Fattoush

My go-to spot in Arlington! I’ve tried every single wrap at Fattoush — and they’re all amazing — but lately, I keep coming back to the Arabic Chicken Shawarma. It’s absolutely perfect: juicy, flavorful chicken, wrapped in that warm, slightly crispy bread, with just the right balance of garlic sauce and pickles. It hits every time. The food here is consistently fresh, the service is friendly, and the portions are generous. You can tell they put care into everything they make. Whether you’re grabbing lunch or dinner, Fattoush never disappoints. Highly recommend it to anyone who loves real, satisfying Mediterranean food!

This place was such a pleasant surprise everything was incredibly flavorful, and the service was genuinely kind and attentive. The atmosphere made the experience even better, and I left feeling completely satisfied. I highly recommend stopping by if you’re looking for a meal that’s both delicious and memorable.

BEWARE! The menus to look at are right next to the cash register. The problem is-the prices in the menu are way cheaper than what you will be charged! Today I ordered the salad from the menu and was surprised that the salad price I was charged was nearly $4 more! To top it off, the customer service is horrible. The woman waiting on me could not have been more rude. After I showed her the difference she became verbally aggressive with me, asking me: "What am I supposed to do about it? in a very rude tone. She told me "I was making her day tough." Another gentleman came in after me and was picking up his order. Same thing happened to him! He too had the same reaction when he was overcharged as well! He even said to the woman: "We just want an explanation." I had been a frequent customer but no more... Too bad because the food is actually quite good.

Did a lunch takeout at this Lebanese restaurant for the first time. We ordered baked eggplant platter and chicken sharwarma platter. Waited for about 10 minutes. The platter comes with rice, salad, and hummus. I liked the baked eggplant. Hummus was exceptionally good, very creamy, and smooth. There are three seats inside and two small high tables outside. The restaurant also has baklava as well as some grab and go sides.

Loved my meal here! The hummus was delicious and the stuffed grape leaves were so fresh. Also loved the shawarma and quinoa salad! The meat pies were super yummy too.

Really enjoyed the babaganoush and the eech. The homemade pita chips were great and perfectly crispy! I wish the meat kibbe had pine nuts & more allspice/cinnamon. The chicken shawarma was tasty, and the soujok sandwich was flavorful as well. Good takeout spot!

This place is delicious, fast and the owners seem really nice! The flavors are out of this world and I will be coming back for more. Only one critic I have, my wrap was a little sparkly filled. I certainly don’t need a wrap that is filled to the point that you can barely fit it in your mouth but my feta wrap felt a little too thin, I wish it would have had a bit more salad, tomato’s and olives. All in all the food tastes amazing!

The best baba-ganoush ever! I don’t live around anymore but sometimes drive to Arlington just for some of my favorite food there! Highly recommend!

Just moved to Arlington. Tried this place on a hunch and worked out great. Loved the falafel. Had a very pleasant experience picking up the order. Staff is so nice. Baba ganoush and schwarama was great too. Looking forward to eating here again.

Had the lamb and beef shawarma wrap again, and it was even better than the first time! The meat was nice and hot, and the flavors really popped. The gentleman who rang me up (maybe the owner?) gave me a side of turnip pickles that were different than the ones in the wrap and said it would add a different flavor and goes well with the garlic paste I added. He was definitely right, and I was a big fan of the flavor, texture, and color of the magenta turnip pickles. Will add turnip pickles in the future when I return!

Excellent food at a good price The food here is far better than average and that's why I gave it 5 stars. It's not a comfortable place to eat because it only has a few stools inside, but the authentic flavors and tasty, well-prepared food greatly outweigh the seating (in my opinion.) Today I had the Fattoush Salad, with falafel and a side of Baba Ghanoush. The salad had mint, and a light and interesting dressing that they say had pomegranate in it. The baba was good, but the falafel is the tastiest I've found in the area. I recommend them served with a drizzle of tahini (that Fattoush will supply). Their chicken is very tasty and their humus smooth and excellent. The owner is usually the cook. It is a busy little place because the word is out on Fattoush!

