Cafe Phoenicia

The food here is always great! I especially love their Chicken Shwarma because it's so moist and tender compared to other places and still has a nice char around the edges. I always order the Combination Plate for the variety. The Gyros is also very well cooked and tender, and their Hummus is very creamy and flavorful.This particular location in Central has a n8ce large capacity, with plenty of seating and a long bar. Very nicely decorated and very clean. The light level is low and provides a cozy atmosphere for an open area table restaurant.My server, although quite busy, was very friendly, attentive and always showed up at the right time to refill my tea and pay my check. I will always continue to eat here when I'm working in the area.

Everything we tasted was incredible and I'm always happy to find a restaurant with a great quality menu! The lobster soup was delicious by itself but with the Lobster Ravioli - YUM! The ambiance in the restaurant was great and everything kept us pleasantly surprised with all the flavor! 10/10 will definitely be back!

I really didn't want to write a review full of complaints about Café Phoenicia, but I really didn't want to have a mediocre meal at Café Phoenicia, either. The menu is sort of Greco-Lebanese, but dumbed down for the locals. How so? Instead of tzatziki, saganaki, and spanakopita, the menu lists "Grecian dip," "fried halloumi cheese," and "spinach pies." Much of the food is Greco-Italian fusion with a lot of pasta dishes with some "Greek" ingredients (olives, artichoke hearts, "Phoenician spices") thrown in.The spanakopita ("spinach pies") were terrible. Rather than anything like the flaky layers of phyllo the dish should have, it came with a soft, moist skin almost like a Greek pierogi ― Zeus only knows how long these things had been sitting around. Two old soggy spanakopita for nine dollars was highway robbery. The fried kibbeh was good, but it was just one for $5.50. The saganaki ("fried halloumi cheese") was okay, but the serving was four slim pieces for ten bucks, not freshly fried, and served in an Olympic-sized pool of olive oil.Things didn't get better when the entrées arrived: My lamb shank brought to mind the old phrase, "Mutton dressed as...," well, you can guess. It was fatty and not freshly cooked, and the food service hummus on the side was flavorless. My mom ordered their lobster bisque and a large feta salad. The bisque was another food service product to which some sort of cheap langostino (a.k.a., squat lobster) meat was added; my mom didn't finish the small portion. Her feta salad was conspicuously missing feta. Only my dad enjoyed his dish of some sort of eggplant topped with crab. The service was less than polished: I've rarely seen plates pile up on a table like that outside of a dim sum house or conveyor belt sushi bar.Since our reigning Sith Lord, Darth Biden, won't let let the nonsensical COVID hysteria die until he does, it's still tough times for restaurants, and I'm loath to knock an eatery in these tough times, but the experience at Café Phoenicia was a failure on pretty much level. We won't be back. In closing, I'll leave you with the words of another great Mediterranean civilization: Caveat emptor.

After trying the Dessert in the Denham Springs location and drooling from the dishes server in that location, we decided to have our family lunch in the Central location. We went in during Sunday lunch and the restaurant was packed. It was 10 of us and we were seated up front by the hostess and our waitress was Stephanie. They provided excellent service. As for the food, we all ordered a bunch of different dishes but started with the fried cheese and hummus!Alright fried cheese was delicious! 5/5The hummus was delish 5/5We all got some salads to start 3.5/5Meat Samplers 5/5Chicken shawarma plate 5/5 absolute greatness!Shrimp and Crawfish Diablo - if you're not feeling the chicken or gyro this evening I highly recommend this dish. 5/5Overall the service and the food were amazing! Shoutout to the Chef and his team! The food portions were generous and delicious. I would come back to this spot for any occasion and I am sure the place in Denham is just as good!

No wait tonight to be seated. I love this place, romantic and soft music and stellar service and the food is amazing here at this location

Good food and service. Didn't have a good wine or drink selection so go elsewhere if you're looking for a good wine list or even a margarita.

The food is good for Greek and the service is great! We eat here or do take out at least 3x a month.Everyone is friendly and the portions are decent size... when we get the Pho sampler, it feeds two! Definitely one of the better restaurants in Central! Below is a pic the lamb kabobs

Try the lamb shank! It's plenty to eat and taste amazing! I'm craving it just writing this review!

Like so many restaurants these days, increase the price and serve smaller portions.Chicken Gabriel dish is not what it used to be. So disappointing.Service was good.Probably not returning.

Awful service. Waited to be seated, order was never taken. Prices are too high for the level of food this is. Taking my business and recommendations elsewhere. Start with your hostess and wait staff, they cost you customers.