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| - The food at Nazareth is perfect. Ridiculously delicious, great for vegetarians and carnivores alike, huge portions, and absurdly cheap.
Everything else about eating here is a nightmare. It's always overheated and, since the food spicy and stewed, a dinner at Nazareth is an uncomfortably sweaty experience. A line-up is to be expected at a restaurant this good, but wait times are exacerbated by a lack of wait staff, slow table busing, and a general sense of disorganization. Poor service is the fatal flaw here. It takes ages to get extra injera or to get the bill. I've been given dirty water glasses and had my order of wine fail to arrive after several requests. No one knows the answer to questions about the food and preferences like having the meat and veg dishes served on separate plates are routinely ignored.
In another setting, this could all be charming. A small family-run restaurant serving amazing food but in an amateurish way... there's a certain delight in that. Unfortunately, at Nazareth, you simply get the sense that everyone is exhausted, overworked and exploited. I hope that's not true.
Every time I wait 40 minutes to get seated and have a terrible dining experience, I swear I'll never go back - but I always do. The food is THAT good.
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