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| - It's only my third time having Ethiopian, which I really enjoy. First time however at this place. I am very disappointed. Service is terrible. The restaurant was empty except for 1 table with 5 ppl drinking. Still we had to wait for our menus. Wanting to have a glass of wine and asking for a wine list we were advised there's only one type of wine, red and white. I wanted to know what kind of white wine... the way the waitress said it, it could've been boxed white wine. When I asked to see the bottle she gave a smirk although obliged. I get it that I'm not at a fancy restaurant but still may I have a preference and should it not be the type I like a choice to not order it ? FYI, it was Citra.
To eat, I wanted to order something I've had before but do not know the name of, so I described it, the waitress of course knew right away what it was. Having been to an ethiopian restaurant before and having had this mixed platter, I know that one order is plenty for two people (I was with a female friend). Never did she ask me if we wanted one or two orders. Instead she just charged for two orders, needless to say exactly about half of it went back at the end of dinner for $50 (which includes this mixed platter and 2 glasses of wine @ $5.50 each).
Since ethiopian food comes out on these big plates and it's natural that you share, I don't think this would be a crazy question to ask: one or two orders ?
Also we asked to be seated outside but the weather got a bit windy and chilly so WE moved ourselves in. Inside, the restaurant was empty. I asked for the music to be turned lower as I couldn't hear myself. This fell on deaf ears. Perhaps she couldn't hear me either.
Never during dinner did the waitress come back to see if a, everything was ok b, we wanted some more water, maybe another glass of wine and truthfully I was reluctant to ask her for anything after the wine encounter. So instead after dinner I stopped at a store for coke.
There are certainly other ethiopian restaurants with far better service, where they're actually happy to have you and you get the feeling they're happy that you're trying their food. So I don't recommend this place simply based on it's service and hospitality.
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