Westville Emesa

This is the place to go for Middle Eastern food in CT. Having traveled extensively across the Middle East over the past decade for work - I teach courses on Middle East history, politics, and media at a local college - I am so delighted to have discovered that Westville Emesa is within a short drive of our house. The food is delicious, authentic, and made with love, and when you enter the restaurant you are treated like family. The voices of Wael Kfoury, Elissa, and others sound in the background and the black tea at the end of a meal is not to be missed. Needless to say, I will be going back and my New Years resolution of eating out once a month will be broken in January. Oh Well.

I came here with family on a whim and was absolutely delighted. The food is incredibly fresh and delicious they make the bread while you watch! And the service is great. Strongly recommend for a casual eat in lunch/dinner or for takeout. My mom says she would come back here just for the tea.Food: 5/5

My partner and I visited Westville Emesa for a light afternoon meal and it’s was delicious! We ordered the lamb sandwich platter - the meal came with fries, pickled veggies, hummus and tahini sauce. All the food was fresh looked great. Staff was super nice. Overall I highly recommended it! We’ll definitely be coming back.

We've gone here twice so far and both the Arab and Italian sides of the menu have been wonderful. I like the pickles especially. Note that when it says lamb is over grilled tomato, onion and pepper, it doesn't mean a sauce. There is one chunk of grilled tomato, one of onion and one jalapeno. Doesn't hurt to have some extra sauce at home. I love Emesa for a close, easy and reliable meal for eat-in, take out or delivery and everyone there is so friendly! Lots of good vegetarian options.

Decent food. Would have loved more roasted veggies with my $20 shish-kabob 1 slice of tomato and small slice of onion. Good hummus.

This place was far beyond expectation!!! We had it for the first time yesterday and absolutely loved the lamb and chicken shawarma! My boyfriend is half Syrian and says the food reminded him of his Sitto’s Grandma. Very authentic! The cheese mannaesh was out of this world… I could just eat 10 of those. The excellent customer service and delicious food will definitely bring us back.

I’m from the middle east so I have been trying to find a decent place that makes shawarma and manaeesh for so long I was about to give up Until I found this place! Hands down THE best shawarma I tried in the states! And don’t forget the manaeesh *chef’s kiss* The owner is Syrian and extremely kind. I live 40 minutes aways and would not hesitate to drive again to this place !

Amazing Syrian food and coffee! Would definitely recommend. Oh the bread is so fresh and soft

Amazing food, great service, for any Arabic food cravings it’s the place to go too.

Fantastic food and warm hospitality makes this restaurant one I will return to the next time I'm in the area. The small appetizer sampler made for a delicious lunch with a great variety of fresh tastes and textures. The staff was friendly, helping me pick out a dessert from the display case and gifting me a hot cup of tea.