• Iowa
  • Des Moines
  • Open Sesame

Open Sesame

(515) 288-3151
  • 313 E Locust St, Des Moines, IA 50309
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  • Menu
  • Salad
    • Gyro Salad $19

      Romaine lettuce, tomato, olives, onion, cucumber, feta cheese, dressing with grilled gyro strips, tzatziki, and a side of pita.

    • Falafel Salad $17

      Falafel and hummus atop romaine lettuce, tomato, olives, cucumber, onion, feta cheese with dressing, and a side of pita.

    • Open Sesame Salad $17

      Romaine lettuce, tomato, olives, cucumber, onion, feta cheese with dressing, and a side of pita. Add grilled chicken for an additional charge.

    • Hummus Salad $17.5

      Romaine lettuce, hummus, tomato, onion, cucumber, olives, bell pepper, pickle, feta cheese, dressing, and olive oil.

    • O.S. Salad + Chicken $19

    • Lentil Soup $6

    • Tabouli $5

    • Add Tabouli $5

    • Gyro Salad (small) $12

    • Chicken Salad (small) $12

  • Entree
    • Shawarma Rice Plate $19.99

      Marinated, grilled chicken with sauteed onions, tomatoes, jalapenos, sriracha, garlic sauce, and served over basmati rice with side salad. Make it spicy for an additional charge.

    • Gyro Plate $19

      Grilled gyro strips atop an open faced pita with onion, lettuce, tomato, tzatziki, and served with salad. Make it spicy for an additional charge.

    • Shawarma Plate $18

      Marinated chicken, tomato, onion, lettuce, topped with garlic sauce on open faced pita, and served with salad. Make it spicy for an additional charge.

    • Vegetarian Sampler Plate $18

      Hummus, baba ganoush, tabouli, stuffed grape leaves, tomato, cucumber, lettuce, pickles, falafel topped with tahini, olive oil, and served with grilled pita.

    • Gyro Rice Plate $19.99

      Gyro strips served over basmati rice with sauteed onions, tomatoes, jalapenos with sriracha, and tzatziki. Served with salad and grilled pita.

    • Combo Rice Plate $21.6

      Gyro strips, marinated chicken over basmati rice with sauteed tomato, jalapeno, sriracha, onion, and served with a side salad.

    • Falafel Rice Plate $17

      Falafel, sauteed tomato, onion, jalapeno, hummus over basmati rice with side salad, and grilled pita.

    • Kafta $19

    • Falafel Plate $16

      Fresh falafel with tomato, pickle, cucumber, lettuce, hummus, tahini on a grilled open face pita, and served with house salad.

  • Mezza
    • Spicy Hummus $14

      Hummus with cayenne pepper, jalapeno, and sriracha.

    • Hummus $12

      Garbanzo beans blended with fresh garlic, lemon juice, tahini, drizzled with olive oil, and served with grilled pita.

    • Baba Ganoush $14

      Roasted eggplant mixed with garlic, lemon juice, tahini sauce, drizzled with olive oil, and served with grilled pita.

    • Tzatziki Dip $12

      Tzatziki dip drizzled with olive oil and served with grilled pita.

    • Grape Leaves $14

      Stuffed with rice, mixed herbs, garlic, olive oil, and lemon juice.

  • Sides
    • Extra Gyro $6

    • Side Rice $6

    • Extra Pita $4

    • Extra Chicken $6

    • Side Hummus $1

    • Hot Sauce $1

    • Side Tzatziki $1

    • Side Salad $6

    • EXTRA GARLIC SAUCE $1

    • Falafel Ball $2

    • Side Tahineh $1

    • Extra Feta $1

    • Extra Veggies $3

    • 1/2 $3 Extra Pita $1.5

    • Spicy $1

    • Shared plate $4

    • Extra Grape Leaves $2

    • Veggies For Appetizers $3

    • Extra Styrofoam Container $1

    • American Cheese $0.75

    • Substitutions $2

    • Side Baba Ganouj $1

    • Substitutions* $2

    • add feta $1

    • extra jalepeño $1

    • side house dressing $1

    • potato salad $4

    • Extra veggies $1

  • Lunch Salad
    • Lunch Gyro Salad $19

      Romaine lettuce, tomato, olives, onion, cucumber, feta cheese, dressing with grilled gyro strips, tzatziki, and a side of pita.

    • Lunch Chicken Salad $19

      Grilled marinated chicken over our Open Sesame salad.

    • Lunch Falafel Salad $17

      Falafel and hummus atop romaine lettuce, tomato, olives, cucumber, onion, feta cheese with dressing, and a side of pita.

