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| - This restaurant just opened three days ago and replaces El Gitano, a spanish restaurant that specialized in paella. Mango's menu is still under development: it offers at the moment shish taouk, different kinds of salads and a nice selection of sandwiches. They also have pastries (croissants, pain au chocolat, etc.), coffee (Café Brossard) and tea (Four O'Clock).
The main attraction is the pricing, which is very affordable. A large coffe only costs 1.95$! For less than 10$, you can get a generous portion of shish taouk with two side dishes (rice, roasted potatoes) AND two salads of your choice. We tried the food tonight, and spent about 18$ (including tips) for two large plates of food and a drink. The food itself is good, but could improve in many ways. The rice was not flavoured, and the potatoes were getting cold. The meat was very tender, but not really seasoned either. The couscous salad was a bit dry. The fruit salad had a good variety of fruits (pineapple, apple, strawberry, cantaloupe, watermelon), but some fruits were fresher than others.
Mango Bistro is mostly competitive because of its pricing, but otherwise does not distinguish itself from e.g. Basha or Amir. But hey, they just opened - I'm sure there's plenty of improvements that will come soon.
Note: Props to the employee who was handling the business all by himself! The service was great.
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