Mama Kitchen NY – Restaurant

A kosher Middle Eastern kitchen on Main Street in Kew Gardens Hills, cooking Israeli-Yemenite rather than generic: cauliflower shawarma folded into frena, sabich, sinniya, kabab, couscous, lachuch, eggplant carpaccio, beet salad — and hummus that regulars will argue is the whole reason to come. The room leans warm and a little old-fashioned, the kind of decor that slows a meal down. Diners return to the hospitality more than anything: staff who know the menu and steer you well. Mains take their time. Start with the hummus and let the rest arrive when it arrives.

Cuisine: Restaurant