Pyramids Cafe

New Orleans, United States

3.7

Closed now

31 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards

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Telephone:
+1 504-861-9602
Website:
www.pyramidscafeonline.com
Address:
3149 Calhoun St, New Orleans, LA, 70125
Fontainebleau
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
0.7 miSouth Carrollton at South Claiborne
0.7 miTulane
0.8 miSouth Carrollton at Spruce
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
Yes
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Good For
Lunch
Parking
Street
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Casual
Noise Level
Quiet
Alcohol
No
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
No
Has TV
No
Waiter Service
Yes
Caters
Yes

Today

Today 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (New Orleans) 22:40 Monday, 23 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Tuesday 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Thursday 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 am – 9:00 pm

Description

Specialties

Chef Hilmi’s Pyramids Café Serving New Orleans finest and authentic Middle Eastern Cuisine! We Love our Felafels, Hummus, and Gyro made Fresh Daily! Try our Lamb, Shawarma, and Kafta! Vegetarian Friendly, Great Family Atmosphere. NEW Lunch and Dinner Specials Updated Daily!

History

Established in 2006.

Chef Hilmi and his wife Sajeda came back to NOLA to open up their own restaurant after Hurricane Katrina. Chef Hilmi learned to cook as a young boy and worked as a chef in Jerusalem for over 20 years. He has been cooking in the US for over 15 years. Chef Hilmi and Sajeda worked day and night to repair the restaurant after the storm and can always be found eating and joking with guests in the dining room. With Chef Hilmi nothing is more important than family and every customer first-​timer or regular is treated as such.

