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Golden Restaurant & Bakery
Middle Eastern
The flatbread menu alone runs past thirty varieties, which tells you something about priorities at this Levantine restaurant and bakery in Tempe. Manakeesh, slow-cooked meats, hummus, and baba ganoush fill out a menu rooted in the kind of food that takes real patience to make. The kenafa, a cheesy semolina pastry dessert, is the thing people come back for. Casual, inexpensive, and easy to overorder.
The awards strongest first
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Middle Eastern Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Middle Eastern Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
One number, weighted & current 44
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Mugalgal
“Small plates of slow-cooked meats are another highlight, especially mugalgal, cubed beef slow-cooked in a spicy tomato and cilantro blend.”
Phoenix New Times, 2025 -
Kenafa
“t leave without trying one of the homemade desserts, which includes kenafa, a rich, cheesy cake covered in thin, sugary strips of semolina dough.”
Phoenix New Times, 2025
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