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| - Okay, wow! This place is a diamond in the rough. A friend suggested it, and it was somewhere near Dixie and Eglington, but kind of off the beaten path, and I thought... where in the heck are we going?!?
We arrived, and it was pouring out, yet the line up was practically out the door!!!! Unbelievable. My first thought was "Let's get the heck out of here and go somewhere warm", but they assured us that it would only take about 10 minutes to get a table. The line up did move very quickly, and while I didn't time it, I think the hostess was pretty on the money with her estimate for our table.
One thing I will say which may be the only negative here is that the place is chaotic. It's noisy, boisterous, there are people coming and going, traffic jams... it's crazy. This is mostly because once you get your table, you have to get back up to go chose/order your food. I find this odd, because they have waiters who come and take your drink orders and bring your food to your table when its ready, which makes me beg the question, why don't the waiters just take your food orders too?!? I mean, for the price that you're paying, they really should be... My only rationale as to why they might not do this, is that there do tend to be a lot of Middle Eastern people working here, and there could perhaps be the occasional language barrier mishap, thought this could be avoided by moving to a simple sushi-like system where you order-by-number on a slip of paper that the waiter picks up at the table. I believe this would reduce the "traffic" in the restaurant by at least 50% and would actually expedite the entire dining experience.
Okay, so the food is where they really earn their 4 stars. Everything was delicious. I had the lamb, which was a bit on the chewy side, but was deliciously seasoned. My friends ordered the chicken shawarma and beef shawarma. Amazing. We also shared the beef hummus which was so good. They brought us a total of 4 fresh, FRESH, pita breads... it felt like the food just kept arriving. Even the plain, white rice tasted amazing for some reason. All of the dips and sauces that came with the different dishes were also tasty. I had to actually pack up half to take home, as I had laid eyes on my dessert and needed to save room. For dessert I had what I thought was going to be a normal custard tart with glazed fruit, but at my first bite, I was met with a heavenly surprise. The bottom of the tart was lined with a hard, milk chocolate that was hidden under the blanket of custard and fruit. Different from the usual. So good. So so good.
All of the staff were amazingly friendly also. In the end, I did think it was a tad pricey, but I would still probably go back, at least for take out!
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