Naya, a new restaurant opened in Roosevelt Field Mall recently, serving up Lebanese fare, including appetizers, and build-your-own rolls, bowls and salads. This is their first location on Long Island, according to their website. Most of their restaurants are located in New York City, with more opening in Philadelphia and New Jersey soon.
When building your meal, Naya lets you choose from chicken or beef shawarma, lamb kebab, cauliflower or falafel among other proteins, toppings like hummus, feta cheese, yogurt and cucumber, or a number of other fresh ingredients, and then put them into a rice or freekeh (roasted green wheat) base bowl, a salad or a pita.
They also feature a number of hot appetizers like their kibbe, which is fried beef dumplings; pumpkin kibbee, a vegetarian version; falafel; or rekakat, a roll with a blend of three Mediterranean cheeses.
The Naya app allows you to order ahead and skip the lines.
Location: 630 Old Country Rd, Garden City, (516) 550-9559.