Rochester, NY
For Middle Eastern in Rochester, the local food press points to Sinbad's, Cedar, and Aladdin's Natural Eatery. Picks from CITY Magazine and 585 Magazine, updated July 2026.
Editor’s picks
Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in CITY Magazine and 585 Magazine. Updated July 2026.
Sinbad's · Park Avenue
A Park Avenue Lebanese restaurant open since 1994, run by Ziad Naoum and his brother Imad, who joined from Lebanon in 1999; CITY Magazine's reader poll has named it a Best Mediterranean runner-up in 2024 and 2025. The kitchen leads with Lebanese cooking, falafel, tabbouleh, hummus, and kabobs. To order: the falafel or a mixed mezze kabob plate.
Cedar · Monroe Avenue
A Monroe Avenue Lebanese kitchen that CITY Magazine covered at its 2016 opening for fresh-baked manakeesh flatbread and pita pockets of shawarma, falafel, and kabob, with a 585 Magazine feature to follow. To order: the manakeesh or a shawarma pita.
Aladdin's Natural Eatery · Monroe Avenue
The Monroe Avenue original of a Rochester natural-food restaurant that CITY Magazine's reader poll counts among the area's Mediterranean and Middle Eastern standbys, winning Best Mediterranean in 2024 and 2025. To order: the falafel and hummus.
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