. "0"^^ . . "4.5 for food, and 5 for service.\n\nHad a birthday dinner here for two on a weeknight. Made the reservation via OpenTable and requested a nice seat for a b'day celebration, I was impressed that they took note. We had a nice corner table with a good view of the restaurant.\nOur server was wonderful! He took the time to explain and recommend stuff from the menu, and did not pressure us to order cocktails. Bonus points for that.\nWe had: \n1. Maltese Spiced Olives - I particularly enjoyed this, had a nice kick to it. Note, I don't normally like olives.\n2. Organic House Labneh - this came with a serving of barbari bread. We both enjoyed this, the labneh is like a Lebanese cream cheese, with a slight sweet taste due to the pool of honey and olive oil in the middle. Great starter.\n3. Crispy Squid - I also like this dish, as it's not as heavily battered and greasy. I don't particularly like the texture or taste of the green schug which is like a herby green hot sauce\n4. Lamb Ribs - this is the highlight of the meal! Tender fall off the bones lamb, with a savoury sweet sauce. I don't normally like lamb but I feel I could eat plates of this.\n5. Seared Cauliflower - enjoyable, but perhaps too heavy for my liking.. due to the duck fat and tahini sauce on it. \n\nIt took a little while between the appetizers and the main to arrive.. not sure if there was a problem in the kitchen but fortunately our server checked in and he reassured us the food was on their way. Slight hiccup but understandable and forgivable.\n\nTo end it, we ordered Turkish Coffee and Turkish Coffee Chocolate Ice Cream. They brought out the ice cream with a single mini candle and I thought that was a nice touch.. shows that they were paying attention at the bookings. \nI thought the ice cream was more chocolatey than my liking, kinda hoping for more Turkish Coffee in it. My boyfriend really enjoyed his Turkish Coffee. Another highlight of the excellent service, he forgot to get it unsweetened but they offered to remake it even though it was our fault for not mentioning it. Anyway, it ended up being perfect just as is. \n\nIt was a bit of a splurge, but we thought it was reasonable for the quality of food and service. I would definitely come back to try more things on the menu."^^ . "0"^^ . "4"^^ . "0"^^ . "2016-03-22T00:00:00"^^ . .