Yemeni Restaurant

This has quickly become one of my favorite restaurants in the city. Its a bit further out from city center (like 15 minutes) and in a seemingly less populated area but its definitely worth the drive.The restaurant is nicely decorated and feels very homey but spacious. Service has always been super nice and patient. They also serve a free lamb broth as an appetizer which is always delicious. I gravitate towards the lamb hummus and the lamb fahsa. The hummus is extremely smooth and creamy with tender chunks of flavorful lamb. The fahsa is also very flavorful and comes boiling in a stone pot. Both go so well with the bread provided and it makes for such a delicious meal all around.

The name will bore you to tears, but that's the only thing iffy about this restaurant. Inside, I was the only non-Arab eating dinner. No matter -- I was treated like a dear guest. You'll be served a little soup to start as soon as you're seated. Our waiter was happy to give us recommendations from the menu. We did the lamb hummus and the chicken zorbian and made sure to save room for dessert. More to come on that later!We didn't want hummus at first since it's easy to make at home, but the waiter recommended the lamb one and it didn't disappoint. The hummus is creamy and perfect, but the lamb steals the show. Well-seasoned, moist, and begging to be wrapped up by your fresh bread. Chicken zorbian reminded me a lot of Indian biryani, but not quite as dry. Quite good!And yet it's dessert that stole the show. Massoob! MASSOOB! Stunning. One of those dishes that makes me want to go home and cook it myself. "Whole wheat bread, honey, mashed bananas, cream" -- basically how they have it on the menu. No. Fire your writer. Cross that out. "Dessert delivered directly from heaven" -- that's what it needs to say. I'm not a sweets guy; I rarely order dessert. I couldn't stop thinking about the massoob for a few days. It's a delicious blend of cream and honey. I will come back and get it. I will also make it at home. It's that good.

I went to Yemeni Restaurant while in town visiting family, and the experience made me wish I lived much closer so that I could go here more often! What an incredible place. No one in our party had tried Yemeni food before, but we were all open to getting a good taste of it. We were welcomed into the restaurant as if we were being welcomed into someone's home. It was clear that we didn't know how things worked, and the host/server was kind and non-judgmental about it. We sat down and were immediately greeted with little bowls of warm lamb broth and a delicious hot sauce (which seemed to be house made). We were at a cozy booth in the restaurant which was spacious and had many tables and seats, and was decorated with beautiful photos of Yemen and with a color scheme consistent with the Yemeni flag (nice touches). We were all open to getting a good sample of the food, so we asked the waiter for recommendations. He asked us a few questions about what we liked, and then recommended a few items and gave us the opportunity to accept or refuse - we accepted and were so happy we did! We sampled the hummus with lamb, the lamb fahsah (an incredible aromatic dish of bubbling shredded lamb with mashed potato), the lamb haneeth, and the chicken haneeth, and the waiter threw in a little green salad for balance as well. Everything was incredibly delicious! We also sampled some of the Yemeni tea (very sweet, hot and nicely spiced), and the mango smoothie (so delicious!). I would highly recommend all of these items, and any time I'm back in Columbus I'll be heading back to try more menu items! Thank you, Yemeni Restaurant!

Best hummus. Best service. 10 stars. We're here for only one weekend and I might eat several meals. Authentic ambiance.

Went there for lunch, the service is a little slow, but food is very good, it will be better if they have more vegetables.

We got the lamb Fahsa and lamb Haneeth and both were amazing! I don't know what soup they give as an appetizer but I could drink a giant bowl of it!

Lived upto the ratingsStaff was very friendly and the food was greatDefinitely a great find

Absolutely amazing food and customer service. It was my first time so I wasn't exactly sure what order. They let me try a few things and did not charge me (different types of flavored rice). The Lamb Haneeth was super tender and the 2 types of flavored rice were perfect on their own. It was even better as leftovers because it's a ton of food. I will be back to try more items!! The complimentary Yemeni tea and soup were also very good.

We just had lunch there an hour ago!!!Amazing food! Highly recommend!We were all famished so we tore up the food before we realized it!Service was excellent!From the appetizer hummus with lamb & the lamb fafsa!Our main dish was the lamb dish with potatoes!The complimentary soup was delicious and temperature hot and the tea was the same! No pics but we were full & satiated!

The lamb appetizer was so tender and tasty, we got to sit in the private room and it had great ambience. The service was very attentive but it was not very busy.