I've been looking for a good place to get falafel in St. Kitts as both Toronto and Ottawa have a…read moreplethora of excellent shawarma and falafel restaurants. They are easy to find and almost always decent. So this was my first restaurant in my quest to find a decent falafel that doesn't cost 7$ (I know that "You Need A Pita" makes a great falafel).
Unfortunately, I will probably never come back to this restaurant. I'm hoping the Oasis or Vaughn's serves up a better falafel.
The customer service was friendly and fast, so I will give them that.
The restaurant itself was hot, with a lot of empty spaces. It was clean....ish. No visible dirty dishes or messes on table tops... but the kitchen area and counter space looked dingy. I have to mention that they used a plastic spoon to dish out the hummus onto the pita. This just says 'unprofessional' to me for some reason. Really a plastic spoon?
It was so hot in the restaurant I wondered how the small amounts of available veggies they had in the counter-space stayed fresh. They certainly didn't look fresh. Even the pink-pickled (turnips?) were faded pink, and cut into stringy bits, resting in spotted liquid. Usually I would ask for extra turnips, but this time I passed. The tomatoes were gross-looking too. The falafel balls were clearly microwaved, and squished into a mass when put into the sandwich. There was actually a moment during the sandwich assembly that a thought pushed itself into my conscious and I asked myself "Do I actually want to eat this? Should I go through with this?" which I replied with "Yes, Its a falafel, how bad could it possibly be?"
Really Bad.
The first bite in, my tongue immediately found a pickled green pepper, which tasted rancid. I looked inside the sandwich and tried to pull the remaining peppers out. I know some ingredients are supposed to be tangy or sour, but this was not pickled in a good way. I spent the remaining time eating my sandwich hoping that I wasn't going to get food poisoning from this sandwich, knowing full well that I wouldn't be surprised if it happened.
The second half of my falafel sits in my fridge where I've been avoiding it, and wondering if I should just throw it out (and I hate wasting food).
However, I had a microwaved samosa with potatoes and green peas and a good amount of spice, and that was delicious! (and cheap, for 1.29$ :)
I'd go back for the samosa, but avoid the falafel.
Also this place is open till "3 or 4am" on Saturdays, so I can imagine that this would be a great place to get food for drunk people.
