We had chicken skewer express plate with class falafel on the side. The express plate was a huge portion with a pita bread, hummus, baba ghanoush and salads. The dips tasted amazing and very fresh. The falafel was very perfect with moist and soft inside and crunchy outside. The chicken was well cooked and well seasoned and went perfectly with the plate.We also ordered sweet potato fries for the side and they really complemented the food. The server was very kind and took our request to season the fries for us.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chunky Eggplant Hummus, Chicken Kabob Plate, Sweet Potato Fries, Green Herb Falafel
Eric S
Delicious Palestinian and Egyptian
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ankit Patel
Not a lot of options for seating inside but they have tables outside.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Green Herb Falafel
Giang Nguyen
Always reliably good hummus. Rich, fresh, delicious! It's hard to find better hummus around here. That said, I'm going with 4 stars because I feel like that is the ceiling for all hummus ?
Food: 4
Kavya Varkey
Chicken was
Food: 1
Q. N
Great lunch spot for quick bite, I always get the yellow falafel sandwich with the red spicy sauce, always filling and healthy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Amit S.
Avoid the Express location, head to one of the restaurants (Palo Alto Downtown or Mountain View) instead. The sandwich costs the same in the restaurant but they seem to do a much better job.I got a falafel pita sandwich to go in the store today ... here is why I rated this experience low:* Falafels were dry * The sandwich was very underfilled compared to past experiences, with almost no hummus or salad. It was dry falafels in a dry sandwich.I checked the order before leaving ... when I complained about how underfilled the sandwich was the staff (to their credit) provided some salad on the side. However, this was also subpar with bitter cucumbers.
Erik Jensen
Bit pricey. But it's palo alto. So fresh! I licked my plate.Dietary restrictions: Good for gluten free and dairy free
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Falafel Plate
Caroline K.
Oren's accepted my order, 70$ worth of food. We drove there and the place was closed due to a power outage. Fine, stuff happens, except they are still taking orders for that location. Oren's needs to be better organized, and not accept orders when you aren't open. It's frustrating to drive for dinner after a long day and end up with no food and having to go through the bank for a refund.
Amy F.
Pretty good overall. The hummus was tasty and the included pitas were some of the best pitas I've ever had. My only qualm is that there definitely was not enough chicken to justify paying that price tag. The cabbage slaw salad was also not my favorite, but to each their own. I would definitely be back for the hummus & pita though!
Delicious! I had a hummus express plate w garlic falafel. I savored every bite. Plenty of food for lunch (too much, actually, I couldn't finish it). The inside was loud (music) with just a large multi-seat table so I ate outside. Service was as expected. Love the sustainable serving wear and the veggie options.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Evelyn H.
You cannot go wrong with Oren's Hummus Express. Every single thing I've ever gotten at Oren's has been delicious. The hummus bowls are super-fresh and generous in serving sizes. I'm more accustomed to having hummus as an appetizer with chips or carrots, so when I ordered beef w/ hummus, it was a full, robust meal that I just couldn't finish on my own. The spices are so flavorful and they have the best, fluffiest, softest pita bread. Like clouds in heaven.Even the grab and go is amazing. You can't get anything bad here. They also have the best service with seating outdoors and indoors. I'd be hitting them up all the time if I lived near one.
Srushti P
One of my favorite place to grab the falafel bowls. The yellow garlic falafel bowl and the green herb falafel bowls are must try.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Gilbert Siegel
We had pita bread sandwiches which were delicious. We ordered online and they were ready very quickly.
Eric Friedman
Food was reasonably tasty though decently-pricy for what it is; over $30 for two sandwiches. I was disappointed by the counter service; I asked two or three times to try to clarify whether the “beef kabob” sandwich was ground beef or beef chunks, and was eventually told it wasn’t ground beef, but then upon getting the sandwich, it was indeed ground beef. Doesn’t seem like a complicated question, and especially given the menu isn’t large, hard to imagine how neither of the two people at the counter could answer correctly.
We had chicken skewer express plate with class falafel on the side. The express plate was a huge portion with a pita bread, hummus, baba ghanoush and salads. The dips tasted amazing and very fresh. The falafel was very perfect with moist and soft inside and crunchy outside. The chicken was well cooked and well seasoned and went perfectly with the plate.We also ordered sweet potato fries for the side and they really complemented the food. The server was very kind and took our request to season the fries for us.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chunky Eggplant Hummus, Chicken Kabob Plate, Sweet Potato Fries, Green Herb Falafel
Delicious Palestinian and Egyptian
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Not a lot of options for seating inside but they have tables outside.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Green Herb Falafel
Always reliably good hummus. Rich, fresh, delicious! It's hard to find better hummus around here. That said, I'm going with 4 stars because I feel like that is the ceiling for all hummus ?
Food: 4
Chicken was
Food: 1
Great lunch spot for quick bite, I always get the yellow falafel sandwich with the red spicy sauce, always filling and healthy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Avoid the Express location, head to one of the restaurants (Palo Alto Downtown or Mountain View) instead. The sandwich costs the same in the restaurant but they seem to do a much better job.I got a falafel pita sandwich to go in the store today ... here is why I rated this experience low:* Falafels were dry * The sandwich was very underfilled compared to past experiences, with almost no hummus or salad. It was dry falafels in a dry sandwich.I checked the order before leaving ... when I complained about how underfilled the sandwich was the staff (to their credit) provided some salad on the side. However, this was also subpar with bitter cucumbers.
Bit pricey. But it's palo alto. So fresh! I licked my plate.Dietary restrictions: Good for gluten free and dairy free
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Falafel Plate
Oren's accepted my order, 70$ worth of food. We drove there and the place was closed due to a power outage. Fine, stuff happens, except they are still taking orders for that location. Oren's needs to be better organized, and not accept orders when you aren't open. It's frustrating to drive for dinner after a long day and end up with no food and having to go through the bank for a refund.
Pretty good overall. The hummus was tasty and the included pitas were some of the best pitas I've ever had. My only qualm is that there definitely was not enough chicken to justify paying that price tag. The cabbage slaw salad was also not my favorite, but to each their own. I would definitely be back for the hummus & pita though!
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Delicious! I had a hummus express plate w garlic falafel. I savored every bite. Plenty of food for lunch (too much, actually, I couldn't finish it). The inside was loud (music) with just a large multi-seat table so I ate outside. Service was as expected. Love the sustainable serving wear and the veggie options.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
You cannot go wrong with Oren's Hummus Express. Every single thing I've ever gotten at Oren's has been delicious. The hummus bowls are super-fresh and generous in serving sizes. I'm more accustomed to having hummus as an appetizer with chips or carrots, so when I ordered beef w/ hummus, it was a full, robust meal that I just couldn't finish on my own. The spices are so flavorful and they have the best, fluffiest, softest pita bread. Like clouds in heaven.Even the grab and go is amazing. You can't get anything bad here. They also have the best service with seating outdoors and indoors. I'd be hitting them up all the time if I lived near one.
One of my favorite place to grab the falafel bowls. The yellow garlic falafel bowl and the green herb falafel bowls are must try.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had pita bread sandwiches which were delicious. We ordered online and they were ready very quickly.
Food was reasonably tasty though decently-pricy for what it is; over $30 for two sandwiches. I was disappointed by the counter service; I asked two or three times to try to clarify whether the “beef kabob” sandwich was ground beef or beef chunks, and was eventually told it wasn’t ground beef, but then upon getting the sandwich, it was indeed ground beef. Doesn’t seem like a complicated question, and especially given the menu isn’t large, hard to imagine how neither of the two people at the counter could answer correctly.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2