Sultans Place

Lukewarm soup. Dry chicken shawarma. Everything very blah. Never been disappointed at Aladdin’s, so we’ll stick with them.

The food is great generally. Once the falafel was over cooked, and I prefer the hummus at Aladdins, but the lentil soup is absolutely divine and their pita bread is always nice and fresh. I also really like their mujadara.
I don’t care for the vegetarian sandwiches, which include pickle and not much else if you get it without the pickle. I don’t think it belongs there and wish there was other stuff in its place.
I tried the Arabic coffee once, as I love black, bitter coffee. Unfortunately they sweeten the Arabic coffee which I don’t like at all. I don’t put sugar in my own coffee, why are you just putting it in there for me without asking? It was so overwhelmingly sweet I couldn’t drink it at all.
My biggest issue with this place is the waitstaff. They are AGONIZINGLY slow at bringing out checks. This isn’t a place you want to sit for an hour and chat when you’re coming in for a nice quick lunch. We literally just bring the check up to the counter after waiting for around 5 minutes. And that happens literally every time we eat here. It’s crazy. Have the checks ready to drop off and PICK THEM UP RIGHT AWAY IF THE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR CARD RIGHT THERE FOR YOU.
3 stars just because of the food. Otherwise they would be a 1 – 2.

I’m not sure what did it, but my roommate and I ate here earlier today and now we both have food poisoning. We both had chicken shawarma, salad, hummus and fries:(

I came here on a Saturday afternoon by myself. I was quickly seated. The restaurant wasn’t crowded, maybe 25% full which made it nice and quiet. I ordered one of the non vegetarian wraps (lamb) and a fried kibbie. A friend recommended that I try the kibbie– it was cold on the inside. I tried the baklava after I finished with my meal.
Overall thoroughly underwhelming.

Service was poor. I think the owner/​manager waited on us. Never asked about drinks and salads were doused in vinegar – totally dissatisfying. The Shawarma dish was above average in price and not complete. Most give you rice, warm naan, and olive oil. Here you get entirely too much hummus, chicken, and some spices with bagged pita

Excellent Shawarma. Great customer service and beautiful décor. Highly recommend! !

The tabbouli tasted dirty and was turning brown :(The oil they use is low quality, definitely not extra virgin. I don’t want a pool of it in my hummus. Will go to Zaytoon’s next time!

Way too expensive for food that other tastier restaurants in the area offer for much-​reduced prices. The place has attentive service and a nice atmosphere, but I’d rather drive to Frandor for Aladdin’s for fresh pita and falafel instead of the store-​bought versions they have here.

Easily the best middle eastern restaurant in East Lansing! I always get the chicken kabob meal with rice, hummus, and fattouch salad when I go with just my husband. When with my whole family we usually get Sultan’s feast which is a great way of trying a good portion of the menu. We love eating here and would definitely recommend it!

I used to love this place! The food is pretty good. The last time my husband and I stopped for lunch I got my usual. Few bites into my meal, I found hair in my rice. Black string of hair (definitely not mine since I don’t have dark hair). Disgusting!
I made sure to show it to our waiter, who said «Sorry»…and that’s where it ended. He didn’t offer to bring me a new meal but what’s worse he ended up charging us the full price for my meal.
I didn’t want to make a fuss but just wanted to leave. Why we paid the full price on my meal is beyond (my fault I didn’t ask him to remove charges for my hairy meal).
Lesson learned! Won’t be going back.

Excellent service, mediocre food.
Was disappointed with the small menu; I must say that this is the first middle eastern restaurant that I’ve been to that didn’t offer raw kibbe.
Bread was good, but the garlic sauce was too grainy.
The fattoush salad was tasty, just the right amount of dressing, and veggies were very fresh.
However, the chicken shwarma was barely warm, and the chicken itself was dry.
The worst part of the experience was that there were fruit flies flying everywhere — kind of takes away from the dining experience when you have to constantly swat at flies. Yuck!
I have a feeling that there are better Mediterranean restaurants in East Lansing.

Great mediterranean food! Great prices. One of our local favorites.

Sultan’s was the first (and sofar best) restaurant my family and I went to after moving to Lansing a few months ago. The first thing I noticed when I walked in was the beautiful décor and the cozy, friendly environment.
After being seated you receive a complimentary basket of soft, aromatic freshly-​baked bread.
I am usually a sandwich person, I hardly ever get rice platters; but when I had the Sultan’s Feast with my family I got hooked on it! It’s a feast for the eyes and stomach. When it first arrives to your table you want to just grab a little bit of everything all at once and it’s hard to decide what to eat first because it all looks so good and is presented beautifully. All the meats were grilled perfectly, not a single dry piece of meat. The food was more than enough for four adults and a child, and we ended up bringing leftovers home.
The feast came with two salads as well: an incredibly flavorful fattoush salad (I’m picky about fattoush!) and tabbouleh. It also came with smooth, creamy hummus and smoky baba ghanouj, and pita bread of course!
All in all, Sultan’s has a great atmosphere, friendly waitstaff, and most importantly, delicious food!

Food was great, service was great, and they make some great smoothies. Seems likes they are dedicated to satisfy the customer in every way

Great food and excellent service! Lots of vegetarian options and their bread is to die for. Great fresh juices too. Love this place and highly recommend.

I went to Sultans after eating a few days before at Al Ameer in Dearborn, so I have something to compare Sultans to, and it’s really sad.
For about the same price at Al Ameer as I paid at Sultans, I got double the food, fresh pita, and exquisite food.
At Sultans, the pita was grocery store origins, the grape leaves dry and tasteless, the rice not fully cooked, the taboule and hummus not made right, etc.
The portion size was very small (three grape leaves, for example).
My brother in law is from Lebanon and has often made me REAL Middle-​Eastern food prepared with organic ingredients and skill, so I do know the difference, and Sultans is a fail.
Sultans is good at marketing, and the employees are friendly, but they don’t serve quality food!

Good middle eastern restaurant yet I’ve only had the swhorma which I highly recommend and overall good place.

Got the family style. Shwarma was the only decent dish, rest were meh. Baklava was a bit dry for my taste. Was unimpressed with the hummus.

Came here to get some takeout with family, we’re 4 foodies so naturally we ordered the sultan’s feast for 4– when we went to pick it up we received two bags full of food and another HUGE foil tray of food. It was around $ 60, so $ 15 per person was pretty good. So this feast contained 2 salads, tabbouleh, hummus, baba ganoush, pitas, rice, chicken shawarma, grape leaves, kibble, falafel, and lots of kebabs.
My favorite was definitely the shawarma. It was great! Not too dry. The falafels were the best I’ve ever eaten! And the hummus, baba ganoush, and salad were also delicious. Amazing middle eastern food!!!

While attending MSU, this was my favorite place in E. L to eat.
The service isn’t the best which docks one star.
Let’s talk about the food– the bread, hummus, chicken schwarma, garlic spread, rice and fattoush are very very good!
I haven’t been to Sultan’s since a visit home in ²⁄₁₂ and I hope the food hasn’t deteriorated because it would be a damn shame.
The décor is alright and the restaurant is pretty clean.
The food is reasonably priced and the portions are plenty.