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| - It's a little weird that most of these reviews are done by people in united states?
I went there expecting great food based on the reviews, however, i was disappointed before i even got to have food.
I don't think this place has a permit to serve food as it says "Catering and Takeout only". I asked for the washroom, and they said they didn't have any, what kind of a restaurant doesn't have a washroom? I went to the store beside it for washroom and the guy said he has a washroom but doesn't open it for customers, complain to the city.
Food:
Maybe I don't know specifically what a "Yemeni" Mandi is like, but i have had several Mandis in different middle eastern countries (Saudi, UAE), and this was NOTHING like them.
To be fair though, it wasn't bad, the meat was very tender and juicy, the rice was cooked good with a generous topping of raisin, nuts and fried onions. However, it was not authentic mandi as far as i can tell. Authentic mandi - the rice is cooked with either the meat itself, or the essence of meat so it would have a taste (Al Mandi on bloor has authentic mandi).
Also, the pictures you see, is not how the food is served - the food is served in plastic containers, even if you choose to sit down and eat (which further increases my doubt in their permit for dine in - i could be wrong).
Service:
The owner was hidden in his kitchen for the most part, customers would come and would ring the bell repeatedly before he would decide to show up. Our group was the last to be served by them - AT 6:00 PM, are you kidding me?
Somebody came after us and they were straight up told that they are sold out and they should have called and confirmed if they had food - not cool homie not cool.
They left saying out loud "Boy, this is a weird place".
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