A Taste of the Middle East

Sahara is my absolute favourite Jordanian/Middle Eastern restaurant in Albuquerque! I have been eating there for almost 20 years at all of their locations and still frequent the Central/University one The most. Helen and her family are so kind and talented and I'm grateful to know them. The chicken shawarma plate is my top choice and they have the best homemade pistachio baklava in town. The meats are all fresh and succulent, the rice is fluffy and perfect texture, the veggie dishes are exceptional, and the jallab and blueberry pomegranate teas are unique and flavorful. Love love love this place and can't recommend it enough. They also have Dubai chocolate!

We have been to the middle east and this food was delicious. The service was good, the philathelphel and bahama's media chicken lamb.It was all delicious. We're coming back. They had dubai chocolate.That was the best i've ever had.

This is hands down one of the best Middle Eastern places I've been to in quite some time! We were visiting from out of town and are only slightly familiar with Middle Eastern cuisine. The cuisine was new to most of our group, but everything the group tried turned out to be fantastic. I highly recommend the shawarma sandwich,hummus and of course you have to get some of the Dubai chocolate! I enjoyed the visit so well. I went back a day later to get a Turkish coffee and ladyfingers.

Labna, Baba Ghanouj, Lebanese Plate, Greek Gyro Sandwich, Turkish Coffee. This is my 2nd visit to Sahara. Just like the first time, the food was excellent, the service friendly and the restaurant was clean. Consistency is key and Sahara does not disappoint. Highly recommend.

I've been craving some delicious Gyro meat, Tzatziti & basmati rice, so here I am! The service was absolutely wonderful, VERY friendly staff! The food, oh man, it cured my cravings! Everything came out beyond delicious!!!