Kitchen18

Loved it, Good food. Tons of Gluten Free items and the staff was very knowledgeable about gluten free!

I went out with my family to Kitchen 18. As it is a very busy season for the restaurant, in order to cut down on wait time, they offered a choice of an all you can eat buffet or the regular menu. We opted for the buffet, for which they charged only around $2-$5 more than a single lower end main dish on the menu with children's meals costing approximately half of the cost for an adult's meal (drinks and dessert were additional). The buffet offered a great selection of popular main dishes (such as pulled beef on pretzel buns, sesame chicken, poppers, shnitzel, lo mein, burgers on pretzel buns, etc.), side dishes (garlic string bean, roasted peppers, rice, crispy French fries, curly spiced fries, etc.) and salads (Israeli, green with numerous dressings, chummus), and there was plenty of everything. The food was all very delicious, and would rival the offerings in any similar good restaurant located in major Jewish markets. They even accommodated my child's gluten free diet requirements and made her special food - at no extra charge, as part of the buffet!!! The staff was very attentive, and the wonderful owner (with whom I had no previous acquaintance) was most generous and gracious and it was an honor and a pleasure to meet such a special person. The cost of our family's buffet dinner would be considered a bargain even in a market with lots of competition - but was astoundingly reasonable when considering that the restaurant is located in Arizona, where the cost of kosher food is considerably higher than back on the East Coast, where I live. I would love to go back again. I highly recommend the restaurant any time, and especially if you are in the area now, take advantage and visit while they are running their buffet special. You will, I believe, enjoy it a lot (as we all did) and will be happy that you went (as we all were).