Rose’s Place
“We also ordered a vegetarian meal of eggplant and tomatoes over rice.”
“The food is amazing– hummus, falafel, and shish tawook are a few of my favorites!”
“Service was good, it is BYOB so bring beer or nice light red or crisp semi-dry white (no oak) to go with the various dishes.”
Rose’s Place
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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It's really a 3.5 but I'm rounding up.
Rose's Place was recommended for Lebanese from my sister-in-law's doctor who is Armenian. It's BYOB and located in what appears to be a small house turned restaurant. Saturday night it was very very busy and my party of five waited about five minutes so the waiters could set up a table. There's nothing special about the decor-some pictures of Lebanon here and there but there was a soccer match on TV which didn't really make it seem much of anything.
Service was slow but mind you this is the type of place and food where you sit, relax, talk, enjoy and drink some coffee, tea, wine, whatever and enjoy some conversation with your party.
The entire staff there was Hispanic (there were two guys holding up the fort in the dining room!!) and I didn't have a problem with that. They were very friendly although like I said, it was busy so they couldn't attend to us right away. We asked a few questions about the menu-one of them didn't speak enough English to respond but he promptly got his colleague out to help us.
Now I'm not a stranger to Lebanese food so I wasn't expecting anything spectacular. Looking at the menu, they had Bureks (which are popular foods in my husband's culture-Balkan) and typical Middle Eastern type dishes. I did notice they had some Armenian dishes and wondered if this is why the Dr. recommended this place. Interesting.
Anyway, we weren't too hungry so we got the fattosh salad-typical salad with crispy crunchy fried pita (basically like a crouton). It was excellent with the lettuce, onions and tomatoes playing nicely with the crunchy bread. There was a generous amount of olive oil and you can tell it was nice quality olive oil.
The hummus with pine nuts was excellent-home made and tasted great with the pita bread. I was reading that some people didn't like the pita bread, basically complaining it was from a bag but I found it to be very tasty. Also, they give you pickled veggies which tasted good together with everything.
An order of mixed grill with rice. Rice was a bit oily but tasted good, there was chicken, lamb and beef and we ordered it medium-well. The kabab type meat tasted good but wasn't the best I've had although I have to say the rest of the meat was very very tender. It came with some grilled tomatoes, onions and a yogurt sauce for the meat that had wayyy too much garlic on it.
We also ordered a vegetarian meal of eggplant and tomatoes over rice. This dish was excellent although a bit oily. The eggplant was fried and had an awesome crunch to it and tasted good mixed with the rice
We ordered a mixed grill to go so the rest of the family who couldn't make it could sample it and it was devoured and tasted good.
The Lebanese coffee was really bitter. The in-laws always drink Turkish coffee as part of their culture and I was expecting to be more like that. Maybe it was the way it was roasted but it was very bitter and tasted a bit burnt. We also ordered some tea which was very standard.
Overall, I enjoyed Rose's and would come here again.
Rose's Place is a pretty unassuming restaurant. Located right off New Jersey's ridiculously designed roads they have a parking lot built for probably 10-15 cars. Don't get fooled by the jug handle, they're the next entrance after the jug handle.
The restaurant itself is moderately sized with plenty of spacing between tables. Everything in the restaurant is well kept but it's definitely a bit dated inside so I wouldn't say this is a place to impress a girl if you're on a date. The pricing on the menu is pretty standard with what I'm used to and being Middle Eastern cuisine (Lebanese to be exact), I went with my protein favorite, the mixed grill. Their entrees are served with a healthy portion of rice, tons of meat, and to round out the protein, a roasted tomato.
The kufta kabab was fantastic, incredibly juicy, cooked perfectly, and the spices were perfect. The regular kebab was also nicely done to a medium rare and I was a bit surprised that it had been marinated as well. The shish taouk was cooked pretty well given that chicken breast tends to be dry. The garlic paste was great with the chicken and I was able to clean everything up with the leftover pita.
Although the service was a bit slow, the food was excellent and certainly a good value. If you're in the neighborhood Rose's Place is a nice little gem.
Consistently good food. Here's the breakdown:
Location: 2 stars. Very easy-to-miss entrance off of a busy street. You have to turn in before you even see the restaurant (there's a tiny sign to let you know to turn but you won't see it unless you're looking).
Service: 5 stars. The server is always friendly. I do pickup and rarely have to wait, the food is usually ready and the guy at the register is friendly, fast, and always gets our order right. Also he always includes the right amount of utensils and sides. No complaints.
Food: 4 stars. Very consistent! We always get the Friday special and order chicken kabobs that come with plenty of rice, and a side of hummus and tomato and cucumber salad. The hummus is very seasoned, but I highly enjoy the spices and the consistency. Not too thick, not too loose and oily. Just right.
Price: 4 stars. Very well priced, you're getting a whole lot of food for under $10.
We order here at least 2 times a month and have never had a bad experience.
Review of take out only.
Ordered hummus & baba ghanoush. Everything was on the salty side & I have to say, I wasn't that impressed. They do give a decent amount of food though.
good food ruined by ok at best service. Nice and spicy.
The restaurant was insanely warm and the waiters wouldn't refill waters. They didn't inform us that the air conditioning was broken.
The food was nice and spicy but eating spicy food in a room that reminded me of Haifa during the summer is ridiculous.
I personally had Ikasner kebab. Was quite good but very, very, spicy.
I sat down to eat here with my friend on a Friday night and it was super busy. The restaurant could use a few more employees to run the joint. We stood for about 10 minutes before we were seated (with an attitude). The poor guy who seated us also served us and most likely cooked the food!
The restaurant could use a face lift and the tables– a power washing. Not a good look for new patrons.
I have had Lebanese food and this place is not "the best" around according to other reviews. I left there with swollen ankles due to the high amount of sodium (lol jk) but seriously, it was salty.
*parking sucks
*long wait time
*Everything I wanted to order they "didn't have or it would take 45 minutes to cook!"
Hard to find but worth it, you have to be going southwest on the road to get into the parking due to strange one way streets in the area. Really good starters-you can make a meal out of the various little (not really little) dishes. Service was good, it is BYOB so bring beer or nice light red or crisp semi-dry white (no oak) to go with the various dishes. I had the lamb, others had very good chicken.