Firdous Express

The food is fine. Just really, aggressively bland. I'll start out with the good: Vegan options are always appreciated, as well as gluten free. Pita bread is cheap(and very good)and fries are bountiful. The falafel is definitely authentic, I believe it's deep fried if you prefer that. As best as I can tell, this isn't a corporate chain, so if you want to avoid pita pit this is one of the Mediterranean options on court street. The meh: Most of the actual containers where decompostable and they had an option on the website to exclude silverware, but my pita still came wrapped in plastic and the carryout bag is plastic. The hummus bowl was very expensive for what I got(12 dollars at the time, plus 3 for extra falafel and a dollar for pita). I wish the fries where offered in smaller amounts. I definitely got 5 dollars of fries but they where meant as a side. And the bad: The hummus is very runny. I don't know if this is the traditional Mediterranean consistency but having made hummus it tastes very watered down. I cant place it, but there's definitely a herb in the falafel that doesn't mesh well with everything else. The fries got soggy very quickly because of the carryout box. Verdict: Not terrible, if you eat meat it might or might not be better. If I was going to eat here again I'd probably order exclusively things other than the bowls. Edit:I did really like the fries though. Reminded me of carnival fries.