It's a small and neat restaurant with a homey feel. I went with my family on my birthday. The chicken kebab, mixed grill and fatoush salad was amazing. The chicken is well spiced and melts in your mouth. The rice also had a unique flavot. The waitress was good as well. We will come back InshaAllah.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joe Izen
Food is exceptional in the best Middle East tradition. Kibbee balls. Stuffed grapeleaves, hummus, chicken and beef kabobs, baba ghannoushe all top notch. Hope this place sticks around in Boonton. It's a great place to dine in or take out.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
amro elkhouly
I started eating at this restaurant last year and every time I go, it is perfect. Food and service is excellent. I recommended my friends to go and they all loved it as well. I highly recommend this place 10/10
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brianna Bailey
We had an early bird dinner here on a Saturday. Though the place was empty, it was cozy and the food is absolutely delicious. We had the kofta kebab platter and chicken shawarma pita sandwich. Both fresh and tasty. Large portions. The mint lemonade is not to be missed!! I cut it with a seltzer for the perfect sweetness.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Shawarma
Diana Capetola
My friends and I were given a warm welcome and very good service. We had a delicious lunch with fresh ingredients all made in-house. We will return for sure.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lily E W
Kid-friendliness: Spacious and accommodating staff
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Raihan Kapadia
This food place is underrated. They have amazing mixed platter and shawarma ❤️ must visit here, amazing Aesthetic as well. Recommended.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jessica Lee Renee Arbai
To be quite frank, being a proud resident of The Town of Boonton, I have to say... This place has some decent Middle Eastern/Mediterranean cuisine overall. The ambiance is decent. There are 8 tables available within the dining area, though. So there is not that much ample seating. Parking is a wee difficult being on the main road of Main Street with only a handful of parking spaces. Not that many parking decks or parking lots either nearby.... The taste and quality are absolutely delectable, to me, and pretty authentic and seasoned nicely. However, I have to say, the service was lacking. There is only 1 waiter and 1 busboy, who were lagging behind to catch up with orders/requests as well as servicing the food appropriately and timely. Our food was received somewhat lukewarm. We did not complain, however. We understood that the restaurant may be short-staffed or cutting back, like most restaurants and shops and cafes throughout this nation during this critical point in time of a possible recession/inflation. But.... Oh, and the lentil soup was beyond salty. We had to water down the souu with half of a cup of water, which made the soup less than lukewarm.... Ah, needs some brushing up, I would say.
We ordered 6 dishes and all were too salty. It's not tasty. Tea without taste. Service is sooooo slow. They left leaving almost all the food on the table. An unpleasant feeling remained after visiting this establishment. I don't recommend it to anyone.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Pat B
Very friendly staff. Food is great. Great value. Definitely worth a try. If you like this type of food you’ll really enjoy it here.Kid-friendliness: Kids meal
The Halal food quality, and taste is amazing. We tried mix platters, the aroma of basmati rice was so good and it makes you more hungry. All meat/Kabab/Tikka's taste was very fresh, no fat smell and it was well cooked and was still juicy with just right spices . We highly recommend to everyone to try. Well worth!!!
Megan M.
I have to say I was extremely unimpressed by my experience at Al Aqsa. We sat down and ordered the chicken shawarma platter and beef shawarma platter. The menu states that this comes with your choice of fries or rice, and a regular salad, pita, a coleslaw salad, and pickles. For starters, our food came out cold, and without a salad, pitacoleslaw or pickles. When we asked the waiter about the missing sides, he returned with two tiny salads, and a strange bowl of miscellaneous pickled vegetables. Overall the food was below average, and the portion sizes were nothing special. After our meal we asked about the menu discrepancies, and the waiter said that you have to specifically ask for all of the sides, because in the past people were not eating them. If that's the case, then they should update their menu. And in what world do you have to ask for the food that's supposed to be included in your meal? To be clear, the waiter is not to blame and we tipped him well. You can't kill the messenger. But I will not be eating here again. I am honestly shocked that this place has so many positive reviews.
