Charcoal Grill is a casual Mediterranean Restaurant that recently opened in Glendale Arizona. They differ a bit from other Mediterranean Restaurants in the area.

One thing that’s different is that they have a small bar in the restaurant with a few beers on tap. The menu is also a bit unique and different.

This Mediterranean Restaurant is a FALAFEL FREE Restaurant.

WTFalafel no falafels!

It’s also unusual for a Mediterranean to offer a taco platter so that is on their menu too….

Anyways-

We started out with a mixed appetizer plate.

It’s a very large platter of fried pita chips, hummus, tabouleh, baba ghannoug (their spelling), and grape leaves.

We also shared the mixed plate.

This also is a very big plate platter that was covered with a pita bread. It is beef tikka, a chicken kabob, a beef kabob, choice of rice or fries, salad, hummus, and garlic or tahini sauce. Tonight the flavors were good but meats were on the dry and chewy side but maybe when you visit they will be better. The one thing that really stood out was the garlic sauce. It really was unlike any other that I have tried. It was garlic-ee but also light and fluffy. My guess is that it was made with egg whites….

The mix shawarma plate was better.

To my surprise none of the meats we tried tasted like they came from a charcoal grill but the marinated beef and chicken from the shawarma plate was tasty and more moist than the kabobs. This very generously sized platter also came with rice or fries, salad, hummus, garlic sauce or tahini sauce and a pita.

Charcoal Grill – NEWLY OPENED

5830 W Thunderbird Rd Glendale AZ

602-612-3186

www.CharcoalGrillGlendale.com

Every THING is subject to change.