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| - All the rave about Ethiopian food here has finally driven my family and myself here. Courtesy of my sister, I find myself seated at a high table in a very crowded and very tight restaurant. Nazareth Bar...as the sign suggests is hardly big enough to count as a bar, but that's just a small detail.
Service here is a far stretch from efficient. Good luck finding the waitress. I have reason to believe the kitchen runs in stack mode I.e. It's last in, first out. Tables arriving later have dishes arriving earlier than our table. Don't ask where your food is, the waitress made it sound like we didn't know we had to wait. Oh right, tables arriving later, you're expecting to oust people out of their original tables, provided you get a table.
Lack of air con, second rate service, and a terribly difficult to see and move atmosphere really is a turn off.
So, given a terrible first impression, why is it that the restaurant is entirely packed to the rafters? Well, when I say packed to the rafters, I mean more than 20 people. To be honest, I'm not sure. The food is pretty standard. It's nothing special. Its seemingly overrated. I've read some of the reviews posted here, and needless to say I'm not impressed by the food at all. I won't go to say it is terrible food, but it's not worthy if such high praise.
Ethiopian vegetarian food is a collection of pasty vegetables (I.e...beans, yam, chopped onion, and other carb-heavy veggies). The beef tibs was quite nice, but again, it's nothing special at all.
So, rave reviews are worth it? Not in the slightest. It's passable at its worst, and passable also at its best. Is it worth coming? Come once. Try it out. Be your own judge.
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