Royal Kabob

Authentic food. I love the shawarmas, fetoush, and hummus with chicken. Shawarmas here are better than Bucharest’s. The portions are huge. One meal can easily feed two people.

AMBIANCE: slightly dirty, bright lights but dark greys and Browns of paint and furniture made it look older. Not modern
LOCATION: in the heart of hamtramck. Corner of one of the main streets. Easy access. Parking in the back.
SERVICE: limited servers. Took a while to get service, order, get our food, and the bill.
FOOD: delicious, flavorful, big portions that lasted me a couple of days. We got an assortment of dips, hummus, and I got a grilled chicken. No complaints on the food here.
PRICING: decent price for the amount per serving. Can’t complain if you are getting tons of food. $ 10−13/dish

Royal Kebob is absolutely fantastic. The food is delicious and plentiful, all at a fair price.
I’ve tried many of the entrees and have never been disappointed. The «Sautéed» stands out as one of my favorites along with the Shawarma Plate combo. I usually get the Sautéed and choose lamb for the meat and there’s always enough food for at least one more meal. Two people can easily share any of these entrees. The little pillow puffs of pita bread along with garlic sauce to start and salad that come with the entrée are pretty much a meal themselves.
½ order of just the fattoush is $ 4.99 and can easily be a meal. The home made dressing is always fresh and delicious as well.
Service has always been friendly and attentive, even when they are busy.

Really enjoyed our meal here. Hummus, falafel, chicken shawarma, salad, lamb kabob — everything was fresh and seasoned well. Would definitely return. Excellent service.

Total kabob has the best middle eastern food ever. They’re baba ghanouj and debone chicken is the bomb! Their fattoush is awesome too. Eat it there you get more!

Ok, I’ve given Royal Kabob time to redeem itself and it has come through in the clutch earning that extra star. I’ve seen noticeable improvements in service, organization and detail.
The young people who work the front of the house all deserve fist-​bumps or high-​fives. Honor them with good tips instead.

When ever my family and I want to eat middle eastern cuisine we go to Royal Kabob. This place serves the same food and exact same quality as Lashish before all the locations were closed. The service is ok but the food is delicious.

I like middle eastern food. But I like all food. This place is a winner. The free garlic paste and little homemade pita bread is enough to keep you coming back. Unlimited refills. The preparation, freshness, and taste was excellent for everything I ordered. This time I had the salad, combination royal appetizer, and lamb schwarma. The apetizee was made up of hummus, tabouli, and baba ganoush. Very authentic in every way. Right down to the food, neighborhood, cooks, and servers. I observed that most people needed take out containers. The portions are well sized. This is a Lebanese restaurant in an old Polish neighborhood. It is a solid example of cultural shift in Detroit to a growing middle eastern population. Check it out. You won’t be disappointed.

Amazing place. Huge amounts of food and everything was DELISH. Two of us are the beef Kebobs and chicken. This came with fresh pita and garlic, salad, rice, potato curry … So much food! We have a full lunch for the next day. Our server was friendly, attentive and gracious. Real nice atmosphere, not too cheesy or pretentious. We recommend this place for sure.

Great food and excellent prices but I feel like service has started to lack lately. Tables don’t get cleaned after customers leave for quite a while and last time I ate here I didn’t have the staff come and check on me and my friend even once. Not sure if they are short on staff or what is going on but I remember the service being excellent the first few years after they opened this restaurant.

Cant believe its not 5 stars. Food is awesome. Place is clean and decorated. Salads are #1 best in city. Fattoush is great. Garlic sauce and hot bread ! Get the gallayah or shwarma are always a good bet.

Came here after reading good reviews on Unilocal!The reception was fast and attentive. However, overall speed of service was on the slower side. All and all, fair service. The garlic paste was awesome, and the bread was perfect. I could have just eaten that and be very happy with it. The salad was good, especially the cucumber part of it. I picked kebab platter, the meat was tough, chicken was soft but a bit dry. The minced Kebob had good taste and was fine. The veggies that were grilled with the Kebob were burnt to the core. Overall, the Kebobs were 3 stars, the rice was 4 stars, and the garlic paste and bread 5 stars. All in all a good restaurant.

Everytime me and my daughter goes out to eat this is one of our favorite places to visit. Delicious food our favorite waitress is alona she is always so sweet to my baby and she take good care of us. Definitely recommend this spot!

Hands down, one of the best Middle Eastern restaurants in the area. The portions are large! I ordered the half deboned chicken with rice, the village salad and fresh baked bread with garlic. I ended up splitting the food in thirds and eating it as three separate meals.
I love Middle Eastern food and eat it fairly often from different places, but this place is my new favorite! The flavors are full, bright and compliment each other so very well and the ingredients are really fresh. Though I called ahead and the wait was longer than advised, I was super impressed with the quality and the price point.
Try this place. You will not be disappointed.

