Zait Bistro

Absolutely delicious food. I've been coming for years and it's always excellent. The kefta is very flavorful, and the Mediterranean salad is a incredible. They recently started putting olives on their hummus and I'm loving it. The falafel is also the best I've ever had. Highly recommended.

The food is so delicious. I had the chicken and beef shawarma. Great size portions and super tasty.

The lady here is so kind, she gave me a taste of some foods that I had never tried and I loved it!!! The ground beef is amazing! I had lamb, shrimp and beef kabobs….all were nice and juicy! Now every time I go to Costco I am coming here for lunch!!! Thank you ladies for food and kindness!!!

The besttttt!!!very flavorful would definitely recommend!

Never tried Greek food before. 1 ordered the chicken kabobs with hummus rice and fries. All pretty good. The salads are fresh and look delicious. They're dips are addicting. Kind of pricey (I paid about $15 for my plate) but pretty big portions and its freshly made. Staff was very nice. Inside has about 8 tables so kind of small. You can order to go though.

Food is delicious!! I don't feel guilty eating takeout from this place. It's healthy and delicious. Service is excellent! Will keep coming here for takeout :) recommend 100%!

I've tried all Mediterranean/greek food in the area, and this place is the best in my opinion. You get what you pay for and it can be expensive by the time you walk out. I don't care thought if I want the best Mediterranean, I going here.

Zait Bistro is a family owned and operated small business. They are the nicest people! My wife and I found them when we lived near their restaurant. We still frequent the restaurant even though we've moved away. The staff are so nice, so courteous. They serve fresh and delicious Mediterranean food at reasonable prices. We still in for lunch at least once per week and have them cater our Easter get together every year. You have GOT to stop by and enjoy a truly delicious, authentic Mediterranean meal! We'll see you there!

The food is a bit pricey but they give plenty of food, enough for 2 people. You can also choose how much you want. Small is 1 skewer, medium is 2 skewers, and large is 3 skewers. You can pick based on how hungry you are or how many people. The food is made fresh and they have excellent filet mignon kebab. There are a lot of options of sides too, and they are all good. I really like the falafel too, they are really soft and moist on the inside and crispy on outside, not dry like some places. Highly recommend!!

This food is definitely worth it. Max seasonings excellent customer service and the chef is very hospitable and knows what he is doing ! I asked for medium well on steak and lamb and the chef delivered. Rice was flavorful and cloudy soft. Def will come back and 💯 % recommend. I’ve eaten at plenty of Mediterranean in my experience this is def. Top tier no 🧢

Food was made fresh which I didn’t mind waiting the 8/10 min for. Mike is amazing. So kind and let me try the Baklava which was 10/10! Food was priced well. They give you a nice packed plate of deliciousness. The rice is soooooo good. Perfectly made. Chicken was flavorful and juicy. The sauce options are also very yummy! I will definitely be returning!

This is some of the best food around. Takes a little bit for the food to get out because it is freshly cooked but well worth the wait! They have many side options and the staff is so great about letting you try them Out before purchase which is wonderful I would recommend this highly!

Local gem. Been coming here for years. Our family loves the garlic sauce, rice, cucumber yogurt, and kebabs! The portions are generous and the chef Doura makes great food and is very nice. Try their Family Pack meal, we love it!

Good food and good portions. The staff were even kind enough to let me sample a few items. Tried the Chicken Kabob with rice, Mediterranean Salad, bread, and Mutabal.

We had the beef kabob combo plate and it was excellent! The beef was tender and flavorful and the rice was also full of flavor. The rice was the best Mediterranean rice I’ve had. Not sure if they make the pita bread there but I was soft and fluffy. We thought $18 for a large combo was pricey but the flavor was worth t. I’d definitely comeback.

Emily Arment

We had the beef kabob combo plate and it was excellent! The beef was tender and flavorful and the rice was also full of flavor. The rice was the best Mediterranean rice I’ve had. Not sure if they make the pita bread there but I was soft and fluffy. We thought $18 for a large combo was pricey but the flavor was worth t. I’d definitely comeback.

Cynthia Dominguez

Finally came in to try this place. Mike and Genesis were very friendly and helpful. Everything was delicious!

Kammie X.

Local gem. Been coming here for years. Our family loves the garlic sauce, rice, cucumber yogurt, and kebabs! The portions are generous and the chef Doura makes great food and is very nice. Try their Family Pack meal, we love it!

