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| - Aladdin's serves Lebanese food, which is kind of like Greek food (as told to us by our server). But it was actually more like Greek food's less attractive cousin. It sort of looked Greek, and sort of smelled Greek, but it did not taste Greek. We LOVE Greek food, yet we were underwhelmed by everything we tried. For example, the hummus was okay, but was overly blended to the point of having a whipped/soft serve consistency (that I found off putting), and it was too bland. The pitas served with it were really soft and floppy which made it difficult to scoop up any hummus. The "baba" was way too strong - we didn't eat it. The falafel was like a little ball of bland (yet strangely herb-y) mush. The pizza was okay, but like everything else we sampled, it seemed to have been seasoned with some kind of "herb" that I cannot place, did not like, and have never tasted in Greek food. So maybe there's a difference right there.
The place was very busy (so other people apparently like the food). It appeared very clean and the decor was nice. Our server was helpful and gracious. She thanked us several times and was very good about refilling our drinks and tending to whatever we needed.
Overall, I suppose all I can say is that we like Greek food better. It wasn't bad per se, it's just not for us. For all I know, Aladdin's could be serving outstanding Lebanese food and we just possibly don't like Lebanese food. I don't know. I'll leave that to the Lebanese food connoisseurs. But I don't see us going back. Sorry. :(
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