Aladdin Restaurant - Restaurant in Reading - 401 Penn Ave, USA

The two Syrian brothers who bought this place over a year ago are doing an amazing job. Their food is fresh and fabulous! It is a BYOB and they have live music and belly dancers some weekends. Worth supporting!

Stopped in for lunch. Food was good and plentiful although not as robustly flavorful as I expected. We asked for harissa to add some spice, which was not on the menu, but not uncommon to the cuisine. They didn't have it but provided American hot sauce, which surprisingly worked well with the tahini. Atmosphere was nice and clean and traditional middle eastern music was playing. Service staff was helpful with the menu and went into detail with Turkish coffee. Napkins were sparse for a hands-on meal. Try the baklava.

Excellent food at reasonable prices. Friendly service. The blend of spices in all the dishes will take your tastebuds on a magical trip to the Mediterranean. Fresh taste. Each order made by hand. Highly recommend. Don’t miss out on this hidden West Reading gem

Enjoyed this spot in the past, but hadn't sat down to eat inside in a few years. Stopped in on an early Saturday evening. Was told to choose a table by one of the guys in the kitchen. It was pretty hot inside, but not unbearable. Sat for a while until the waitress came over—enough time to pick out our drinks and food. Ordered and was told that they "don't do sandwiches for dining in on the weekends" but we could order them to go... What? No explanation was given, and nothing on the small brochure menus indicated this. It's hard to wrap my head around this policy. Can't be good for business, and certainly not for the waitstaff. We ordered two sandwiches and a drink to go just because we were very hungry by that point. Bill came and there's an additional $1.08 charge listed as "customer service fee." Not terribly convenient to be told you can't eat inside the restaurant, and then be charged extra for the privilege of having to drive home with your food. Yikes. Sandwiches were good, but nothing special. Businesses can set whatever policies they want to, but it might help if these are stated in advance by the staff or listed on the menus themselves. Can't imagine we'll ever order from Aladdin's again.

Passing by this town… the place is very good. The food was amazing most importantly the service is up to my expectations. The owner checked if everything was good. Definitely dining here another time.

The restaurant has potential but the biggest issue is the pricing. The price is not worth the small quantity of food that you get it’s basically a scam. You leave hungry. The food was fresh but had little taste or seasoning and everything was an add on. If they fixed the serving sizes and prices this place would be able to compete with other middle eastern restaurants.

Very delicious and generous purchase I couldn’t even finish it , very nice stuff Thank you Aladdin

When I arrived at the restaurant, it looked empty around lunch on a Saturday but it was a dreary, rainy day. I was the only person at the place but I was greeted by the 2 people I saw working there. They were both very pleasant. I ordered the Hummus with Meat and a Small Fattoush salad. The Fattoush salad had crisp vegetables and had allot of seasoning. I was surprised how much flavor it had given some of the other reviews I read stating it was bland. That was not the case at all. Once of the things I like the most about the Fattoush is the toasted pita slices which IT DID NOT HAVE..... so I had some disappoint there. The Hummus was also really good. It was the style similar to what I was used to. What I mean by this is I grew up in a home where Lebanese food was a once a week thing. I got used to a particular type of Hummus, made with a particular consistency with allot of Garlic but not allot of Tahini . As I traveled the US it was different everywhere I tried. When I started traveling the world, wow, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, and Israel all had drastically different styles. This made me OPEN MY MIND and palate to different regional preparations. So when I read reviews saying they were from the middle east and it was terrible, I took it as a preference. The Quality was great and the flavor was good for me, too. I will go again and get some of the other plates and update if anything changes. Oh yeah, they gave me plenty of PIta bread with my order, not like 3 small triangles but 12 large triangles.