Jafra Mediterranean Restaurant, St Charles MO

Great spot for healthy and flavorful food! So happy to have stumbled across Jafra, and would definitely come back.

Excellent food and service!
The hummus was tasty and so creamy.
Lamb shish kebab was very good.
Wife had beef shawarma and she liked it.
Also had some delicious baklava for dessert. It had a prominent cinnamon taste.
Overall great Mediterranean place. Friendly staff. Would come back again.

What a gem! I had been wanting to visit this restaurant for weeks, and was not disappointed. The food was flavorful and beautifully presented. You won’t want to miss the baklava for dessert - it’s the best I’ve ever had! The coffee was unique and delicious. The warm hospitality really put everything over the top. Looking forward to going back again!

We were delighted to find this gem on our way back from KC to Indianapolis. Everything we ate was outstanding, beautifully seasoned & fresh. We ate our baklava on the go and they handed us free Turkish coffee for our trip. What a lovely family restaurant.

Sooooo delicious, authentic, and the best grape leaves I’ve ever eaten - they were super warm and lemony

Food was amazing. Very fresh and full of flavor. The service was great! I will be coming back!

Such kind people at this place. Food was so flavorful. Shish tawook, kibbeh, Arabic coffee. Not pictured chicken shawarma wrap. Will definitely return!

I cannot say enough wonderful things about this gem! This is a Palestinian-owned restaurant with incredible food and lovely people. I wanted to try everything on the menu! I can’t wait to go back and try more!

An excellent experience! Wonderful people and great food. Nice variety of appetizers and their meat and chicken entrees are cooked perfectly. If you have room get the baklava and coffee at the end.

My wife & I ate here for the first time on Nov 15,2023. We very much enjoyed our meal and our dining experience! Our server was excellent, discussing several dishes with us, making recommendations (without being pushy!), and bringing our food to us as soon as it was ready. (We could see part of the kitchen, and we were only people there while our food was being prepared, so we knew when she was given our meals.)

I had qidrah as my entree, my wife had the beef shawarma plate for hers, and both were very tasty. (Mine was a bit dry for my preferences, but we each has a small dish of a sauce - hers seemed yogurt-based, mine included diced cucumbers - which we traded with each other and added to our plates, along with a small bowl of chopped vegetables, and I was very happy with the results. I had Arabic coffee, which was interesting (strong-brewed, lots of cardamom in it, and served black, with sugar on the side), and it went well with our dessert. Yes, we also had dessert!
Cheese kolaj ("Warbat") for her, and "Lebanese Nights" ("Layali Lubnan") for me. Both desserts were very good, though I'll admit, we both liked her "sweet cheese" dish better. ("Lebanese Nights" was the more unusual of the two desserts, mainly because of its strong floral scent and flavor, which may have rose water used in the recipe - not a bad flavor at all, but very "different" for us.)

Overall, we recommend Jafra for a nice, reasonably-priced mediterranean meal. (Nice place for a dinner date!)
We're planning to return the next time we're in that area!

So glad to have this place near us! The food is fantastic and the service was personal and attentive. We enjoyed meeting the owners. We will return often.

Everything was delicious! The food was very flavorful and the staff was great! It was my birthday and they sent me off with a little desert

Food was absolutely amazing!

We had the falafel and babaganoush appetizers. For the entrees, we had the beef kafta and the chicken shawarma. Topped off the meal with coffee and baklava. Zane took great care of us.

Food poisoning. Ordered the chicken shawarma, woke up in the middle of the night hours later with intense abdominal pain, unable to go back to sleep or find any relief whatsoever. Ruined my vacation.

This was SO fabulous! We haven't eaten here in several years and was amazingly happy to try it again. We had the breakfrst combo and the meat combo!

Incredible little restaurant with an friendly, welcoming staff.

The best part about Jafra is how clean it was.

The food was all fantastic, especially the Muhammara. This is our new favorite restaurant in St. Charles.

What a perfect little hidden gem! We absolutely loved the Jafra Special. We had 4 adults and two children and still had leftovers! We all argued over who would get the last falafel. The chicken and beef had incredible flavor and seasoning. The Greek salad and other dips were wonderful. We had the baklava and the cheese dessert (last item on the dessert menu) and they were both lovely. We loved how the baklava was served in little rolls. It was so much easier to eat than a traditional baklava! The strong Arabic coffee paired nicely with the sweetness of the honey in the desserts. Our waiter, Zane, was very polite and attentive. Another waitress was so sweet and gave my daughter a piece of candy on the way out. A wonderful restaurant overall! We will definitely be back!

Daliah is amazing they make all their food fresh in house very authentic I grew up On middles eastern food and it reminded me of home. Highly recommend if your looking for good quality with the real Arabic appreciation

Slightly on the pricey end but nevertheless the best Mediterranean restaurant in STL area. One of my favorites.

This place is amazing! My husband and I enjoy trying new things and places! We love coming here, the food is always amazing. It's a family owned restaurant and they are so very nice. Always knowledgeable on their menu. My husband and I really love this place. 100/100 recommend! ️️️️️