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| - A search for a nice entertaining restaurant led me to Sultan's Tent, I was hoping to savor the atmosphere of harem, enjoy some belly dancing and perhaps dive into Moroccan flavors. I imagined that Front street location would mean top bucks but was secretly praying it will be worth it. Oh no it's not.
The ambiance is alright: silk tents lit by a few lanterns, lots of soft cushions, mint tea poured from up high into tall ornate glass, after a drink or two you believe the illusion of harem.
The dancing is almost nonexistent. The show is supposed to last 30 minutes. But because there is only one dancer who has to run up and down the hall to dance for every group you only see her up close in spans of 30-40 seconds and then she moves to another tent. The actual dancing lasts about 10 minutes then she runs to each tent and tries to get the ladies to dance with her, while men are completely abandoned by her attention. Is it interesting to watch general public shake their winter assets? I don't think so. So after the first ten minutes of trying to catch a glimpse of the dancer you return to your food and forget about her. That kind of a show is definitely not suited for the guy groups, they will get bored to death and no amount of alcohol will help.
The food is pretty average, you can get same quality for half the price. The only real hit was rack of lamb, they serve you 6 ribs which is a good amount for a man. The couscous was rather sour. We laughed at Moroccan treats which were 2 tiny cookies and 2 orange slices sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon, who was so brave as to call it Moroccan?
The bill came to 60pp w/o alcohol. I did not get the satisfaction from the food nor the show. Overall 1 star for decor, 1 star for rack of lamb and 0.5 stars for the presence of the dancer. Never again.
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