At Makarios Kabobs & Grill, we bring the best of Mediterranean Restaurant dining to Birmingham, AL, with a focus on vibrant flavors and a relaxed atmosphere. Our 4.50-star reputation, backed by 2616 reviews, reflects our commitment to quality, service, and great service and quality.
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Our Story
Welcome to a place where great food meets warm hospitality. We believe dining is more than just a meal - it's an experience to be savored and shared.
Our kitchen is dedicated to creating dishes that bring people together, using recipes that honor tradition while embracing innovation.
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Food & Drinks
Cooked tortilla that is filled with cheese and folded in half.
Your choice of chicken or lamb.
Tender lamb tips sauteed with special herbs.
Sauteed with garlic sauce, mushroom e cilantro.
Cooked in oil.
Cooked wing of a chicken coated in sauce or seasoning.
2 Pc kibba, 2 meat pie, 4 lamb grape leaves.
Cooked tortilla that is filled with cheese and folded in half.
Beef or chicken.
Pie made from spinach, cheese, and and phyllo dough.
Tender tips of chicken breast sauteed with cilantro, fresh garlic and a dash of lemon juice.
Cooked in oil or fat over heat.
Sauteed salmon with lemon juice, spices and cilantro.
Cooked tortilla that is filled with cheese and folded in half.
Served with fries.
Tender pieces of chicken breast sauteed with cilantro, garlic mushroom, light lemon oregano sauce.
Two kabob, two tawook (chicken), & four kafta chicken shawarma lamb shawarma, served with salads or soups.
Two Baba ghanooj, two fattoosh salad, two hommous. Four shish kabobs six shish kafta.four tawook, two shrimp, deboned chicken.
One Baba ghanooj, one hommous, one large salad, two tawook, two kabob three kafta, one shrimp, hommous with lamb and chicken galabah.
One kabob, two tawook (chicken), and two kafta (ground lamb, parsley, onion) served with two salads or soups.
Tabbouli, hommous, Baba ghannooj, falafet vegetarian grape leaves, lamb grape leaves, chicken shawarma, lamb shawarma shish tawook and shish kafta. Served with 2 dinner salads or soups.
Shish kabob, shish tawook (chicken), and one kafta (ground lamb, parsley, onion) served with a salad or soup.
Breaded or battered crispy chicken wrap.
Falafel, lettuce, tomatoes and tahini sauce.
Ground lamb, parsley, onions char grilled with lettuce, tomato and tahini sauce.
Veggie burger.
Lettuce , tomatoes and mayo. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
1/3 lb ground beef on rye with grilled onion and swiss cheese.
Sandwich with boneless grileld or fried chicken.
Grilled onion and blue cheese.
Have it your way on wrap or sandwich.
Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Fresh squeezed and blended with strawberries, banana & honey, your choice of, apples, orange, mango or Carrot.
Carrot, spinach, celery and beet.
Your choice of: orange, apple, carrot, carrot apple carrot beet or lemonade.
Carrot, celery e spinach.
$2.49 for 4 oz
Marinated and charbroiled.
Chicken breast tips sauteed with herbs.
Marinated and charbroiled.
One skewer chicken, chicken sajji e chicken shawarma.
Chicken sauteed with veggies.
Chicken kabob with lemon-oregano.
Served with lemon oregano sauce.
Marinated charbroiled chicken.
Sauteed with mushrooms, and cilantro.
Charbroiled, marinated chicken breast kabob.
Chicken sauteed with veggies.
Thinly sliced, marinated and seared.
Classic or zesty. Chicken sauteed with veggies.
Orange Phyllo Cake Made with Shredded Phyllo, Yogurt, Sweetened Orange Slices, and Sweet Orange Pulp
Basbousa is a sweet, syrup soaked, semolina cake with coconut flakes, cream, and almonds. Taste and enjoy the moist, crumbly, and buttery dessert popular in all of the Mediterranean!
A rich and creamy layered dessert featuring crisp graham crackers and sweet cream, topped with a crunchy Lotus Biscoff cookie crumble and a luscious chocolate-caramel drizzle. Finished with a signature Biscoff cookie for the perfect bite of caramelized sweetness.
*Oreo Trifle* Layers of crisp graham crackers and rich, sweet cream come together in this decadent treat, topped with a generous Oreo crumble, a drizzle of chocolate and caramel, and finished with a centerpiece Oreo for the perfect touch.
Char grilled eggplant with tahini sauce, lemon juice and a hint of fresh garlic sauce.
Hommous, Baba ghannooj and tabbouli.
Generous mix of fresh veggies with our hommous dip.
Hommous, Baba ghanooj, tabbouli, fattoosh falafel, veggies, tahini sauce and majadara.
Dip made from chickpeas.
Chickpeas pureed with tahini sauce, lemon juice and a hint of fresh garlic sauce.
Served with onions, parsley, cilantro, spices and with tahini sauce, tomato & pickles.
2 Spinach pie, 2 veggie grape leaves, 2 falafel & mojadara.
Charbroiled chicken breast kabob wrapped with garlic sauce and pickles.
