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| - My friend from high school picked me up from the airport and after a bit of discussion on where to have lunch she suggested we come here due to good experiences she had in the past. It is located in her old neighborhood in part of a strip shopping center that also houses a chain grocery store, a bar and some other shops.
When we arrived at the restaurant around 1pm on a Friday, the place was completely empty. This to me is never a good sign. I bit my tongue (out of respect for my friend) and we were seated by a nice enough waitress who was a bit needy seeming (could be due to the lack of customers). The owner was at one side of the restaurant on his laptop and there was one other person working in the kitchen.
After taking our drink order, the waitress then told us what was "good" and what she liked. I hate that. I hate unsolicited opinions especially around food. Oh well. My friend loves hummus so we ordered that to start. As I looked at the menu I found a lot of items to be the same with a little switch around of ingredients. I also found it strange that the gyros were beef only but made in house. Okay, fine-I will have lamb elsewhere. I couldn't decide what to order and when the waitress came back with the hummus, I asked if they made wraps (I wanted falafel but in pita with feta, etc. but no rice). She said they had wraps and she would get us a lunch menu. WTF? 1pm on a Friday and she gives us the dinner menu because it is more expensive and there were no other customers? Tre' tacky my dear, tacky.
I ordered the falafel wrap and had to add feta as it did not come in the wrap. I asked if they had avocado and was told they did not have any. My friend had the gyros combination plate (off the lunch menu which was $4.00 cheaper than the dinner menu) and it came with salad, rice and pita bread.
The hummus was ok. It needed to be a bit creamier and needed a bit more flavor. Toni's is way better as is the hummus from Trader Joe's. Oh well.
Our lunches arrived. My wrap had 3 big flat softish falafels. They were definitely made in house and could have been fried a little longer as they fell apart to mush. They were overly seasoned with a heavy hand of cumin. The feta and yogurt sauce were the saving grace, but I was finished after a literal 2 bites. The gyros on my friend's plate were okay-tender but lacked anything special. The rice was bland and white with a sprinkling of paprika on top for color. Meh.
Our waitress came back to check on us- a lot. Asked did we like the hummus, how was the falafel, tea, rice-anything to make contact. I was put off by her and the food so I did not respond and let my friend do all the talking.
The only saving grace to this experience was that I was with my friend and when I am with her, nothing else really matters all that much.
Needless to say, yes I am a Bay Area food snob and no, I would not come back here nor do I recommend it.
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