Al Masgoof
4197 E 14 Mile Rd, Sterling Heights, MI, 48310
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4197 E 14 Mile Rd
Sterling Heights, MI, 48310 - Phone (586) 978-7504
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Specialities
- Takes Reservations : Yes
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Parking : Private Lot
Bike Parking : Yes
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Outdoor Seating : No
Has TV : Yes
Waiter Service : Yes
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Richard N.
Best Cornish Hens you ever had in your life hands down!!!!!!!!!!!! Al Masgoof cuts there Cornish hen down the middle and flattens them out, and puts them in medal cages. They cook on a wooded fire with plenty of smoke. they also put there own citrus seasonings on there! I have ate many meals in my life, and alot the those meals where chicken, so let me tell you that this chicken bye far bar none! Forget there fish, lamb, and beef GET THE CHICKEN
(5)Brian A.
If you're daring, get your rubber wetsuits on, and get ready for a food adventure. The reason I went in to Al Masgoof was because we were driving by and the sign was funny: "FISH COOKED OVER WOOD PILE". That sounds fantastic, right? When you enter Al Masgoof, you are greeted with the heavy scent of woodsmoke mixed with the smell of water and fish. It's like going to a beach barbecue. At first, it's not clear you're in a restaurant; it looks more like a fish market. There are tanks and a display case, and an open kitchen. Glance to your left, however, and you'll see a dining area. The waitress we had spoke no English; this is a concern because it's very difficult to explain what you want. We opted for the house special (The Masgoof), because we weren't sure what else to do, honestly. The Masgoof is fascinating: You point out a fish from the live tank, the chef catches it for you and they split it along the back (not the belly), clean it, and smear it with a delicious smelling herb paste. Then, they put the fish on a wood plank and stick it up next to the fire for twenty minutes or so. While you wait, you get a salad and maybe some rice, along with lots of fresh-baked bread. The prices are listed clearly, but what they DON'T tell you is that the prices are PER POUND. We thought we would be paying $14.95 for each of us, and it turns out we had 2lb Tilapias, so our meal ended up costing almost $50, which was way more than we had anticipated. Beware of the pricing! The chef is clearly very proud of his craft. He came out to show us another fish he was preparing, and was excited that we were there, and made sure we were happy with everything. You take the good with the bad at this place; don't go in expecting anything other than what it is: If you want FISH PREPARED OVER WOODPILE, then this is worth trying (and it is fantastic, truly), but the ... foreignness of the place might put many people off. It's a challenging restaurant to be sure; are you up for it?
(3)Mike H.
the food is average. service is bad. fish is overpriced. the only good thing is the cream chop but everyone can make that. a lot of better places to go just in a 1mile radius
(2)Eva S.
The grilled whole chicken tastes amazing (wood grilled) the beef shawarma sandwich is always tasty. This place has really authentic Arabic (Iraqi) food. I highly recommend it. Ps when you walk into the restaurant, it does smell like fish since they have a live fish tank that customers can order by the pound and have them grill it.
(5)Sophia Y.
Great food & great customer service love the fresh hot bread. The fish is always fresh & knowing its live & cooked while your there make it so much better.
(5)Suha V.
The food here is as authentic Iraqi as any I've had in Detroit. It may even be better than I make at home. The whole fish is wood grilled -excellent and worth the wait. The tabooli is fresh and lemony. The hummus bi tahini is so creamy. The bread comes off the wood grill hot and tasty -yummy yummy yummy
(5)Ahmed A.
Its an excellent spot if you're looking for authentic Iraqi cuisine. The fried fish with yellow reice is a good combination.
(4)Jeffrey M.
You come here for the Masgoof. Choose your fish. Incredibly tasty. Take it home. Devour it amongst hungry family. It's an experience.
(5)Ram K.
