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Seriously, best food and service in all of brooklyn. Amazing flavors. Take recommendations from the waiters, they know what is best and you won't be disappointed.

There is Tanoreen...and then there are all the other middle eastern restaurants. This is a restaurant in a category by itself. The only place that tastes as authentic as home whether home is Beirut where I come from or Palestine where the owner grabs her recipes and spices from. Anytime I go there it's a feast for me and I make sure to stack up for the rest of the week eggplant, cauliflower, dandelion salads or my favorite yogurt sauce based dishes or the stuffed cabbage. THE BEST!

Tried this place twice found the food over powered by lemon and garlic couldn't taste any other flavors! wont be going back!

Don't know why this place gets such rave reviews -- been there three times, one of which was before all the hype. My first impression that first time was of the inventive menu, but mediocre execution. So, when my Manhattan friends started making trips to BR just to eat at Tanoreen, I decided to give it another chance. Made two trips, just to make sure I didn't get them on an off day on my first return meal. I still don't know what the brouhaha is all about. Eggplant Napoleon was very oily -- again, interesting idea, lackluster preparation. Hummus was ok, falafel -- ok (but I had better from a street cart in Midtown), sujok -- not at all flavorful (bitter disappointment, since it's one of my favorite dishes), shish - ok, but nothing special. Second time around ordered okra, which was swimming in oil, labaneh - good, babaganoush - average/good, and harissa for dessert. I prefer my harissa with a little less liquid, but that's probably a personal preference. All in all, the second visit was better than the first, but not worth the terrible noise level (even at the new location, where one should avoid the sofas, unless you want to be sitting in the lap of the couple next to you), somewhat rushed service, and Midtown Manhattan prices. There are definitely Lebanese places with at least the same-quality cooking, even in BR. As a matter of fact, the Lebanese family restaurant a couple of blocks up the street is, to me, better on all counts. To each his own, I suppose.

Bay ridge has so many good restaurants I dont know why you would go here, the hummus was ok but thats about it. there was literally so much parsley on my plate i thought the chef played a joke on me

I keep reading the reviews on this place but everytime I give it another chance I'm disappointed. What am I missing?

I've given this place a second chance and it still hasn't changed my mind. Average food, high prices. Not worth it.