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Golden Restaurant & Bakery
Levantine 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.
Two honors, in evidence:
The record 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
- Mugalgal Phoenix New Times, 2025
- Kenafa Phoenix New Times, 2025
- Hummus Phoenix New Times, 2025
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