Judging by the growing sea of Arabic lettering on storefronts in this area of Hamtramck-​In-​Transition, I knew that I was about to get an authentic plate of healthy Middle Eastern grub.
We parked in the «alley-​lot» behind the restaurant and entered through a beige-​colored steel-​clad safety door off the parking lot. On the other side of the dreary door, I was pleased to see a clean, attractive and well-​lit dining area. Our party of seven was quickly accomodated by pushing two 4-​tops together and we were down to business. The few members of our group that were already big fans of Royal Kabob patiently led us through the offerings on the menu.
I started with a cup of chicken veggie soup and it was awesome. I wished I had ordered a whole bowl instead of just a cup. It left a comforting warm glow in my mouth as I anticipated my main dish… Chicken Shawarma. It came with an option for rice or fries and I quickly jumped on the rice which arrived with delicious slivers of almonds mixed in. The generous mound of chicken meat on my plate was «right there»…tender and very flavorful.
Judging by the size of their Fattoush salads and the Shawarma plates covering the top of our table, Royal Kabob provides great value for the buck and happily offers to doggy bag the leftovers.
This being my first visit to Royal Kabob, it will definitely become a part of my regular lunch-​out rotation in this area of Ham-​Town. Five Yeas!

The quality of ingredients and expert cooking techniques featured at the Royal Kabob help them provide better than average Middle Eastern food to the fine people of Hamtramck. For $ 3.99, their Shish Tawook is nearly an unbeatable deal in Metropolitan Detroit. The chicken was marinated to magnificence and you couldn’t find a molecule of fat if you inspected it with a microscopic lens. They serve up some damn near perfect home baked pita bread too with euphoric garlic spread that will have you swooning before your dish arrives.
My dinner partner got the Chicken Ghallaba and didn’t eat much of it because she said it lacked flavor. She is a fattoush fanatic and wasn’t excited about that either so I guess I have to kick them down a star. But don’t get me wrong, this cracker right here would definitely have given them a fiver had I not dined with someone originally from Iraq who has much higher expectations than myself. I throw down 5 stars like Jehovah’s Witnesses pass out freaky flyers, you know me.
The interior design was… Yeah, so the restaurant was very clean with high ceilings and the only thing that bothered me was a local yapping on his cellular device like he owned the place. I would have said something had I not been concerned that he actually owned the place. Our waitress was sensational and repeatedly checked in with us to make sure everything was kosher. Or should I say Halal? And that’s my cue to stfu. Regardless, it was worth the 15 minute drive from our hood and I’d gladly make it again even if it’s just for a carry out.

I quietly made vulgar noises the whole time I was eating. Every single bite I put into my mouth was a near-​euphoric experience and I’m still dreaming about it the morning after.
The bread and garlic spread were the first to hit the table and my palate. Honestly, I could eat the condiment in spoonfulls — or let’s just cut to the chase and hook it straight to my veins. The bread was puffed and sesame’d and perfect.
The tabbouli was refreshing and the parsley was prepared just right — where you don’t feel like you’re chewing like a cow for twenty minutes on each bite nor are you picking out minuscule bits from your teeth for the next 12 hours.
The shish tawook chicken was amazing — savory and bright and filling all at the same time. And you better believe I put the garlic spread on that, too.
The restaurant itself is diner-​esque, nice high ceiling, but with an odd choice of wall sponged-​paint treatment. But did I care? No I did not, because my eyes were blurring from pleasure. Service was mildly disorganized. Again, I did not care because my cognitive functions were also disorganized from the flooring flavors of my meal.
Super fresh food. Amazing layered flavors. Affordable (honestly, if you’re not a huge eater, you can easily split one of their entrees with someone, get a side salad, and be pleasantly stuffed). The millionth reason why I think were I to move to Detroit, Hamtramck would be my jam.

This place is nice. Well kept. Wonderful smells upon entering. Tried the lamb Kafta sandwich. Strong on quality and taste. Meat was moist and flavorful. Not dried out. Solid pita and garlic sauce. Mmmmm garlic sauce…

Myself and countless other Hamtramckans patronize Royal Kabob regularly for a number of reasons:
1) The sandwiches are $ 4, they are filling and delicious. Best shawarma in the city, hands down.
2) The fresh mini-​pitas and garlic sauce are amazing. Free when you eat in.
3) Their juices and shakes are really amazing — the Royal’s Power juice makes me feel like a superhero, and I enjoy grossing boring people out with it’s beet-​parsley goodness.
4) Fast and friendly staff are happy to refill your water, get your takeout order, or explain menu items.
5) Extensive menu, including some American mainstays for kids or those who are afraid of Lebanese food.
Protips:
1) if you like vegetarian food, order the platter for about $ 24. It will feed four people easily, or two people for several meals. Amazing!
2)If you want an awesome simple side: grilled veggies are $ 3 and come with a variety of squash, pepper, tomatoes, and whatever else is in stock. fantastic.

I’m happy to say that I’ve found another place to get great Middle Eastern food. I tried the lamb shawarma, chicken shawarma, and hummus while I was here. The hummus was yummy, but the highlight of that first course was the FRESH PITA. Very few places have been able to do pita like the old La Shish, but I think Royal Kabob has pulled it off.
The lamb shawarma was about on par with the lamb shawarma at my other favorite Middle Eastern place, Sahara. However, the chicken shawarma was the best I’ve had to date at any restaurant — very tender and well spiced without being overbearing.
My only issue with the place is that it’s a mite hard to find parking, but that’s a relatively minor quibble.