Al-Masgoof or (The Masgoof) is a mediterranean restaurant that makes a delicious dishes but the best one and most famous dish is the live fish taken from water and cooked on wood pile , its gourmet and unique in doing it, also the kabob and beef tenderloin are very very good , another thing I tried it recently is (bajilla Tashreeb) , its a breakfast meal consist of a broth of fava beans with bread and over it scrambled eggs , its very famous in middle east and delicious . The prices are fair for the dishes its 10$ as average may be little higher or cheeper than that depending on what you gonna order The problem is the cleanness of the restaurant and the small area that there is a small reception and behind it an open kitchen ,its little messy, I think the owner needs to enlarge the restaurant, make close kitchen and give more space for entrance and tables , and care about the cleaning of the restaurant and rest rooms, this is very important, for that I will give it 5 stars for the food and 2 stars for the cleanness
(3)Hussain A.
My first visit here with my family and friends. The food was amazing especially the grilled fish and rice. The lady who served our table had no experience at all. We waited for more than 15 minutes for bread, and then another 15 minutes for plates. I would give it 5 starts without the waiter's rating
(3)Sajad Z.
I ate in at this place a few years ago, I recall it wasn't too bad in terms of service or atmosphere. (But then I was invited by a friend and that always makes food taste better.) Typical of what you would find at any "authentic" Middle Eastern restaurant - nothing fancy.Recently, I had take-out. What makes them stand out is their style of cooking fish, masgouf style. Its unique to Iraq, not really practice much outside there and this place is the only place in town (they claim in the States) that makes fish masgouf. The masgouf fish is fairly pricey, but well worth the cost and the drive! I drove 45-min each way to pick it up and would do it again.
(5)Hank M.
I told myself i wouldn't go back to this place, the first time i went years Ago when they first opened up. I was robbed on the bill the first time, and yet once again went there the other day, clearly says the pricing on the menu, yet they always have an excuse to why the price is more than to what it says on the menu. Its one of those places you leave and say ill never return, should have learned my lesson the first time. And if you dont speak arabic, dont bother walking in, by the way, i speak Arabic.
(1)ali a.
The food is average. The service is below average. you order a 10 lbs fish and they deliver you two fish one for 5 lbs and the other 6 lbs without letting you know that they do not carry what you ordered. surprise on the table with one extra pound you are being charged for it also !. rice was good. cracked wheat was cold!. I cannot say I want to go back there.
(2)Tony D.
My wife called to get a price on a 3.5 lbs. fish and was quoted $27 when I arrived to pick up the food I was charged $33 and change when I got back to my shop I was curious to weigh the fish and sure enough total weight was 2.3 lbs. I don' like being taken advantage of when I called him he told me that the weight of the fish was before cooking I can't imagine there was a pound of fat on the fish, never giving them a dime of my money again.
(1)Frank M.
We were greeted at the door by a nice man who thought we were customers who hadn't been there in a long time. This was actually our first time, but if we do go back, it probably won't be for a long time. Almasgoof specializes in live fish, which explains (although it didn't really make it palatable) why the restaurant smelled a bit like a fish tank. We should have tried the masgouf, the house specialty, which was described as having some sort of curry sauce on top of freshly grilled fish. Instead, we got plain whitefish and a shish kafta dinner. We thought we could try the masgouf on the next visit, but that next visit doesn't seem too likely. We first tried to ask the waitress what she would recommend. The waitress didn't really speak English, and seemed irritated that we didn't speak her language, which I believe is Chaldean. I figured I would try a shish kafta dinner, and ordered the lamb shish kafta. When she repeated it back, she said chicken shish kafta. I explained that I would prefer lamb, and pointed to the menu. When our order arrived, the fish and shish kafta came out. The shish kafta tasted more like beef, which seemed odd. Then a couple minutes, later, an order of chicken shish kafta came out. I couldn't explain the problem to her, so we took a lot of meat home. Oh well. The shish kafta was fairly good, although it turns out the first actually was beef. Meanwhile, the fish had a very strong fishy flavor, and not much else to salvage the dish. Throughout the meal, there was a fairly large family occupying a few tables, and making a lot of noise. I think they must have been related to someone at the restaurant, because otherwise I don't think the parents would have felt so free to let their kids run around and scream the entire time. For what it's worth, the bathroom (and worse, the portions of the kitchen that were exposed when the kitchen door swung open) were fairly dirty, which didn't make the food any more appetizing. In the end, we paid for three meals, two of which we hadn't intended to order, and the other of which we didn't like.
