True Kosher restaurants are few and far between in the Valley of the Sun and so we decided to visit Kitchen 18. It is a new restaurant started less than a year ago. It appears that most of the ownership and staff have spent a great deal of their lives in Israel.
Note that the restaurant is closed on Friday evening and Saturday. Rather busy for a Sunday afternoon and it took a while to get our order in. The decor is modern and very cool and the presentation of the food was excellent.
We ordered the "signature falafel" and it was flavorful. The pita that went with it which is made fresh all during the day was fluffy and excellent. We then ordered the Israeli salad with shawarma and also the shawarma pita sandwich (which came with a side of sweet potato fries or french fries and quinoa or israeli salad). The shawarma was flavorful and the salad though nothing exotic made for a good combination. The shawarma sandwich was huge. The food was plentiful and so we had to pack quite a bit of the salad to take home with us.
The service was very good and the staff was very attentive. It is wonderful to see family run restaurants serving wonderful home style and wholesome meals. The menu and food could use some fine tuning but it is a restaurant that I would visit again.
After our meal we visited the store adjacent to the restaurant that sells kosher products.