Amardeen Lebanese and Mediterranean Cuisine

Pushkar Ghanekar

Amazing collection of mediterranean dishes. The atmosphere was friendly and chill. All the food on different table look ded delicious. I ordered Pistachio chicken salad, it is nice portion and very filling. Would be visiting it again to try other offerings.

Nadia Keddo

Excellent service for our party of 12. We ordered an assortment of appetizers and main dishes; presentation and taste were superb. The juicy grilled chicken was my favorite. Our server Jake was so attentive and quick to get us everything we asked for.

Christopher Gorrie

I’ve been coming here for years and have always enjoyed the food and atmosphere. It’s a family business and I get along well with each generation. There are a lot of great menu items, including the dolma, garlic spread, hummus, Greek chicken salad, and the pizzas. I’m surprised by the negative reviews that say the portions are small and the service is slow. I’ve honestly never witnessed slow service here before — it always appears as if the wait staff is attending to customers in a timely manner. The portions are actually quite large for a number of dishes. A full Greek chicken salad or a pizza, for example, are dishes that are both difficult to finish in one sitting. I have no complaints and only the utmost respect for this hardworking family who make consistently great dishes.

baba black

Overall, I would love to rate higher this restaurant but it is hard to do sadly. This is due to quality, price, and service. Starting with the service which was very slow and we were left wondering if we needed to close the dictionary menu to trigger the ordering of food. Large menu's are baffling due to ether being the best at everything or just being okay or worse with everything. A smaller menu with what you do the best would help! The best thing in the restaurant was the Baba Ghanouj 4/5 stars. The Chicken Biryani was interesting we can we have never had one quite like it before! The vegetable seemed as if they came from a can of assorted vegetables and seemed out of place since they were sprinkled in. No, basmati rice could be found as well which is new and also confusing! One of my favorite dishes to eat is Ouzi Lamb, but it was quite disappointing from this restaurant. The ouzi rice was okay which left the lamb very dry. The tzatziki would have been better with a plain yogurt instead. In closing this rates lower then many of the same kind of restaurant in the area and in San Diego with there high prices and poor quality it is astounding. You have full price salads at 16-17 dollars, but a half salad is 13.50! Hummus, Baba Ghanouj, and all other sauce have a half and full price which is odd the and why? 7 dollars for half or 9.50 for a full order. This is much higher then other restaurant considering that there is one size at a lower cost for better quality! The price of entrees is just leaves me flabbergasted, but you get a choice of salad, lentil soup, or French fries. Prices from 25 to 36 dollars. Update September 19th 2021: I am going back through all my reviews of restaurants to be more stringent and to compete my due diligence of each. I have set forth three rules that all restaurant will need to follow to get a three star rating. The three rules for restaurants is the keep it fresh, keep it clean, and keep it simple! Getting a four or five star will become harder, but not impossible! Why? Well, people rating poor restaurants as five stars when they are barely a two or three is commonplace in Google Maps and I would like to fix this problem.