Panini Cafe

Chicken Kabob is their Signature! As a Persian fellow with long standing experience with preparing, eating of this dish you should trust me on this note. Staff courteous and Waite time very reasonable for a Saturday afternoon. A solid five for me

Food: get the grilled chicken kabob or the koobideh plate. Grilled chicken is always so moist and I really want to know their secret! The grilled veggies are delicious as well. Plates come with a side of basmati rice and a choice of avocado, Greek, or caesar salad. Avocado salad of the best!
They just revamped their menu and prices went up :(Still pretty affordable and I think the quality and taste here is probably one of the best places in terms of Mediterranean. But also removed the cous cous which was my favorite side :(
The good: moist, flavorful quick and friendly service
The bad: increased prices, no more cous cous, long lunch wait
Tip: get the chicken soup of you’re sick. It’s a gem! Ask for tzatziki

I absolutely, love this place. It is my favorite place to get breakfast in the entire San Fernando Valley. Just order a double order a sourdough toast in a cappuccino and that’s all you need to keep your day going. everything has a beautiful smoky taste from the grill. In a coffee is always perfect

Not so good food The bbq is so so there are better Persian restaurant in the area.
Stingy portions. No pitta bread with your order. The funny part they charge you for it.
Try a different place. Raffis kebob in glendale.

This is located in the Nordstrom Rack shopping center on Victory right across Topanga Plaza. I never dined in this location but always order food to go. I always order the family chicken kabobs with basmati rice and avocado salad. sometimes the Caesar salad. I always call ahead of time. This restaurant never disappoints me .food is great with generous portions and it’s fresh and satisfying. The price on the family meal did go up a bit but it’s ok. Just as long they continue to serve fresh great tasting food with friendly staff I will always be a regular

Wasn’t very impressed with this place, found it to be pretty mediocre. I’m pretty sure the cheese was left off my sandwich and my food was cold. My mother really enjoyed her food but i just didnt care for it much. The pesto was tasty but the foccacia bread really wasn’t what i would consider foccacia, it was more like a thick cut sourdough… no herbs or anything on the bread like normal foccacia has and not soft. i would come hete again for lunch, but the sandwich and salad for dinner here just didnt do it for me. hummus was very good and breakfast/​brunch menu loked a lot more appealing to me. it was also very cold on the patio because the heat lamps did not hit our table and there was a space in the covering that let in all the cold air. it was so busy and noisy inside that i didnt want to eat in there. the patio would definitely be nice for lunch or on a warmer evening. It wasn’t a bad place, just not somewhere i would go for dinner again, there’s much better places in the area to go to instead, in my opinion.

I absolutely LOVE Panini Café. Amazing, delicious food cooked right. We usually order their family meal for $ 35. Great price with a quantity of food with lots of quality. Their chicken kabobs are juicy, and not dry. Their avocado salad… A+. Everything in the family meal is delicious. I can’t say no when a family member wants to order from Panini Café. It is a must if you haven’t tried their food!!!

I NEVER do this, but for $ 6.50 I expected my «bowl» of lentil soup to at least reach the top. And the size of the container resembles a cup of soup… definitely not a bowl of soup. I was looking for lunch, not a snack.

I’m giving this 5 stars only because the food is absolutely delicious. The chicken kabob and koobedeh are just delicious. The service definitely needs improvement.

So far so good… Organic options… Great portions to share and the food is quite tasty… We had all the appetizers and the koobideh and they were all great.
Compared to all the other Mediterranean places I’ve been to, this place has food that has choices for those who are watching their gmo intake…

Ordered beef kubide, combo platter, and shish kabob all soo good! Combo platter consists of different hummus for pita bread very good appetizer! The skewers are done just right and is very tasty. Place is decorated well and service is fast and they take care of u. We even asked for extra pitas since theres alot of sauces left. Food servings are huge and me and my wife shared our plates. Arnold palmers are bottomless. Parking is very accessible.

Here again with my daughter having the best organic food! Michelle is loving the food! I can smile today because of the great service.

Good Service… Good Food… Local Spot … Love it! My boyfriend and family are middle eastern and this place and Raffi’s in Glendale are their top favorites…

This is the place to go for the highest quality mediteranean food. I really enjoyed coming to lunch here. My friend enjoyed it as well. It was the highlight of our day.
TIP: sit outside for the great ambience and people watching! The black bean hummus was a HUGE hit !

Chicken Kabob was a bomb kabob.
It was cooked with perfect timing. In combination with the tomato, they made it just the way I like it. I do not like this particular type of rice, but it just fit in with the combination. The salad was great. I just did not expect such a good spot from the exterior. The interior of the restaurant was quite pleasant.
Con: Long wait time.

So glad we have this place a try! Great food, decent prices, and lots of veggie options. The only reason I’m giving four stars is that the wait in a weekend evening can be a bit long. However, the food makes up for it. Get the hummus trio appetizer. It’s delicious! We’ve also done take out and they pack the food well and give a good size portion as well.

In this shopping center, Panini Café is the quality food place; however, there is only one reason that disappoints me to come here which is the waiting time, after 12 pm. When I come here I have to take 2 hours lunch break but once in awhile it’s worth to come and wait.
Very juicy and delicious food. Chicken kabob is so good and it’s my favorite dish at Panini Café.
For appetizer Organic Hummus Trio and Babaganooj are the best options.
The prices are also reasonable for such a quality food.

Came here to have lunch and luckily there was no wait. As we were leaving, there was a huge line waiting!
We got the chicken sandwich and the trio of hummus. The hummus had 3 types, regular, edamame, and black bean. My favorite was the edamame! The black bean lacked flavor. It came with pita bread and a small green salad. There was also the option of replacing the pita bread with cucumber slices. The sandwich was a panini with chicken and cheese. The cheese could have been melted a bit more. You get an option of various salads with your sandwich also. We got the Greek salad.
Everything was good and the waitress came to check in on us to make sure we were ok.

A bit too hot outside even for a 88 degree day, I had to deal with smells from the grill — poor ventilation inside. Nice was the hostess, the waitress, the menu, and the food.
Chicken Kebab ($ 10.95) — but wait, you can order a split for $ 3 and get your own rice and salad for a deal of the century. Chicken was most and tender, cooked perfectly. I even like the tomato wedges and onion. Choice of rice, pilaf, or bulgur wheat (I got rice) and choice of salad, caesar, chopped, or something else (I got chopped with a light lemon dressing). All was divine, and very filling.
Why have I not gone to one of the Panini locations before? Beats me, I will from now on.
Décor was so-​so, a little dated, and the framed stock photo picture of Greece I can do without… give me real photos or art!

Although the food is consistently good, the service is consistently bad to mediocre. There are a few servers that are actually pretty great, but most of them seem annoyed, in a rush, and only check up on their customers if they are flagged down, or if they are dropping of the bill.
New recommendations: #0, which is a salmon panini (don’t recall the name of the dish). The kebabs are always very good, and the bread pudding is a delicious dessert to share.