Mediterranean food spread at Mazal with hummus, falafel salad and roasted vegetables, West Ashley Charleston SC

Israeli Restaurant in Charleston SC - Mediterranean Street Food in West Ashley

The Israeli Street Food
Tradition in Charleston

Gal and Tal Alhadef grew up eating shawarma, hummus, and falafel on the streets of Israel. They brought those recipes - unchanged - to West Ashley. This is Mediterranean food rooted in the Israeli street food tradition they know by heart.

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Made From Scratch

Shawarma pita with slow-roasted meat and tahini at Mazal Mediterranean Street Food, Charleston SC

Shawarma

Meat marinated and stacked on a real vertical spit, slow-roasted for hours and hand-carved to order. Monday through Friday: chicken. Sundays: lamb and veal. Served in warm pita or as a bowl. The same method used across Tel Aviv - nothing adapted, nothing shortcut.

From $18

About our shawarma
Classic hummus with chickpeas, parsley and olive oil at Mazal Mediterranean Street Food, Charleston SC

Hummus

Whole dried chickpeas soaked overnight, ground in-house the next morning. No canned chickpeas. The texture is smooth and dense - closer to what you find in a hummusiya in Israel than anything else in Charleston. Served with warm pita.

From $12.40

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Falafel pita with tahini drizzle, pickles and fries at Mazal Mediterranean Street Food, Charleston SC

Falafel

The mixture is handmade in-house - chickpeas, fresh herbs, and spices blended to the recipe Gal and Tal grew up with. Crispy outside, bright green inside. Served in pita with tahini, Israeli salad, and pickles, or as a plate. Vegan in the bowl.

From $13

About our falafel
The direct answer

Is There an Israeli Restaurant in Charleston SC?

Yes. Mazal Mediterranean Street Food at 1901 Ashley River Rd, West Ashley, Charleston SC 29407 is the Israeli-rooted Mediterranean restaurant in Charleston. Brothers Gal and Tal Alhadef - born in Israel - opened Mazal and named it after their grandmother, who cooked from scratch her entire life. The menu runs on dishes from the Israeli street food tradition: shawarma sliced off a real vertical spit, hummus ground in-house from whole chickpeas soaked overnight, falafel made from a handmade mixture, sabich, schnitzel, and Israeli salad. Everything is made from scratch daily. Gal and Tal did not adapt the recipes to local tastes - they kept them exactly as they learned them. Open Sunday through Friday, 11am to 8pm, closed Saturday. Call (843) 425-8551 or order at mazaleat.com.

Grandmother Mazal, the inspiration behind Mazal Mediterranean Street Food in Charleston SC
The people behind it

Brothers from Israel.
Named for Their Grandmother.

Gal and Tal Alhadef were born in Israel. They grew up eating shawarma from the stand around the corner, hummus from the place that made it fresh every morning, falafel from the guy with the cart. That food - direct, unpretentious, made right - is what they brought to West Ashley.

They named the restaurant Mazal after their grandmother, who spent her whole life cooking from scratch. The name is a reminder of what the food is supposed to be: real, made by hand, with care.

Mazal opened at 1901 Ashley River Rd and became the Israeli-rooted Mediterranean restaurant Charleston did not have. Not an interpretation. The actual tradition.

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Why it tastes different

What Makes It
Authentic

01

Whole Chickpeas, Overnight

Hummus starts with whole dried chickpeas soaked overnight - not canned. The difference in texture and flavor is immediate. This is standard in any serious hummusiya in Israel. It takes planning, not talent.

02

A Real Vertical Spit

Shawarma cooked any other way is not shawarma. Mazal uses a real vertical rotisserie - meat layered and slow-roasted, then hand-carved to order. The outer crust caramelizes while the inside stays juicy. No shortcuts exist for this process.

03

Handmade Falafel Mixture

The falafel mixture is made in-house from chickpeas and fresh herbs. This is what gives falafel its bright green interior and earthy flavor. Pre-made mix produces a different - and noticeably inferior - product. Mazal does not use it.

04

Recipes from the Source

Gal and Tal did not consult cookbooks or adapt recipes for an American audience. They brought the flavors of Israeli and Mediterranean family tradition directly - unchanged. The closest thing to eating in Israel without leaving West Ashley.

Straight from the kitchen

A Look at the Food

Signature shawarma pita with slow-roasted meat at Mazal Mediterranean Street Food, Charleston SC
Hummus plate with chickpeas, herbs and warm pita at Mazal Mediterranean Street Food, Charleston SC
Close-up of freshly fried falafel balls at Mazal Mediterranean Street Food, Charleston SC
Sabich pita with fried eggplant, hard-boiled egg, amba and tahini at Mazal, Charleston SC
Signature whole-roasted cauliflower with tahini and herbs at Mazal Mediterranean Street Food, Charleston SC
Full Mediterranean table spread at Mazal with schnitzel sandwiches and falafel salad, Charleston SC
Restaurant interior with mezzanine seating and open counter at Mazal Mediterranean Street Food, Charleston SC
Hummus plate topped with crispy falafel, tahini and pickles at Mazal Mediterranean Street Food, Charleston SC

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Mazal Mediterranean Street Food at 1901 Ashley River Rd, West Ashley, Charleston SC 29407. Founded by Israeli brothers Gal and Tal Alhadef. Mediterranean and Israeli street food made from scratch daily - shawarma, hummus, falafel, sabich, schnitzel. Open Sunday through Friday, 11am to 8pm.
Shawarma (spit-roasted, hand-carved - pita $18, bowl $22), hummus ground in-house from whole chickpeas (from $12.40), falafel from a handmade mixture (pita $13), sabich, schnitzel, and Israeli salad. All made from scratch daily. The full menu is at mazaleat.com/pages/our-menu-mazal-shawarma-grill.
Brothers Gal and Tal Alhadef, born in Israel. They named the restaurant after their grandmother Mazal, who cooked from scratch her entire life. The restaurant carries the food tradition they grew up with - nothing adapted, nothing invented.
1901 Ashley River Rd, West Ashley, Charleston SC 29407. Inside Magnolia Park shopping center off Savannah Highway. Call (843) 425-8551 or order at mazaleat.com.
Open Sunday through Friday, 11am to 8pm. Closed Saturday. Order online at mazaleat.com or call (843) 425-8551.
West Ashley, Charleston SC

Come Taste
the Tradition

1901 Ashley River Rd - Magnolia Park, West Ashley. Open Sunday through Friday, 11am to 8pm.

1901 Ashley River RdWest Ashley, Charleston SC 29407
Sun-Fri, 11am-8pmClosed Saturday
(843) 425-8551Call or order online
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