Jodie
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Our tour group leader suggested this restaurant after we found out our first choice was fully booked. It had a lot of good food options (I don’t drink, so I don’t pay attention to that part, but my fellow group participants seemed enthusiastic). It seemed upscale. To give context, the last two weeks I’ve been on a trip where we’ve eaten in more basic restaurants, and as part of responsible tourism, in people’s homes.
There’s a dress code at this restaurant. The ambience was appealing. If I lived in town and wanted to go out on a date, I would come back. I am a picky vegetarian, and there were several options for me. I had my second shakshouka of the trip, and some Turkish fried raviolis. I couldn’t tell they were fried, so maybe it was done in a light, subtle way.
Our reservation was for 8 o’clock, and they had two different shows while we were there, around 9 and I think again at 10. The show consisted of women in red dresses dancing through the aisles, stopping to interact with people. I wouldn’t call that a reason to go, for me personally, but maybe that’s enough of a draw to bring some people in.
In any case, I found the food reasonably priced and the flavor pretty good. I was disappointed that my shakshouka was lukewarm and if I was not with a group, I might’ve asked if they could heat it for me. I took a star off for that reason.
They charged my friend US$300 to reserve for 10 of us, and that was reimbursed.
They offer a chocolate soufflé with a sidecar of vanilla yogurt, and it was pretty good, but for me the ratio was off. I want a 1:1 ratio on my chocolate cake and my vanilla ice cream. The menu warns about a 20 minute wait for this item, but I imagine at that hour they’re just knocking them out because they were flying off the shelves. This is a pretty big restaurant with an upstairs and a downstairs.
They were willing to do that thing of coming by to each person to see what they had chosen and to let that person pay individually, which I always appreciate, as the one who tends to not want to divide a check evenly.