Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Food in Downtown Redwood City

Food truck parked on Veterans Boulevard with New York street-cart-style platters: falafel, chicken and beef gyro over rice, hummus, and baba ganoush, plus a few curries.

Build-your-own Mediterranean bowls, wraps, and salads with falafel, chicken or beef and hummus, from a Bay Area chain, with patio seating on Theatre Way.

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Levantine food grilled over mesquite: shawarma, kebabs, falafel, and mezze. All the meat is halal, and vegetarians have plenty to choose from.

↻ Cheese Truck at Mazra: Every Thu, 5:00 PM

Fast-casual Greek counter on Broadway with gyros, souvlaki plates, pitas, and loaded fries topped with gyro meat and tzatziki.

Turkish kitchen on Broadway with boat-shaped pide baked to order, mezze platters, and grilled kebabs, plus a few tables outside on the sidewalk.

Mediterranean restaurant on Jefferson with a big patio and a separate hookah lounge, with gyros, kebabs, mezze, and künefe late into the night.

Huge flame-grill house in the old Sizzler on Veterans Blvd, a few blocks north of Courthouse Square, with whole branzino, kebabs, and lamb chops. No alcohol.

Charbroiled chicken, beef, and lamb kabob plates, shawarma, wraps, and a vegetarian plate of hummus, baba ghanoush, falafel, and tabbouleh, at a Broadway counter.

Lebanese grill on Broadway run by a family since 2020, with shawarma, kebabs, and mezze like hummus, baba ghanoush, and tabbouleh.