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| - I visited this restaurant almost a month ago. I ordered the veggie tray/non-meat tray. I ordered grits, greens, mac & cheese and fried green tomatoes. I am a huge fan of southern cuisine/soul food. I really enjoyed the mac & cheese and fried green tomatoes. The grit and greens were okay. I have had better grits & greens at home than at this restaurant. My friend ordered the fried catfish, which I took a bite of and it was very good. We had to wait about 25 minutes, but it was a Friday night and we did not have a reservation so I won't take off points for our lack of preparation. The food arrived fairly quickly, which really impressed me. The following are things I did not enjoy about this restaurant: It was very loud (kids in a school cafeteria loud); the hostess was missing from her podium at the entrance so we stood there for 6-8 minutes before anyone assisted us; we did have servers pass us on their way to their to the outdoor/patio/sidewalk area, but I guess they were anxious to receive a good tip instead of being aware of customers awaiting service; if you have on a non casual outfit, I would advise you not to have them seat you in the cramped outdoor area; the hostess seated us at a sticky table, so he had to come over & wipe down the table, but it was still sticky after he wiped it down (tablecloths or those papers that go over tablecloths should be in this restaurant, but what do I know, I don't own a restaurant); & the server was a bit inexperienced, but you have to learn how to do your job, maybe a more experienced server could shadow the newbies. Overall, based on food I ordered & service I have to give three stars. I'm guessing this is a new restaurant? I would go back for another visit, hopefully by then Zanzibar will work out the quirks in their resturant.
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