    • Lunch Open Sesame Salad $16

      Romaine lettuce, tomato, olives, cucumber, onion, feta cheese with dressing, and a side of pita. Add grilled chicken for an additional charge.

    • Lunch Hummus Salad $17

      Romaine lettuce, hummus, tomato, onion, cucumber, olives, bell pepper, pickle, feta cheese, dressing, and olive oil.

  • Lunch Mezza
    • Lunch Spicy Hummus $11

      Hummus mixed with cayenne pepper, jalapeno, drizzled with olive oil, and served with pita.

    • Lunch Tzatziki Dip $11

      Yogurt, sour cream, cucumber sauce, drizzled with olive oil, and served with pita.

    • Lunch Hummus $11

      Garbanzo beans, garlic, lemon juice, tahini sauce, drizzled with olive oil, and served with pita.

    • Lunch Baba Ganoush $11

      Roasted eggplant mixed with garlic, lemon juice, tahini sauce, drizzled with olive oil, and served with pita.

    • Lunch Grape Leaves $11

      Rice, garbanzo beans, sun dried tomato, parsley, onion rolled in grape leaves, and slowly cooked.

  • Lunch Pita Wraps
    Comes with a choice of side.
    • Lunch Gyros Pita Wrap $17

      Seasoned gyro strips with cucumber sauce, onion, tomato, and lettuce.

    • Lunch Shawarma Chicken Pita Wrap $17

      Marinated chicken strips wrapped with onion, tomato, pickle, and garlic spread.

    • Lunch Spicy Gyro Pita Wrap $17

    • Lunch Hummus Gyro Pita Wrap $17

      Seasoned gyro strips with hummus, onion, tomato, and lettuce.

    • Lunch Spicy Shawarma Pita Wrap $18

    • Lunch Mediterranean Chicken Pita Wrap $17

      Grilled chicken strips, feta cheese, cucumber, tomato, olives, onion, lettuce with dressing, and tzatziki sauce.

    • Lunch Baba Ghanouj Pita Wrap $16

      Lettuce, tomato, baba ganoush, onion, pickle, and olive oil.

    • Extra pickle $1

    • FALAFEL PITA $14

    • HUMMUS PITA $14

    • VEGGIE PITA $14

    • SPICY VEGGIE PITA $15

  • Lunch Vegetarian Wraps
    Comes with a choice of side.
    • Lunch Hummus Pita $15

      Feta cheese, hummus, bell pepper, tomato, cucumber, olives, onion, lettuce, and olive oil.

    • Lunch Falafel Pita $15

      Falafel, tomato, pickle, cucumber, lettuce, hummus, and tahini sauce.

    • Lunch Veggie Pita $15

      Lettuce, onion, tomato, bell pepper, olives, cucumber, feta cheese, olive oil, and house dressing. served with tzatziki sauce. Make it spicy for an additional charge.

  • Lunch Plates
    • Lunch Shawarma Rice $18

      Marinated, grilled chicken over basmati rice with sriracha, salad, and pita.

    • Lunch Combo Rice $19

      Gyro strips and marinated chicken over basmati rice with drilled onions tomatoes and jalapeños hot sauce, garlic sauce and tzatziki, served with house salad

    • Lunch Gyro Rice Plate $18

      Gyro strips served over basmati rice with sauteed onion, jalapenos, tomato, sriracha with salad, and pita.

    • Lunch Vegetarian Sampler $17

      Hummus, baba ganoush, tabouli, grape leaves, cucumbers, tomato, pickle lettuce, falafel, and pita.

  • Lunch Sides
    • Lunch Extra Pita $3

    • Lunch Extra Chicken $5

    • Lunch Extra Gyro $5

    • Lunch Garlic Sauce $1

    • Lunch Hot Sauce $1

    • Lunch Tzatziki Sauce $1

    • Lunch Side Salad $6

      Comes with your choice of dressing.

  • Lunch Beverages
    • Lunch Sharbat $4

      Lemonade and rose water.

    • Lunch Jalab $4

      Rose syrup and water served on ice.

    • Lunch Soda $4

  • Beverages
    • Sharbat $3.6

      Lemonade and rose water.

    • Jalab $3.6

      Rose syrup and water served on ice.