(2)Bridget H.
i was the chinese restaurant a few doors down from this place picking up a carryout for a coworker, i was in the mood foa a chicken kabob so i decided to try this place! well when you first walk in the large fish and tanks is a turnoff, the smell is very fishy. I ordered the chicken tikkah sandwich which it advertises with pita bread and pop for $3.49. the waitress barely spoke english so i had to go outside the building with her and point to the ad of what i wanted, then i took them over 25 minutes to grill this chicken for the kabob! Everybody in there is wearing 1 one plastic glove and the other free hand, they were ringing on the register, picking up things off the floor and touching people food with the same hand. the waitress made my fattoush salad and went in the container to add the look like croutons on it with her bare hands, she wasnt even wearing not one glove at all. then i guess for a fork and the cook gave me a spoon, for 5 minutes i was trying to describe a fork to them until i finally walk behind counter and pointed out the plastic for to them, then my bill was $6.61 total, I gave him $7.00 and he gave me back a nickel? I told him that he owed me .34 more cent and he didn't understand how, so he then gave me back .35 cent i told him that now he had given me back too much, he waved me off like i was bothering him, then the whole time i was waiting on my order one other worker was fixing food and cross talking with another man about how much they owed him for the rubber mats on the floor, and going over the invoices!!! then when my order came out i asked them didnt it come with a pop and he looked at another cook and said give her a coke, i said no i dont drink coke, I want a sprite, he gave me a sprite but when i got back to work i went to drink my sprite after i ate my lunch and it was about 90 degrees inside my cup, they didnt even put any ice in it but all in all the machine must not have worked period because it was the worst hot sprite i had ever tasted!! NEVER AGAIN! THIS PLACE IS HORRIBLE!!!
(1)Ram K.
Al-Masgoof or (The Masgoof) is a mediterranean restaurant that makes a delicious dishes but the best one and most famous dish is the live fish taken from water and cooked on wood pile , its gourmet and unique in doing it, also the kabob and beef tenderloin are very very good , another thing I tried it recently is (bajilla Tashreeb) , its a breakfast meal consist of a broth of fava beans with bread and over it scrambled eggs , its very famous in middle east and delicious . The prices are fair for the dishes its 10$ as average may be little higher or cheeper than that depending on what you gonna order The problem is the cleanness of the restaurant and the small area that there is a small reception and behind it an open kitchen ,its little messy, I think the owner needs to enlarge the restaurant, make close kitchen and give more space for entrance and tables , and care about the cleaning of the restaurant and rest rooms, this is very important, for that I will give it 5 stars for the food and 2 stars for the cleanness
(3)Hussain A.
My first visit here with my family and friends. The food was amazing especially the grilled fish and rice. The lady who served our table had no experience at all. We waited for more than 15 minutes for bread, and then another 15 minutes for plates. I would give it 5 starts without the waiter's rating
(3)Sajad Z.
I ate in at this place a few years ago, I recall it wasn't too bad in terms of service or atmosphere. (But then I was invited by a friend and that always makes food taste better.) Typical of what you would find at any "authentic" Middle Eastern restaurant - nothing fancy.Recently, I had take-out. What makes them stand out is their style of cooking fish, masgouf style. Its unique to Iraq, not really practice much outside there and this place is the only place in town (they claim in the States) that makes fish masgouf. The masgouf fish is fairly pricey, but well worth the cost and the drive! I drove 45-min each way to pick it up and would do it again.
(5)Hank M.
