Israeli style food, pizza,sandwiches, beverages, soup/side of rustic bread is always excellent!
Vegetarian options: Yes salads, great grilled cheese sandwiches and much more. Dairy kitchen. Tuesday nights, fabulous dinners (meat).
Dietary restrictions: Strictly Kosher
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Slice of Home Style Pizza
ABeanz
Garbonzos used to be a food truck parked outside of "The J," but it has since moved inside. The menu at this place is very Middle Eastern and offers look great!
I went for a casual dinner date with a regular from Garbanzos. He had the Beyond Meat Kofta Burger served in a pita and I had the Grilled Eggplant Plate with 3 added-on falafel balls, served with potato salad, coleslaw a Shirazi-like salad and a trio of dips including: babaganoosh, hummus and a whipped tahinni. We also got a side order of the J-Fries.
The star of the show would have been the falafel, it's only 50 cents per ball, and it's very flavorful. It was green inside because it had so many herbs. Sadly, it was pretty over cooked, and almost black on the outside, but still really yummy on the inside. The eggplant and the babaganoosh were also too charred and smokey for my liking. I wasn't crazy about the tahinni dip, nor the salads, save the potato salad and hummus, which were nice.
My dude could not stop raving about his meal. He loved the burger and the falafels, which he said were "just crispy." And he enjoyed dipping the perfectly salted fries into my dip trio, which he quite liked. He also mentioned that the people working were "just kids" and that the food is better when the owners are there.
Between the two of us, I am giving this place an average of 3 stars. Me a 1 and him a 5.
Updated from previous review on 2024-07-26
Jeremy Rothstein
Best felafal ever. Thank you
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Yehuda Zev Zitter
Great restaurant
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Paxton Wright
Wonderful kosher place near the jewish community in Portland, one of the only kosher places to eat out left in most of Oregon, pizza is Chlov Yisroel.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Portobello Plate, Kafta Beyond Burger Pita, Slice of Home Style Pizza, Falafel Plate
K Stewart
Amazing - so fresh and delicious! Love their falafel.
David Elooz
This Kosher falafel and also beyond meat in pitta was very good. Also lentil or tomato soups. restaurant is pretty nice with very nice guy who is running it.It is located in the Jewish center so the atmosphere is not the usual restaurant one. More like a familes place.I liked it, I think it's the only certified Kosher restaurant in Portland, a place simply to eat.
Vegetarian options: Everything (or almost) is vegetatian
Parking: It's the parking of the Jewish community center
I heard about this place and wanted to try it. The place is inside the community center and you have to show ID to get in. The food is so good. I really recommend the soup. The sandwich was also good. The restrooms are really clean and the atmosphere is nice and quiet.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Carolyn Becker
Good kosher food (dairy), not VEGAN though, however can be considered vegetarian.
Delicious healthy food! The falafels were so fresh and moist.
Miss Guava
Was so excited to finally try today and it did not disappoint! The grilled eggplant, pita, falafel, hummus, and baba ganouj were so tasty! I've never been that excited by a pita but this one was amazing. Can't wait to come back ?
Sofia Bella
Delicious healthy food! The falafels were so fresh and moist.
sholom elishevitz
Delicious food, friendly service and a very comfortable place to dine.
Gabe Haw
Absurdly delicious portobello sandwich. Also affordable. This is a certified SLAP
i ask restaurant
Israeli style food, pizza,sandwiches, beverages, soup/side of rustic bread is always excellent!
Vegetarian options: Yes salads, great grilled cheese sandwiches and much more. Dairy kitchen. Tuesday nights, fabulous dinners (meat).
Dietary restrictions: Strictly Kosher
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Slice of Home Style Pizza
Garbonzos used to be a food truck parked outside of "The J," but it has since moved inside. The menu at this place is very Middle Eastern and offers look great! I went for a casual dinner date with a regular from Garbanzos. He had the Beyond Meat Kofta Burger served in a pita and I had the Grilled Eggplant Plate with 3 added-on falafel balls, served with potato salad, coleslaw a Shirazi-like salad and a trio of dips including: babaganoosh, hummus and a whipped tahinni. We also got a side order of the J-Fries. The star of the show would have been the falafel, it's only 50 cents per ball, and it's very flavorful. It was green inside because it had so many herbs. Sadly, it was pretty over cooked, and almost black on the outside, but still really yummy on the inside. The eggplant and the babaganoosh were also too charred and smokey for my liking. I wasn't crazy about the tahinni dip, nor the salads, save the potato salad and hummus, which were nice. My dude could not stop raving about his meal. He loved the burger and the falafels, which he said were "just crispy." And he enjoyed dipping the perfectly salted fries into my dip trio, which he quite liked. He also mentioned that the people working were "just kids" and that the food is better when the owners are there. Between the two of us, I am giving this place an average of 3 stars. Me a 1 and him a 5. Updated from previous review on 2024-07-26
Best felafal ever. Thank you
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great restaurant
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wonderful kosher place near the jewish community in Portland, one of the only kosher places to eat out left in most of Oregon, pizza is Chlov Yisroel.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Portobello Plate, Kafta Beyond Burger Pita, Slice of Home Style Pizza, Falafel Plate
Amazing - so fresh and delicious! Love their falafel.
This Kosher falafel and also beyond meat in pitta was very good. Also lentil or tomato soups. restaurant is pretty nice with very nice guy who is running it.It is located in the Jewish center so the atmosphere is not the usual restaurant one. More like a familes place.I liked it, I think it's the only certified Kosher restaurant in Portland, a place simply to eat.
Vegetarian options: Everything (or almost) is vegetatian
Parking: It's the parking of the Jewish community center
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kafta Beyond Burger Pita, Lentil Soup
I heard about this place and wanted to try it. The place is inside the community center and you have to show ID to get in. The food is so good. I really recommend the soup. The sandwich was also good. The restrooms are really clean and the atmosphere is nice and quiet.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good kosher food (dairy), not VEGAN though, however can be considered vegetarian.
Restaurantji Recommends
Delicious healthy food! The falafels were so fresh and moist.
Was so excited to finally try today and it did not disappoint! The grilled eggplant, pita, falafel, hummus, and baba ganouj were so tasty! I've never been that excited by a pita but this one was amazing. Can't wait to come back ?
Delicious healthy food! The falafels were so fresh and moist.
Delicious food, friendly service and a very comfortable place to dine.
Absurdly delicious portobello sandwich. Also affordable. This is a certified SLAP
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