I went to Fattoush located on 142 Massachusetts Ave, #ArlingtonMA This takeout spot features Mediterranean and vegan eats, including falafel, shawarma and babaganoush. For appetizers we had the Mouhamara dip with homemade pita chips. The Mouhamara contains aleppo pepper, walnuts, bread crumbs, lemon and an assortment of spices. We also have Tolma (Grape leaves) which had lemon juice, rice and onions. For entrees we had the chicken shawarma plate. This contained chicken on rice pilaf, side salad and hummus. We also had Lahmajun or "Armenian pizza" which is a #flatbread topped with minced vegetables and herbs including onions, garlic, tomatoes, #redpeppers, and parsley, flavored with spices such as chili pepper and paprika, then baked (my personal favorite!). Finally, we had Sujuk or Armenian sausage sandwich which is made with beef, lots of garlic and a mix of aromatic spices This place has great to go options for dips and/or desserts including baklava. I highly recommend checking out this spot if you are a lover of Lebanese Armenian and other Mediterranean eats. Affordability: 8/10 Food: 8/10

I had a delicious lunch at the Fiorella's in Burlington. I started off with a espresso martini,handmade breadsticks with housemade marinara sauce,chicken parmigiana sandwich with fries and a Olive Oil Cake with Vanilla Bean ice cream

When I entered in this Lebanese restaurant, I was greeted by the delicious smell of spices that was of cumin, coriander, and cinnamon. Such wonderful aromas that made me hungry immediately! Here's what I ordered as Chef Jacques helped me pick out some tasty options White Bean Salad (V) (GF) Baked Eggplant (V) Quinoa Salad Must order is the chicken shwarma wrap! Super flavorful and the chicken was very juicy! So do yourself a favor if you are in Arlington, MA and stop by this place and grab yourself some vibrant and bold flavors of Lebanese food!

Some of the best mediterranean food I've ever had! The workers were very nice and accommodating to our requests. We wanted the falafel plate but with rice pilaf instead of one of the items and they did it no issue. The falafel is THE BEST falafel I've ever had, and I've had a lot of falafel. The rice pilaf was buttery and delicious. The hummus was also really good. They serve it with pickles and pickled turnips that were also very good. It comes with tahini and pita bread. We also ordered a side of homemade pita chips. Tons of food for the price. There is not much seating, but they provided us with plates and plastic utensils. Wish I had this place at home and would definitely come back!

I have been on the look out for chicken shawarma wrap since Shawarma King closed and this could be it. Chicken was moist and the roll toasted which I like. The fillings was good too. Then I tried the falafel wrap. It was also good but not toasted. This a takeout place as there is almost no place to sit. I will be going back to try moe

Falafel and shawarma wraps are fresh and tasty but the smallest I've ever had. I mostly tasted just lettuce and pickle in my falafel while the husband's shawarma had very little meat. He was still hungry when we left. The quality of the food was fine.

Possibly best baklava I've ever had. YUM! The baked eggplant and chicken shawarma were delicious too, excellent flavors.

Visited on 8/13/22 for takeout and ordered 2 platters and an appetizer for $46.51 after tax. This was enough food to feed 2 reasonably hungry people and 1 not that hungry person - I think it would have been a bit too much food for 2 regularly hungry people but not quite enough for 3. The Manqoushi cheese was served exactly like a quesadilla (which is kind of what it is), the cheese had tons of aromatics, really nicely spiced! The platters here are really interesting (in a good way) - lots of different flavors in each one. You get a small alad with a tahini dressing, some hummus, and a protein on rice. Highly recommend sharing platters unless you're really hungry, it's a lot of food! Great flavors - tons of spices, but none overwhelming the others. At $20 ea, the platters still do feel a little pricy for just chicken or beef or sausage, even though they're an above average amount of food. They also are kind of similar (only switching up the protein between the different platters), so keep this in mind if you're sharing food. That being said, the actual food itself is quite good, and I'd like to come back and try some other things (pitas, falafel, dips, salads) now that I know that.

I love this place - I come often. Super convenient to be able to take out containers with tabbouleh, hummos, falafel, bab gan, ... The food is over very tasty and the owner is very friendly let's you sample dishes before you buy them. And you can get dinner out for 30 bucks for two people. big win.

Fresh and delicious pita bread with very tasty filling. Loved the food!! Will be back

Delicious & fresh grab and go salads and sides. Chicken shawarma wrap was good and the rice pudding was delish! Good spot for Lebanese takeout.

Everything is so good here! They use all authentic products and ingredients. Your tastebuds will thank you!

Best healthy snack! Hummus with Sumak Pita Chips & cucumbers!! tried so many items already, all super good and cooked to perfection

It's a small place with only a counter (inside - there are small tables outdoors), but the food is amazing. Everything was prepared to perfection. I highly recommend getting a variety of their delicious pies and meat balls. On top of those excellent reasons to eat here, the staff are friendly, polite, and very patient as we ended up slowly working our way through their menu - not something we had planned, but something that started to become necessary.

