The best Palestinian restaurants in Bay Ridge, New York City — 3 ranked picks with ratings and must-try dishes.
3 picksBay Ridge has 3 Palestinian restaurants we would send anyone to, ranked here by rating and review depth. Tanoreen sits at the top with 4.7 stars. If you only order one thing, make it the baba ghanoush at Tanoreen. Most of this list stays under $40 a head. None of these take online reservations — they are walk-in or phone-only, so go early.
Bay Ridge is a Palestinian-leaning pocket of New York City where the 3 restaurants we track average 4.5 stars.
Palestinian in Bay Ridge — 4.7 across 1,977 diner reviews
Must-try: Baba ghanoush, Fetti with sumac-spiced lamb, Knafeh
📍 7523 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209
Palestinian in Bay Ridge — 4.5 across 1,979 diner reviews
Must-try: Shawarma, Mansaf platter, Falafel
📍 486 85th St, Brooklyn, NY 11209
Palestinian in Bay Ridge — 4.4 across 1,121 diner reviews
Must-try: Palestinian-style shawarma, Foul mudammas, Manakish
📍 6917 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209
Tanoreen — 4.7 stars across 1,977 reviews, the highest on this list. Palestinian in Bay Ridge — 4.7 across 1,977 diner reviews.
None of the 3 on this page take online bookings — they are walk-in or phone-only. Going early, or on a weeknight, is the reliable move.
The baba ghanoush at Tanoreen, the shawarma at Ruzana and the palestinian-style shawarma at Al Aqsa Bakery & Restaurant. Those are the dishes regulars point to first.
Ratings and review volume decide the order, but the list itself is drawn from restaurants people actually post about — 2 of the 3 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.