Restaurant Review - Al Amir Bistro

My daughter and I were out walking at the Village at Sandhills and passed by this restaurant. We both love Mediterranean food so we stopped to look at their menu. We had been planning to stop for lunch at Moe's and get a taco salad, but quickly changed our minds! So when we were finished with our walk (a nice long one, by the way!) we stopped and had lunch at Al Amir Bistro. It's directly across from Moe's and next to The Blue Marlin.

We were seated quickly and our server was very friendly. After looking at the menu (and probably drooling) for a few minutes we ordered kabobs. Janet got the lamb and I got the chicken. We also ordered tabbouleh for our salad choice. Our food got there in good time and looked and smelled delicious! Then our sweet little waiter (I think he "might" be 16) brought us a small Damascus bread. We hadn't ordered it (it does not come with the meal) but he wanted us to have a sample. Good salesman! I had a few small bites and had to remind myself that it was bread and I don't normally eat that! So we moved the plate to Janet's side of the table! LOL!

Their tabbouleh is some of the best I've ever tasted. We've bought the mix and have made it at home and it was good, but Al Amir's is really good. It's a must have.

The kabobs come with grilled onions and peppers and yellow rice. The rice is no temptation for me so Janet was happy to eat my share! The chicken and vegetables were seasoned perfectly. I was a little concerned that the chicken would be too spicy because of the way it looked, but it wasn't. It was just so delicious and very moist and tender...easy on the pouch. I don't care for lamb, but I did taste a piece of Janet's and it's was very well seasoned without being spicy and was also moist and juicy.

A few nights later I took Bob to Al Amir's. He got the tabbouleh and loved it. I got a salad called Fetoush. Oh my goodness...it was so good! It looked like a regular green salad, but it had that Mediterranean taste. Incredible!

Bob got steak tips and I had chicken. Dang it...I can't remember the name! Arghh! Well, next time I go I'll write it down and edit this. Anyway, our food was wonderful! And Bob actually liked my chicken better than his beef! Wow! Both the chicken and the beef tips came with tzatziki sauce on the side (very good) and could be served over rice or pita bread. We chose pita bread. I know most people would eat it or use it to stuff the chicken in, but we just let it sit under our meat and soak up any cooking oil that may have been there.

As you can tell, we really enjoyed eating at this restaurant and will certainly eat there again. Highly recommend Al Amir. One note of warning though...the dinner menu is about double the price of the lunch menu.