The Palace

Great food! Hummus was on point. Slightly lemon-​y which was enjoyable. Tea was perfect with the mint. 1 star off for slow service. It was not a busy night… i dont know why I was waiting 15 – 20 min for my waitress to come by so I could ask for the bill.

I’m going to have to come back here sometime in the near future. This is my coworker’s favorite place, and now I see why!
We met up here for a birthday/​bonus check celebration with the rest of the office on a Friday night. We first pull up to complimentary valet. Big plus.
The interior was very dimly lit with lighting mainly acting as accents. The dining area was completely open save for a few columns. I couldn’t stop looking at the ceiling. I don’t know what the styling is, but it looks like the inside of a circus tent.
Service was great. We were attended to at all times by many different servers, and they always knew what had to be done.
As for the food. Everything was so delicious. They made the smoothest hummus I had ever had. Kibbeh balls were perfect. Think shepherd’s pie made into a fritter. Tabouleh had great flavor and wasn’t too acidic.
Quail was cooked perfect and covered in a wonderful sauce. I tried dipping my pita in it, but unfortunately wouldn’t pick up any sauce. If I wasn’t surrounded by colleagues, I’d pick up the plate and drink from it.
For the birthday celebrants, they brought out sparklers on top of tiramisu homemade by the owner. I’ve become desensitized at the thought of tiramisu from its ubiquity over the last decade and a half, but this one was extremely well made. Apparently, the owner is very much into Italian and French cuisine.
Add in the fact that the place is BYOB and offers hookah, you’re sure to have a good time. And even though many people were smoking hookah, not once did I notice any other group’s smoke.
Bonus: At least the night I went, there were a lot of beautiful women here.

I always have a great experience. love the place the food and especially the service it’s unbelievable. Highly recommended.

Food: 4 – 5 stars depending on the dish, and service: 3 stars. Since my dad had been here before, he recommended we go here because of the good food. We made a reservation for four on christmas eve since they were open late. The restaurant itself is really large, however the inside was almost like a party hall, and tables were arranged awkwardly in rows. not sure if this was because they wanted to maximize space for xmas crowds? Luckily, we got a booth which was nice and spacious.
The restaurant is BYOB, and a lot of tables brought wine and other liquor. The other tables also had hookah. Most of the crowd were speaking arabic, and seemed like natives, so the restaurant was probably really authentic. It seemed family owned, and everyone knew each other.
We started off with the Large palace sampler $ 16.95 which included falafel, cheese pastry, hummus, labneh, muhamara, babaganoush, and we switched the fattoush for tabouli. We asked the waitress for wine glasses, water and a mint lemonade. Our waitress brought our appetizer but forgot the glasses and our drinks. The appetizer was a large portion, and all the dips were delicious and the tabouli tasted really fresh. Would give the sampler 5 stars, and would recommend to taste a lot of different things. However, they messed up and gave us a meat filled pastry instead of falafel.
Next, we ordered the grape leaves $ 5.95 and the spinach pies $ 6.95. The grape leaves came out warm and tasted fresh, and not like they were out of a tin-​5 stars. The spinach pies were 4 tiny pieces and tasted stale-​2 stars, would not recommend.
For the entrée, we ordered the Palace Grill– which came with mixed meat grill and kabobs with side of rice or fries. We opted for rice. The entrée was an ok portion size, and could be shared with 2 probably. The meat was flavorful, and rice was just average. We asked for garlic sauce on the side, but waitress forgot this also, and finally had to hunt her down to get it.
For dessert, we ordered kanafa. It was a small portion, so we got two orders. It tasted like it was made in house, and not overly sweet, but it was pretty lackluster missing pistachios.
Overall, we enjoyed our dinner and the music, and authentic atmosphere but the service was really slow, and our servers forgot a lot of things we were asking for and never asked us how the meal was going. It took so long for them to swing by so we could ask for the check also. Poor service.
NOTE: They add 18% gratuity. And charge 6.95 for a mint lemonade! I thought this was a mistake but the lady assured me it was correct. Robbery!
Overall, would recommend for authentic food, the appetizers were better than main course. and most people seemed to come here for the hookah. Don’t expect attentive service though!

Excellent food and service! I had the salmon with rice and vegetables, it was very good. I’d recommend the greek salad and hummus with meat. They also have hookah and it’s byob.
My family and I will definitely be back many more times…

This place is a hidden gem! We came across this amazing restaurant due to our original lounge being booked for the night. Superb service and food was delicious!
I recommend the Hummus and Kebob duet.

This place is a gem!
— Delicious, authentic Levantine food. Everything is perfectly seasoned and cooked, beautiful combinations of flavors, great quality, generous portions and inexpensive cost. If you are a meat lover you’ll have the time of your life here. Even the most simple things like their pita bread and seasoned fries are so perfect. I especially love the pita bread they serve. It’s really thin and has some type of subtle spicy pepper seasoning in it. I could eat that with a plate of labneh by itself!
— Hookah is great! Hookah often makes me feel sick but the hookah here is very smooth and pleasant to smoke.
— The inside is huge as is the outdoor seating area. Really nice to smoke hookah outside but they let you smoke it indoors as well. I think they have concerts on the weekends too.
— Service is good, but don’t expect servers to constantly check up on you like they do at franchises and popular American restaurants (when they’re politely rushing you/​kicking you out so they can turn tables!). The service here is attentive but it’s a Middle Eastern style service to leave you alone to enjoy your meal/​hookah, so don’t get frustrated with this. The place is authentic after all. You’ll find people staying for hours and hours, especially outside. The place is huge so there’s enough space for a lot of people.
— BYOB.
— Try one of their fresh fruit slushies! My favorite is mint lemonade! It tastes so good with the food!