We really wanted to like this place - we love Mediterranean food. And we're always excited for Arlington to have more good takeout options. First of all don't order online. They do not have many of the menu items and you only find out when you show up that they don't have it. We ordered chicken kebabs and chicken shawarmas for lunch and quinoa salad. Kebabs for the kids. Showed up and I'm told that my order won't have kebabs because "they take 3 hours". What? Why is it available on your menu then? No quinoa salad either - no explanation. Many other people walked in to order while I was there and were told that they did not have items on their menu as well. Took nearly an hour for two chicken shawarma. Got them home and they had such a weird taste - nothing like we've ever experienced with Shawarma before. No idea what spice it was. In any event, between the disorganization and the suboptimal taste, we won't be back.

What a feast we had! Everything looked so good, it was hard to decide what to try so we ordered lots of different things, and we enjoyed all of them! We ordered some standard favorites -- tabouli, white bean salad, hummus, mouhamara, spinach pie, and fattoush salad...and tried some new things too -- quinoa salad, eech, and pumpkin kebbe. We loved it all! Everything tasted incredibly fresh and flavorful! It's hard to say which was my favorite -- I have two: the fattoush salad (they put on top some rolled-up crunchy pita chips that are flavored with zaatar) and the pumpkin kebbe (I loved all the different flavors all together -- the spinach, lemon, and pumpkin), and Nick liked the mouhamara best. My favorite part was that they gave us small bites of a new dessert they will add to the menu soon. I don't know what it's called, but it was a soft dough stuffed with sweet cheese. (Almost like a blintz but different dough.) Delicious! Thank you, Nina and Jack! You were very kind to us, and the food is delicious! We will be back again soon! Our best, Jodie & Nick

I've visited Fattoush a couple of times now, and everything I have ordered has been incredibly fresh and good! Will be coming back often.

While searching Yelp for places to eat near my hotel, I found this hidden gem! I stopped by for a quick lunch and was sad to see that it is a take-out location; however, they did have three stools by the window, so I sat down and had lunch which provided me the opportunity to chat with the owner over a chicken shawarma wrap and pumpkin kebbe balls. I am not a big fan of visiting the same establishment twice while on travel when there are so many places to try, but.....this place was too good! I went back tonight for dinner (and lots of leftovers for another lunch). This time I tried the Lahmajoun, jalapeno hummus, fried eggplant, mouhamara, and a meat pie. While all were exceptional, the fried eggplant and mouhamara stole the show! I truly felt like I was sitting in the Middle East eating the "salads" before a big meal! The flavors were spectacular! Now, I am trying to figure out how to try a few more things before I have to fly home soon! Please stop by this establishment and say hello to the lovely staff and try some fantastic food.

Great falafel wrap! Added feta cheese and it was even more delicious. I'll be back to try some more items!

I took a deep dive into some appetizers for my first visit. I was very impressed with pumpkin kibbe. The filling was quite complex and it was a good size. The spinach pie was as good as any I've had at a number of places. The single skewer chicken kabob was perfectly cooked and the spices were perfectly balanced. The serving size for the hummus was quite adequate. Finally, I wouldn't be put off by some of the early negative intiviews. It's so easy to just spit out negativity at a new restaurant that had the usual challenges to delivering superlative offerings. These people should remember that 'Perfection is the enemy oggood'

Just tried this new Arlington eatery' after reading the rave reviews in the Globe. .. which this place definitely lives up. Had the chicken kabob which was exceptional along with the generous delicious sides.., ., better than many of the the similar ethnic restaurants in town. Noteworthy Were the seasonings and freshness of the ingredients. Looking forward to trying the many other items on the menu. Grateful they're in Arlington.

I had a shawarma and a meat pie. The shawarma was okay, not particularly good. But the meat pie was terrible. Barely any filling, but the biggest problem is that it had a smell that I associate with the dumpsters that are behind some restaurants. Its not the smell of garbage, but a very specific mild, unpleasant odor. Hard to describe, but somethings seriously wrong if that smell is in the food you serve.

Great new local restaurant! We got takeout and the owners are wonderful, food was excellent! Really good hummus! Let's help this business thrive

The food is fine, seems fresh and the flavor is decent but the portion to price ratio is insane. Their wraps are tiny--the halloumi "wrap" is just 2 pieces of cheese on seasoned bread and the plates--at $17 each--are even more of a gouge. The salads are the only thing that seems close to market price. I want the place to succeed but either the portions or the prices have to change.