Charbroiled marinated chicken wrapped with garlic sauce and pickles.
Sauteed chicken and veggies. Wrapped with Rice.
Chicken kabob with parsley salad.
Sauteed chicken with mushroom e cilantro with Rice.
Thin slices of chicken rolled in bread with pickles and tomato.
Choice of lamb or beef wrapped with tomato onion, and pickles. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Meat with mayo, swiss cheese, onion & bell pepper.
Charbroiled quality lamb ground with parsley onions and herbs. Wrapped with tomato, onion parsley, pickles and tahini sauce.
Sauteed lamb with mushroom e cilantro with Rice.
Sauteed lamb and veggies, wrapped with Rice.
Charbroiled marinated lamb, wrapped with tomato, onions, parsley, pickles, and tahini sauce.
Wrapped in pita bread or on gyro bread.
Sauteed with mushrooms.
Kabob. Two skewers of shrimp.
Classic or zesty. Sauteed with vegetables & natural herbs and spices.
Sauteed with mushrooms.
Classic or zesty. Swordfish sliced e sauteed with vegetables e natural herbs and spices.
Two skewers of swordfish.
Classic or zesty. Fresh salmon sliced and sauteed with vegetables and natural herbs and spices.
Two skewers of shrimp.
Very Tender Meat, Marinated & Char Broiled
Sauteed with mushrooms, and cilantro.
Tender lamb sauteed with herbs.
Combination of marinated lamb and chicken.
Ground lamb mixed with onions, mushrooms & tomatos.
Quality ground lamb, parsley and onions, charbroiled.
Choice of marinated charbroiled lamb.
Classic or zesty. Choice of lamb or beef sauteed with veggies.
Your choice of lamb or beef. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Sauteed with mushrooms, and cilantro.
Cooked on a spit and wrapped in a pita.
Lamb served with side of yogurt.
Choice of meat sauteed with veggies then mixed with toasted slivered almonds, rice and our home made garlic sauce (classic or zesty).
Choice of marinated charbroiled lamb.
Skewered kafta, two fried kibba, lamb shawarma, 2 grape leaves.
Lamb or beef sauteed with veggies.
Lamb or beef sauteed with veggies.
Very Tender Meat, Marinated & Char Broiled. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Wrapped in pita bread or on gyro bread.
Gyro or lamb.
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Potato substituted for meat and sauteed with veggies.
Ground chickpeas, fava beans and vegetable patties cooked in vegetable oil, wrapped with vegetables nad tahini sauce.
Lentil, cracked wheat and sauteed onions, wrapped with salad.
Breaded Pimento Cheese Squares Made with a blend of pimento cheese, red bell peppers and lightly breaded in a cracker crumb coating
A large salad tossed with sliced smoked turkey breast.
A large fresh salad mixed with toasted pita bread and topped with chargrilled chicken.
Salad with thin slices of roasted meat.
Fresh lettuce with tomato, cucumber and onion.
A large salad with your choice of lamb or chicken.
Lettuce, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, olive, beets, feta cheese, fresh dill mixed with our home made dressing.
A salad mixed with feta cheese, olives and beet.
A fresh salad with rice pilaf topped with toasted slivered almonds.
Spinach salad mixed with toasted pita bread.
A large salad mixed with feta cheese & topped with chargrilled breast of chicken.
With onion and tomato.
A large fresh salad mixed with toasted pita bread.
Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Parsley, tomato, scallions, cracked wheat, olive oil & fresh lemons.
A large fresh salad mixed with toasted pita bread & feta cheese.
Vitamin and nutrient-enhanced water beverage with electrolytes and other good stuff.
Rice, parsley and onions wrapped in grape leaves with side of yougurt.
Served with tahini sauce.
Veggies (potato, tomato, carrot, onion, green peppers and mushrooms mixed with toasted slivered almonds rice and our home made garlic sauce (classic or zesty).
Classic or zesty. Potato substituted for meat and sauteed with veggies.
Two spinach pie, Two veggie grape leaves, Two falafel and mojadara.
Served with yoghurt sauce.
Classic or zesty. Sauteed veggies (potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, onions, green peppers and mushrooms).
Hear from our valued guests
So glad this place is here! Open pretty late until 10pm so when I landed door dash had already delivered it to my hotel at perfect timing. I loved it so much that night, I went back again the next day for lunch! Got the Gyro plate with basmati, makarios salad and the makarios cake - highly recommend all three! That cake really was fantastic. Not overly sweet and simply satisfying! Plus it’s a chilled cake so it’s also refreshing with warm temps outside! The place is authentic as you can get, great service and attention and kindness! Mediterranean food is by far my favorite and this one does not disappoint!
Visited Birmingham on the way to Baton Rouge and tried this place based on the reviews. My wife and I shared the sampler for 2. Come here hungry because that thing can feed 4! The meats were flavored well and the baba ganoush has the perfect smokey flavor. Try this place and you won't be disappointed! Service was friendly.
