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| - Had never heard of this place prior to booking it during Winterlicious for my birthday dinner with my family. I wasn't quite sure what this place was when I entered, I knew it was described as Mediterranean but that's sort of a broad descriptor when that may include, Middle Easter, Greek, and any number of other cuisines.
I'm still not sure but if I had to wager I guess I might say Israeli-Middle Eastern? At any rate the reviews seemed good and I was open to pretty much anything if it was a birthday treat.
The Winterlicious menu was $25/person and included the standard 3 course offering - Appetizer, Main, dessert.
I won't go into all the details of what we all had but true to form this restaurant subscribed to the Winterlicious formula of discounted prices meaning severely discounted portion sizes. The rib option that my brother ordered was 4 very tiny ribs and the big push here from the server was the sweet potato fries that accompanied it, she mentioned they was amazing. The dish arrived with 4 ribs and regular fries. There wasn't even a courtesy "Oh I'm sorry to let you know we are out of_______" before hand, just food arrived and put down like we wouldn't notice. my brother asked and was given a flippant - "Yes we're out of those". No apology, no concessions made... just basically, here are fries.
My meal was OK. To start I had the beef carpaccio appetizer which was two very thin slices on a plate, ok, but an amuse bouche at best... not a appetizer. I had the chicken kebab on rice. Which came with a 1/4 piece of pita. Really a quarter of a piece? Are you saving that much money on the bread? The chicken however made up for it in how plump and juicy each piece was and in how it was seasoned.
To end I had the flourless chocolate cake, which was similar to a two bite brownie which I enjoyed. What made me mad here was again they skimped on things that were silly. Each of us had a dessert and each was a total disappointment. My parents each had the fruit crumble dessert and one of them got a small portion and the other got 1/4 of what the other got. Anyone who had tiramisu looked like the received half of a small triangle piece - imagine if someone grabbed a fork and took the entire tip off your triangle slice of cake - yeah that.
I went in trying to make this a 4 star but the substitutions without notice, the cut corners in random places. They get full marks on taste but lose the rest on value for money and staff.
I'd be willing to return and try them out again at full price to see if they're as "portion conscious" as they were during Winterlicious, but that won't be for awhile again.
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