Albasha's Restaurant

Yeah, it's such a drag when a local dine jn dive in a crap shopping strip where you've eaten for about 15 years changes it's attitude towards upholding its service towards loyal local customers AND also slacks off on FOOD QUALITY. I knew that the ALBASHA in Prairieville, LA had changed hands a while back because frankly my Dad was SO friendly with the previous owner that he used to respoke his bent motorcycle wheels! It was actually my first time EVER calling to complain about anything at this place tonight (will absolutely be the last time too!) and I am absolutely SHOCKED at the extreme lack of proper attention AND unprofessional attitude towards a customer calling about the bad food quality of an order. The chicken shawarma combo that I usually get EVERY TIME that I eat at ANY Albasha location had chicken that was as dry as sand. It was so heavily salted and seasoned that I couldn't even swallow it. The usually delicious hummos tasted absolutely tasteless! Something was missing today from the recipe. Literally was like tasting water, it was kinda gross, and only the usual salad was ok. The spinach pie tasted BURNT -well and it clearly was microwaved because the pastry was hard. I don't know if they were getting ready to close early but GUESS WHAT for over $50 I DON'T CARE!!!BOTH the husband AND his quite nasty wife were there tonight. They must not think that people care enough to review them. BOY are they wrong. #1 a customer doesn't care what YOU think!2. It WAS loaded with SO much salt and seasoning I gagged trying to swallow the first bite of CHICKEN SHWARMA! 3. The CHICKEN was SO dry that I couldn't even get the big chunks to shred up any smaller with my fingers because they were SO HARD. 4. HOW DARE you tell me HOW LONG I've had my food before I get around to calling YOU! 5. I can't EVEN- that you made us drive 20 minutes EACH WAY to bring it back to get a partial refund. Oh it was $14 out of $52!NEVER have I EVER had a restaurant professional ask me to do that NOR have I ever heard of anyone else who has had to do that. Guess what my daughter ate hers and NOW feels very sick. I will TELL EVERYONE because of the way you treated us -that I know and it's a lot of social media that you won't want out there. PLEASE DON'T GO to the ALBASHA in PRAIRIEVILLE LA. The owner is a very nasty piece of work who clearly doesn't care about food quality or customer service or satisfaction. NEVER will I EVER change this review. OH and SORRY NOT SORRY...,Yeah, RETURN THAT!

Still the same amazing food. Try the tiramisu! Omg so good. Next time I'll try something else.

We've been customers for years. But after tonight we will not be back to this location. This is the 3rd order on 2 different occasions of beef shish kabobs and they were full of gristle and so tough. I called this time. They did apologize but that's it. No compensation for the un-eatable food. I'm sorry but that's not good customer service.

My friends and I gathered for a pre-Christmas get together and a birthday, so this was the birthday girl's choice. The entrance to the shopping center is right off Airline, so be wary when trying to enter or exit the parking lot as most people treat Airline like the personal Autobahn. Lots of parking was available when we went, but i'm sure it could get dicey other times of the day.The ambiance is pretty basic. They have a touch of trying to make it not just an open air place with some divisions using bricks and fake plants, but it's not much. It's very casual. Our server was super friendly... a bit forgetful (she remembered when it mattered, i suppose, but she was super nice and made sure we were tended to but not overly pushed.Their online menu did not indicate they served alcohol, so we almost diverted completely from going here, but someone remember they do have it. They were out of the Lebanese wine we wanted which was disappointing, so we ordered other options that were not great. I mean, this is a fast food Greek place, so we didn't expect it to be, but I would suggest not wasting your money on the wine.The food was good - the fried cheese was good, just a light fried nature, and still pretty firm which was great. I ordered a vegetarian plate. The grape leaves didn't have as much flavor as you find elsewhere. The mousaka was great - both the squash and the eggplant. I can't remember the other items I got, but nothing was bad. All in all, it was an okay enough experience.

Nasty and so salty , it is not authentic Middle Eastern food at all, like they claim ,would not recommend

I've never had bad meal here that I can remember. It' has nice but casual ambiance and usually I have great service. I love the fried cheese, the meat stuffed yellow squash and cabbage are super delicious and nutritious. The humus is always smooth and not grainy like some places and the gyro and the I love the chicken Shawarma it's seasoned perfectly. The pasta dish is good as well, my husband enjoys the okra and tomato dish and he adds grilled shrimp to it and he also loves the Soulvaki sandwich it's tender juicy pieces of beef kabobs with a tahini sesame seed sauce and dressed with pickled onions and lettuce, it is a true treat. The sautéed squash is also good. Well now I'm craving the food. Guess that's lunch again today, lol

Very disappointed. Ordered kabobs for dinner via door dash. Medium (not medium well) for fear it would be too tough. It was still sooo tough. Not tender at all. Bloody and tough. Makes no sense. We could not eat it. I'm other items were good. No place on website to submit a message or photo to the restaurant

Ordered a Fattoush salad tonight with extra chicken $5 worth and a extra salad dressing oil and vinegar like it normally comes. I do this twice a week I might add, I normally get the $3 extra chicken I decided to increase it to $5 portion, when I got home to my surprise the chicken on the salad was the smallest portion I have ever got, there was ONE house dressing not 2 on top of it being not the correct dressing. When I questioned him he said lift the chicken the dressing is there. It isn't I promise you I have ordered this salad 100x and they never put the dressing on there!! And the portion of Extra chicken looked like the $3 I normally get. I called the restaurant back I only live 2-3 mins away the guy who I tipped generously on a Togo order say sorry nothing I can do you should have specified better. I can buy a $20 salad at so many more places, I promise you I can't specify how many times he reread my order to me. In this economy we can do better. The chicken was down right chewy in texture. Ridiculous as if he had to open the kitchen back up to give me the correct dressing.

Long road trip from Florida yesterday stopped in and ate since we know the area and knew how good this place was before we moved. Needless to say I ate one thing yesterday (ALBASHAS) since I don't snack much on the road and I'm waking up this morning with body cramps, vomiting and diarrhea. I have no clue as to what their serving now a days but not the same quality product as before .

I went inside to eat today and ordered the lamb kabobs medium. The meat was not tender and very chewy. The rest of the meal was ok. Our waiter was ok too.Very disappointed in kabobs.