    • LEBANESE ICED TEA $4

    • HOT TEA $4

    • COFFEE $4

    • TURKISH COFFEE $4

    • SODA $4

    • Lemonade $4

    • Cranberry Juice $2.5

    • Bottled Water $3

  • Table # (Archived)
    • Table 1

    • Table 2

    • Table 3

    • Table 4

    • Table 5

    • Table 6

    • Table 7

    • Table 8

    • Table 9

  • PRIDE FEST 2023 (Archived)
    • Pita Wrap $10

    • Bottled Water $3

    • Soda $3

    • Beer $5

    • Calls $10

    • Fireball $5

    • Jello Shot $3

    • Shot $7

    • Shot+ $7

  • Dinner Entrees (Archived)
    • Shawarma Rice $19

    • Vegetarian Sampler $17

    • Gyro Rice $19

    • Shish Tawook $17

    • Kibbeh $19

    • Shawarma Pita Plate $18

    • Gyro Pita Plate $18

    • Kafta* $19

    • Falafel Plate $15

    • Combo Rice Plate $20

    • Falafel Rice* $16

    • *Add spicy $1

    • Sp. Shawarma Pita Plt $19

    • Sp. Gyro Pita Plt $19

    • Sp. Falafel Plt $16

    • Veggie Pita Plt $12

    • split entree $8

    • Falafel (sandwich only) $11

    • Shawarma (sandwich only) $13

    • Gyro (sandwich only) $13

    • Hummus Pita Plt $14

    • Mediterranean Chicken (sandwich only) $13

    • Mediterranean Chicken Plate $17

  • Cocktails (Archived)
    • OPEN SESAME $13

    • SULTAN $13

    • YAZMINA $13

    • JAFFAR'S REVENGE $13

    • Arabian Rose $13

    • Ishtar's Revenge $13

    • Harem's Delight $13

    • Lion's Milk $13

    • Call Shots $8

    • Call Shots* $7

    • Calls+ $8

    • Calls* $7

    • Arabian Nights $13

    • Macallan 12 Yr $12

    • Calls - Well $6

    • Captain's Egg Nog $5

    • Sultan's Egg Nog $5

    • Calls Double $12

    • Calls Double* $14

    • Maker's rocks $7

    • Templeton Rocks $6

    • Rocks $6

    • Calls - $6.5

    • Martini - gin $8

    • Martini - vodka $8

    • JW Blk $7

    • Long Island $9

    • Patrón $8

    • Double Rocks $12

    • Maker's $8

  • BEER (Archived)
    • Stella Artois $6

    • Big Grove IPA $7

    • ANGRY ORCHARD $5

    • BUD LIGHT $4

    • $3 Special Exile/Summit $3

    • Back Pocket Gold Coin $6

    • West O Smoked Red $6

    • West O Coco Chocolate Stout $6

    • Beer $5

    • No Coast Yoga Poser $6

    • No Coast Take A Chill Pilsner $6

    • Founder's IPA $5

    • TRULY $5

    • Backpocket BUBBA Hazy IPA $5

  • WINE RED (Archived)
    • PINOT NOIR GLASS $12

    • PINOT NOIR BOTTLE $44

    • DON RAMON BLEND $10

    • DON RAMON BOTTLE $36

    • Cork $15

    • NYE Bottle $20

    • Cabernet Glass $12

    • Cabernet Bottle $44

    • Merlot Glass $9

    • Merlot Bottle $28

    • Rosé Glass $8.5

    • Rosé Bottle $30

    • Bottle of Wine (carry-out special) $20

    • June Wine Special

    • Covered Bridges Red $9

  • WINE WHITE (Archived)
    • CHARDONNAY GLASS $12

    • CHARDONNAY BOTTLE $44

    • SAUVIGNON BLANC GLASS $12

    • SAUVIGNON BLANC BOTTLE $44

    • PINOT GRIGIO $12

    • PINOT GRIGIO* $44

    • White Wine (house) $8

    • Riesling $8

    • Riesling Bottle $28

    • Prosecco Split $10

    • NYE Bottle* $20

    • Bottle of Wine (carry-out special) $20

  • Baklava (Archived)
    • Baklava $5

    • Baklava $4

    • 1/2 Baklava $2.5

    • Baklava* $2

    • Birthday Baklava

    • Baklava (1/3 split) $2

  • FUSION (Archived)
    • GYRO PIZZA $9

    • SHAWARMA PIZZA $9

    • GYRO TACOS $10

    • SHAWARMA TACOS $10

    • VEGGIE QUESADILLA $9

    • GYRO QUESADILLA $10

    • MEDITERRANEAN CHICKEN QUESADILLA $10

  • Gift Certificates (Archived)
    • $25.00 $25

    • $50.00 $50

  • Misc (Archived)
    • Catering Order $500

  • Catering Orders (Archived)
    • Per Person $25

    • Per Person* $15

  • Weekly Special (Archived)
    • Bbq Gyro $10

  • DAILY SPECIAL (Archived)
    • DAILY SPECIAL $11

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