(713) 439-7481

5064 Richmond Ave
Houston, TX 77056 29.7321 -95.4625

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Neighborhoods: Great Uptown, Westside

Price:

$

Last updated 4.01.09

Category:

Restaurants, Catering

Payment Methods:

American Express, Cash, Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Buffet, Food Delivery

General Info:

Open 7 Days

Cuisine:

Middle Eastern, Mediterranean

What People Are Saying About Dimassi's

Featured Review

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The Dimassi family serves their popular low-fat, low-calorie Mediterranean food buffet style to savvy, casual diners.

Editor's Tips

Know Before You Go:
The food and quality is identical to that at Fadi's Mediterranean Grill. If you're in a hurry, opt for Dimassi's Buffet.
ambiance
0.0% positive
  1. The decor is hideous.
  2. The restaurant is also undergoing a slow renovation so expect the atmosphere to improve.
drinks
75.0% positive
  1. Slow-simmered lamb shank is excellent, fried cauliflower awesome, fresh pita cooked while you watch and hot tea or cold beverage included.
food quality
69.73999977111816% positive
  1. Great salads, and their fresh bread was worth that alone, Lamb is good, if you have never tried mid eastern food this is the place to go, take a littlle and see what you do and do not like.
  2. Worst food I have ever eaten
  3. The food is very good, just not very authentic.
  4. If you like Mediterranean food and plenty of it?
  5. Salads are fresh and flavorful, great veggies.
  6. Slow-simmered lamb shank is excellent, fried cauliflower awesome, fresh pita cooked while you watch and hot tea or cold beverage included.
  7. From the humus dip to the rolled cabbage the food was great!
  8. This place has the worst food I have ever eaten.
  9. good food
  10. Food is always fresh and warm
  11. The food is delicious and it is always fresh and warm.
  12. Even their pita bread is disguistingly bitter!
  13. They had lamb, LAMB that was awful!
  14. We went late afternoon one Saturday and the restaurant was about 1/3 full but all of the hot food items were lukewarm or cold.
  15. The food is good, the salads excellent.
  16. Dimassi is a great value for those who would like to be able to sample a variety of Mediterannean/Greek/Lebanese dishes.
  17. The salads, rice, and lamb are all excellent.
  18. The freshly-made bread is awesome.
  19. Their salads are outstanding but their meats are only mediocre.
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. Dimassi is a great value for those who would like to be able to sample a variety of Mediterannean/Greek/Lebanese dishes.
overall
100.0% positive
  1. This is a great place to take out of town guests for s.
  2. Great salads, and their fresh bread was worth that alone, Lamb is good, if you have never tried mid eastern food this is the place to go, take a littlle and see what you do and do not like.
service
100.0% positive
  1. The service is friendly.
  2. Clean, the service is excellent.
  3. very good salads but I wouldn't pay $25 for them which is what the buffet costs for 2 people on the weekend.
value
100.0% positive
  1. Probably for the true eater (gourmand) this is one of the best values in town.
  2. Dimassi is a great value for those who would like to be able to sample a variety of Mediterannean/Greek/Lebanese dishes.
  3. Great salads, and their fresh bread was worth that alone, Lamb is good, if you have never tried mid eastern food this is the place to go, take a littlle and see what you do and do not like.
wait time
0.0% positive
  1. The restaurant is also undergoing a slow renovation so expect the atmosphere to improve.
1 Star Rating: Poor

05/03/12

STAY AWAY!

by Elif

I bought a groupon thinking this place was going to be good and it was a BIG mistake!!! My husband and I walked in and the guy barely looked at us and pointed at the tables from the cash register. The food looked old as it was and when I tried it, it was cold as if it had been sitting there for hours. Not even 10 min after I finished eating I had a horrible stomach pain and got extremely sick from food poisoning. NEVER AGAIN! Nothing compares to Fadi's Mediterranian Restaurant.

1 Star Rating: Poor

05/29/11

Bad Management - Bland Food - Pricey

by CityArif

First the management is rude! They stare at you as if they don't want you there. There is no direction and you just walk in pay and sit yourself.

The food is bland. Overcooked meat and hard to swallow. Fried items are stiff, too old? Removed expensive meat from the menu, like lamb. Overall you are paying too much for the quality of the food.

This is a chain so not sure about other locations but this review is for Woodland area.

1 Star Rating: Poor

05/22/09

Worst food I have ever eaten

by JackJill

This place has the worst food I have ever eaten. It is like a Middle Eastern version of Ryan's Steak House buffet. . I was sick for several days afterwards. Also not very clean. I would say you are healthier and happier if you stay away.

1 Star Rating: Poor

04/23/09

Beware the positive reviews must be employees

by John1973

This is the only time we've ever said "so where are we going to eat now" before leaving a restaurant. I am a very unpicky eater and was able to eat a little of some things, but only the squash was really ok. My wife picked at her plate and couldn't eat much of it. I can't believe I paid. Far too expensive for such crappy food. I couldn't believe how bad it was. They had lamb, LAMB that was awful! How does that happen? I made a chuck roast the other night that was far better. It looked to me like this restaurant will soon be going out of business like 4 of their 11 locations here already have.

Do yourself a favor and eat at a gas station instead.

  • Pros: None
  • Cons: Everything here is a con
1 Star Rating: Poor

04/18/09

Very Bland

by AnoNymous

All the dishes are bland & not very fresh. The only good thing about this place is the fruit. I guess you can't go wrong with that. It's not even worth the ten dollars. I will never go back to this place. Even their pita bread is disguistingly bitter! How do you mess up on bread??

  • Pros: all you can eat
  • Cons: bland, bland, bland, little variety

The Details on Dimassi's

Place Categories:

  • good mediterranean food
  • awful lamb
  • good atmopher
  • worst food
  • excellent service
  • fresh freshlymade bread
  • great value
  • all excellent rice
  • like plenty
  • awesome fried cauliflower
  • hideous decor
  • great place
  • excellent slowsimmered lamb shank
  • full restaurant
  • only mediocre meats
  • slow renovation
  • cold beverage
  • disguistingly bitter pita bread
  • great veggies
  • outstanding salads
  • fresh pita
  • really good everything
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