Elie’s

I dined here in December for a friends birthday, and I was pleasantly surprised! I’m not a huge fan of Mediterranean cuisine, but everything we had was very delicious! I can’t remember all of the appetizers we had, but the few that I do remember are the hummus and fried calamari– both of which were very delicious! My meal which was the Lemon Herb chicken was amazing! The chicken was cooked perfectly and the vegetables (zucchini) were seasoned beautifully! I had never tried Basmati rice before, but it was so good! I only wish that I had more of it! I will definitely be back!

Better than other restaurants in the same price range. Also you get more food than they show you in the pictures. Tied up with great service, we will be returning.

I love the stuffed lemon and jalepenõ salmon. Done very nicely.
The hummus and bread was mediocre at best.
Amarez (unsure of spelling) was an awesome host.
Tastefully decorated and very intimate seating. Perfect for a date or lunch with a friend.

Remember 2 stars means I’ve experienced better– so over priced my mixed shawarma wasn’t worth $ 24– the couscous was dry, bland — the hummus was dry, bland and paste like. The lamb was delicious but the chicken had no flavor — I’m not one for huge portions but the two meats combine maybe equaled 6 oz… The garlic spread was great. Babaganoush, tabouli and lentil soup were good but again price and serving size small (except soup $ 7 bowl) I understand Birmingham is pricey … The menu was a headache to navigate– you had to click each dish to get a description — go back then click another page, go back… Took too long to look at menu. I didn’t realize a salad came with my meal– so when waitress asked would you like a bowl of soup (1 $) or a salad to go with your meal — I thought they were extra– oh well —

This place is in the thick of Birmingham downtown so when you get hungry stop by this place for some fresh healthy snacks and a delicious sangria. I had a Greek salad and calamari which were both very fresh and good! This place is known for their sangria so come thirsty. The only thing odd was the tablets they have for you to order and the menus. I am not sure if both were necessary for our table.

Warm ambience. Nice menu. Great food. Service excellent. Reasonable prices. There is a reason they have survived for so long in Bham. We had a wonderful server. Big wine pours. Great food. Recommended for you and your significant other.

There is not a bad thing on the menu. Daily specials are always worth trying. Lettuce wraps are a great starter. Well stocked bar. Service is good and attentive.

This restaurant is just more Birmingham BS-​overpriced food with little value. I ordered the Chicken Ghallaba, which was a different version than what I was used to-​it was tomato based. The dish had great flavor, but it was not worth the $ 21.99. My wife and I could have gone to any of the other hundreds of Mediterranean restaurants in Metro-​Detroit and gotten the same dish for $ 16 and we would have gotten more food. Neither of our dishes came with soup or salad and the portions were small. In addition to that, we were brought some hot bread, but our waiter did not bring us some garlic sauce. The wait staff basically hung out at the round table near the back and one of the cooks opened the door to the kitchen so we could watch her take a bite of the bread she had in her hand. I thought I saw the owner there, but it would be hard to tell because he was text messaging as he toured the restaurant throughout our entire stay. Our waiter was friendly and attentive, but that doesn’t make up for the lack of value for the entire experience. Furthermore, we watched the bartender make a tiny snowman on top of someone’s car outside. It just seemed like poor management at this place and the food was way over-​priced. Also, the restaurant’s phone was ringing off the hook and the ringer was obnoxious. We will not be back.

Delicious food. REALLY EXPENSIVE prices. It’s really close to work and that is why I go there half the time, mainly for carryout, but I’ve dined there as well and I always get excellent service.

Amazing! I LOVE having lunch, dinner, dessert, or even just a snack over here. Food is healthy and fresh. Their clam chowder soup is one of the best I’ve ever had. The desserts (literally every dessert) are delicious!!!

The chicken shawarma, hummus with tenderloin and fattoush are my favorite things to get here. The drinks are also very good. The owner is always there and so many people know him. There’s a lot of regulars that come here. The menu is also great. It is on an iPad and you click on the item and a picture of the item pops up on the screen. When you click the entrees, wine pairings show up also. Great food, friendly staff and great ambiance. Definitly will be back.

This is one f the best places I have been in Michigan and definitely the best Mediterranean food I have ever tasted.
1) Service was perfect
2) Lamb was cooked very well. Many places made mistakes when they cook lamb (they take off all the fat, they over cooked it, etc.). The lamb in Elies was simply great.
3) The fish my friend ordered was amazing.
4) Even the bread was great
5) The menu is on tablets and you can see photos of the food.

Really good food, service was great.

