Sultan Cafe & Bakery

I was very disheartened to learn that Sultans has closed. Their food was excellent and I hope they reopen again soon!

SULTAN was closed due to a kitchen fire as of 11/08.  Keep checking back.  I hope they return soon.

I am ridiculously excited about Sultan Cafe & Bakery.  A Middle Eastern restaurant in Griffith, IN!!  This is progress, people.  There's actually some ethnic food available in G-town (well, aside from Mexican) and it's really, REALLY great!

My step-dad has been raving about this place, so he, Justin and I visited Sultan on Saturday evening.  I was pleased to see most of the tables filled in this new place!  We were warmly greeted and promptly served fresh baked pita from their bakery with sides of hummus and baba ghanouj.  So, so good!  I had a falafel sandwich with an Israeli salad, Justin had a lamb dish and my step-dad had a beef dish--everything was excellent, nicely prepared, well-seasoned and delicious.  I'm looking forward to heading back to try their shawerma, tabbouleh and kebabs and some of their Middle Eastern dessert options.  

Their bakery/grocery is right off the dining room and offers their pita and other baked goods, in addition to a nice selection of Middle Eastern ingredients from tahini and seasonings to bags of imported rice, cracked wheat and fava beans (and much more!).  Hookahs and shisha (flavored tobacco) are also available for purchase or you can order from the menu and smoke it up in the dining room after 7pm.  I'm not a fan of the smoking in the dining room, but it wasn't too much of a bother when we were there.

I loved the food, I loved the friendly owner, I even loved the table of older smoking gentlemen who appeared to be watching over the place the whole time.  Visit Sultan Cafe and help keep a great new restaurant in business so I can get my falafel on in Griffith!