Al Hamra Halal Mediterranean Buffet

We have been wanting to come here for awhile and suddenly our schedules aligned. Located in Mid City Mall off Bardstown rd so plenty of parking spaces available. We went late afternoon, walked and immediately seated. Nice decor and decent seating options. They mainly have booths but also have table options. It's wasn't busy, so our server/host was able to give us the menus and get our drink orders in. They were just 3 of us, I remember we all got waters and I ordered a Turkish coffee. Our waters came out and my coffee came out shortly. It's was in a paper cup but still delicious and strong. My friend ordered the baba ghanoush appetizer. It didn't take long for this to come out. It's was good and a bit chunky than some other places we have ordered at. The spicy relish was good spicy too. The plus side is we didn't have to order 24 hrs in advance like other places we have been. We went ahead placed our entrees orders. I ordered the beef shawarma plate, my friend got the chicken shawarma plate and kid for the gyro plate. While we were waiting for our food, the server brought our sides of hummus, salad and pita bread. The salad was delicious, so refreshing the pairing of vegetables herbs was superb! The hummus was smooth flavorful there's spicy relish on top! Our plates came out shortly I wasn't expecting the amount of food on those plates! The food was hot and smelled amazing. The beef shawarma was delicious, well seasoned and easy to eat bite size and I loved the 2 rice options and the extra herbs, spices and tomato onion slices on top. My kid loved his gyro rice pairing. My friend loved her chicken shawarma. Our server definitely kept checking in on us until it was time for us to go. They were training new servers and we didn't know if we pay at the desk or our table. It took a few minutes to get someone's attention to get Togo boxes and our ticket. We paid at the table this time. We are planning on coming back on the weekend for the buffet.

First time here after hearing great things. It didn't disappoint. Buffet is on weekend and holidays so ordered off the menu. Delicious hummus and lamb beef kabobs were terrific! We met the owner who made sure he checked on us. Great experience.

Recent Change in Buffet Now the individual Food Prices are through the roof! Hummus $8 dollars.... oh please!. shawarma $12 $19... ridiculous... even doesnot taste good. It's absolutely not worth the money with those prices. Extremely disappointment. other restaurants selling 12 shamarwa for $7 $9..... I won't be surprised that this restaurant will close down soon if they continue to have the same management who have no idea of how to run a restaurant. They need to hire professional help.

I eat a lot of Mediterranean food from different places in the US, some great some okay. My boyfriend cooks Jordanian/Lebanese food and appreciates authentic wonderful food.This was my first time and this place is in my top 3 so far. Great tasting food! No complaints. Not too many choices but what they do make is yummy. No frills but a great meal cooked with fresh ingredients. Everything was very delicious, perfect flavors. Affordable! Tip well

It was okay!Variety of food. Clean place.It's better to steer your way through the dishes you actually like not the ones that wouldn't go with your taste minimizing the food waste. Quite the optimization problem!I found the rice to be very very fragrant with cardamom and cinnamon (I loved it), the lamb was slow cooked in a way that the meat became extremely soft. The kabobs were fabulous. As a whole it was a good experience through Mediterranean food.