I asked "What's the best? I like everything!". The cashier asked if I wanted a plate or a wrap-- I responded plate (though retrospectively, I would have said "whatever's best"). She recommended I get the chicken kebab plate. The flavor/sauce on the chicken is great, but the chicken itself was dry. I'm not surprised-- chicken is often dry! But why did the cashier recommend it so highly? The salad on the side was mediocre-- would have been better if it was fully tossed in dressing rather than the dressing poured on top. I believe it was supposed to come with pita, but they didn't give me any. Hummus was good (average). I also tried the lahmajoun-- good, but wouldn't get again. And the rice pudding -- the orange blossom is very strong; perhaps an acquired taste? I will definitely go back, but would not order any of these items again.

Meh. Ordered a take out falafel roll. The pita was thick and seemed a day old. The tomatoes were cold, and refrigerated tomatoes have no taste. The falafels were not very spicy, and there was little to no sauce on the top. I wouldn't return

Got a falafel wrap from this wonderful, small spot in Arlington, midway between Rt 16 & Capital Theatre area. I am very picky about falafel & was in need of a treat after getting the omicron booster. This falafel wrap was fabulous. So carefully prepared, every ingredient perfectly balanced. Generous. Next time (there will be many) I will get some of the items they have prepared and have ready to take out, because many of them sound delicious and I know they will be well made, perfectly spiced.

Solid new addition to Mass Ave. Flavors are on point, 1 star off because unfortunately the kibbeh was dry and you only receive 1/2 of a pita with an order of baba ganoush.

This fine establishment blessed my taste buds with the feeling of authentic Lebanese food (something that's hard to find in America). I would recommend the chicken kabob to anybody who wants a taste of finer things in life. I wasn't in the mood to drive so I ordered online and their delivery service had my meal at my door so fast that it was still steaming hot. Best restaurant I've ever eaten at, 10/10!

Not much flavor. Order was an hour late. Nothing pictured on their website is their actual food. Over 1/2 our order was wrong and they wouldn't fix it "because they had closed." Kibbeh was tasteless. Meat pie is 100% not what is pictured. Never going back... very disappointed.

I'm so sorry to report a very poor experience last night with the new restaurant Fattoush (East Arlington). I wanted to support the new endeavor with a take-out order. When I arrived, the man I dealt with wore his mask under his nose. I asked him to please cover his nose, but that didn't happen. It is a small place so I chose to wait outside. He took my credit card inside and then returned it. He got on the phone, he took notes, he filled another order, and then he reached inside a display cabinet with those same ungloved hands and rearranged a bunch of pastries on their tray. Close to 25 minutes after I was promised my order he finally handed me a bag which all the time had been sitting on the counter. All this time I was standing outside in the winter evening. I asked for a receipt and he could not give me one. I insisted and someone from the back came out and ran one for me. I finally went to my car, and decided to quickly check the bag. Not all of the items I paid for were in the bag. I had to return to the store. He was less than cooperative but finally took back the bag, rumpled through it and grudgingly added the item that was supposed to be there in the first place. I said that I thought he should wear fresh gloves when handling food and he told me that he used tongs. I was gobsmacked. I had just watched him use his fingers. I won't be returning.

On my home on Friday from work and had intended to stop at a local pizzeria, but saw Fattoush and stopped in. Smelled great. I ordered food to take out and chatted with the owner about Aleppo, Armenia, the chef from Beirut. Gorgeous, clean, fantastic food. We had: falafel (my son loved it), tzatsziki that was just a gorgeous yogurt base, chicken kebeb, jalapeno hummus, and my husband and son flipped over the baklava. Healthy food, elegant, simple. Made us think about the Persian place in Arlington called Sabzi (this place was not Persian but there is some crossover shared palette) bc it felt like home-cooking, simple, unfussy, but quality. I don't know why I feel compelled to add that nothing was greasy, but I guess that's so often my experience with take-out (or honestly often dine-in). I was curious about the sausage and the chef made me a complimentary mini wrap. Again, not fancy but high quality simple. Some kind of spice in the sausage that was a combo of a tomato paste and pepper with a bit of a kick. It was more expensive than I'd expected, but post- (ish) Covid, inflation, sluggish restaurant returns, it should not be surprising that the restaurants are struggling at razor thin margins. It feels great to support thoughtful local food.