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| - 4 star rating overall.....let's break it down.....
Pros:
1) The most delicious & satisfying food!
2) Communal style eating, shared platters, eat with your hands kinda place.
3) Beautiful food presentation.
4) Gigantic food portions.....enough to take the leftovers home and have lunch for the next day, and the day after that.
5) Kitschy dive bar environment if you're into that sort of thing.
6) Exceptionally cheap.....they could raise their prices by 50% and this place would still be affordable for the quality of food.
7) Cheap beer and wine.....gotta love that : )
8) Naz, the owner, runs the show every night, and is the hostess, server, cashier, and probably the cook to some degree as well. She's an amazing woman and runs her business her way. Gotta respect that as this place is packed every single night. It's fun to watch her in action.
9) You will leave satisfied and full : )
Cons:
1) Always packed after 6pm. It's a small space, not much wiggle room, and it gets pretty warm. If small dark packed spaces and poor air quality make you uncomfortable, this is not the place for you.
2) Expect to wait.....not only for a table, but also to order food & drinks, then wait again for drinks, then wait for your food, and finally, wait for your bill. Each waiting period can be from 30 minutes to 1hour. My first visit was 3.5 hours which included waiting 1.5 hours for a table, and waiting another hour for our food......and this was on a Thursday night.
3) Do not arrive in starvation mode. Have a snack before you come. Since you could be waiting over 2 hours to actually have food on the table in front of you. I say this from personal experience.
4) Cash only, although there is a bank machine with a $2 service charge on site.
5) House wine is the only wine available.....the white is better than the red.
6) Service is the best it can be under the circumstances. It's tiny, it's always packed, they do the best they can with the space available. Naz, the owner, is hands on and running the show. She's a character, and is always friendly, as long as you're cool with her terms......which you can figure out after one visit.
7) Do not attempt to dine here if you are on a tight schedule.
8) Not great for groups over 4 people.....there isn't much room.
- Overall, the food is so delicious and affordable, all the cons are personally worth it for me. I have a lot of respect for the owner. It's one of my favourite restaurants in the city. This place is definitely an experience unlike any other.
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