I told myself i wouldn't go back to this place, the first time i went years Ago when they first opened up. I was robbed on the bill the first time, and yet once again went there the other day, clearly says the pricing on the menu, yet they always have an excuse to why the price is more than to what it says on the menu. Its one of those places you leave and say ill never return, should have learned my lesson the first time. And if you dont speak arabic, dont bother walking in, by the way, i speak Arabic.
(1)ali a.
The food is average. The service is below average. you order a 10 lbs fish and they deliver you two fish one for 5 lbs and the other 6 lbs without letting you know that they do not carry what you ordered. surprise on the table with one extra pound you are being charged for it also !. rice was good. cracked wheat was cold!. I cannot say I want to go back there.
(2)Tony D.
My wife called to get a price on a 3.5 lbs. fish and was quoted $27 when I arrived to pick up the food I was charged $33 and change when I got back to my shop I was curious to weigh the fish and sure enough total weight was 2.3 lbs. I don' like being taken advantage of when I called him he told me that the weight of the fish was before cooking I can't imagine there was a pound of fat on the fish, never giving them a dime of my money again.
(1)Frank M.
We were greeted at the door by a nice man who thought we were customers who hadn't been there in a long time. This was actually our first time, but if we do go back, it probably won't be for a long time. Almasgoof specializes in live fish, which explains (although it didn't really make it palatable) why the restaurant smelled a bit like a fish tank. We should have tried the masgouf, the house specialty, which was described as having some sort of curry sauce on top of freshly grilled fish. Instead, we got plain whitefish and a shish kafta dinner. We thought we could try the masgouf on the next visit, but that next visit doesn't seem too likely. We first tried to ask the waitress what she would recommend. The waitress didn't really speak English, and seemed irritated that we didn't speak her language, which I believe is Chaldean. I figured I would try a shish kafta dinner, and ordered the lamb shish kafta. When she repeated it back, she said chicken shish kafta. I explained that I would prefer lamb, and pointed to the menu. When our order arrived, the fish and shish kafta came out. The shish kafta tasted more like beef, which seemed odd. Then a couple minutes, later, an order of chicken shish kafta came out. I couldn't explain the problem to her, so we took a lot of meat home. Oh well. The shish kafta was fairly good, although it turns out the first actually was beef. Meanwhile, the fish had a very strong fishy flavor, and not much else to salvage the dish. Throughout the meal, there was a fairly large family occupying a few tables, and making a lot of noise. I think they must have been related to someone at the restaurant, because otherwise I don't think the parents would have felt so free to let their kids run around and scream the entire time. For what it's worth, the bathroom (and worse, the portions of the kitchen that were exposed when the kitchen door swung open) were fairly dirty, which didn't make the food any more appetizing. In the end, we paid for three meals, two of which we hadn't intended to order, and the other of which we didn't like.
(2)Suha V.
The food here is as authentic Iraqi as any I've had in Detroit. It may even be better than I make at home. The whole fish is wood grilled -excellent and worth the wait. The tabooli is fresh and lemony. The hummus bi tahini is so creamy. The bread comes off the wood grill hot and tasty -yummy yummy yummy
(5)Ahmed A.
Its an excellent spot if you're looking for authentic Iraqi cuisine. The fried fish with yellow reice is a good combination.
(4)Jeffrey M.
You come here for the Masgoof. Choose your fish. Incredibly tasty. Take it home. Devour it amongst hungry family. It's an experience.
(5)Richard N.
Best Cornish Hens you ever had in your life hands down!!!!!!!!!!!! Al Masgoof cuts there Cornish hen down the middle and flattens them out, and puts them in medal cages. They cook on a wooded fire with plenty of smoke. they also put there own citrus seasonings on there! I have ate many meals in my life, and alot the those meals where chicken, so let me tell you that this chicken bye far bar none! Forget there fish, lamb, and beef GET THE CHICKEN
(5)Brian A.
