Corner grill offering Mediterranean meals over the counter in a hip, brick-lined space with seating.

Taheni

The falafel tastes so fresh. I had the wrap and dined in. They bring your food to the table. My partner had the steak platter. The woman working the front desk was kind and answered many of our questions since I'm vegan. The cool thing about this place is ordering food on the kiosk.

We have to talk about their sauces because no one’s really mentioned it yet which I feel is a cardinal sin because their Shattah sauce is a tiny little container of PERFECTION.

Seriously they need to find a distributor and bottle it up, because I’d be first in line at the grocery store. Or even just sell bottles of it. It’s so good there are times I’ve gotten food elsewhere but will do an entire order of just that darn sauce because nothing else compares. Buffalo who? Sriracha where? A1 what?? I’m officially ruined for life because I don’t know how my tastebuds will survive in the future without it. Beware it’s spicy (I have high spice tolerance so to me it’s just a slight kick). TMG & Taheni Sauces are also mouthwateringly delicious. But garlic sauce I wasn’t a fan of.

Zaatar fries are fantastic, though their shawarma fries are my go-to. Deliciously crispy and more filling since it’s topped with chicken and tons of that delicious TMG sauce.

For the wraps, I’ve had better in my life, but these are quite solid. Probably second best I’ve had in the neighborhood (best by a mile is Kotti Berliner Döner Kebab, and is so good you might actually cry - so very hard to beat). Chicken option is good, though I do find it doesn’t have much seasoning on its own and is definitely helped by sauces. Gyro option is great, though you can tell its not high quality meat - kinda has that common mystery meat texture. Great flavor though! Steak…not so no good - meat was pretty unseasoned and relied heavily on the sauces & fillings for flavor. Not worth it given the higher cost. I’d go for gyro if you want beef. Same applies to the platters.

Their TMG Chicken sandwich is nice but I kinda wish it had an option for a regular bun, as the cheese pita is a cool idea but a bit too heart attack inducing. Same with the Halloumi fries - would be nice to have a basic grilled option with no breading & deep frying.

5 stars for food, 3 stars for delivery/takeout as they deliver fast but are very unresponsive. Have called on different occasions and no one’s ever picked up. Have also added order notes (like asking the halloumi cheese not be fried) that go ignored. Hopefully that improves.

We ordered angus burger and chicken tenders, burgers were decent and we enjoyed it. However the chicken tenders were so badly charred burned, then we showed them what they gave us, they offered us to order something else instead. So we ordered eggplants, and they were also nearly burned and full of grease. And oil had the sour taste to it, i guess it is due for them to change the oil. I was disappointed that they dont care what they serving to people in exchange for their money.
Giving them a higher star bc burger was better

Woooooooooah daddy! This place is awesome. Definitely one of the best shawarma wraps I’ve ever had. It’s super clean and the staff is really nice. Prices are very fair especially for this area. No complaints here. I highly recommend it!

I’ve had a lot better.

Food: we got the salad, chicken plate, falafel wrap and the hummus. The pita is delicious. You can tell it’s fresh. I love the size and the texture. They used decent yeast for it, I wish it was whole wheat. The hummus is good, it’s on the creamier side with water I think rather than oil. The salad was a disappointment for sure. They have a mix of old salads which means it’s not fresh or as fresh. Half my bowl was old leaves with the brown decaying edges. The falafel was delicious. I think my favorite was the hummus and pita.

Service: oddly the entire place only needs a cook. You order at a Seamless kiosk computer. I wish they’d have better visuals since we really had no idea what type of salad we were ordering. I was expecting a salad, didn’t know it was a Mediterranean  salad considering there’s also an option to order a Mediterranean salad.

Atmosphere: it’s nice and simple. I think most of their patrons come for a quick lunch rather. The windows let a lot of light in which is very welcome. I love it.

Halal Status for Taheni Gowanus