. "15"^^ . . "2"^^ . . "1"^^ . "1"^^ . "At one point I really enjoyed Lalibela, but since, I have expanded my Ethiopian horizons and sampled a wider variety of Toronto's offerings, I can honestly say that this is possibly the worst one of the bunch.\n\nLast night a couple invited us out for dinner, and we suggested Lalibela as it is super close to their house. We arrived and were seated at a dirty table, which the waitress cleaned with us seated. Fine, they are busy and don't want us clogging the entranceway, thats fine. 15 min later, the other waitress comes over to get our drink order. My friend wanted beer, and his first and second choices were not available, same as my wine choices. (I settled on \"red\") She leaves, brings our drinks after another 10, forgets 2 waters, forgets to take our food order. We flag her down and ask to order and re-ask for water. No water arrives at any point of the meal, FYI despite numerous requests. \n\nWe ordered a vegetarian platter for 2 and a meat platter for 2 which came combined as one large platter. It was NOT enough food for 4. usually at Ethiopian Restaurants, these platters are gluttonously overstuffed and inexpensive. We are now in for $45, and have not nearly enough food for four adults. at first I thought this was only one of the two platters we had ordered. No one came to check on us so we dived in, soon to realize that this was not going to cut it. \n\nWe flagged the waitress down, ordered another round of drinks and a third platter. 35 min later and then 45 min we flag a waitress and ask where our platter is. ONE HOUR after FINISHING the first platter we get the new one.At this point we are tired of sitting here for almost 3 hours and inhale our food. Paying the bill took another 25 min. Completely insane.\n\nAs per other reviewers, the food here is extremely salty. And the Messir Wat (which I judge all Ethiopian Restaurants on) lacks depth and heat. The Lentils (which is usually one of my favorites) are lacking spice. \nThe service is atrocious and the prices are high (comparatively) at $24 for a mixed platter for 2. We also were never offered another plate of injera. \n\nHonestly, If you are giving this place more than One Star, you many want to try some other Ethiopian Restaurants in Toronto, because likely you don't know what you are missing. Hit the Danforth strip for some quality food -- and Dukem for outstanding service."^^ . "2010-11-12T00:00:00"^^ .