Ya Hala Restaurant

Soup

• Lentil Soup

  lentils boiled down with an onion consomme, and served with slices of fresh lemon

  • Only LargeUSD 2.49

• Soup du Jour

  our ever-changing daily soup; we invite your inquiry

  • Only LargeUSD 2.49

Salad

• Middle Eastern Salad

  a traditional assortment of diced tomatoes crisp lettuce, and cucumber. dressed with fresh parsley and lemon juice

  • Only LargeUSD 2.99

• Tabouleh Salad

  beaded bulgur wheat, tossed with fresh chopped parsley, diced tomatoes, onions dressed with virgin olive oil and squeezed lemon juice

  • Only LargeUSD 3.99

• Cucumber-Yogurt Salad

  a refreshing mix of diced cucumber embellished with chopped mint. thickly dressed with our natural yogurt

  • Only LargeUSD 3.99

• Fatoosh Salad

  a variation of the middle eastern salad, festooned with toasted squares of pita, and seasoned with sumak, leon juice and olive oil

  • Only LargeUSD 3.99

• Greed Salad

  feta cheese and olives are added to grape leaves, lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes

  • Only LargeUSD 4.49

Appetizers

for a proper start to your meal, or just a vegetarian snack

• Falafel

  chickpeas, mashed with garlic and spices are formed then fried to fluffy perfection. served on a plate with a special herbed tahini dipping sauce

  • Only LargeUSD 2.99

• Hummus

  a traditional middle eastern dip of chickpeas pureeded with tahini and lemon juice. a welcome addition to any meal

  • Only LargeUSD 3.99

• Baba Ghannoush

  a delicious combination of roasted eggplant, fresh crushed garlic, tahini and lemon juice

  • Only LargeUSD 3.99

• Fool Modamis

  delicious fava beans are cooked and served hot; topped with lemon juice, crushed garlic, and olive oil

  • Only LargeUSD 3.49

• Musab'hah

  a simpler version of hummus, this village favorite comes garnished with cooked whole chickpeas and fresh garlic, green pepper and parsley

  • Only LargeUSD 4.99

• Qudsia

  a Jerusalem-style hummus, topped with fool modamis

  • Only LargeUSD 4.99

Interpolates

more than appetizers

• Sifeeha

  ground meat mixed with middle eastern spices, sauteed with fresh diced tomatoes and served over a hot pita pie

  • Only LargeUSD 4.99

• Kebeeh

  spiced meat, stuffed into dumplings made of stone-ground bulgur wheat, then fried a deep golden-brown. served with our middle eastern salad

  • Only LargeUSD 3.99

• Kalaya

  chopped pieces of beef or lamb are sauteed with diced tomatoes, onions served with fresh pita bread. (include a choice of rice or fries for $2.00 extra)

  • Only LargeUSD 7.99

• Hummus with Meat

  pieces of fresh beef or lamb, sauteed in virgin olive oil with pine nuts; served over our hummus, topped with fresh parsley

  • Only LargeUSD 7.99

• Shakshookah

  diced, ripe tomatoes are mingled with garlic; sweet onions and braised in olive oil. crowned with a trio of eggs, steam-cooked by its sauce

  • Only LargeUSD 5.99

• Middle Eastern Omelette

  eggs beaten fluffy with amelange of fresh chopped parsley, spices and sweet onions

  • Only LargeUSD 4.99

• Liver and Kidney

  served with the traditional sauteed onions, and the added twist of garlic. garnished with fresh parsley and if desired, fresh lemon

  • Only LargeUSD 7.99

Vegetarian Platters

• Hosah

  a version of kalaya just as succulent, sans lamb, for our vegetarian guests. (as with the kalaya, the same choice applies)

  • Only LargeUSD 4.99

• Stuffed Grape Leaves

  large juicy grape leaves are steamed soft, filled with lightly spiced rice and olive oil. served with middle eastern salad

  • Only LargeUSD 5.99

• Middle Eastern Platter

  a medley of hummus, baba ghannoush, falafel pieces and served with our authentic tabouleh salad

  • Only LargeUSD 5.99

• Fresh Spinach Pies

  three pockets of folded, baked flatbread, filled with spinach, onions, light spices, lightly brushed with virgin olive oil

  • Only LargeUSD 4.99

• Mojaddarah

  rice cooked with middle eastern spices and whole lentils, topped with fresh, crunchy fried onions. served with choice of salad or yogurt

  • Only LargeUSD 4.99

Entrees

all selections served with fresh pita, middle eastern salad and choice of rice or fries

• Shawerma Plate

  tender slices of spit-roasted, marinated beef rests on an herbed bed of sliced fresh onions. we also offer our distinctive variation, using chicken

  • Only LargeUSD 8.99

• Shish Kabab

  skewered, lightly-spiced chuncks of fresh lamb, interspesed with chunks of onion and tomato, and then grilled over a natural charcoal fire

  • Only LargeUSD 9.49

• Kifta Kabab

  ground beef and lamb, mixed with fresh chopped parsley and onions, formed and grilled with onion and tomato chunks over a natural charcoal fire

  • Only LargeUSD 8.99

• Chicken Kabab

  spiced chunks of fresh chicken, skewered with onion and tomato, and grilled over a natural charcol fire

  • Only LargeUSD 8.99

• Ya Hala Platter

  our must renown platter! an eclectic combination of shish kabab, kifta kabab, chicken kabab grilled vegetables

  • Only LargeUSD 13.99

• Oven Braised Kifta

  a generous slab of home style kifta, topped with fresh vegetables, roasted in your choice of tahini or tomato sauces

  • Only LargeUSD 10.99

• Grilled Whole Chicken

  spiced according to taste, an entire chicken is halved and grilled over our natural charcoal fire

  • Only LargeUSD 11.99

• Netted Talapia

  prepared according to a secret recipe two large fillets of talapia are spiced and fried in a net, draining the fish of all excess oil

  • Only LargeUSD 11.99

Sandwiches

our sandwiches are prepared with middle eastern salad mix, rolled inside a fresh pita, and dressed with tahani and/or hot shathah sauces, also, ask about our secret garlic sauce!

• Falafel Sandwich

  • Only LargeUSD 2.99

• Beef Shawerma Sandwich

  • Only LargeUSD 3.99

• Chicken Shawerma Sandwich

  • Only LargeUSD 3.99

• Kifta Sandwich

  • Only LargeUSD 3.49

• Shish Kabab Sandwich

  • Only LargeUSD 4.49

• Chicken Kabab Sandwich

  • Only LargeUSD 3.99

Desserts

• Baklava

  a middle eastern pastry composed of nuts, spices and honey; blanketed betwixt layers of sweet, flaky phillo crust. choose from either walnut or pistachio

  • Only LargeUSD 1.25

• Warbat

  a variation of baklava containing delicately flavored home style custard

  • Only LargeUSD 1.25

• Hariseeh

  a semolina honey cake, drizzled with sweet qater sauce, then garnished with pistachio. heated upon request

  • Only LargeUSD 1.25

• Muhalabeeyah

  a home style milk pudding, chilled and served topped with qater sauce and pistachio

  • Only LargeUSD 1.99

Beverages

• Tea

  brewed with a sprig of fresh mint

  • Only LargeUSD 1.00

• Arabic Coffee

  ground with cardamom to a fine powder, mixed directly into a pot of boiling water. a complement to all desserts

  • Only LargeUSD 1.25

• Soda

  select from a Variety

  • Only LargeUSD 1.00

• Snapple

  as well as other juice beverages, please inquire

  • Only LargeUSD 1.50