Tanoreen
Middle Eastern restaurant · Bayridge
7523 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209
Highlights
Generous portions, warm vibe, signature knafeh dessert
Generous portions, warm vibe, signature knafeh dessert
"Tannoreen is Chef and Owner Rawia Bishara’s elegant and outstanding Mediterranean restaurant. It’s most definitely the best in Bay Ridge, if not all of Brooklyn. The cuisine was born form Ms Bishara’s childhood and we are so fortunate to be able to get a taste of it. The warm environment, friendly wait staff and exquisite food platting make this location so special. Ms Bishara often times makes rounds herself to the many tables in the restaurant to make sure you're satisfied—which underscores Tannoreen’s main intent—to make sure their guests are happy." - the serif design
"Rawia Bishara’s Palestinian restaurant in Bay Ridge offers a variety of fine Middle Eastern sweets, including piney sahlab custard, dense semolina-coconut harissa cake, and anise-y macaroni cookies. But if you’re here for dessert, chances are, you’re here for the knafeh, a giant slab of baked sweet cheese covered in filo and soaked in aromatic orange blossom syrup. Half the fun is watching a server slice it tableside and stretch out the cheese like a pizzaiolo. A small order feeds two to three people; a large order feeds four to six." - Melissa McCart
"A vibrant borough known for its diverse culinary scenes, including Rawia and Jumana Bishara's Tanoreen, a restaurant celebrating Palestinian cuisine and culture." - Rebecca Flint Marx
"Palestinian restaurant Tanoreen features a $45 lunch or a $60 dinner. For lunch, it’s one appetizer and one entrée from the regular or specials menu and for dinner it’s an appetizer, entree, and dessert." - Melissa McCart
"Tanoreen, a trailblazing Palestinian restaurant that has been a staple of Bay Ridge for 26 years, is expanding for the first time. Rawia and Jumana Bishara, the mother-daughter owners, will open a fast-casual version of Tanoreen at the Time Out Market food hall in Dumbo on November 21, which first opened on the waterfront in 2019. In 2021, former Eater critic Ryan Sutton reviewed the restaurant calling it “still a hit” and remarked on the way Tanoreen has paved a path for a new wave of Palestinian restaurants that have since opened, including Qanoon in Chelsea, and several locations of Ayat and Al Badawi that have grown around the city." - Emma Orlow