Robert M.003

Good food and good portions. The staff were even kind enough to let me sample a few items. Tried the Chicken Kabob with rice, Mediterranean Salad, bread, and Mutabal.

This place is SO good. I ordered the chicken kabob plate and it was one of the juciest and best seasoned chicken I’ve had. Also, I loved that you get so many options for your sides. Everything was delicious and incredibly fresh. I could eat that rice for the rest of my life! Yumm

One of the best chicken Shawarma places in Rancho. service is always top notch!

I ordered a pick-up catering order for 40 people a couple of days in advance. When I arrived they were pulling the last few items (steak, chicken and keftka) off the grill so everything was hot and ready right on time. They have a “secret catering” menu that as far as I can tell you need to go into the restaurant and to see it as it is not on their printed menu or online. The prices are based on how many people you want to serve and is very reasonable compared to other Mediterranean places. If you have a party and don’t want to do pizza and pasta or a “taco guy” I recommend you give them a try as the food is excellent. Everybody at our party was complimentary and went back for seconds, and there was still plenty of food left over.

Props to the chef, Ms. Noura. The chicken was nice and juicy. Loved the seasoning. Generous amount of the side dishes I picked. Kind people.

Food was delicious! Noura did a awesome job! Best chef ever! Staff was amazing, friendly and attentive! Im coming back!

The family meal here is an amazing value—it can easily feed six people! The food was delicious, and the owner was so kind and friendly, taking the time to explain every item on the menu. Taib! Shukron!

Best bang for your buck, hands down. The food is delicious and a large combo feeds my fam of three. Support this place!

The food was so good and the man working named Mike was so kind and gave us some samples of the chicken and beef. I ended up ordering the chicken and I loved it

My husband and I have been trying to explore more local spots lately we’re so over the same old chain restaurants and this little Mediterranean gem totally delivered. We’ve been twice now and it’s been sooo good both times. The food is packed with flavor, super fresh, and leaves you feeling full but not weighed down. You can tell everything is made with care. It’s one of those places you almost want to keep a secret… but they deserve all the love. We’ll definitely be back again!

I have been going to this restaurant for at least five years or so. And it’s always a great experience. The food is always delicious and the Service is wonderful. They always go to extra mile to make Sure that the quality of your food is great. When we want good Mediterranean food, this is the only place we will go to get it.

The absolute BEST Mediterranean food in Rancho Cucamonga HANDS down, no arguments about it. The meat that is prepared is super fresh, and the the sides that you can select are SOOO GOOD. I always get the hummus, and potato salad and side salad. The meals come with the rice, protein and bread. I sometimes use the coupons that are on Instagram and I saw recently there was in the paper. The prices are super fair based on the quality of food that is given. If you are looking for more meat chicken sherwama is the way to go!! I come here often with family and am able to split meals into two. YUMMY!

Cherylnne Williams

I have been going to this restaurant for at least five years or so. And it’s always a great experience. The food is always delicious and the Service is wonderful. They always go to extra mile to make Sure that the quality of your food is great. When we want good Mediterranean food, this is the only place we will go to get it.

Rebeca

Props to the chef, Ms. Noura. The chicken was nice and juicy. Loved the seasoning. Generous amount of the side dishes I picked. Kind people.

Naya

One of the best chicken Shawarma places in Rancho. service is always top notch!

Katlynn Garcia

Food was delicious! Noura did a awesome job! Best chef ever! Staff was amazing, friendly and attentive! Im coming back!

Kimmy Hansen

The food was so good and the man working named Mike was so kind and gave us some samples of the chicken and beef. I ended up ordering the chicken and I loved it

Maryam Qureshi

The absolute BEST Mediterranean food in Rancho Cucamonga HANDS down, no arguments about it. The meat that is prepared is super fresh, and the the sides that you can select are SOOO GOOD. I always get the hummus, and potato salad and side salad. The meals come with the rice, protein and bread. I sometimes use the coupons that are on Instagram and I saw recently there was in the paper. The prices are super fair based on the quality of food that is given. If you are looking for more meat chicken sherwama is the way to go!! I come here often with family and am able to split meals into two. YUMMY!

Ben Yeh

The family meal here is an amazing value—it can easily feed six people! The food was delicious, and the owner was so kind and friendly, taking the time to explain every item on the menu. Taib! Shukron!