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31 reviews of Pyramids Cafe

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Place rating: 3
New Orleans, LA
The last few times, the rice and the stuffed grape leaves seemed old and/​or microwaved.
Place rating: 4
New Orleans, LA
I go delivery and i have to say, it’s reasonably priced, delicious and got here pretty quickly. Will order from here again.
Place rating: 4
New Orleans, LA
I love this place no have been on a Mediterranean food phase lately, and this is my go to place. The price is reasonable, the service is good, and it is never too crowded.
I typically get the chicken kebab, because, well I love chicken. Although, I have also gotten the shish (lamb) kebab and that was also delicious!!! The pita is good, the salad is great, the baklava is oh so moist and flaky. Yummmm. The rice was a bit dry the last time I was there, but I am ok with that, because the rest of the food was pretty legit. I did try the iced tea and it is an acquired taste. I would try it again perhaps, but unlikely.
Anyway, definitely recommend this place. I am going there for lunch.
Place rating: 3
New Orleans, LA
Food is basically VERY GOOD. .but every time I come back I want it to be the last. The décor is terrible, but I have suffered bad decors before and survive, the waiters are always really nice. BUT some staff members keep the 2 freaking tvs full volume, sometimes at different channels, and there is never more than a couple of tables, if any, so noise and lack of consideration are latent while they watch their movie or whatever… Extremely uncomfortable, so I keep hoping to find good baba ganuj somewhere else soon… I can’t take coming here another time!
Place rating: 5
New Orleans, LA
The only Lebanese Tea in the city I like! Delivery is easy and quick and the food hits the spot! I love the hummus and add olives. The lamb plate is really cooked perfectly every time.
Place rating: 2
Austin, TX
Two stars because the vegetarian stuffed grape leaves are actually delicious. And the staff is really friendly.
The rest of the food that we got — chicken kabob, chicken schwarma, rice, and baklava — were all pretty awful. The chicken was edible, but not good. And there was nothing mediterranean about it. The rice was awful. Of all the things a mediterranean restaurant should get right, it’s the rice. It tasted like it was days old and reheated. The schwarma wrap was just the «chicken kabob» wrapped in a pita.
And the very worst was the baklava. The menu description called it «fresh» but I would be surprised if that baklava was made in the last 2 months. It was old and soggy and just plain gross. If you want to order it I recommend asking when it was made. It should have a fine crispy top, a little crunch, not be mushy. Too bad it was the last thing I tasted from this place …
Place rating: 5
Morgan City, LA
Got delivery after a pretty long day. Email (I ordered through Unilocal) said 45 – 60 minutes for delivery but mine arrived in about 25 with a very nice delivery guy, which made me very happy! I got the combo plate. Salad was a bit bland but it’s nothing to drop stars over and other than that, the food was good! I also tried baklava for the first time and it was delicious! The Lebanese tea is always a favorite and it did not disappoint. I would order from here again for sure.
Place rating: 4
New Orleans, LA
Ordered delivery for the office. They were fast and everything was great!
Place rating: 5
New Orleans, LA
I love this place best food in town the chicken kebab is very good come in try for your self no Dout bout this place very very good
Place rating: 2
New Orleans, LA
Atmosphere: Normally a C, but an F on this occasion.
Food: A–
Value: A–
Service: A
Unfortunately, I had to take away a star due to the atmosphere on this visit. A young boy (either the owner’s or an employee’s son) of about 8 – 9 years old played video games and watched TV VERY LOUDLY on a tablet at the table next to us. Not only was it extremely distracting and annoying, but we also had to listen to two grown adults try to reason with him to turn it down… and then his response to argue back to them… and not turn it down.
Obviously the owners knew it was too loud and that it was distracting and uncomfortable for diners, but didn’t go the extra mile to take care of the situation and instead let the child have his way.
I might consider getting take out, as the food is good; however, I’ll never dine in again.
Place rating: 4
New Orleans, LA
This is my go to place for delivery uptown. Their gyro is quite good and my kids devour the chicken kebabs. It is always fresh and consistently good. Delivery time very reasonable and staff always friendly.
Place rating: 4
New Orleans, LA
Totally delicious. I always get the gyro plate and it’s pretty fabulous. My only issue is that this is the second time in a row I’ve ordered the feta they offer «on the side» — they push it as an upsale — and both times I’ve not received it. The plastic bag is always tied really tight, or I would check before I leave.
I’ll keep ordering, but I won’t be paying $ 1.50 for extra nothing next time.
Place rating: 5
Honolulu, HI
Simply amazing! I order a delivery order a few minutes before nine tonight, not knowing that they close at nine. They had my hot and delicious order to me in 20 minutes, even after closing. I ordered the combo appetizer, the kibbi was crisp and savory and the highlight of the plate. Baklava was flaky and fragrant.
Place rating: 5
New Orleans, LA
I adore this place. Service is always excellent and prices and portions are great. The food is seasoned well and never disappoints.
Place rating: 5
Baton Rouge, LA
Love this place– plus its delivery! Fried cheese, gyro, hummus ALL DAY. Portions are great for 2 meals easily if you get the plates.
Place rating: 3
New Orleans, LA
We had some schwarma platters delivered. It was pretty good. Not as good as Lebannon, but a close to our house option without too long of a wait for delivery.
Place rating: 4
New Orleans, LA
I just tried pyramids for the first time two weeks ago and had it again tonight. The food here is great. The spanakopita (spinach pie) is fantastic– possibly the best I’ve ever had and the grape leaves were phenomenal. I would highly recommend both.
I wish the hummus had been a bit more flavorful and the Greek salad was just okay– wish there had been a bit more feta and olives and the dressing was just a very very light balsamic.
Overall, I’m very pleased with the quality of food you receive for such a reasonable price!
Place rating: 1
New Orleans, LA
To be clear; I’m not one to accuse a restaurant of food poisoning lightly, but both my roommate and I ordered the Chicken Schwarma salad, and we both got sick. Gastrointestinal sick. DO NOT TRUST this place!
