Karam Restaurant & Bar

We came here for happy hour on our anniversary. We order a sampler, the cauliflower, and both kinds of kabobs, plus beer for me and a gin martini for her.Everything was great with a few exceptions; the chicken kabob was breast meat and a bit chewy. My date's martini wasn't very flavorful, but it was good.Food was served quickly, and they came by to check on us. Overall, recommended and we'll return.And the neighborhood is fine.

The food was delicious, service was immaculate, the waitress was very kind and funny and the restaurant is very beautiful. I'm so glad we came here to celebrate my shahada and birthday.

We got the chicken shawarma and falafel platter. Overall it was very tasty. I liked the shawarma better than the falafel. I wish they had better hot sauce, they just had Frank's red hot.

I love this place. It has the best Lebanese food in Portland in my opinion. All of the staff is so friendly and warm, especially Fatima. I am always excited when i get to order a meal from here. They have really good cocktails too! And despite it being on a really sketchy corner of Portland, they always remain very clean and inviting.

The fact that it's in my apartment building has nothing to do with how great the food is. I'm not biased. I got a few things and they tased great, tbh idk what it's supposed to taste like and I can't remember what any of it was called but my mother (who was also there) really liked it. The decor goes hard too, feels fancy but modern + the bar section doesn't intrude on the food part.

We hadn't eaten at Karam for 2 years. So glad we took the short walk from our condo and tried it again. We were not disappointed. Our server was prompt and friendly and our meal was delicious. My husband and I shared the Grand Veggie Mezza and we added on the baba ghannouj. Included with the mezza was hummus, tabouli, falafels, stuffed grape leaves, fried cauliflower and tahini sauce. We will return.

I wrote then via their website, with no acknowledgment so I will just post this review here. This place has promise. We live close by and would frequent this place more if they:- didn't grill the shawarma - this makes it brittle and crumbly. Not to mention hot lettuce and tomato isn't that appetizing. - use better alcohols in the drinks. - Customer service seems tired and flat.The location is great.

Stop here for lunch and ordered whatever was recommended! I got the Meat Grand Mezza platter which included marinated chicken shawarma and ground beef skewers, that came with basmati rice, rolled meat grape leaves (dolma), falafel, hummus, tabouleh, and tahini sauce. This really gives you a taste of everything so I would highly recommend getting this if you can't decide what to order. The dolmas were a bit liquidy for my liking but the basmati rice was very fragrant and buttery which I loved! Next I got Baba Ghanouj which is one of my favorite dishes! It's a creamy roasted eggplant spread with garlic, lemon juice, salt/pepper, drizzled with olive oil and served with pita bread. I also got the shawarma pizza which was something I've never heard of before! The flavors and toppings really came together to create an amazing Mediterranean fusion dish! We ended our meal with some Turkish coffee and an amazing Peanut Butter and Chocolate ice cream cake served with a homemade raspberry sauce that served as the perfect end to our meal. It wasn't too sweet and the coffee paired really well with ice cream cake dessert.

A middle eastern restaurant that can't get its Falafel right doesn't deserve any further visits. Falafels were dry and inedible. Chicken was pretty good.

Great restaurant! Friendly owners . First time trying a this style of food and I liked it a lot !