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| - Warning: Food at the restaurant is $$$$!! Not $$ Go dine at the cafe if needed.
Pictures looked amazing, so was pretty surprised to find only 3 tables including us on a Thursday evening. The staff there was nice, but wanted to mention that we were asked to get up from our seats and relocate the table towards the front of the restaurant. Why's there a restriction on where to sit even though there were very little people? There just wasn't any excuse.
[Ok] COLD MEZZA SAMPLER $16 - It came with hummus (too sour), baba ghanouj and fatoush (just salad with dressing and crunchy stuff) as well as some cold flatbread (should have been warmed like Paramount does it). Only the baba ghanoui was really good, the rest was something I could have purchased cheaper from Paramount from across the street.
[Bleh!] FALAFEL $12 - For 6 pieces, it tasted pretty freaking awful. Fried rock solid, cold, and super salty. The tarator sauce helped soften it but, could only stomach 2.5 pieces before letting the rest go to spoil.
[Not bad] MESHAWI $22 - Two skewers of your choice of tawouk (chicken) or kefta (beef). Seasonal grilled vegetables, toum, fries; ordered 1 chicken and 1 beef. Chicken tasted a bit better, while the beef was pretty dry. However, the garlic paste on the side made the whole dish taste much better.
Decor was very nice, but food was lacking. Hated paying lots of money for mediocre food. Next time, I may just go to the cafe section and pay less--food at the restaurant portion was waaaayyy too expensive. Might as well go to the Paramount which tasted pretty good for better prices. Anyway, I blame my curiosity and made a bad decision again.
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