Mediterranean buffets in Dallas, TX

Dimassi's Mediterranean Buffet (Richardson)

A Texas chain, family owned since 1992, built entirely around an all-you-can-eat halal line the company advertises as more than 60 dishes: kebabs and shawarma, stewed vegetables, a long salad and dip section, and desserts. This Campbell Road branch is the closest Dimassi's to north Dallas. Unusually for this category the chain publishes its prices on every location page: $18.99 for weekday lunch, $20.99 on weekday evenings and $23.99 Thursday through Sunday, with kids aged 3 to 9 at $9.99 on weekdays. Reviewers are warm rather than ecstatic, and the room is a large, plain buffet hall rather than somewhere to linger.

Dimassi's Mediterranean Buffet (Plano)

The same halal buffet as the Richardson branch, sitting on State Highway 121 in far north Plano, which makes it the easiest Dimassi's to reach from Plano, Frisco and Allen. The line and the published pricing are identical across the chain, so choosing between branches is really choosing a drive. Its score is the higher of the two Dimassi's here, but it rests on a much smaller pile of reviews, so read it lightly.

Andalous Mediterranean Buffet (Richardson)

Andalous opened in Las Colinas in 2012 with what the local press described as a buffet of more than 65 items, running from dolmas and three kinds of hummus to gyro meat, curry chicken and bean salads, and the Richardson branch is the self-serve all-you-can-eat version of that idea. The kitchen is halal. It is the newest of the established buffets in this corridor and has the thinnest Tripadvisor record here, although it carries several hundred ratings on other listing sites, so the score below understates how busy it is.

Afrah Mediterranean Restaurant and Pastries (Richardson)

Afrah is a Lebanese restaurant and pastry shop in downtown Richardson rather than a buffet house, and its buffet reflects that: a weekday lunch spread only, leaning on the mezze the kitchen is known for, with tabbouleh, hummus, baba ghanoush, falafel, stewed okra and za'atar pies. The kitchen is 100% halal-certified. It has by far the deepest review history of anything on this page, and the bakery counter is a reason to come on its own. The catch is timing: arrive on a weekend or after mid-afternoon and there is no buffet at all, only the menu.

Sababa Mediterranean Cuisine (Richardson)

A smaller neighbourhood operation in the Brick Row development, Sababa runs a rotating buffet of shawarma, falafel, kabobs, rice and salads rather than a fixed hundred-dish line, and describes itself as an all-you-can-eat spot with halal options. It has the most flexible schedule on this page: lunch every weekday, dinner on Friday and Saturday, and its own weekend lunch sittings. Diners are split on consistency, with regulars saying the price undercuts the bigger buffets without the food suffering for it, and detractors finding it ordinary for the money.

Ali Baba Mediterranean Grill (Richardson)

Ali Baba has been a fixture on North Central Expressway for years as a sit-down Mediterranean grill, and now runs a buffet at both lunch and dinner built on saffron chicken, lamb gyro, falafel and a long run of vegetarian dishes. It holds the best rating and one of the largest review counts on this page, although most of those reviews were earned by the a la carte kitchen rather than the buffet line, which is a recent addition. The building previously traded as Terra Mediterranean and some listings still carry that name, so check which one you are looking at before you drive over.

Ehab Mediterranean Buffet (Irving)

Ehab sits just off Royal Lane near Las Colinas and is a buffet in the plainest sense: one long line, open every day for lunch and dinner, with unlimited pita, a wide salad section and baklava at the end. Regulars praise the variety, the cleanliness and the value; the recurring complaint is that the room is institutional and has no atmosphere to speak of. It is the only buffet on this page whose listing does not claim halal, so ask if that matters to you. Its own website would not load while this page was built, so everything here is taken from its listing rather than from the restaurant.