ok if you stick to the pitta

Joined: May 06, 2010
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went there the other day and the falafel + hummus pitta was quite nice.

however, I ordered 'grilled eggplant' as a starter, and it was the worst.
while i was waiting for my food, a cruel burnt smell like burnt potatoes started wafting from the open kitchen. while i was still wondering what had been forgotten on the stove, surprise - the smell went my way and arrived in the form of my grilled eggplant. i really tried to eat it, but it was just uneatable. It was charred black from outside and the flesh had taken on that weird burnt taste. It was literally the first time in my life I ever send any food back. now to how they handled that... the waitress went to speak to the "manager" and returned, reporting that he had said that this was "the way they always do it and people eat it". I told her in this case I would like to talk to the manager as I didn't see how anybody could possibly eat it. Enter the manager, who listened to my complaint of the eggplant being burnt and then said, quite patronizingly, "yes, well it's grilled. on an open flame." well, yeah, thanks, I know what "grilled" means, but I think you use a "grill" instead of putting things into the fire, no? i told him as much, he shrugged and offered to exchange the dish for something else. Unwisely, I chose babba ganoush, still thinking it might have been a one time mistake, but, you guessed it, the same burnt taste lingered in this eggplant dish as well. I let it rest though and hoped to be reconciled with a mid-eastern mocca(or whatever it says on the menu). While it was presented nicely enough and subtly flavored with rose water, the coffee itself was far too thin for mocca for my taste.

long story short, if you stick to the pittas it's probably nice enough, but because of the rest it's only a 2-pointer.