Family-owned since 2006. Fresh kabobs from the charcoal grill, warm pita from the hearth oven, and dips made by hand every morning — and every ingredient in our kitchen is halal, because that's how our family has always cooked. Two Houston locations: Montrose and Garden Oaks. Dine-in, takeout, catering, open seven days a week.
When we opened our first Houston kitchen in 2006, we weren't trying to start a chain or chase a trend. We were cooking the way our family has always cooked — hand-trimmed vegetables, meat grilled over charcoal, dips made every morning from whole ingredients, warm pita pulled straight from the hearth oven. The kind of food you feed people you love.
Twenty years later, we're still doing it the same way. The chicken is marinated overnight in garlic and Mediterranean herbs. The lamb is slow-roasted until it falls apart. The hummus is whipped in the morning, not pulled from a tub. The pita is baked to order. And because we cook the way we'd cook for our own family, every ingredient in our kitchen is halal — traceable to the supplier, cared for at every step. That's not a label we added to the menu. It's just how we've always cooked — for everyone who walks through the door, from Montrose to Garden Oaks.
You've probably seen the word halal on menus around Houston. Here's the short version: halal is a standard for how food is sourced and prepared, similar to kosher. For meat, it means the animals are raised and processed with specific care — traceable sourcing, clean handling, no shortcuts at any step. For us at Aladdin, it's simply how our family has always cooked — since 2006, before halal was a marketing word.
The result is food you can trust. Meat that tastes like meat. Ingredients you can track from the farm to your plate. A kitchen where nothing happens by accident. Whether halal matters to you for religious reasons, for quality reasons, or just because you like knowing where your dinner comes from — it's all the same thing to us. It's how we cook.
Four of the plates our guests come back for most often. Every dish is made fresh to order, by hand, every day.
Chicken breast marinated overnight in garlic and Mediterranean herbs, char-grilled over open flame. Served with saffron rice, warm pita, and housemade tzatziki. Our number-one order across both locations.
Slow-roasted lamb carved to order from the vertical rotisserie. Wrapped in fresh pita with tomatoes, onions, and housemade tzatziki — the Houston classic that's had regulars coming back for twenty years.
Ground beef and lamb blended with parsley, onion, and Lebanese spices. Shaped by hand, grilled over charcoal, and served with saffron rice, grilled tomato, and pickled turnips. Rich, smoky, and deeply Lebanese.
Chickpeas and herbs, hand-rolled and fried to order — crisp on the outside, tender inside. Served with tahini sauce and warm pita. Our vegetarians and vegans order this more than anything else.
Both kitchens serve the full menu. Dine in, take out, order delivery, or pick up catering — whichever is closer to you.
Aladdin is one of Houston's most-requested caterers. Every tray leaves our family kitchen freshly made — not reheated, not frozen, not shipped in from somewhere else. And since our whole menu is halal, you never have to mention it on the invite. It just is.
Best Mediterranean in Houston, full stop. I've been coming for years and the chicken kabob plate is still my favorite meal in the city. Fresh pita, massive portions, the tzatziki is legit. I never order anything else.
Used Aladdin for our wedding catering — 320 guests, seamless delivery, zero drama. The food was exactly what we'd tasted at the restaurant. Our families raved about the kafta and saffron rice for weeks afterward.
Moved to Houston last year and was looking for food that felt like home. Aladdin's lamb gyro tastes like my grandmother's cooking. The Garden Oaks location has become our Friday night tradition.
Two Houston kitchens, seven days a week. Dine in, pick up, or let us cater your next gathering. Montrose and Garden Oaks — family owned since 2006.