Charcoal Gardenia

Reviews

• BS

  Brooke Seymour

  1 day ago
  5.0
  this place is absolutely phenomenal, i had to make a review after i saw on social media that someone posted a racist , negative review. Me and my boyfriend have uber eats/doordashed twice from here, but never went in. Food was so flavorful when we ordered, but going in was way more special. I tried a mint lemonade that is one of my favorite drinks now , my first shawarma and something called Betanjan and Muhammara! I cannot tell you how flavorful and well seasoned every bite was. We had a very nice server and cracked jokes with us. Before i left i said it was my first time eating here and that it was great and he gave me a card, he told me his name and i unfortunately forgot. Its a beautiful thing trying different foods from different cultures and is definitely a privilege. Cannot wait to order from/come in again!
• MT

  Matthew Tumminia

  2 days ago
  1.0
  I was planning to go the food looks good but having their logo be the map of Israel is just flat out disgusting. It’s funny, it’s always Palestinians coming to America to open Palestinian restaurants. Never Americans going to Palestine to open up American restaurants. I wonder why that is…
• IS

  Iliana Sinclair

  Apr 3, 2026
  5.0
  We had a group of 12 to celebrate our birthdays and we all had a blast. The food was so fresh and delicious. We dipped the hot pita bread into the mixed mezze plate. The shepherd salad and tabbouleh were so good. Then came the main dishes that were mind blowing. For dessert we had a little bit of everything and it was sinful. We highly recommend this place.
• YK

  Youcef Khattara

  Mar 31, 2026
  1.0
  First of all, Ibrahim was nice as a server, but honestly we didn’t have a positive experience with this restaurant, we waited for +30 minutes for sandwiches, waiting for that long, they let us know that they don’t have chicken sandwiches after we did order. First and last time going there!
• RR

  Raychel Rivera

  Mar 29, 2026
  2.0
  Beware! They will charge you an 18% service charge then come up and tell you that is not the tip but it “goes to the house”. They made sure to tell us this so we leave an extra tip! Food and service was good but for these reasons I will not go back. No reason that someone needs to pay an 18% service charge and 20% tip on top of the bill! Zara does not do this along with many other good Mediterranean restaurants on the island.