Sahara Mediterranean Grill

Very nice decor and excellent service.  It was clean inside with comfortable seating.  

Mom and I ordered cappuccino's at $3.75 I was definitely disappointed.  The cappuccino's were served in espresso cups...tiny!  Cappuccino's are espresso w/ a little Milk and a lot of foam on top.  These had 0 foam (tiny cups had no room to put foam anyway) and it wasn't hot.  It was super sweet, tasted more like Luke-warm hot chocolate...what a waste of money.  

We split the beef kebab.  We asked for the beef to be cooked medium well and it was cooked very well done.  Besides the overcooking of the meet and the poor excuse for cappuccino, everything else was excellent!  The rice was delicious and fluffy.  The meat, even though it was overcooked was of good quality steak and tasted good.  It was served with roasted green peppers, tomatoes and onions.  The salad was crisp and fresh.  The cup of lemon rice soup was served in a very large cup and was very tangy with lots of tastes shreds of chicken.  

The prices are reasonable with the large dinner costing $19.49 and the cup of soup at $3.00

Had the chicken kabob, with hommus, all very good, half orders are plenty of food for one person, decent prices too

Sahara's is one of my favorite Mediterranean restaurants!!  My favorite dishes here are the chicken cream chop, beef shish kafta, and chicken shawarma.  I love how big their servings are here... I always have enough to take home for lunch the next day!  :-)  The dressing that comes with their side salads is really good, I call it their version of ranch dressing.  I find myself dipping everything in it like I would with ranch.  Also every time I come here I have to order their hummus, which I love.

Overall I get really good service here, but there have been occasions when the service was just ok.  There is an older gentleman that has waited on me several times, he's my favorite waiter here!  He is super friendly and a great memory for orders!!  Seems like he's been working here for awhile, he always knows the regulars.  The younger wait staff here is ok, some of them great some just ok.  

The only reason I gave Sahara 4 stars is because of cleanliness.  On several occasions I've sat down on a dirty booth.  The tables are always wiped clean, but they should check the seats as well.  Also there was one instance when I was leaving and on my way out I grabbed the door handle and it had their white garlic sauce all over it.  I did wipe it off when I got to the car but my hand smelled like overpowering garlic all the way home!  This probably happened a good 2 years ago and I have been back to Sahara's many times since, but the fact that I remember it means it was a bad enough experience that I was a little scarred from it.  Lol