Hubby and I had some time to kill between dr appointments! We both ended up getting the gyro and fries and drink. Then ordered baklava and the creme caramel for dessert. The gyros were very good. Meat nice and tender with good flavor. Fresh tomatoes and onions. Tzitzki sauce was really good. The French fries were hot and salted nicely. The baklava was good. I did not care for the creme caramel. The flan was deflated and the texture was off. The homemade caramel sauce? Hmm.. didn't taste much like caramel and was VERY watery. We had arrived shortly by noon and there were maybe 8-12 people dining inside. By the time we finished, the original part of the building seating was full and they'd gone ahead and opened the larger added on room. (They were painting outside that room and it appeared they really hadn't to have to have diners watch them - but it quickly was filled! All-in-all? The dishes all sound great! If they taste like their gyros? Definitely a place we will hit up again!
Hit up Makarios on our first night in Birmingham on a weekend trip. Food was fantastic. I went with the beef kabobs with rice and the lentil soup, my wife with the Chicken Shawarma. Our son went with the chicken strips. The lentil soup was hot and flavorful. The Beef Kabobs were cooked perfectly, and the rice was seasoned really well. The portions were generous the price. My wife thoroughly enjoyed her meal as well. She went with rice and grilled vegetables as her side as well as the garlic sauce. All of which she loved. The chicken strips and fries pleased the child as well. 10/10 will be grabbing some to-go items before we leave.
Food was exceptional and the service was great. We got beef shish kabobs. There is no AC in the part of the dining room we ate in and no fans either so it was quite warm, I would recommend to stay in the main seating areas near the front if you’re sensitive to heat.
Great service, very attentive to our needs Food was good… i ordered the lamb combo and my wife the lamb chops. We were up to the brim full… i really liked the food. Much better than other kebabs we ate at. Atmosphere is also reminiscent and feels like
The authentic Mediterranean place in Birmingham. We drove through town and looking for something flavorful and stumble upon this place. The price is incredibly inexpensive. The portions ridiculous. As we try to have a game plan to get to dessert, we couldn’t make it. The food is freshly made. Staff are friendly. You know it’s light when most people that walked in are Mediterranean.
Absolutely must try this place mind blowing beef kebabs. The quality of the beef is amazing and the flavor is so good. My rice, amazing and juicy not dry. My vegetables are cooked and perfection also Manger and staff are friendly and very informative. I WILL DEFINITELY BE RETURNING
The chicken shawarma is absolutely amazing and their garlic sauce, I need at least a cup of that stuff. The onion rings are also some of the best and actually battered and not breaded. Soooo good. Also, don't forget desert either because they have homemade baklava and their house cake is heavenly.
We came to Birmingham for a show and needed to find a good place for dinner near our hotel. We saw Makarios and decided to try it. It’s very casual but smelled incredible! I ordered the lamb shawarma with roasted veggies and salad. My husband had the combo shawarma. We also ordered hummus. My mother in law ordered the ghallaba. The food was absolutely wonderful!! The seasoning was so good and the hummus was perfect! For desert I tried the Turkish coffee and basbousa cake. The coffee was authentic and I enjoyed the cake. We will definitely plan to come back here again when we travel this direction. The staff was very nice and helpful as well.
Common questions about Makarios Kabobs & Grill
Makarios Kabobs & Grill is located at 940 20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205, United States, Birmingham, AL, United States.
You can reach Makarios Kabobs & Grill by calling +1 205-731-7414.
Makarios Kabobs & Grill has a rating of 4.5 out of 5 based on 2616 customer reviews.
Makarios Kabobs & Grill features the following accessibility: Wheelchair-accessible car park, Wheelchair-accessible entrance, Wheelchair-accessible seating, Wheelchair-accessible toilet.
Makarios Kabobs & Grill features the following service options: No-contact delivery, Delivery, On-site services, Takeaway, Dine-in.
Makarios Kabobs & Grill features the following highlights: Great coffee, Great tea selection, Serves local specialty.
Makarios Kabobs & Grill features the following popular for: Lunch, Dinner, Solo dining.
Makarios Kabobs & Grill features the following offerings: Coffee, Comfort food, Healthy options, Late-night food, Private dining room, Quick bite, Small plates, Vegan options, Vegetarian options.
Makarios Kabobs & Grill features the following dining options: Lunch, Dinner, Catering, Counter service, Dessert, Seating, Table service.
Makarios Kabobs & Grill features the following amenities: Restroom.
Makarios Kabobs & Grill features the following atmosphere: Casual, Cozy, Quiet, Trendy.
Makarios Kabobs & Grill features the following crowd: Groups, Tourists, University students.
Makarios Kabobs & Grill features the following planning: Accepts reservations.
Makarios Kabobs & Grill features the following payments: Credit cards, Debit cards, NFC mobile payments.
Makarios Kabobs & Grill features the following children: Good for kids, High chairs, Kids' menu.
Makarios Kabobs & Grill features the following parking: Free parking lot, Free street parking, Paid parking lot, Plenty of parking.
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