Where the Locals Eat Rating
Best Middle Eastern
Top 100 Restaurant, New Orleans
"If you've never tried Middle-Eastern cuisine, you could sample the staples at Mona's and feel confident that there isn't any better out there. . . . Mona's is serious about doing what great ethnic restaurants are supposed to do: serve food that tastes like home to the people who live nearby."
–Brett Anderson, The Times-Picayune
"Gyro sandwiches spilled wickedly good bits of crunchy-edged, greasy, spiced meat (a beef and lamb blend) . . . [and] homey split red lentil soup scored high on the just-like-mom's scale."
–Sara Roahen, Gambit
"The house-baked pita bread is better than most, and anything slathered with its tangy hummus will please."
–Offbeat Magazine
". . .one of the premier Middle Eastern restaurants in town . . . worth a trip to Mid-City --for a meal you won't soon forget."
–WWLTV "Unknown Food Critic"
Kids menu. BYOB. Serving lunch and dinner daily
How Others Rate Mona's Cafe
Zagat 2009
19 Food Quality (good to very good)
The New Orleans Menu by Tom Fitzmorris
*** (good enough to go out of your way to try)
Gambit
Best Mediterranean Restaurant, readers' poll 2008