Hungry Pocket doesn't empty your wallet

The Lamb Shawarma Plate at the Hungry Pocket

Let’s face it, Santa Monica is not the first place someone would think to go for some good, quick Mediterranean food. However, possibly due to the large number of Middle Eastern students attending Santa Monica College right across the street, Hungry Pocket Falafel House is an unexpected haven for some strongly satisfying Mideast grub.

At first glance, the unassuming stark exterior of the building that houses the fast food establishment doesn’t feel too promising. Neither is the first step into the stuccoed and tiled miniscule space. The hand-painted flowery designs over the arches and red wooden trimmings bring taquerias and Mexican-style street tacos to mind, more than it does hummus and falafels.

Comic newspaper clippings on politics in the Middle East, and all-you-can-eat falafel night

But don’t let the size or décor stop you from trying this place out. For cheap and fast Mediterranean in Santa Monica, this is the place to beat.

Offering most of the typical Mediterranean fare from falafels to kabobs, hummus and tabouleh, though not perfectly authentic and high quality, this place will fulfill a temporary fix.

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