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| - I was excited to try Rose City Kitchen since it opened. A million years later, I set up a meeting over dinner at this small, snack-centric place.
The restaurant was quite open considering it's little space. Only room for around 20 people to dine in comfortably, it didn't feel stuffy. Let it be known that I went around 8pm on a Thursday, 4 of us + 2 others occupied the room, so by no means did i experience a busy or full restaurant. That could be another story. The outside narrow patio was quite inviting too.
Anyways, we ordered an array of sandwiches (pita) with different proteins and falafel. Salad as well. The pitas were slightly larger than Taco Bell taco sized (just a size comparison, nothing else), filled enough with a "style" of your choice (like the Morracan, The Egyptian, The RCK, etc.) And then protein of your choice (chicken, steak, falafel, cheese, etc.).
I liked the idea, its like a build-your-own-pita concept with pre-made bases. For $4 - $5 you get your own creation. I really liked my combinations (RCK with the recommended falafel, and the Egyptian with steak).
Although the flavours were good, I felt that consistency was off. I had 2 pieces of steak in my pita, while my buddy had several, same pita, same style. The RCK advertised fries in the pita- we didn't get them in all 3 of our orders. If this happened with me, I'm sure it happens occasionally with other orders especially during busier times. Which makes you appreciate the food less, knowing that. The wait time was also relatively long, given the snack, eat-n-go or take-out nature of the food. We waited a good 8 minutes after ordering, which is not a lot of time, but diminishes the idea of the restaurant when it takes that amount of time to stuff pitas and make a salad.
Overall, the service was nice and helpful but on the slower side. The space was nice, with a quaint patio. The food was good but was inconsistent, that's a pretty big problem. The prices are fair, but after 2 pitas I was still hungry. I get it, I could have ordered more food, but I didn't want to anymore taking all things in consideration.
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