dry in the last few weeks. Still screaming hot and delicious but not really special any more :(

Would love to see vegan protein so I can get takeout for the whole family.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5