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| - Had a lovely dinner here with a girlfriend on a Thursday night. Tabule takes reservations on Open Table, which I found very helpful (although the hostess didn't acknowledge the reservation in the Open Table system and I needed to contact them to receive my points and confirm that I wasn't a no show).
We ordered a couple of the hot & cold mezze to share. The cold sharing platter (babaganüj, tabule & labni) was by far the best dish. Everything in it was very flavorful.
We ordered a few of the hot mezze which weren't nearly as good as the cold mezze: we tried the fried eggplant, which was bland a bit too oily for my liking. We also ordered the garlic shrimp, which was the worst value. The plate is $12 and you get 5 shrimp. The sauce itself is supposed to be spicy, but I didn't find it to be. It was a basic tomato sauce and the dish was room temperature, which is a bit unappetizing for shrimp. Lastly we got the maane (lebanese spicy sausage) which were an unusual, but good, flavor combination.
For dessert we shared the baklava (it was plenty to share), which was outstanding.
The staff was competent and efficient, but not overly familiar. I appreciate that, as I don't need to be the waiters friend! We were there for 2.5 hours and they didn't try to hustle us out.
I love the décor and the open windows at the front. This would be a wonderful place to have a group of 5-6 people. The restaurant itself gets quite loud, and is a more jovial, rather than romantic, atmosphere.
I'm definitely going to come by and try some of the grilled entrees, which looked delicious.
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