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This is a bit of a late review but I came here with my SO for our anniversary dinner which we reserved online for. We came a bit early, and had a bit of trouble finding the place as it was kinda hidden away. When we finally found the place, we were quickly shown to our seats.
Their service had just started but somehow I got a bit of a forced friendly or somehow condescending vibe from the staff, which didn't feel very nice. The atmosphere though, was great, the decor was middle easterny and it felt like they were going for a bit of a myserious arabic vibe with the music they were playing. The lighting was also quite romantic and they had these small candles on each table that looked real but were just lights.
We then proceeded to get our drinks, a Baklava Milk Punch and an off the menu drink recommended by our server; a Banana Cocktail. Both of these cocktails were quite special, they really fit the middle eastern vibe of the restaurant and we enjoyed them.
For our dishes, we got the Grilled Octopus and Arabic Braided Bread for our starters and the Lamb Porter House and Chilean Seabass for our mains.
The portion size for the Grilled Octopus was really small, it surprised us, especially at that price but taste-wise it was not bad, it was tender and the sauce it came with was savoury.
For the Arabic Braided Bread, we decided to order it as we saw from another review that it was delicious with the accompanying date butter but to be honest, it was nothing special. The bread had a really lovely texture which I enjoyed munching on but the date butter was disappointing, it was a very one dimensional sweet taste and wasn't very buttery.
Then came our Lamb Porter House which I thought was delicious; there was no gamey or earthy taste at all and it was really tender. It was also perfectly seasoned. Finally our Chilean Seabass arrived, it was also to the same standard, very tender, moist and had a perfectly crisp skin on top. However, once again, the portion size was really small.
For desserts, we were given a small slice of Chocolate Cake on the house (as I had indicated I reserved this place for our anniversary) and we ordered an additional Classic Cheese Knafeh which I thought was quite average in taste.
All in all, it was a great experience but when factoring in the price, it becomes quite average. The dishes I enjoyed were above average but not particularly mind-blowing. Perhaps if we had picked different dishes we would have enjoyed this place more but alas, it is what it is. We would not return again but I would still say the experience we had was enjoyable.