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| - This place is scarily unsanitary - I wouldn't recommend it to my worst enemy. I live about a block away from this falafel place, and idiotically went here three times, hoping each time that maybe I just caught them on a bad day. I began by ordering their lentil soup (which should be a standard year-round mainstay in any Lebanese-style restaurant), but they told me that they only make it "seasonally," even though it was posted on the menu; this screamed "RUN AWAY," but I foolishly stayed. The counter staff and dining area seemed okay, but the first time I went, something tasted distinctly mouldy. The second time, I realised that the tomatoes in particular had a strong mouldy flavour. The last time I went, I asked that the (mouldy, I was certain by then) tomatoes be excluded from my meal, but the falafel was *extremely* gritty, as though there was sand or gravelly dirt mixed throughout all of the falafel mixture (stony/gritty enough to damage tooth enamel, I'm pretty sure). I really can't go here after the grittiness experience - it really, really worried me, and rendered the falafel completely inedible - and I know the mouldy taste is also a rotten (quite literally rotten) indicator. It's a great shame that this place isn't better, as we have very few quick eat-out options in the immediate block or two around Spadina and Bremner. I would go here a lot if the food was standard, home-cooked Lebanese food, which I really enjoy (even though this place is actually also very expensive, imo), but even my super-non-fussy omnivore guy friend told me (without me letting him know about my experiences first) that he has had horrible experiences here.
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