Sinbad World Cusine

Really good food! Love the gyros, they are my favorite, they have really good sauce. The food is not too expensive. I come here on a regular basis, and get 2 – 3 gyros

This place has remarkable food! And they are really friendly with kids, we have toddler twins who made a mess and they just laughed with us instead of giving us bad vibes. My daughter ate the dipping sauce straight out of the cup, my husband had the shawarma which was phenomenol, probably the best babaganoush I have ever had (I have had a lot), the falafel was on point and the hummus was served traditionally! Try this place because their heart and soul is in every dish they create.

I love this place! My favorite Mediterranean restaurant in El Paso. The portions are huge! Gyro sandwich and shish tawouk are amazinggggg!

Best Mediterranean food in El Paso! Never disappoints drive all the way from the east side to get some delicious grub. Combo plate is the bomb dot com but you can never go wrong with a shawarma chicken sandwich with the side of green sauce.

Best Mediterranean food I’ve had in El Paso. I recommend the combo plate, it’s amazing.

Sometime last week a friend and I decided to meet up for lunch. Luckily for me, this was one of my friends that gets a kick out of picking places I’ve never been (which I thoroughly enjoy since I’m usually the one that has to amaze others with my impeccable taste in local foodie destinations). She immediately chose Sinbad to which I did a quick background check on *cough*Yelp*cough*. Needless to say it passed my prerequisite qualifications (hey, I like to be an informed consumer).
As soon as we arrived I realized this is the place in the Cinci district that I always tell myself I’m going to try, but never have because it’s always closed when I’m in the area. A simple sign above the door, no outdoor seating, no tale-​tell signs of what I’d be walking into so I prepared myself for anything.
Okay the inside isn’t that great. It’s a hole-​in-​the-​wall, what do you expect? It does have a very family feel to it regardless of the service (we’ll get to that right after this) that makes you feel right at home. The booths and tables look worn, but I kind of didn’t mind. And I will say the booths were quite large, they could easily seat six. You pay at the register on the small counter towards the back left. Really there isn’t a whole lot going on inside.
I did feel comfortable in general… again, at home, if you will. But I felt like the ugly stepsister and not the good kind of ugly stepsister where your mom runs sh! t because she married a handsomely rich merchant, the bad kind of ugly stepsister where your dad cares more about the new b-​word and her stuck up b-​word of a daughter than you and they occasionally forget to feed you. We weren’t greeted upon arrival, getting a recommendation was a tad hard, our server rarely checked on us, and we had to ask multiple times for the same thing. It’s clearly ran by a family (and maybe their close friends), but they need to do a little customer service training.
I decided to go with the Combo Plate because that had the most variety so I could get the most out of this experience. The great news is the food is on point! The Combo Plate comes with Gyro meat, Shish Tawouk, and Kafta and a side of salad or rice. I opted for the salad since I knew my friend would be getting the rice and I could steal off her plate. The Gyro meat was thick cuts of lamb, pretty standard and since it came with a side of Tzatziki sauce I’m 98.4% sure that their Gyros are thebombdotcom. The Shish Tawouk which is a curried chicken was surprisingly my favorite. The smaller chunks of chicken dipped in the spicy avocado mix (I don’t want to call it guacamole because it’s definitely not that) was really good. The Kafta was actually best with the Tzatziki and a bit of the yellow rice I kept stealing. It’s a ground meat fried and I found that if you just order the Kafta, it also comes with pan-​fried tomatoes on top (so yum).
After waiting a good 20 minutes for our check, we were finally leaving and my friend decided to grab some Baklava. It could’ve been a lot more crisp on top, but I liked the flavors and after looking at a few pictures on their Facebook, I’m definitely going to be trying their Warbat (think Baklava minus the nuts, plus cream cheese).

This is a great, quiet place to go to for some authentic Lebanese food. I am a big fan of their gyros and falafel sandwiches! Ooh and if you have a sweet tooth, you simply must try their baklava! It is hard to find baklava that isn’t too sweet or sticky, but Sinbad’s hits it right on the nail. The staff is always nice and knowledgeable about their menu items. The waiter/​guy who’s at the cashier is very friendly and makes good recommendations.

3.5 overall… Food was 4 stars.
Found this place in Unilocal looking for a good Mediterranean restaurant to take my cousins while we visited El Paso last July.
Our server was very young and he was nice and friendly. We ordered several things as we were encouraging our cousins to try some of the foods we like. We had hummus, baba ganoush, dolmeh (stuffed grape leaves) and falafel (probably the vegetarian plate.
We had chicken skewers, beef skewers, some sort of shawarma, gyro meat. (Combo plate an Shawarma plate, I think)… oh, and also Tabouleh! I think we also had baklava.
Everything was very good, and the only feedback I would have (and I missed to provide on the spot) is for them to clean their napkin holders, salt shakers, etc. Oh my, the napkin holders were greasy and nasty: (I do not know if my companions noticed but that ruined the whole experience for me.

