Baba Ghannouj Mediterranean
| Address: | 5400 S Miami Blvd #138, Durham, NC 27703, USA |
| Phone: | +1 919-361-2305 |
| Site: | babaghannoujbuffet.com |
| Rating: | 4.4 |
| Working: | 11AM–8PM 11AM–8PM 11AM–8PM 11AM–8PM 11AM–8PM 12–4PM Closed |
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Naim Zarif
This is, hands down, one of, if not the best Mediterranean restaurant in this area. As far as cleanliness of restaurant and staff, as well as exceptional customer service, then there is little to no comparison. Ive had one of the worst experiences in terms of service and food at a neighboring Mediterranean restaurants, and this place is the total opposite. I love using coupons, finding deals like BOGO and half off... But this place is one of the very few places that I would gladly pay full price and feel like I still got an awesome deal. Every time I return to this place after not having been there for a while , I say to myself as my meal commences "damn I forgot how good this is" I usually take pictures of a good meal before consume.... but I have none to show because my plates were devoured before the thought of real picture taking had materialized. ..... DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND FREQUENT THIS ESTABLISHMENT! You wont regret it.... cant contact them for your catering needs too! They cater an office party for us last year... It was a Smash Hit!
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Alan Hendricker
Could be 5 stars easily, but heres my main problem with the place. The buffet is so poorly set up it makes going through the line a traffic nightmare. Plus it is not restocked enough. Three times I have gone in for "to-go" food and walked out with nothing because either too crowded or no food. The problem is, the food is so awesome. Ill keep going back, but more like once every two months when I am willing to put up with the high probability of leaving without eating anything. Please fix how the line works, change it from a "U" shape to a straight line "---". And allow people to go on both sides. And split the meats so the bottlenecks are separated. Or put meats on both ends. Put the sauces away from the main lines so people can add them afterward. These are basic buffet tips, not hard to implement. Please Baba G! We love your food.
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Cara Valentino
This is food heaven, hands down ~ 3 buffets in one ~ and all delicious beyond belief. The cold buffet has at least 1/2 dozen salads, ranging from a deliciously tart fatoush to the spicy cilantro salad and ending with the traditional cucumber yogurt sauce, its hard to make portion controlled choices allowing room on your plate for the hot buffet....several different rice dishes, grilled chicken and gyro meat along with soups and hot pita bread....the final buffet (if you have room!) is several cakes and the most decadent flaky crusted baklava that simply melts in your mouth... All dishes available a la carte, but if you plan to attend the weekday lunch buffet...highly recommend arrival by 1130am as it gets PACKED i there, Im not the only fan :)
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Rhonda Jones
I was scrolling thru Yelp seen this Mediterranean restaurant. Finally had the opportunity to stop AND BOY AM I GLAD I DID!! Everything my mouth desired was on the buffet. The eggplant salad was so delicious, the lamb was AMAZING and I finished my meal off with one piece of the baklava!! My server, Jordan, was superb, funny and just could not stop up selling the store. I dont know which one I enjoyed the most his sales pitch or the buffet. Not a bad price (12.99) for what you get and my food was fresh and hot, thats great considering how the lunch buffet was ending. At any rate I will MOST DEFINITELY BE BACK N U SHOULD STOP BY TOO!
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Daniel James
Dont come here if you are on a diet and have poor willpower, because the food is both good and abundant. In particular, the variety of vegetarian choices is appreciated. I thought the price was fine, but vegetarians pay less here. My only complaint is that the owner dude has open-mouth coughed pretty frequently both at the register and in the back every time Ive gone. Maybe he was sick. Or something. Whatever the case, that kind of freaked me out - especially since the restaurant is a buffet. Its hard to complain about infinite baklava, though. Baba Ghannouj: 5 stars. Coughing owner dude: -1 stars.
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John Viener
Just had a Lamb Gyro sandwich with fries from Baba Ghannouj and I have to say that it was one of the better Gyros that I have had in a while. The Lamb was just perfectly cooked and so was the rest of the sandwich. The fries has some sort of seasoning on it, which made them really good. The owner was great too. He offered me a drink, while I was waiting for my to-go order, and I did not even purchase a drink with my meal. The place was very clean as well. Definitely going there again!
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Ranga Silva
Good Mediterranean food. I often goto this place for lunch as its close to my office. Food is well prepared and relatively authentic. Lunch time buffet is really good if you eat in. They have various types of salads, veg and non veg dishes. A decent selection of deserts as well. Taking one star off for the comparatively high cost if you take out from the buffet. Per pound cost is way higher that other restaurants offering lunch buffets in the area.
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OkImGood AtThis
Ordered my food through grubhub. Took 2 hours to get it. Food was pretty much cold upon arrival. Ordered the eggplant. Was pretty much a brown cold mushy mess in a cup. Tried to call the number provided on grubhub twice - no answer. Only good thing was the gyro...the fries that came with it were cold as well. Only thing that kept me from leaving a 1 star was the gyro. Im sure the food would have been better in person.
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Esteban Bortiri
Ive eaten here a few times and I like the food. Yesterday I was having lunch here again when I noticed a patron that had just come in had a pistol sticking out of his pocket. The last thing I want to do is have lunch around people that are packing heat so I wont be back to this restaurant until they have a No firearms policy.
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Melanie Perry
OMG! This wonderful restaurant is by far the freshest, most delicious Mediterranean food around. I go there quite frequently and the people who work there are so friendly and courteous. The food is always fresh! I have food allergies and can always leave there eating a variety of foods which is so great!!
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William Chappell
Its a pretty good Mediterranean spot to grab a quick lunch. A little pricey for lunch but its an "all you can eat" buffet and the food is good. They usually have several vegetarian dishes with a few meat (chicken, beef, lamb) options as well.
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Keith Evans
The food is awesome but there is a very rude young guy working there who is going to lose a lot of business for the place if he isnt fired. He lied about closing time today to my wife and daughter, and they were both pissed.
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Haman Sharma
For some reason I feel their buffet is overly priced for the food they serve. It is mostly self service. Food is average, the dessert baklava is good. The place gets crowded fast on the Friday, so plan accordingly.
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HK R
Tried the lunch buffet today.. loved it. Good was fresh and clean. Loved all the chicken dishes, pita bread was warm and soft. Eggplant salad was amazing. The tea with dessert in the end sealed the deal for me .
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Purr Fekt
Buffet Mediterranean. Food was excellent. Not a big selection though. Went for dinner. Cost just under $13.00 each, including a drink. Will check them out during the daytime, to see if they have a lunch price.
