Samara Grill

Guys. Samara is amazing. We've been coming to the shore for Years and looking for some decent food. Almost everything we had was fantastic. There's better places in Philly, NYC, etc. But for the Jersey Shore?? This is such a tasty, refreshing, option compared to the grease-y pizza, bland burgers, and sad Mexican food you find on the boardwalk. Only thing we ordered and didn't like were the fries. Just kinda bland. The people who work here are great and friendly. Parking is a little tricky, but no worse than anywhere else here. Inside is a little basic but I get the feeling most people take out. Def get one of the platters/bowls. The Samara Mixed Grill is fantastic. So tasty.

Im gonna be honest and say this was probably one of the best Mediterranean food I’ve had and it beats New York by miles! The chicken wings were crispy, the mixed grill had a good portion size for the price, as opposed to many other restaurants, the chicken gyro was delicious. The red sauce was delicious. Everything was perfect plus the owner is a one man army putting fully staffed restaurants to shame. He is taking orders, cooking, taking calls, you name it! If you’re in the area please come give him your business.

I eat halal food pretty often and I've tried a lot of places. I have never experienced the stomach pain and heartburn that I experienced from eating the chicken and rice from Samara grill. Place has an odd smell and the chicken has a strange floral cinnamon flavor that did not agree with me at all.

The food is amazing - we will be repeat customers. So excited to see mediterranean cuisine at the beach. We visited at the evening during the week, winter time and there was noone else for dine in so we had the whole place to ourselves. They seem to do more take out in the off season. Our service was great and the food was so delicious.

Came here off season to try something different and the food was amazing! We had the mixed grill and a chicken gyro with fries, perfect amount of food so flavorful and tasted so fresh, will definitely be coming back here and is the type of flavor we need in this part of NJ!