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Food: 7/10
Drink: n/a
Service: 9/10
Value: 6/10
Hygiene: 9/10
Aesthetics: 8/10
Came here for lunch with a large group. I've had a lot of middle-eastern food so I might have had too high an expectation for this place.
We started with the baba ganüj, hümus and tabülè. Though it wasn't bad, I've definitely had much better, and the tabule had a little too much lemon. Also got to try the lentil soup and falafel. The lentil soup was a bit disappointing and tasted watered down to me. The falafel was really good though, crispy on the outside and not dry on the inside. I personally ordered a fattüsh salad with an order of kefta (+$6.95/skewer). The fattüsh salad was the same as the tabülè, just way too much lemon juice. It completely overpowered anything else, and this is coming from someone that enjoys eating lemons by themselves. The kefta were ok, but definitely not even close to the best I've had in the GTA (I do prefer a more spiced kefta). I managed to try someone else's eggplant dish and that was great.
The quality of the food isn't bad. The average cost of the food here was ~$20 (tax and tip included), which being in the city is reasonable. I suppose you're paying for the atmosphere here, but as someone who eats for the sake of the food rather than just atmosphere, I'd rather pay for just the food cost. At most other middle-eastern restaurants in Mississauga, I'd be paying ~$12 for almost double the portion and much better flavour.
The store is clean and nicely decorated, it reminds me of some of the restaurants in Marrakech. The service and waiting staff are courteous and friendly. They also didn't try to cheat us and made sure to mention that our service charge was included (Definitely appreciated).
This place isn't a bad place to try out, but personally I have a few other places I'd prefer to go to simply cause the flavours don't really match my palette.
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