It's a small and neat restaurant with a homey feel. I went with my family on my birthday. The chicken kebab, mixed grill and fatoush salad was amazing. The chicken is well spiced and melts in your mouth. The rice also had a unique flavot. The waitress was good as well. We will come back InshaAllah.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food is exceptional in the best Middle East tradition. Kibbee balls. Stuffed grapeleaves, hummus, chicken and beef kabobs, baba ghannoushe all top notch. Hope this place sticks around in Boonton. It's a great place to dine in or take out.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
I started eating at this restaurant last year and every time I go, it is perfect. Food and service is excellent. I recommended my friends to go and they all loved it as well. I highly recommend this place 10/10
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had an early bird dinner here on a Saturday. Though the place was empty, it was cozy and the food is absolutely delicious. We had the kofta kebab platter and chicken shawarma pita sandwich. Both fresh and tasty. Large portions. The mint lemonade is not to be missed!! I cut it with a seltzer for the perfect sweetness.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Shawarma
My friends and I were given a warm welcome and very good service. We had a delicious lunch with fresh ingredients all made in-house. We will return for sure.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kid-friendliness: Spacious and accommodating staff
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
This food place is underrated. They have amazing mixed platter and shawarma ❤️ must visit here, amazing Aesthetic as well. Recommended.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
To be quite frank, being a proud resident of The Town of Boonton, I have to say... This place has some decent Middle Eastern/Mediterranean cuisine overall. The ambiance is decent. There are 8 tables available within the dining area, though. So there is not that much ample seating. Parking is a wee difficult being on the main road of Main Street with only a handful of parking spaces. Not that many parking decks or parking lots either nearby.... The taste and quality are absolutely delectable, to me, and pretty authentic and seasoned nicely. However, I have to say, the service was lacking. There is only 1 waiter and 1 busboy, who were lagging behind to catch up with orders/requests as well as servicing the food appropriately and timely. Our food was received somewhat lukewarm. We did not complain, however. We understood that the restaurant may be short-staffed or cutting back, like most restaurants and shops and cafes throughout this nation during this critical point in time of a possible recession/inflation. But.... Oh, and the lentil soup was beyond salty. We had to water down the souu with half of a cup of water, which made the soup less than lukewarm.... Ah, needs some brushing up, I would say.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Amazing
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great Food Nice People.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
We ordered 6 dishes and all were too salty. It's not tasty. Tea without taste. Service is sooooo slow. They left leaving almost all the food on the table. An unpleasant feeling remained after visiting this establishment. I don't recommend it to anyone.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Very friendly staff. Food is great. Great value. Definitely worth a try. If you like this type of food you’ll really enjoy it here.Kid-friendliness: Kids meal
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Shawarma, Chicken Kebab Platter, Labaneh, Falafel
Nice, Nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The Halal food quality, and taste is amazing. We tried mix platters, the aroma of basmati rice was so good and it makes you more hungry. All meat/Kabab/Tikka's taste was very fresh, no fat smell and it was well cooked and was still juicy with just right spices . We highly recommend to everyone to try. Well worth!!!
I have to say I was extremely unimpressed by my experience at Al Aqsa. We sat down and ordered the chicken shawarma platter and beef shawarma platter. The menu states that this comes with your choice of fries or rice, and a regular salad, pita, a coleslaw salad, and pickles. For starters, our food came out cold, and without a salad, pitacoleslaw or pickles. When we asked the waiter about the missing sides, he returned with two tiny salads, and a strange bowl of miscellaneous pickled vegetables. Overall the food was below average, and the portion sizes were nothing special. After our meal we asked about the menu discrepancies, and the waiter said that you have to specifically ask for all of the sides, because in the past people were not eating them. If that's the case, then they should update their menu. And in what world do you have to ask for the food that's supposed to be included in your meal? To be clear, the waiter is not to blame and we tipped him well. You can't kill the messenger. But I will not be eating here again. I am honestly shocked that this place has so many positive reviews.