This place has been on my mind for two weeks now. I hate to leave a bad review, so I thought I'd skip out on leaving one here... but honestly I take my reviews seriously and had I read a review like mine maybe I would have skipped out on this experience. So i'm not from this area and don't go very often. I was in town and really hungry! Looked up yelp reviews for the restaurant local to me and saw this spot, It was in like the top 5! Ok so of course I got excited because I've always wanted to try Armenian food and wanted to support a local spot. When I walk up I see they have an umbrella with valet parking. I'm thinking this place is going to be kind of fancy? I go inside,
they seemed... surprised I walked in? The servers or whoever was working there was sitting down. It honestly left me confused so I asked if it was a restaurant (lol!). Just the setup of the place through me off. And I immediately smelled hookah when I walked in, which was off putting to me because I didn't realize it was a hookah bar. Anyway, the server pointed me to where she was going to seat me. It was an interesting arrangement. They had tiny cubicles like rooms, so that whoever is dining has a room in a tiny room with a table. Literally the room just barely fits the tables and seats. I'm thinking okay, maybe this is great for business trip lunches?
The server was very kind and sweet when she sat me down. I take a few minutes to look at the menu; I have never had Armenian food mind you, and there are no pictures or descriptions, so when the server comes to check on me I ask her a few questions to try to get a better understanding of the menu items. I also asked her what her favorite salad was, she told me the tomato & cucumber salad. I finally ordered the shish kabob thinking I can't go wrong because I know exactly what it is, asked what sides it comes with, to which she said either fries or rice. I ordered rice as my side. She also then asked if I would like to order a salad as well, and I said no, I won't be able to eat all of that food.
Fast forward to maybe 10 or 15 minutes later, she comes in and to my surprise brings me the tomato and cucumber salad. Immediately I am thinking it's either because i'm pregnant or because I'm middle eastern, and she is just being nice and hospitable.
Looking back now, I obviously wish I had said something because she even mentioned to me that her English is not the best. But I didn't.
The salad wasn't bad, it was fresh cucumbers, tomatoes & onions with olive oil, lemon juice and herbs. Next she brings in my shish kabob with fries & steak! So I'm really think she is being super nice and bringing extra things to be nice.
I really wish I liked it, but I did not like the food ): the kabob was over cooked and the meat didn't seem fresh. Same with the rice, I can bet that rice was at least a day old. The fries were insanelyyy salty, but whatever I didn't even order them in the first place so I didn't care too much about that anyway.
Okay so she brings me the check... and she charged me for the salad! It was like $15 for that simple tomato & cucumber salad. My total was around $60 and I barely ate my food. I was in shock and also embarrassed so I didn't say anything about the salad. But after leaving and thinking about my experience I had to leave a review. That place has potential but they definitely need to up their game... especially for those prices. read more