Fairouz Cafe & Gallery

Fairouz cafe was a wonderful experience that created authenticity and love with their meal. This small service restaurant is tucked in an unassuming location but wows with it's exceptional service, personal touch, and home style feel. I typically shy from most Lebanese restaurants as what we have in Ohio is just mediocre. I eat gluten intolerant and struggle to find amazing experiences such as this. I would go out of my way to come back if I visit San Diego again. Fairouz has a quaint atmosphere with it's paintings adorning the wall done by the owner and gives way to it's same love and detail from the wonderful couple servicing here. We had a chat about toum sauce and the conversation was very helpful and educational. I enjoyed every aspect of this meal and had a joke about not wasting any tomatoes as I don't enjoy them. They had joked about not liking cucumber and that we should trade. they understood so they took to servicing my main dish accordingly. The sauce missed out on a little of that excess garlic as I prefer, but I loved it, as it was a great creation of this traditional Lebanese staple sauce. The chicken was cooked almost flawlessly with a wonderful seared on the exterior for a great finish. The pilaf was a little more plain but perfect for the side addition starch. The dinner salad was great. The feta was awesome and just purely blissful on this well balanced appetizer. There's no doubt in my mind you will enjoy this experience. I couldn't stop myself from eating before taking a picture for this review. Stay fantastic Fairouz. I hope to be back soon.

I grew up in a middle eastern household and this is the closest you'll get to pure traditional food. Tons of vegan+gluten free options. God bless this place.