If you're daring, get your rubber wetsuits on, and get ready for a food adventure. The reason I went in to Al Masgoof was because we were driving by and the sign was funny: "FISH COOKED OVER WOOD PILE". That sounds fantastic, right? When you enter Al Masgoof, you are greeted with the heavy scent of woodsmoke mixed with the smell of water and fish. It's like going to a beach barbecue. At first, it's not clear you're in a restaurant; it looks more like a fish market. There are tanks and a display case, and an open kitchen. Glance to your left, however, and you'll see a dining area. The waitress we had spoke no English; this is a concern because it's very difficult to explain what you want. We opted for the house special (The Masgoof), because we weren't sure what else to do, honestly. The Masgoof is fascinating: You point out a fish from the live tank, the chef catches it for you and they split it along the back (not the belly), clean it, and smear it with a delicious smelling herb paste. Then, they put the fish on a wood plank and stick it up next to the fire for twenty minutes or so. While you wait, you get a salad and maybe some rice, along with lots of fresh-baked bread. The prices are listed clearly, but what they DON'T tell you is that the prices are PER POUND. We thought we would be paying $14.95 for each of us, and it turns out we had 2lb Tilapias, so our meal ended up costing almost $50, which was way more than we had anticipated. Beware of the pricing! The chef is clearly very proud of his craft. He came out to show us another fish he was preparing, and was excited that we were there, and made sure we were happy with everything. You take the good with the bad at this place; don't go in expecting anything other than what it is: If you want FISH PREPARED OVER WOODPILE, then this is worth trying (and it is fantastic, truly), but the ... foreignness of the place might put many people off. It's a challenging restaurant to be sure; are you up for it?
(3)Mike H.
the food is average. service is bad. fish is overpriced. the only good thing is the cream chop but everyone can make that. a lot of better places to go just in a 1mile radius
(2)Bridget H.
i was the chinese restaurant a few doors down from this place picking up a carryout for a coworker, i was in the mood foa a chicken kabob so i decided to try this place! well when you first walk in the large fish and tanks is a turnoff, the smell is very fishy. I ordered the chicken tikkah sandwich which it advertises with pita bread and pop for $3.49. the waitress barely spoke english so i had to go outside the building with her and point to the ad of what i wanted, then i took them over 25 minutes to grill this chicken for the kabob! Everybody in there is wearing 1 one plastic glove and the other free hand, they were ringing on the register, picking up things off the floor and touching people food with the same hand. the waitress made my fattoush salad and went in the container to add the look like croutons on it with her bare hands, she wasnt even wearing not one glove at all. then i guess for a fork and the cook gave me a spoon, for 5 minutes i was trying to describe a fork to them until i finally walk behind counter and pointed out the plastic for to them, then my bill was $6.61 total, I gave him $7.00 and he gave me back a nickel? I told him that he owed me .34 more cent and he didn't understand how, so he then gave me back .35 cent i told him that now he had given me back too much, he waved me off like i was bothering him, then the whole time i was waiting on my order one other worker was fixing food and cross talking with another man about how much they owed him for the rubber mats on the floor, and going over the invoices!!! then when my order came out i asked them didnt it come with a pop and he looked at another cook and said give her a coke, i said no i dont drink coke, I want a sprite, he gave me a sprite but when i got back to work i went to drink my sprite after i ate my lunch and it was about 90 degrees inside my cup, they didnt even put any ice in it but all in all the machine must not have worked period because it was the worst hot sprite i had ever tasted!! NEVER AGAIN! THIS PLACE IS HORRIBLE!!!
(1)Eva S.
The grilled whole chicken tastes amazing (wood grilled) the beef shawarma sandwich is always tasty. This place has really authentic Arabic (Iraqi) food. I highly recommend it. Ps when you walk into the restaurant, it does smell like fish since they have a live fish tank that customers can order by the pound and have them grill it.
(5)Sophia Y.
Great food & great customer service love the fresh hot bread. The fish is always fresh & knowing its live & cooked while your there make it so much better.
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