Gia Bravo

My husband and I have been trying to explore more local spots lately we’re so over the same old chain restaurants and this little Mediterranean gem totally delivered. We’ve been twice now and it’s been sooo good both times. The food is packed with flavor, super fresh, and leaves you feeling full but not weighed down. You can tell everything is made with care. It’s one of those places you almost want to keep a secret… but they deserve all the love. We’ll definitely be back again!

Diana Teremzawi

This place is SO good. I ordered the chicken kabob plate and it was one of the juciest and best seasoned chicken I’ve had. Also, I loved that you get so many options for your sides. Everything was delicious and incredibly fresh. I could eat that rice for the rest of my life! Yumm

Chris Cox

I ordered a pick-up catering order for 40 people a couple of days in advance. When I arrived they were pulling the last few items (steak, chicken and keftka) off the grill so everything was hot and ready right on time. They have a “secret catering” menu that as far as I can tell you need to go into the restaurant and to see it as it is not on their printed menu or online. The prices are based on how many people you want to serve and is very reasonable compared to other Mediterranean places. If you have a party and don’t want to do pizza and pasta or a “taco guy” I recommend you give them a try as the food is excellent. Everybody at our party was complimentary and went back for seconds, and there was still plenty of food left over.

Good flavor. Good portions to share. They take their time to prepare the meal. Not a fast food place, I'd say. Meats are excellent. The sides could have a different kick though. One must choose meticulously (because of tastes)

It's fine. Baklava is delicious. Rice is tasty. Beef was good

I enjoyed my food (if I loved the meat they would've gotten five stars). Features: clean eating area, one co-ed bathroom, open environment, highchairs for toddlers, and knowledgeable counter girl.

Lena Mireles

I enjoyed my food (if I loved the meat they would've gotten five stars). Features: clean eating area, one co-ed bathroom, open environment, highchairs for toddlers, and knowledgeable counter girl.

Hector Montoya

It's fine. Baklava is delicious. Rice is tasty. Beef was good

We have been coming to this place for years it was delicious and consistently yummy. The garlic paste was perfect. This last time we eat there something changed it’s wasn’t what we remember. It wasn’t awful but not as good as we remember it.

Falafel, rice, pita and hunmus were really good, other sides not my favorite. Dining area not too enticing, best for take out.

Curt Olinger (CKOPIX)

Falafel, rice, pita and hunmus were really good, other sides not my favorite. Dining area not too enticing, best for take out.

Brenda Rodriguez

We have been coming to this place for years it was delicious and consistently yummy. The garlic paste was perfect. This last time we eat there something changed it’s wasn’t what we remember. It wasn’t awful but not as good as we remember it.

Stopped here on our way out of town because it was on our way and live this type of food. A little pricey! A little dirty for a small place, tables needed cleaning, windows needed cleaning and we had flys hanging around our table inside. Food took an extremely long time to get. The people who ordered after us got their food before us and came in a good 10 minutes after. Food was mediocre. I ordered a small beef plate and didn't receive all that I was supposed to but didn't say anything because we just wanted to leave. My son got a sandwich and didn't like it.

My son and I ordered their "sandwiches" they were actually pita bread. The taste was good but, I wish that they: 1. Had given me a side to go with it( like a meal deal) 2. Not drowned it with the "salad" that they put in it because it is liquidy-creamy. I feel that they should've given me that salad on the side because then it made my pita sandwich soggy. Yuck! 3. Wrapped it better and placed it in a container. I gave it three ⭐'s because if this. Don't get me wrong the taste was not bad but, soggy bread no matter what kind grosses me out!🤢

My first time here and my last. I am a little disappointed with this place after reading the good reviews. I've been wanting to try this place for sometime now, and I'm not sure what happened, but my 10 minute wait became 20 minutes, then 30 minutes, and so on. Eventually, I had to show them my receipt again and they had to go through their register and reprint my order and resubmit it to the cook. Eitherway, I'm just disappointed things didn't go smoothly.