Review for this place has been long time overdue. Ive been to place many times. Whenever I come to el paso inalways come here. Kabob and shwarma are just great.

Went there for a while until I found a rock in my tabouli! Not by sight it was too small to see, rather when I bit down on it! To me this meant they do not properly wash and clean their kitchen and/​or produce, because a contamination like this is ridiculous. NEVER AGAIN!

Taking everything to account (not just the food) this place is average at best. My 4 and 5 star reviews are reserved for places that are an absolute must when visiting here, and my experience at Sinbad just didn’t fit the mold.
Make no mistake, the food itself is good, but the décor, service, pricing, and overall experience was lacking. There are plenty of Mediterranean and Greek style restaurants that are just as good if not better than this place.
I got the falafel sandwich with feta cheese and paid $ 6.47 including tax. I waited about 40 minutes for my food (which is fine because there appeared to be only one employee working there) but by the time I got my food, the falafel was very soggy. And the fact that he brought out everyone’s food around the same time leads me to believe that he cooked everyone’s meals at once, finished mine a bit early and applied the sauce to it and left it there until he finished cooking and then began handing it out to everyone. Of course by that time because the sauce was probably sitting on it for over 10 minutes or so, it was soggy. He should have waited to put the sauce on it.
I could almost forgive that but I love falafel when its got a crunch to it and it is meant to be crunchy so I just can’t give them a higher review than this.
Perhaps I’ll come in another time and try it again and change my review, but based on my experience, this is as high as it gets — I would still recommend that people go though. Who doesn’t love Greek and Mediterranean food?
Cheers!

It’s been quite a number of years since I was last here. Other than the building’s façade, nothing has changed.
The food is good and the portions are well sized. The service has never been anything to write home about and it’s still not. It’s easy to get the server’s attention as the place is relatively small. Unfortunately they only ever seem to have one person on the wait staff.
Come for the food don’t expect hand and foot service.
If I could, I would give it 3.5 stars.

All what can I say… wow food is excellent and Falafel is so great and yummy. Best in usa «you better beleive it» and has the same taste as my favorite childhood falafel. The guys are wonderful, generous and pleasnt. Thank you all.

We stopped by this place based off of other Unilocal reviews, and I am so glad we did! I was bit skeptical as we first walked in, the atmosphere was nothing special. But as soon as we tasted the Foul (a bean dip appetizer that we dipped with fresh pita bread) I knew we were in for a treat. I ended up ordering the gyro sandwich which was by far the most moist, and delicious cut of lamb I’ve had in a gyro. And my husband ordered a three meat platter that was just as amazing. I seriously cannot wait to go back to place it was delish!

Fabulous prices and authentic Lebanese food! Their gyros are always great.

I usually get the gyro platter with tabbouleh and rice. I’m not a big fan of rice but theirs is delicious! Get the green chile sauce. it makes everything taste better. The waiter is very attentive and friendly. Nice and casual with fast service.

I really like the combo plate in sinbad. I used to come here in college a lot. The owner is very nice and kind. Good food

Frankly, don’t really know the actual name of the dishes I tried, nevertheless they were great! I thought the rice was extremely delicious and the lamb, beef & chicken were excellent! Although the air conditioner didn’t seem to work well the day we visited– the cute, friendly waiter made up for it by apologizing profusely and continually!
One piece of advice: don’t save the leftovers. This food does not reheat well… in one word: yuk!

I used to really like this place. Then one day I ordered my favorite dish the vegetarian platter and the grape leaves were dry… I ordered it a few more times hoping it was a fluke and still they were dry. I haven’t been back since. The service is usually ok though. Atmosphere is a little strange

I went to this restaurant tonight and ordered the stuffed grape leaves and the falafel. The grape leaves were small, the rice inside was gooshy, and they were smothered in olive oil. The were not really good. The falafel was ok, but I’ve had better. It comes with a salad. The salad was iceberg lettuce, under-​ripe tomatoes, and cucumbers, dressed with olive oil. Not that exciting. All in all, I’d say don’t waste your money here… go down the road a bit to Jerusalem and get good food.

Tasty mediterranean food at a reasonable price. I love their babaganoush. Popular lunch spot for UTEP staff.