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Located at Church and Dundas, this Ethiopian restaurant tries to be a more upscale joint, but unfortunately, it really isn't. There is some attention to detail, yet it is not wholeheartedly thought out. The dim lighting and tablecloths attempt to imitate an quiet, close, and intimate ambiance in the dinner room, but the bright lighting from the kitchen's open entrance glares through. There are wine glasses for water, but there are [price] sticker marks on it. Which brings into question on how clean this place is. (The server did give us new water glasses.)
The place was not very busy when we entered, nor was it when we left. We arrived on a Saturday evening. There was a couple in the dining room when we entered, and when we left, there was only one other table dining in at the restaurant. However, a reservation is preferred, as I was told when I called to inquire about the restaurant. (I did make the reservation.)
Service is extraordinarily slow, and the food that arrived was not particularly memorable to warrant the price, or its overall experience. The female server is polite and friendly, though absent-minded. Somehow managed to forget two of our dishes. We reminded the server about our forgotten dish, but it never arrived. At that time, it was just one dish that was forgotten, and the server appeared to have genuinely forgotten and apologetic, so we chalked it up as an honest mistake.
With the wait and since we had other plans after our meal, we ended up on declining on the other dishes (if it was in the process of being made at all). The server tried to encourage us to stay, but during our conversation with the server, we realized she had forgotten another dish we ordered. Since our group of four and another couple were the only patrons in the restaurant, I had a hard time believing she could forgot our simple order of four dishes. Or, easier yet, she could have written it down all those times we repeated our order.
We ended up eating only one of four dishes we ordered. The meat platter dish. What good I can say about it is that it is fairly large with a good variety. I have heard that some days the food is better than others. This was not a particularly good day. That said, there are much better options for Ethiopian food with swifter service and better prices at several locations a few minutes away. Arguably, better food, too.
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And, even with the realization that some diners had coupons, I cannot think of anything about this place that makes it worthwhile. (There is better pricing with consistently better Ethiopian food elsewhere in the city.)
The only reason this place warrants 1.5 stars is because it may be a good place to introduce people (of the non-food-venturous, and simply wants to "dip their toes") to Ethiopian food.
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