This place was highly recommended by a close friend so I took my family for a late lunch. We placed our orders of 4 combo plates that costs $100+. The person who took our order was very helpful and friendly. We ended up waiting over half an hour for our food. A family came well after us and was given priority because they knew the manager or something and all the people working behind the counter got their orders out first and they were getting table side service from whom I assume is the manager as he was the only one not wearing a uniform. All the attention was just getting this family’s orders out and the rest of us other customers have to wait hungry for our food. I had to ask/remind the person who took our order that we’ve been waiting over half an hour now. It was such a shame as the food was good regardless of the small portions but the lack of attention and caring for the other customers waiting was very disappointing and unprofessional. Did not have a good experience and really ruined our day.

Sorry to say it is very bad food I bought 2 plate of falafel it coming in the plate rice first time to buy flafel with rice in same plate !!!!! Also salad is not fresh at all bad smell Finally price is crazy compare to other restaurants Very expensive hope they can make change for the quality and price otherwise will close soon

I ate recently at Zait Bistro because of good reviews and a craving for Middle Eastern food. My experience here was a sore let down. Following hours of shopping and walking at the nearby Victoria Gardens, I search for some restaurants and Zait Bistro pops up on my Google search. I ordered a lamb shawarma shrak sandwich and a side of fries (the fries were $5!!!) and the total was $17. I realized food wasn’t gonna be cheap, but for $17 I was expecting some quality food. Well, I received food but it was hardly of any quality. The shawarma came out cold, and I’m 99% sure the shrak bread was stale, because biting through that bread was literally a full-on workout for my jaw. The bread was so tough. The food was not only cold and hard to eat, but also lacked any real flavor. Genuinely, it just had no flavor. Then I open up my french fries only to be further disappointed by the most fat, uncrispy, mushy, unsalted fries. The fries were cut terribly, and were basically just chunks of potato. It was actually worse that cold mcdonald’s french fries. I’ve been to good mediterranean/middle eastern restaurants before, and this 100% isn’t it. I don’t know if covid lowered quality or something, but the food was just genuinely bad. I’ll never come here again, and would rate it 0 stars if I could. If you question the authenticity of my review, then you are welcome to look for my yelp review as well, because this restaurants bad quality has made me so angry I will be posting on yelp as well (where I have several reviews, all genuine). Don’t waste your money. Edited to add: I wish no ill on the owners, but I hated the food.

Falafel served with rice, not acceptable taste wise. Falafel is not cooked well. The place is unclean. They need to work hard to improve their restaurant. Price is way higher than other better restaurants.

I am not a new customer I was going there for years since the restaurant is opened but recently I started to get a very bad customer service and also the food taste very bad. I just ordered a big order paid over hundred dollars and once I opened my order the tahini sauce was filled by air and the taste was like fermented . The kefta plate was very bad I will upload the picture with my review to see how the kefta pieces look inside my plate and the taste was very bad doesn’t seem like it is fresh food at all. The shawarma sandwich last time was very bad not pleasant to look at and very bad quality. I wish to not write this review as this restaurant was one of my best restaurants to go to and enjoy my meal over there but recently it started to be very bad.

Magda E

I am not a new customer I was going there for years since the restaurant is opened but recently I started to get a very bad customer service and also the food taste very bad. I just ordered a big order paid over hundred dollars and once I opened my order the tahini sauce was filled by air and the taste was like fermented . The kefta plate was very bad I will upload the picture with my review to see how the kefta pieces look inside my plate and the taste was very bad doesn’t seem like it is fresh food at all. The shawarma sandwich last time was very bad not pleasant to look at and very bad quality. I wish to not write this review as this restaurant was one of my best restaurants to go to and enjoy my meal over there but recently it started to be very bad.

BEWARE First time picking up food from here. First impression, this place is dirty. I'm really surprised that health inspectors are allowing this type of place to stay open. Service sucks. The person I dealt with was super rude. Supposedly his name is Jose. If he's the chef or cook, he should stay in the kitchen and not deal with customers. I'm all for supporting family owned businesses but owners need to understand that good and friendly customer service is what you should strive for. I will never come here again. I will make sure friends and family never support this place either.

Rob Frongillo

BEWARE First time picking up food from here. First impression, this place is dirty. I'm really surprised that health inspectors are allowing this type of place to stay open. Service sucks. The person I dealt with was super rude. Supposedly his name is Jose. If he's the chef or cook, he should stay in the kitchen and not deal with customers. I'm all for supporting family owned businesses but owners need to understand that good and friendly customer service is what you should strive for. I will never come here again. I will make sure friends and family never support this place either.