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| - I am really shocked by all of the positive reviews on here. I love middle-eastern and Mediterranean food, and have a lifetime of restaurant and authentic home-cooked meals to judge this food by.
I headed out there because of all the great reviews and I wanted to try a new place.
The service was friendly. The food was really bad. If you have an allergy BEWARE.
I told them I could not have wheat - they seemed to completely understand and assured me what I ordered was wheat free.
Then, when I got it home, I realized that the saffron rice had small wheat noodles all throughout it. I have never seen saffron rice made with noodles like this, it's weird. Unfortunately I had already put my falafel and salad on top of it and eaten several bites before I saw the noodles. Hoping it wasn't enough to send me into major pain. Very upsetting.
As far as the rice and falafel I did eat - the rice was very oily and not fragrant. The falafel were also very oily and very dense - verging on tough. The only flavor they had was that of the oil they were fried in. It tasted like the oil needed to be changed.
The hummus looked perfect, but was flavorless. Huge letdown.
Lastly - the lentil soup. This is my go-to at every middle-eastern restaurant I have ever been to. It's my favorite. When I lived behind a middle-eastern restaurant in college, this was my lunch every single day. I cannot believe how bad it was at Cedar Land. I feel terrible writing this, but it was just absolutely awful. The smell of it warned me, but I couldn't believe it when I tasted it. Very, very off-putting. Went right down the sink. Big disappointment all around. We will never be back.
If you're looking for this type of food done far better check out Kabob Grill. Actually, every place we've been to in Charlotte is lightyears better, so you're pretty safe going anywhere else.
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