al Badawi
Middle Eastern restaurant · Brooklyn Heights
151 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Highlights
Palestinian cuisine served family-style with shareable platters
Palestinian cuisine served family-style with shareable platters
"This second location of a Brooklyn Heights Palestinian restaurant is a great option when you want to feed all of your friends cheesy flatbreads and roasted lamb shank over seasoned rice. We always start with warm pita dipped into olive oil and za’atar, and olives for good measure—all eaten underneath a canopy of fake leaves. Keep Al Badawi in mind for your next casual group meal. The BYOB policy keeps the bill reasonable." - sonal shah, willa moore, will hartman, neha talreja
"This Palestinian spot (the sister restaurant to Ayat) is good for groups who need a lot of food, in a large room with murals and fake flowers that make it feel a little like a picnic. Try the ouzi lamb, the bamia, and a few of the eight flatbreads topped with everything from shawarma to pistachio. These are dangerously cheesy and therefore undeniably good, but we find that they’re best utilized as drinking snacks—which brings us to our next point: this restaurant is BYOB." - willa moore, bryan kim, sonal shah, molly fitzpatrick, carina finn koeppicus, hannah albertine
"Sit under a canopy of fake leaves and dip some freshly baked pita in labne and hummus at Al Badawi on the Upper East Side. The Palestinian restaurant, with another location in Brooklyn Heights, is spacious and casual, with plenty of entrees big enough to share, like kebabs, branzino, and roasted lamb served on a potpourri-like pile of rice, almonds, and herbs. You can only book for groups of up to six online, but if you have a larger party, you can easily make a reservation over the phone, no prix-fixe required." - bryan kim, willa moore
"Al Badawi is made for big groups. The Palestinian spot in Brooklyn Heights (with another location on the Upper East Side) specializes in flatbreads topped with cheese and roasted lamb, and lots of shareable large format dishes. The service can be slow—so bring more than one bottle of wine." - molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah
"Dunking hot pita bread into fresh olive oil and za’atar is one of life’s true pleasures, and you can do that before you order any food at Al Badawi, a Palestinian restaurant with multiple locations. Theirs is thin and crispy, and we love that the spread also comes with olives. More free olives, please." - sonal shah, bryan kim, willa moore, will hartman
