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Happy Time Mediterranean Restaurant is a middle eastern restaurant located in El Cajon, California which is part of the incredibly popular San Diego area. The restaurant specializes in chefs preparing Mediterranean style cuisine with dishes from Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, and other regions of the Middle East. Customers are always greeted with a warm welcome and the delectable smell of minced garlic and cilantro, and are sure to leave with their bellies full and their spirits lifted.
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What an awesome experience!!! Out of this world chicken shawarma wrap deep fried, samosas, and a couple of salads. Food made to order, not sitting around waiting for me to select it. Wonderful, helpful people making the food. Can't wait to go back!!!
This afternoon my Arabic friend said, let me show u where to go for good Mediterranean food. We ended here. It's a darling place. The owner is such a gentleman. The food was amazing!! For those who read my posts, u know I'm not a big meat eater. But this place is exactly why I would never be a vegetarian. These people know how to cook! The dish that was ordered was a Fiesta size combination of a variety of dishes. I dont know the names of them all but i know one was called Chicken Shwarma, and there was chicken and beef kobab (not exactly sure what it was called). We also ordered French fries... um not the kind from McD. The real kind. And for dessert Baklava. The meat was so flavorful! Amazing tantalizing taste and wildly delish!!! ????????????Also the Lentil soup and the hummus was to die for!!! I could eat that hummus for days and days.???????????????????? I'm definitely taking my family here to eat!!! It's a Happy Time at Happy Time. 4 people ate with extra to take home! Update
If you dine-in or out your food will come in to go containers which was sad, but the upside is easier to clean! I have to say I most likely will not be coming back due to the quality and price. The price matches the best Lebanese and Mediterranean food in San Diego which it doesn't not do in the preparation of the food. The baba ganoush was very lack luster in taste while the dolma was good for being vegetarian! The plates for the amount of food was a lot, but no amount can make up for quality and how the food was prepared. Update September 19th 2021: I am going back through all my reviews of restaurants to be more stringent and to compete my due diligence of each. I have set forth three rules that all restaurant will need to follow to get a three star rating. The three rules for restaurants is the keep it fresh, keep it clean, and keep it simple! Getting a four or five star will become harder, but not impossible! Why? Well, people rating poor restaurants as five stars when they are ba
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Business Hours
| Sunday: | 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
| Monday: | 11:00 AM - 8:30 PM |
| Tuesday: | 11:00 AM - 8:30 PM |
| Wednesday: | 11:00 AM - 8:30 PM |
| Thursday: | 11:00 AM - 8:30 PM |
| Friday: | 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM |
| Saturday: | 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM |
