Al Rayan Mountain

Amazing tri color bean salad. Very fresh. and super friendly owner! He makes all the ready to serve food.

Updated review. Still my local bodega but better now in so many ways. The old and a little bit rude pops is gone and is no longer a concern. Owner of the shop is awesome, super friendly, and great to chat with. Takes care of the neighborhood folks all the time too! If you’re looking for a quick bite get their breakfast burrito or sharwma (sp?) both are bombs! Highly recommend this family ran small biz!

The guys that work there are kinda off putting some times. The food kinda looks skechy, and the selection isn’t that awesome of liquor or non alcoholic beverages. A little over priced. I only go there when I have to. They also are pretty stingy with letting you use credit cards

Where do I begin? My girlfriend and I came to this place simply because it was our last resort. Traffic to get to our original Valentine’s Day date plan/​dinner was way too hectic; due to a parade taking place in the area.
Anyway, the gentlemen here were very polite and patient with our indecisiveness for what we wanted. They were very polite, and thoroughly explained all inquired about their menu that we had. With a long drive left back to our hotel, our stomachs were grumbling and ready to eat.
Unsure of what we were in for after randomly ordering here, we were BLOWN away at the quality and GREAT tasting sandwiches we ordered! My girlfriend tried something that she had NEVER tried before in her life; a falafel wrap with hummus and other wonderful ingredients. I had a typical turkey sandwich, but on some bread I had never heard of that surpassed the quality of any bread I had ever tried in my life! I even took a bite of the falafel wrap and was pleasantly surprised!
Very nice gentlemen operating here, and they deserved this long, positive, drawn out review. We recommend!

Al Rayan has pricey wines, unpriced microbrews, gourmet eats, chips looked pricey too. many pastries on display. krispy Kreme too.
sammies available too probably
brew: coffee (2)
–tasted harsh, not smooth, unknown qualtity coffee
2 stars.
take outs:
–pricey area, so rents high, food items high.

Falafel pita is amazing! The portions are huge and very well priced. I’m a falafel snob and I have tried dozens of falafels in SF — by far the best! Tri-​bean salad is delicious as well!

ohhhh my goodness the falafel is fantastic. this is the only place i’ll wait for long periods of time for a sandwich. i hate tartine and all those places, but i’ll be damned if i won’t wait incredibly patiently for falafel from this place. bonus points: all those super exotic ritter sport bars and european products that you love so much! health grade is like, 1000% or something. so clean and such delicious food. had tiramisu here once, too. nearly died it was so luscious. HIGHLY recommended.

Right across the street from me, this has always been my lazy go-​to convenience store. What I didn’t realize was that they make a mean chicken wrap and decent falafel wrap. Make sure to ask for extra sauce/​mayo on the chicken wrap and you’ve got a pretty solid meal!
Oh, the owner/​employees are also super friendly!

Glad we walked past this place, the lamb kefta wrap was delicious. And my 2.5 year old daughter loved their falafel and kibbeh. The store is very clean too.

Tough climb.
Chicken wrap with hummus swapped for house mayo made for a good lunch. Impressive amount of poultry, lettuce and tomatoes. Hummus was too subtle.
For an $ 8 plus tax price everything needed to be more than just good.
Al Rayan is scaling the mountain but not quite at the top.

Super friendly, great lebanese food, and wine/​beer on sale until 1AM — Count me in for all of that action.

If you ever want authentic shawarma look no further. Having the shawarma fresh from the grill was amazing. Besides shawarma, there are plenty of other items to order from the deli menu. I’ve also tried the baklava and falafel. Both are equally tasty and authentic. Definitely coming back soon.

This place is at our doorstep, so we run down every now and then for little things. I have to say, though, stop in and grab some falafel. They make it fresh everyday, and it’s delicious! Their sandwiches and other side items are good too.
The grocery items are usually overpriced so we don’t normally buy much here (aside from falafel — and lots of it).
$ 10 minimum for cards so bring cash!

We were headed to a party and wanted to take hummus and tabouli, so the matriarch of the awesome Lebanese family that runs the place agreed to make up a batch just for us. It was fantastic and a huge hit. You need to ask a few days in advance if you want to request something they don’t already have in the deli case, but they are totally willing to work with you, and their prices are so reasonable as to make me feel a little guilty.
A big factor in my additional of another star — their shawarmas are enormous and delicious. I recommend them wrapped in a pita, though they also make them other ways.
One note about the baklava — though I think they’re always pretty decent, they’re only really stellar if they’re super fresh. Don’t try to take them home and keep them in the fridge or something because they can dry out and start to taste like generic baklava that you can get anywhere.
Other things to try — they have great lamb ouzi that are substantial enough to split between two people. Also, ask for warm pitas with a tub of hummus and they’ll press-​cook and slice really excellent levantine flat bread for you to dip in your hummus. Their sandwiches are also quite good and reasonably priced — I wouldn’t go there just for the sandwiches because there’s tons of places with comparable sandwiches, but if you’re doing a meal-​run for several people and some don’t want the Lebanese options, the sandwiches can be the answer. Finally, they have a complete selection of baked treats, but my personal favorites are the little date pastries they keep in a glass jar next to the counter.

This is a very clean corner store run by a nice family. The deli has a beautiful display and they have a good selection of homemade Mediterranean dishes.

My husband and I discovered this place shortly after it opened. We’ve found it a convenient and reliable source of late night snacks and Lebanese munchies. The staff is friendly, the shop is well-​stocked, and the homemade cuisine is fantastic. I highly recommend their hummus, and their tabouli when it’s available. Both are among the best I’ve ever had.