Little Sesame

1828 L St NW, Washington - 20036
156 reviews
Middle Eastern Mediterranean
(202) 975-1971

I went in to Little Sesame to try and order a pita sandwich with some form of chicken but didn’t want anything that had raw or pickled onion. The cashier was so rude and unaccommodating saying that the “system” didn’t allow for ANY substitution, modification, or removal. He said there wasn’t a single sandwich with meat option they could offer. Even if I wanted to remove the entire cucumber salad ingredient and not just the onions from a pre-made cucumber salad topping. Because he was so rude, I just walked out - there wasn’t anything I could order.

Not disappointing at all. Pita is jam packed with good stuffs. I had to use a fork to eat this sandwich (haha)! Price is worth it

The decor, staff, and outdoor seating was nice. the food is very overpriced, there is way too much hummus, the chicken is not as good and is completely swarmed by the amount of hummus there is. I think the hummus is a bit to creamy and wasn't very satisfying. OH btw, there dill in the bowl that i had, dill is a very strong taste and it ruined my entire taste palette for the rest of the day. I then went to the Pret next door and had a beautiful and elegant yogurt parfait for HALF the price. I hope this place gets better. It the words of Gordon Ramsey, "it has potential"...actually I dont know if he said that or not. Have a good day!

Overpriced; hummus is too runny and doesnt taste good, chicken shawarma doesnt taste like shawarma, too much dill in the bowl. No rice in the bowl. Expected better for the price of 12.60 for a bowl.

The spice-crusted eggplant pita is 10/10; eggplant is grilled/pan friend I'm guessing (no "crust" or breading), warm, delicious pickled cabbage, schug and tahini combination - *kisses fingers.* I added the "7 minute egg" for extra protein - perfect soft to runny yolk. Not a beautiful photo but thought I'd share. Ordered in store. Service was excellent.

I love Little Sesame and the food is delicious. However, the motto - “good for you, good for the earth” - rings hollow at the moment. Please go back to to the metal bowls and ditch the plastic cutlery, plastic cups, and plastic food lids for eating in. The amount of trash produced from packaging your superb vegan and non-vegan food is unnecessary for us who eat in and do actually want to do what is good for the earth through our actions and what we consume.

What a great find! This is a casual lunch place. Very clean. Nice outdoors eating and the indoors looks nice too. The food is fresh and delicious and the service is quick.

I can say with confidence I have never had a better pita than this one. Soft and fluffy!

Unfortunately, the food is great, but terrible service for take out/delivery. I’ve tried to order from them multiple times through the website as well as through Uber eats and EVERY time my order has been cancelled later. One time it was cancelled without alerting me so I was just waiting and waiting until I called them to inquire. I love the hummus bowls and would love to get delivery from them, but for some reason they pretend it’s an option when it actually is not. Only go in person.

The restaurant itself and the staff were amazing. I ordered a cup of the soft serve because it's not every day that you can find vegan soft serve, and while it was very good, the vanilla tahini was really lacking on the tahini taste. I'll definitely be stopping by again to try out some of the food in the future!