La’ Ziza Lebanese Cuisine & Hookah Lounge
“They do get very busy from about 6:30 on, and sometimes parking also becomes a little hard to find, but it's worth the trouble!”
“The food here is tasty–I've had the lamb platter and falafel balls in the past, both of which were perfectly cooked and seasoned.”
“My favorite hookah flavor is blue mist I highly recommend it and their arugula salad with chicken is superb!”
La’ Ziza Lebanese Cuisine & Hookah Lounge
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Coat Check: Yes
Smoking: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Has Pool Table: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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I'm at a toss up here. The food is great, service is friendly, but my shawarma entree was meh.
To start our feast, we ordered the Hummus w/ meat and pine nuts, YUM. Loved the combination with some warm pita!
Also ordered the Labneh w/ toasted pita… This yogurt dip was interesting and new to me. Would've loved a bit more garlic in the dip. And one of my favorite apps of the night – the Fattoush salad w/ crispy pita. Tangy and acidic with nice crunch!
For my entree, I ordered the shawarma platter. I could eat the rice for daaaayyys upon days! But the meat was so dry and bland. To make up for the lack of flavor, my friend suggested ordering a side of their "garlic sauce" to jazz it up. And this creamy thick garlic sauce saved my dish from the garbage! Yay! Seriously tho, you gotta try this sauce.
My friend's Kufta Kebab platter was good tho. Dang, why didn't I just copy her!?
Service was friendly and they didn't rush us as we dined and slowly passed the hookah. It was nice enough to sit outside for the day, which was a perfect setting for our girl's dinner!
Tips:
-Not sure what flavor hookah to order? Try the citrus mint (first time and it was great) or go with the blue mist (also very popular)!
– Parking lot is super small. Be prepared to street park if you don't get one of the 15 parking spots available.
– Restaurant is pretty empty during Ramadan. Plenty of seating during the religious holiday!
This is the only place I go to when I'm in NJ… My favorite food and hookah place.. Wish they had more flavors for hookah but by and large they have the most popular…
The food is really good, kofta is amazing! Mint tea is great and I love mint blue mist hookah
Definitely would recommend this place and if I haven't mentioned, the service is great.. and owner is super down to earth and a nice guy
Haven't been here in quite some time but yesterday made me fall in love with this place all over again. By far my favorite Lebanese restaurant in the area. I came here yesterday with my friend for some food and conversation.
This place is BYOB so make sure you stop and get some booze before you go.
We started with an order of hummus, lebne with zatar chips, and falaffel (AMAZING) shortly after the fattoush salad came out that's one of my favorite things on the menu.
For our entree we ordered the chefs platter to split but didn't want the kofta so we paid extra for more filet mignon kabob.
Everything was amazing as usual and I can't wait to come back and stuff my face some more.
I've been here several times and I'm really a huge fan of this place. It was my friends birthday over the weekend (party of 16) and we were planning to go somewhere else but there was a mix up. La Ziza was able to accommodate us at the last minute and seat all 16 of us upstairs around 830 pm on a Saturday night.
This place is two stories with an outside patio (only open during summer.) It is BYO, but on weekend nights the bottom floor is a minimum of $50 per person and plays traditional Lebanese music. The top level is a minimum of $25 per person and plays a combination of Lebanese music and house music. It's a really fun and lively atmosphere, especially for birthday parties.
We sat down and they immediately started opening our wine bottles and serving us hookah. My favorite menu items are: hummus, muhammara, and the tabush (sp?) salad with chicken. Citrus mint and lemon mint hookahs are on point!
For the prices & portions this place is very reasonable. I took off 1 star because of a few issues- 1. Many of us were missing forks and had to ask twice to get them. 2. Many of us ordered rice as a side and the dishes came with french fries instead. Obviously with a party that large you're not gonna get the best service, but it was still overall pretty good. Also, they don't rush out out of here like some places. I really like that they let you sit and take your time.
Good place to smoke hookah (I don't smoke so I wouldn't be able to tell you if it is great or not). However, great prices on the hookah compared to other joints I've been to (blame the sister-in-law), and the added tip is not a bad thing at all. Their BYOB policy is a nice addition to their chicken shish tawook and Mediterranean salad.
FYI: $20 minimum per person on the weekends. Not a terrible amount, but feel the need to smoke that hookah to make sure my $20 is being spent to its last penny.
I came here last night for the first time in a while and had a good time. So, I'm updating my bad review to a more positive one. However, I still think La'Ziza used to be a lot better than it is now.
Things you should know before coming here:
1) It's BYOB!
2) You need to spend a minimum amount of money per person to come here. I forgot what it is exactly but it changes depending on if you're upstairs, downstairs or outside. I wanna say it's around $20 a person.
3) Make a reservation if it's a Friday or Saturday night. They are busy until late.
4) Gratuity is always included on the bill, no matter what.
5) Their hookah is pretty sweet. You can opt to get it in a grapefruit or a pineapple bowl if you pay a little extra. I've had the pineapple and it's awesome.
The service is kind of hit or miss. They are really busy a lot of the time so I understand. The food is very good! I LOVE their falafel and hummus. Also, I tried the lebna and pita chips appetizer for the first time last night and thought it was great! The seasoned pita chips were stale though. A for effort though.
The filet mignon that came out with our chef's platter was excellent. It was a plump piece of meat cooked medium/medium well. I would've preferred medium rare but whatever. It would be cool if they started asking people's preferences on the meat. Last time I was here, the filet mignon they served was like a flat, lifeless piece of steak. It was terrible. I don't even think it was filet mignon.
I get the feeling that if you come here later than a certain time, the quality of the food goes down (sometime past 9:30). I think it's either because at that point they are running out of their quality ingredients or because the crowd is younger, drunker and they don't care as much about serving them.
The food is authentic Lebanese and excellent at that. It reminds me of the home-cooking of our Lebanese family friend.
On weekends there's a $25 minimum, per person, for hookah + food.
There's a hookah option for the table which we always get since it's a ton of fun. The service is really helpful in setting it up too.
You can make a meal out of the appetizers! What to get: fried Kebbeh balls, yogurt cucumber salad or Labneh pairs great with the balls. The tabbouleh, bourak (fried flutes of cheese), babaganoush, hummus, and muhammara (roasted red pepper pasta with herbs) are outstanding! My parents always get the raw Kebbeh (not for me though).
As a main dish: there's a sampling selection of grilled meats (I forget the name) that needs to be ordered for minimum of 2. A MUST, it's out of this world. Served on a bed of rice no less. Also, the fattoush salad is super refreshing and a good contrast to the meats.
The atmosphere: it's a comfortable place and on Friday's they have live middle eastern music by Sam. Everyone seems in high spirits, especially once that music gets going. It gets crowded, and people get up (respectfully away from others tables) and dance sometimes!
From this description you can probably tell this is not a place for kids.
Really good place to go to they have awesome hookah great service and the food is awesome and they serve good drinks definatly a place to visit