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| - I actually anticipated loving this place, but the food was underwhelming.
We went to Maha's on a Saturday afternoon. Immediately couldn't help but notice how small the restaurant is -- seating looked to be quite limited. There was a lineup of people waiting from the door to the cash register, and all the staff were behind the counter. When we found the hostess (behind the counter), she told us was an hour and a half wait time. She also told us that we "should come on a weekday" because it's less busy then. Okay, but we're here on a weekend. So she tells us we can put our name on a list, but just give her a name. She won't call us, but she said we can call her in about 45 mins to an hour. Anyway, so that was kind of weird that they don't call you, but it was fine. We left for a bit, I called in an hour to ask if we could come back and she said yes, we can start making our way back -- so we came back, were seated immediately at an empty table (restaurant looked to have cleared out a lot!) and by that time, it had been an hour and a half, so her initial estimate turned out to be right.
So a bit of a rocky start but we were seated, and I was very excited to try some foole, something I have been wanting to try for a long time now! I wanted to have the Cairo Classic. Unfortunately, we were told they were out of foole! They cook their fava beans in batches, and had just run out as apparently, it had been an unusually busy Saturday. I was disappointed, but -- no problem, I said, I guess I will have a sandwich with a side of the cumin fries that people rave about. But turns out they had just run out of home fries as well!
I opted for the mind blowing chicken because I did still want a sandwich, and it sounded amazing. My partner opted for the basturma scramble. Neither dishes lived up to their claims. The mind blowing chicken sandwich looked good, but to me, it just tasted like shawarma. The egg scramble was also your very basic scrambled eggs with a bit of sliced processed meat. I would rate the food a 2. The latte, however, was really good. I would definitely rate the latte a 5.
It also took about 45 mins for us to get our food. We were hungry by this time. On the plus side, it did give us a lot time to enjoy each other's company in the cozy restaurant atmosphere. The restaurant is quite nicely decorated with lots of interesting pieces of art, and sitting by the window was really nice. Quite romantic to experience this slow pace of life. :) I'm pretty sure that's why Maha's has these long lineups. Limited seating + cozy atmosphere + great lattes = makes people want to linger at their table, and the restaurant encourages that with what seems like a really slow kitchen staff. However, another plus is that by the time we gout our food, it was well past closing time (5:15ish), but we did not feel rushed to leave or anything. So definitely a 5 for environment as well. If only the food was better!
If anybody knows where in the city I can get some foole, please let me know! Thank you.
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