My family and I have been coming here for years whenever we are in the area, but this is the first time I've been back since the renovation. The Wooden Bakery offers a small menu of tasty but freshly made baked goods, in addition to having a small middle eastern grocery store. In all honesty, I get my middle eastern groceries closer to my house as I'm more familiar with those brands and prices; however, this establishment has a good selection as well. Today, we stopped by for some cheese man'oushe (no matter how you spell it, the person next to you will spell it differently haha). It was quite delicious! The service was great, the lady making them was polite, friendly, making conversation with us as we waited, and even making recommendations on other things to try next time. If I'm being honest, nothing beats having man'oushe fresh from a market in Beirut as you window shop and walk around; however, these are pretty good. The dough is fresh, pulls apart nicely, and has good flavor. The cheese stretches as I remember, just missing something in the flavor, though I can't quite put my finger on it...but certainly wouldn't stop me from ordering it again, as we have for years. The zatar man'oushe is also great though today we were really craving the cheese and ordered those. If you haven't already, give this place a try. Can't wait to come back next time and order the zatar or a shawarma.

Yum Too much yummy if you come you may accidentally order enough to feed 1000 people and eat it all.

The refrigerated to-go stuff was kind of lacking, in both selection and quality in comparison with the other prominent Lebanese/Middle Eastern market near Alexandria. However, their "pizza" oven and their dessert here is WAY better than the other market. But because selection is more limited, especially for vegans, I'll recommend them to visit the other market. For everyone else, don't skip this one! Get the akkawi manoushe, and the zaatar one too - they bake it fresh out to order here using the "pizza" oven, and it's delicious. Also get the ashta-filled shaabiyet (also known as warbat in some other countries) and the baklava - they both are of superb quality and should not be missed as well. You'll thank me later for them. As far as groceries, they have everything - pretty much the same things as the other market. Currently this place seems to be undergoing a change - in name and store layout. On th outside, I saw LB Market, but it seems to be interchangeable with Wooden Bakery.

Best Arabic breakfast breads in the area! Weekly special at our house! Tastes just like food back home

I got to know this hidden gem through getting a deal for pita bread on the Too Good to Go app. I unexpectedly got the hummus when I picked up the bread since I wanted to try it. And it happened to be the best hummus I ever had, even better than I could make it. So smooth, fresh and flavorful. I absolutely cannot buy grocery store hummus anymore since it is usually half eaten then thrown out after expiring. On the contrary I devoured almost half of their hummus container in one sitting. The people were nice and showed me a bit of what they offered in the store. I will be back!

Their meat pies and pastries... YUM! We don not pass by this place without popping in and have some meat pies.