by Meghan S.

I'm not going to lie...this place deserves negative stars.  We arrived on Halloween, after finding that most places had a 45 minute wait for dinner.  We walked into the empty bar, and perhaps, that should have been our first clue that this place would be terrible.We had to hunt down our waitress to place our order.  Then we had to hunt down a bar tender for our drinks.  Seriously?  This place was EMPTY and no one was willing to serve us.  It took about 45 minutes for our pizza, which was terrible, to arrive at our table.  Plus, we had ordered a lamb wrap that arrived 15 minutes later and was not, in fact, a lamb wrap.  Trust me, lamb and chicken are VERY different.Once our pizza arrived, we asked for our check.  We then proceeded to ask for our check 5 more times.  I finally went up to the waitress and asked her to print our check right then.  When I reviewed our check, the lamb wrap was still on there.  I had to talk them out of charging us for it, which they did so begrudgingly.  I did not leave a tip, because with service that bad, in an empty bar, there is no reason to leave a table high and dry.AVOID THIS PLACE!! Save your money and go some place else...you'll be much happier if you do.

by Michael M.

This place is thoroughly mediocre, but it is infinitely preferable to the Hookah Cafe (across the street) as a place for shisha.  The food varies from night to night. Sometimes, their Middle-Eastern fare is actually better than Mona's (across the street). Sometimes it is... not.  It's strange. The fact that you often have to wait FOREVER for it doesn't help.Did I mention it's better than the Hookah Cafe? Despite being not quite as "fancy" (very large font quote marks), their space is so much more pleasant, pretty, and impressive than Hookah's. Really, they lucked out on real estate, and I can't imagine they'll be around forever given the way they run the place.  It seems someone more organized is destined to take over this location.I'd give it four stars except they purport to be a Middle Eastern themed place, though they have not one single anise-based liquor at the bar. No ouzo. No raki.  Nothing.  This is criminal.  It simply shouldn't be allowed.Also, they have pizza. It's also very mediocre, but it's cheap and entirely satisfying if you're drunk and hungry, which---given its location, you most likely are.