Green Land Restaurant
Green Land Restaurant
a plate of hummusle and a basket of bread
Fish
a large plate of food
a plate of fried food
Vegetarian Mix, 1 Kibbeh
Spinach soup
Desert
food
food
food, curry
food
food
food, curry
food
food
soups and chowder, chowder, food, soup
food
Shish kabab
That lamb and rice special for $8.50 you see in the middle is 80% bone and cartilaginous material. Barely any meat.
Big celebration.
interior
kofte kabab (4 pieces)
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Muhammad Khurram B.
Feb 21, 2025
When you are in Tampa you can always count on them to give you good food and plenty of it. We generally order their family platter after a long day and it does a good job filling us.
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Mike W.
Feb 23, 2025
So, Green Land has a high reputation for Middle Eastern food as well as their stellar line of spices sold in many Middle Eastern groceries (which I use a lot in my own cooking and are the best I've yet found). In Tampa, Green Land has two locations: this one and a larger one which seems "fancier" as well. This one worked for lunch as it was next door to a Middle Eastern grocer we wanted to shop at and wasn't busy. The interior is small but nicely decorated with murals of locations in the Middle East as well as Ramadan decorations--electric lights in the shape of crescent moons in example, which since it's not quite yet Ramadan I assume get left up year-round here. Or, perhaps were put up slightly early? They're pretty in any case. There was however no one at the counter when we came in. There's a bell to ring for service so we did and a lady appeared from the back. We ordered quickly and then waited . . . and waited . . . and waited. A man came to get a very large take-away catering order and another lady came to help him but she seemed to only speak Arabic and he didn't, he looks at me, I explain I can speak Turkish but not much Arabic. Finally the first lady appears and helps with this huge order, which is ready to go but apparently had several problems with it. While that's being solved apparently all else is on pause here. It was nearly an hour before our food arrived. Now, it was all absolutely excellent especially the meze sampler but most items on that were cold and should have been easy to plate and get out quickly. Again, it was good food--their hummus especially was wonderful. But the restaurant seemed--at least today--disorganized and understaffed, though granted this was at lunch not dinner so maybe that is part of the reason. I also didn't like how the customer with the large catering order seemed unhappy with his order.
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Beth B.
Dec 18, 2023
We gathered here one Thursday night around 5:30 pm before an event at a nearby church. There were 8 of us and the restaurant is clearly not used to a large party like us dining in but they did a GREAT job getting the food out to us in a timely manner and it all tasted fantastic. I loved the labaneh, some of the BEST I have ever had in my life. The pita that accompanies it is so fresh, so soft, that you just want to keep eating more and more. The hummus is made fresh at GreenLand and it is amazing. Our party agreed that this was a GEM of a find in Temple Terrace. The Chicken Shawarma plate was ordered by 4 of the 8 of us and it was raved about for days and days. Some of the best Mediterranean food we have ever enjoyed. The woman who took care of us was so pleasant and patient with our large group.And when the bill came it was super super affordable!
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Adam R.
Dec 3, 2023
This place was somewhere I was recommended over and over... and I did not go for some time! Now that I've went, it's actually part of my weekly order! I order the chicken shawarma platter or the lamb. The sauce is absolutely to die for, and the shawarma is both juicy and well seasoned. When I had issues I've called in, and found no issues there. The salad is also something I would recommend to all (and as someone who's not a fan of the salad, that's rare!My one complaint is the price. It has gone up twice, and I'm thinking about ordering it less, and less. If the price goes up again, I will stop eating here unfortunately as the dollar cost per item won't make any sense based on the type of food I'm getting.
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Hanan T.
Aug 15, 2024
Greenland is definitely a must try spot in tampa. Great authentic Arabic food. Good falafel, mansaf, ozee, leg of lamb. I highly recommend!
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E Z.
Nov 8, 2023
they automatically add 15% "service charge" to the bill and then turn the iPad to you for a "tip" (with the recalculated choices of 15%,18%, and 20%). I chose 20% and when I went home and checked the receipt, I realized I tipped over 35% unknowingly. that's sneaky.
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Sheila R.
Feb 8, 2025
Delicious and Amazing food Mediterranean food , quiet ambience and perfect service. Most stop!!
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Faisal M.
Feb 11, 2025
I ordered a Chicken Shawarma Combo to see how well they compared to other restaurants in the area and they did not disappoint. The actual food was of the right portion: just enough to satisfy but not too much to stuff yourself silly. The chicken was juicy, the bread had a little crunch to it, and the fries had great seasoning on them. The waitress was very nice and service was quick. The store is also very clean, maybe the cleanest of the Arabic restaurants I have been to so far, though none of them have been dirty by any means. I would recommend!
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Anastazia W.
Jan 30, 2025
It was the Worst food! It was Way over priced for dried out meat and rice. I was very disappointed in the service also. The lady was rude when I told her about my order.
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MamaArito C.
Nov 25, 2024
I was sadly disappointed. I was looking forward to this restaurant after reading the reviews. Our chicken schwarma was ridiculously salty. The waitress got our platter order wrong and gave us a sandwich instead (which she fixed). When we asked for a cup of water, she literally gave us an empty cup. The waitress seemed overwhelmed (despite us being the only ones in there) and not friendly at all.
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