How to order at Naf Naf Grill on a GLP-1
Higher-protein, easier-to-tolerate ways to build a Naf Naf Grill pita or bowl, from their own published nutrition and Nishi's transparent GLP-1 scoring lens. It's build-your-own Mediterranean, so the levers are the base, the protein, and the sauces.
Order a bowl on a salad base (or rice), add chicken shawarma or steak, pile on cabbage, pickles, and onions, and finish with harissa, s'khug, or a little tahini rather than garlic sauce.
Naf Naf is one of the easiest Mediterranean chains to make GLP-1-friendly, because the two headline proteins are lean and almost carb-free: Chicken Shawarma is 200 calories for 28 g of protein and Steak 280 for 28 g, both with 0 g of carbs. Falafel is the plant-based option but it's fried, so a bowl portion is 360 calories and 20 g of fat for 12 g of protein. The base is the biggest lever: a salad base is 15 calories, while basmati rice is 290, couscous 225, a pita 260, and a full hummus base 400, so a salad or rice bowl beats a double-carb pita-plus-hummus order. For toppings, cabbage, pickles, and sumac onions are 5 to 50 calories; hummus and baba ghanoush are offered as bases (400 and 150) and add fiber, so pick one base rather than stacking a dip on top of rice. The watch-outs are garlic sauce (154 calories and 17 g of fat for 1 oz, by far the heaviest add), the fried items (falafel and fries at 360 each), and sodium, which runs 500 to 1,040 mg on the proteins and the rice, couscous, pita, and hummus bases (the salad base is just 5 mg) and climbs with every sauce. Lead with shawarma or steak, pick a salad or single rice base, and reach for harissa or s'khug (13 to 22 calories) over garlic sauce.
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Best proteins to build around
Numbers are for one published component portion as Naf Naf serves it (base, protein, each topping, and sauce at the published ounce portion). Hummus and baba ghanoush are the published base portions. Falafel protein is the bowl portion. Gram weights are not published; portions are in ounces.. Tap "Show the math" on any pick to see exactly how its rating was calculated.
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Good fit. Solid, but not the full combination of strong protein, strong density, and no flags, so it sits in the middle. These published rules are applied the same way to every item scored on this bar; see how we score.
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Good fit. Solid, but not the full combination of strong protein, strong density, and no flags, so it sits in the middle. These published rules are applied the same way to every item scored on this bar; see how we score.
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Lower fit. Protein density is under 6 g per 100 kcal, which is fundamentally low when appetite is limited. These published rules are applied the same way to every item scored on this bar; see how we score.
Go easy on
- The base (and doubling up on carbs), basmati rice is 290 calories, couscous 225, a pita 260, and a full hummus base 400, so a pita-plus-hummus order stacks two heavy carbs. A salad base is just 15 calories, and a single rice or salad base keeps the meal protein-forward.
- Garlic sauce, it's 154 calories and 17 g of fat for a 1 oz portion, by far the heaviest add on the menu. Harissa (13), s'khug (22), and tahini (71) are far lighter and still big on flavor.
- The fried items, falafel is fried (a bowl portion is 360 calories and 20 g of fat for 12 g of protein) and Naf Fries are 360 calories; the shawarma and steak are leaner ways to the same or more protein.
- Sodium, it runs high on the proteins and the rice, couscous, pita, and hummus bases, 500 to 1,040 mg (the falafel bowl is 1,040, lentil soup 880), though a salad base is just 5 mg; each sauce then adds 120 to 241 more, so a loaded order climbs quickly.
Common questions
What's the highest-protein order at Naf Naf?
Chicken Shawarma and Steak are the leanest high-protein picks, both at 28 g of protein with 0 g of carbs (200 and 280 calories). Build either on a rice base for about 35 g of protein before toppings, or a salad base for about 29 g. Falafel is the plant-based protein but lands lower, at 12 g for a 360-calorie fried bowl portion.
How do I keep a Naf Naf order lower-carb or lower-calorie?
Pick a salad base instead of rice, couscous, or a pita: salad is 15 calories versus 225 to 290, which also cuts about 37 to 46 g of carbs. Then lean on the shawarma or steak (0 g of carbs each), add the low-calorie vegetable toppings, and go light on the hummus base and garlic sauce.
What are the vegetarian and vegan options at Naf Naf?
Falafel is the plant-based protein (12 g of protein for a bowl portion, but fried at 360 calories and 20 g of fat). Hummus and baba ghanoush add plant protein and fiber, and the salad, cabbage, pickles, and onions are all vegetable toppings. For a lighter vegan bowl, keep the falafel modest, lean on hummus and vegetables, and finish with harissa or s'khug.
What should I go easy on at Naf Naf?
Garlic sauce (154 calories and 17 g of fat per oz), the fried items (falafel and fries at 360 each), stacking two carb bases like a pita plus a hummus base, and sodium, which runs 500 to 1,040 mg on the proteins and the heavier bases (the salad base is just 5 mg) before sauces. Lead with shawarma or steak on a salad or single rice base, and reach for harissa or s'khug.
Why you can trust this
- Where the numbers come from. Naf Naf Grill official US Allergy & Nutrition Guide (PDF), last verified 2026-10-12. We publish only values the restaurant itself publishes.
- How each score is calculated. Deterministic rules published in full in our methodology (v1.1), with one published bar for single ingredients and one for whole meals. Every row above lists the exact factors behind its label.
- What the score does and does not consider. See the limitations. It scores one item, not your whole day, and it is not medical advice.
- How to challenge or correct it. Tell us if a value is stale or a call looks wrong. Corrections are recorded in the methodology version history.