The food is top notch for Mediterranean! I had the Chicken Tawook. It was seasoned great and cooked perfectly. I would highly recommend this dish. It really was special for chicken! I would have given 5 stars but the service, although friendly, was not very attentive to our table.

I went there for first time 8÷15÷15. Service was great. Food was great. Entertainment was amazing. Crowd was enthusiastic, energetic, fun, dancing singing. Felt as if I were in another country. Everyone was friendly wait staff attentive. Hookah was best and lasted all night. I went with my Syrian family, they loved it !!

The Palace is the spot!!! Great vibe. Great service. The bomb hooka. Looking for a place to enjoy good food, good music and good hooka The Palace is the spot for you. Jalal and the boys make great hooka from real fruit and great flavors. They even make custom hookas.

The food is amazing and reasonably priced. Everything is seasoned to perfection. The hookah is the best and lasts all night without burning out. The only downer I would say is that their staff needs to be more attentive. And they need to work on their mint lemonade, wayyy too tart.

The food was super bland. I mean everything was really nuetral flavored to a point where it didn’t taste like anything. If you have hyper tension you should eat here because salt is no where to be found. The service was pretty good (which is saying something if you’ve ever been to a Middle Eastern restaurant in the area) …and out door seating is nice because its in a quieter area than its competitors so that warrants a few stars.

They have a buffet going on for $ 19.99 but it didn’t look too appetizing so we ordered off the menu. We came here to sit out on the patio and it was a little drizzly but not too bad. They do have umbrellas tho but there weren’t enough this night for us to be covered. We ordered hummus with chicken, the menu has meat but I asked if they could do chicken instead and they were able to. We also got lamb kebabs. The first bite of lamb was a little overdone but the other pieces were delicious. The hummus and chicken was also delish. We got a packet of cold pita bread. I have had mediterranean/​greek/​lebanese food many times and I have always had fresh warmed pita bread so this was a little disappointing. I was really hoping to have some good pita bread so this kind of put a damper on my experience here. The hookah was so good, and it lasted for a long time so you get your moneys worth for sure! The customer service was good, the waitress we had didn’t speak english very well but we were able to communicate fairly well. Overall this place has some great and dull items, I would come back to do some hookah again but probably not to munch!

Just left the Palace where they have entertainment Saturday nights. First off, the staff is all great. They are super nice and they are so on point with their service which is hard to find nowadays. So I had the shish kabob entrée with rice. It was really good and I asked for tahini on the side so that’s also something you could add. The hookah was really good and I’m a hookah snob. The coal was replaced without us having to ask and every time we needed it. The singer was awesome and they also had a good bellydancer (which is also hard to find). Thumbs up all the way!

I came here for a sweet 16 and to my delight, the food was WONDERFUL! I had the kibbe, which was quite flavorful and the shell was perfect. The baba ghanouj was the best I ever had in a restaurant. Then I had the chicken kabob, holy shit was it the most tender, succulent chicken I have ever had.
So… I dragged my brother here last sunday, paid attention this time cuz I knew I was going to write a review about this place. The ambience is really nice, dimly lit, old school arabic music playing in the background. The place was half full for a sunday night, almost all the tables had a hookah. The very attentive waitress gave us complimentary bread, fresh olives, pickles and turnips. Then the food came out, first the appetizers, the kibbe, see above, the hummus was very creamy and galricky and off the charts, I ordered the lamb liver which was unbelievably fresh and the mixed grill came which my brother practically devoured in one bite, that fat ass. Spicy fries came with it and rice. It was a very good meal, already planning my next visit! The only minor thing was I was my chicken kabob came out hotter.: /

A friend mentioned checking this place out as it is new to the area. Finally got the chance to go there today and I had an amazing experience. The outside of the building looks absolutely amazing but the real beauty is the interior! The place is huge and there is plenty of space to fit tons of people! I could honestly see myself having an engagement party at this place.
Greeted right away once we came in and sat down without any wait on this Monday night. The server was extremely friendly and his name was George, very professional unlike the other places in the area, this was the first time I received great service. Personally I judge a place base off their orange mint so I that was my hookah order and it literally came out within 3 mins! The young guy that makes the hookah is awesome, very personable person to talk to and did an amazing job at packing the hookah.
We had to try the food out and man was it delicious. I had the falafel and Lebanese style humus as an appetizer and all I can say that it was full of flavor, especially the humus! Now for the entrée I had an shish kabob with rice and the meat was cooked perfectly, so tender and juicy, major props to the cooks! The only disappointment I had was the kunafeh, it was not crunchy nor sweet enough and to be honest, I think they really need to approve on that one thing but that doesn’t hold it back from the land slide of pros!
Also Monday and Tuesday they have 25% off your entire bill!!! I think I found my new spot to hang out and get food in the Clifton area. I highly recommend this place! I’ll be back again very soon!

WOW.
As a Lebanese American, I can attest that this food is as authentic as it gets. We started with the hummus appetizer which was just amazing. It was lemony, garlicky with the perfect amount of tahini paste. We also ordered the arabic salad which was tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, in a minty lemony dressing and it was also fantastic. Lastly, we ordered 2 mixed grills that came piping hot and super fresh. The chicken kebab was juicy and flavorful as it should be. The filet kabob and lamb chops were seared nicely and cooked to the perfect medium doneness that I love. The ground beef kebab was also stellar. Didn’t get to try the desserts, but have heard they are also commendable. A must try, and definitely one of the better middle eastern cuisines in the area.