Serves meat, vegan options available. Lebanese restaurant and art gallery. Has a selection of vegan friendly items that usually include dishes like lentil soup, okra with tomatoes, garlic potatoes, eggplant with zucchini, foul mudamus, hummus, fattoush, and fresh fruit. A la carte menu is predominately meat with some veg dishes, marked. Open Mon-Thu 11:00am-9:00pm, Fri-Sat 11:00am-10:00pm, Sun 11:00am-9:00pm. Open daily.
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3166 Midway Dr 102-103 (at Rosecrans), San Diego, California, USA, 92110
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Last update on 25 Feb 2025 by lazylimabean
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Added by westcornersville on 06 Sep 2008
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13 Reviews
First Review by ANAJA31
lazylimabean
Points +208
Tasty vegan options - Edit
A few great options that were vegan (menu is marked with a"V") including hummus, GREAT falafel, eggplants with tomatoes, and pita bread. Give this place a try if you're vegan.
Read moreThey no longer have the vegan gyro or buffet...
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ZacharyShackary
Points +215
Outstanding food, excellent setting, even better experience. - Edit
Not only was the vegan gyro and baba ganouj lovely and filling, but looking at the art of the owner's brother was a perfect addition. Chatting with the owner was so interesting and engaging, which left me buying two prints of the paintings. Might visit San Diego again just for Fairouz.
Read morePros: Great plant based options, just be sure to clarify, IMMACULATE setting, Lovely owner
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KellyHudson
Points +523
Yummy Vegan Gyro! - Edit
This was my first experience eating a gyro. I’ve never even found this option. I’m a life long vegetarian & have never had this type of vegan meat before. I was so excited and not disappointed:) The spice was delicious. We also had a babaganush which was also tasty. The owner had been there 37 years and he’s also an artist.
Read moreHe had a delightful art gallery of his own paintings. He also has an autographed picture of Jerry Garcia.
Pros: Reasonable prices & tasty unique gyro , Large filling portion size, Entrepreneur
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LeighFrayn
Points +28
Delish gyro made with vegan meat and vegan sauce. Staff and owner very friendly - Edit
I loved the vegan meat gyro and the house made creamy sauce. It would be helpful to label the menu for vegans.
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options , Vegan meat , Vegan creamy sauce house made
Cons: No cons
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letsgetfree
Points +168
Good Food, Great Art - Edit
Really nice little restaurant, with lots of vegan options and a friendly owner, whose art is on display.
Read morePros: Lots of clearly marked vegan options , The owner has his wonderful art on display
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Unk
Points +1058
Plant-Based - Edit
Great array of vegetable-based dishes. Thankfully, no days meat. Several lentil offerings (soup, with rice and onion, cold salad), others with chickpeas. Cabbage, zucchini, IKEA, tomatoes...real food!
Read morePros: Nice People
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2002rulz
Points +31
Pretty Good - Edit
We found the buffet to be pretty good. This was the first Mediterranean buffet we have been to although we often eat at other Mediterranean restaurants. We were visiting from out of town so decided to try this. Items on menu were well-marked as to whether they were vegetarian or vegan or not. There was an excellent selection. I missed falafels, but I may have been able to order them; I didn't check.
Read morePros: well marked buffet for vegetarian/vegan items
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tinydragon10
Points +25
Fairouz - Edit
This is a good place for hot food. You can fill yourself with a wide variety of vegetarian items. As long as the propinquity of meat doesn't turn you off you will enjoy this restaurant.
Read morePros: Lots of variety in food, Friendly staff, Beautiful art
Cons: Meat in close proximity to other food
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Claire89
Points +25
THE BEST!!!! - Edit
I have been coming to Fairouz for years and it is by far the best restaurant in San Diego. The food is fresh and delicious and like nothing else in town. The owners and their family are exceptionally friendly and always welcoming. The vegan and vegetarian options are plentiful. Love this place!
Read morePros: delicious food, great customer service
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CaioLynn
Points +32
So good! - Edit
We found this little gem after searching the Happy Cow site. Everything on the menu and in the buffet was labeled vegan or vegetarian and the staff was very knowledgeable about the ingredients of each dish. Everything we tried was amazing, including the hummus, pickled cabbage, green beans, potatoes and greek salad. The wine was also very good. Very reasonable prices and the owner was very friendly and fun to hat with. Highly recommend.
Read morePros: good parking, inexpensive, great selections of veg food
Cons: we ate way too much!
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Tory
Points +35
Great for vegetarians, lots of options for vegans - Edit
Although I usually don't like buffet's at all, I enjoyed the buffet at Fariouz immensely as did my daughter and husband. There were numerous hot and cold vegetarian (and vegan) options with clear signage for both vegetarian and vegan dishes and the meat dishes were placed in their own small section. Although a couple of the dishes did not look especially appetizing, they all tasted fantastic! The vegetarian mousaka was the best I have ever tasted and if we lived in San Diego, we would be frequent customers. The waitress was friendly, efficient and engaging and responded immediately to the one minor concern we had. The washroom was very clean as was everything else. The buffet was great value for the money and it was a delight as a vegetarian to go to a restaurant that had meat options for my husband and daughter where I could also have an excellent meal that had plenty of protein options (instead of being stuck with the usual pasta and a marinara sauce for dinner). All three of us give Fairouz two thumbs-up and if we're ever in San Diego again, we would definately make sure to eat there! Please note that I would have given this a five out of five rating if that had been an option (it wasn't since this restaurant isn't 100% vegetarian).
Read morePros: Excellent food, Excellent value, Friendly waitress
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westcornersville
Points +659
Superb Buffet - Edit
I go to Fairouz now and then--their buffet is probably the biggest "very vegetarian friendly" buffet in town (they only have a small section devoted to meat dishes). Recently, they have been marking the vegan items (but if they're not marked, the friendly staff will assist you). They almost always have lentil soup, garlic potatoes (those with garlic-phobia need not apply!), 4-5 vegetable dishes, hummus, tabouli, and a wide assortment of salads and pickles. They have a la carte items from the menu as well. The owner (who is a painter) is super friendly (though he's not there quite as often as he used to be).
Read morePros: great buffet, good ambiance, lots of veggie options
Cons: has some meat
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ANAJA31
Points +19
GREAT EGGPLANT - Edit
Stopped in today for Eggplant appitizer. Talked with the owner for quite some time. her was very gracious and personable. His art is very inspiring, at least to me it was. The eggplant was delicious (I was a little sad my pita bread was not in the bag) but it was lunch time and we were fully engulfed in conversation. I will definately be back in the very near future.
Read moreThank you again,
and i am honored to be your first review :
Pros: great atmosphere, beautiful artwork, lovely people
Cons: serve meat
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