I have ordered delivery from them several times, despite it almost always being a huge hassle. Orders have taken up to two hours to come, and have been incorrect, with no apology, and one of the guys is always rude and unhelpful. If he answers, I hang up and call back later, as he always messes up the order, and has hung up on me when I have called back to ask (politely) how long on a two hour order.
I’ve put up with their crap service because they deliver, it’s decent, and it’s healthier than pizza, but not after this. I have a very strong stomach, and nothing food-​wise messes me up, but I just spent the whole day barely able to leave bed.
Place rating: 5
Rogers, AR
I eat vegetarian and really enjoyed the falafel plate. The food is delicious and fresh! The staff was so friendly and helpful. I was provided the password to the restaurant’s wifi. I was also told that as of tomorrow there will be two large screen tvs on the walls. I’ll definitely eat here again.
Place rating: 1
New Orleans, LA
Mediocre at best. Food takes forever to come out. Little to no atmosphere. Can’t even get simple orders right. Do yourself a favor and go to a real Mediterranean style restaurant and try Lebanon’s Café on Carollton… wayyyyyy better!
Place rating: 2
New Orleans, LA
Do not get fatouche salad! I posted a picture of it under pictures. It was huge chucks of tomatoes, huge chucks of cucumber and huge chucks of lettuce with a gross Italian like dressing on top. I thought a fatouche salad was suppose to be diced in small pieces!?! To top it all of the pita chips were huge as well and so over cooked they were too hard to eat!!(See picture!!) I also got the chicken shawarma salad which was not that great either (it also doesn’t have any feta cheese) but at least I could eat it. I will say their to Tzatziki sauce was pretty good and they gave my lots of pita. But the pita bread is not normally included. You have to pay for it but they didn’t charge me which was nice. Lower prices than monas or Lebanons but you are getting what you pay for which is just not worth any money at all. The fatouche salad was literally a joke and can’t believe they would serve that to someone!
Place rating: 1
New Orleans, LA
ZERO stars. Soggy, grease soaked kibby. If I wanted to drink from the grease trap… oh wait, I just did. Burnt, dried out chicken, mr. Sanders is rolling over in his grave. What a dumpster diving abortion of a staff. I called to improve customer service and support the betterment of their food, and I was hung up on as soon as I said I had a suggestion. That’s cool, keep selling me cow pies and telling me it’s steak tar tar. Thumbs down ebert.
Place rating: 5
Metairie, LA
This place is one the best middle eastern restaurants in the city. Everything is freshly made and the servers are very friendly and attentive. They have the best kibby, and I also highly recommend their shwarma.
Place rating: 2
Minneapolis, MN
I rarely give this low rating but then I rarely get sick after eating any kind of food. I was visiting New Orleans and decided to go here for dinner. I walked out of here and started feeling sick and I threw up like 15 minutes after I had dinner here. I eat all kind of food and can handle even the spicier food. I like middle eastern food and I usually eat middle eastern food almost 2 – 3 times every week on on average.
Food did not taste bad though.
Place rating: 5
New Orleans, LA
When I first came to the U. S, I don’t like Mediterranean food, Yet I’m fond of Mediterranean food after I tried the meals in this restaurant. I really like their lamb chops and yellow rice. Also, they have amazing waitresses.
Place rating: 3
Metairie, LA
Very basic food, flavor isn’t much but spicy on certain items. The hummus was pretty good with the pita chips, but the gyro wrap was dry and tasted very bland. The delivery was quick though, much appreciated.
Place rating: 1
New Orleans, LA
I am a local New Orleanian and live in the neighborhood of Pyramids Café. I have always loved the restaurant whether dining in or ordering delivery. Friday ½/​15, I placed a very simple delivery order at 7:40 PM through GrubHub. My confirmation email said my delivery would be there between 8:30 and 8:40 PM. at 8:43 PM, I called to check on my order and see if they perhaps needed directions. I was told that it was on the way but would probably be 20 minutes because they were busy. I said it was ok and waited. Over 30 minutes later, at 9:16 I called back and told the gentleman that I did not wish to pay for food that I had ordered over 2 hours ago and he could cancel the order. He replied OK and hung up. There was never a single apology offered or any sense of urgency. Very disappointed and will not be returning to Pyramids.
Place rating: 5
New Orleans, LA
Love, love, love this place. Their chicken Shawarma salad is amazing! Great dressing. And their hummus is to die for, free delivery with 10 dollar minimum in the uptown neighborhood. I order from here regularly.
Place rating: 4
Houston, TX
Just moved to New Orleans recently and looking for a great Mediterranean place to eat. Based on the great reviews we decided to try Pyramids Café and we are glad we did.
The place was large and not crowded at all for lunch. Parking on the street was a little tight but that was I have learned is the norm in New Orleans. There was a parking lot around back that we ended up parking in with no problem at all!
I had the chicken shawarma sandwich and the chicken was juicy and tender on fabulous pita bread. Got a little tahini sauce on the side to dip my extra chicken in and it was perfect. My boyfriend had the fattoush salad with added chicken was spot on as well, very large and filling!
We thoroughly enjoyed lunch there and will be returning soon I am sure of it!!!
Place rating: 4
New Orleans, LA
This is a pretty solid Levantine place with some of the best food of it’s kind that I’ve had. The prices are a steal, you can easily get a good sized meal for less than 10 bucks. I had the falafel sandwich which came with a side of hummus. The restaurant was quiet and our food arrived quickly. The falafels appear to be freshly made and dipped in hot oil instead of the frozen garbage you get at some other places.
The décor is a little spare but it’s a college gyro place, what do you want?
For the price you certainly can’t do much better around here that I am aware of.
Place rating: 4
Santa Monica, CA
Outstanding New Orleans, neighborhood-​feel, Mediterranean restaurant! Worth a try… awesome food at reasonable prices.
In particular I strongly recommend their: humus, gyro, shawarma, and kabab, and the staff is helpful, attentive, quick and professional.
Great food!