Had lunch here today. It was fantastic! I suggest doing an early lunch as I heard it gets packed. Must be something in the water on pierce street, the bread here and and streetside = top notch!
2 orders of Tips with hummus and raw Kibe fed four of us, although I would have added one more order of tips.
They weren’t very liberal with the bread distribution, but whenever we asked they brought more and it was very fresh every time. Maybe that’s why!
Would go back for sure.

The food is great and fresh. Chicken pot pie is delicious, the bread and garlic is to die for and vegetarian kibbeh is amazing! Great place if you haven’t been here you have to check it out.

I ended up here by sheer mistake, or fate. You decide:
I had intentions to go to Toast and had to park down the street. I put money in the meter and realized the car’s beside me had expired. So I took a few minutes and put it in their meter. I walked down the street. I should have made a left for Toast, but saw the Seafood Restaurant to the right. I went right.
I saw two doors and went through the one on the left since I saw the greeter. She sat me in my preferred seat outside. I waited for a while for my my server, but she was nice so I didn’t mind. When she brought me my water, I realized I was not at the Seafood restaurant, but at Elie’s Mediterranean, which shares a doorway and the same navy blue bricks making it look like one restaurant. Oops!
I decided to stay and tried the White Wine Sangria I saw on another table. The fruit looked so good! It was tasty and well steeped. I also ordered the clam chowder, which I am normally not a fan of, and the Jeffrey’s Chicken, since I’m a sucker for a cream based dish. All were progressively better than the item before, culminating in the Jeffrey’s Chicken being addictively delicious. I am not a fan of linguine noodles either, as I only tend to eat Angel Hair pasta, but I ate every noodle. Very good.
But the icing on the proverbial cake was not only the intense people watching session I was able to enjoy, but this charming non-​profit team, the Kenya Relief Project, that sat beside me going back and forth about an issue they were having. The settings are close together, and I felt I was led to this place because I had been searching for a cause to lend my services to, and they kept stating that they needed my exact expertise. So we made a connection right then and there, and it made my meal all the more sweet.
The experience, the food, the ambience — all played into my overall opinion of this place. I will most certainly return.

Took advantage of a warm April afternoon to eat at here so we could enjoy the indoor/​outdor seating. That part was great. When I sat down I noticed some debris (or something) on the plate in front of me. I pointed it out to our waiter and asked for a clean plate. He picked up my plate, dumped the debris off, got me a plate off another table & put my plate on that table! REALLY! The menu’s are tablets which I didn’t really care for. I like to peruse the whole menu, but this required clicking from section to section and going back to look at the different options. Gimmicky & not really helpful in my opinion. I ordered the crushed lentil soup & a chicken kafta. The soup was just not good. It was too thick and tasted too chickeny. It had large chunks of something in it that I thought was perhaps barley because that’s what it tasted like to me, but our waiter said it wasn’t. I couldn’t taste any spices. All in all, just yuk, but the waiter took it away and took it off my bill. My kafta was ok, put the pita was crispy which made it dry. For $ 5 it was a good price point, but don’t expect to be wowed. My friend got a veggie sandwhich, she ended up eating it open faced because she wasn’t impressed with the bread which was plain white bread with scorched toast marks on it. We both had a Sauvignon Blanc which was the highlight of our meal, crisp, dry & chilled just right. Come for the outdoor dining & stick to the basics & a glass of wine.

Great staff but the food was a tad on the bland side. However, the fries were quite tasty. I had the shwarma sandwich and my wife had the burger. Both were good and cook perfectly but just lacked flavor. Nice atmosphere and again solid staff, even from the waiter that was new.

Very bad service. Everything was slow, we wait more than 25 minutes for a glass of wine and a glass of water and after asking 3 times for that and after waiting 25 minutes, they only brought the glass of wine. We waited more 10 minutes to receive the so expected glass of water. Simple as that. The food is OK but the service is terrible. Sign: Alex Moreira

On a beautiful Saturday afternoon when Bham faves like Toast and Social Kitchen were packed, Elie’s was able to seat us at a cozy table for two right away. It wasn’t on the sidewalk, but they have an inside/​outside layout so it still has the open air effect.
Our server, Trina, was um… AWESOME! From her upbeat personality to her food recommendations, she made our dining experience very enjoyable. I was treating my mom to a (much) belated Mothers Day lunch so we naturally started with mimosas. Fresh squeezed OJ and they did NOT skimp on the champagne :) We also ordered hummus with pita — and while I’ve had better pita bread before, the hummus was delectable.
I was hesitant about the lettuce wraps per Trina’s recommendation due to the «overdone» factor of pf chang’s popular dish. But I ended up ordering the shrimp one while the Madre had chicken. We were not sorry. The cilantro hummus sauce was On. Point. At the end of the meal, the check didn’t break the bank either. Will have to come back and try Elie’s for dinner!