Al Bazzar Restaurant & Sweets

This was the most perfect place to stop!! My husband and I were in the mood for some dessert on our trip, and happened upon this place. We were greeted with smiles and recommendations. The baklava and the other dessert were amazing- if they recommend the baklava with cream cheese, get it!! This is a great place to stop, and it’s Palestinian family owned!!

Their new location is on S 13th Street, only a little ways from Layton. There are still lots of pictures from their old location on Layton, but as of April 2025, they are inside Rayan Market & Restaurant, a Middle Eastern market (see pictures). It is a small family owned business, and mother cooks all the food. It’s only been a month since they moved here from Layton, so they don’t have a sign yet, but just go in to the Rayan super market, and navigate yourself to the back of the building. They do have a table off to the side inside the market if you’re in a pinch and need to eat there, but I’d recommend taking the food to go. The family is friendly, and if you aren’t too familiar with Mediterranean food, they will help you navigate their menu items. They have 2 types of rice. One is a smoked rice (first time I tried it, and it was good!), and the other one is cinnamon. I didn’t care for the latter, but the smoked rice was delicious. I was only going to try a bite or two, but I ended up kicking myself off of keto and ate a whole bowl. Chicken special - with rice and salad Salad was a small portion of very fresh lettuce, tomato and cucumber in light oil dressing. Chicken was a bit dry for my taste. They did have the chicken in a warmer plate (like the buffet style) and it must have been sitting there a while. The flavors were good, but the dryness was disappointing. The menu says “half chicken”, but we got 2 pieces of thigh+drum. In a way that’s good, cuz any breast meat would have been so much more dry. Lamb special - with rice and salad We ordered the cinnamon rice for this dish and the smoked one for the chicken dish. Like I said, the smoked rice was better for my palate. The lamb was delicious. It was falling off the bones, but it wasn’t dry. We got 3 large chunks of lamb with bone and one little piece boneless. In both plates, our server piled the rice so high! I hope they don’t go out of business giving so much rice! But I’m not complaining. Overall, the meal was delicious and I would definitely go again. I’d love to try some of their appetizers and other meat items.

This middle eastern food is the most authentic we’ve had in the entire country so far (and we’ve been to lots of places). Where do I even start? Their extremely flavorful hummus where they clearly add way more tahini than most places would? Their pressure cooked rice that has an incredibly deep smoky flavor? Or their bone in lamb that’s so tender and flavorful it brings tears to your eyes when you eat it? No, there’s nowhere I can start. If you read this review and you do not go to Al Bazzar, I will be incredibly disappointed.

We headed there tired & hungry directly from the Milwaukee airport.It was the nearest halal restaurant from the airport.When we got there, found the staff very helpful as well as attentive.There's a offer going on,every 20$+ purchase,you get 10$ off on everything.We ordered 2 beef shawarma plate & baklava.The portion size were quite large & tasted great n flavourful.The owner was so generous, he even managed to get us 10$ discount on each of our purchase. Looking forward to try their chicken mandi next time we visit there.

Support FAMILY-Owned businesses! This couple is so sweet and at first I almost didn't go in because I only saw one car in the parking lot! So glad for the open sign and I went in anyway and got super delicious food, highly recommend getting their little red hot sauce homemade and I added it to my rice and lamb! It made me so sad to see a parking lot across the street at McDonald's and I wish I could tell all of them to come over here !!

Some of the best Middle Eastern food I've had in a while! Host was great, giving us recommendations (had the special with ouzi rice, lamb, and chicken. Meat was so tender both were falling off the bone). The baba ghanoug was spectacular and the baklava was delicious, sweet but not overpowering with cinnamon and honey covering the nuts. Will definitely be back!