Shahbarose

Amazing authentic Arabic food by a family run business who are really friendly and welcoming. The food was so tasty and flavourful, true Arabic flavour which can be hard to find. It was presented beautifully and the music added to the atmosphere. Everything we ordered was amazing and they even made us a special lemon mint drink :) 100% recommend and will be back again soon!

First, let me start off by saying the food deserves 5 stars. My husband and I shared the mixed starter and the mixed grill, which was a lot of food, but we were able to sample a little of everything. The mezze starters were so fresh and a wonderful assortment. We especially liked the hummus and the beet dish. The mixed grill was just as good with a nice variety of marinated grilled meats that were served with fresh and grilled vegetables. Overall, the food and service were 5 star, the only reason we gave 4 stars is because the outside of the building needs some serious sprucing up but do not let that scare you away!

We booked a table before coming. We had to wait an hour to be able to order an food. Then it took another 2 hours before they served us the food. And they gave us our starters and waited around 15 minutes for the main dishes. The food was delicious . The toilet smelled really bad and were not clean. Food 8/10 Service 0/10 Toilet 0/10

Visited on a Wednesday at 7pm, the restaurant had a simple but nice theme with the deco, toilets seemed clean but had a bit of a public toilet smell, would benefit from air fresheners. We were the only people in the restaurant-though considering the day and time I think that's why, I think this place probably does fill up more on the weekend as they have a Sunday buffet. Orderd meat samosa starter and hummus, hummus was nice in flavour and smooth, mini samosas were quite dry and plain in taste. For mains we got kofta kebab and grilled chicken with flat breads, again the meats were quite dry but the chicken flavour was nice. Having some sauces served with the dishes would have been nice but was only served with lettuce and onion. We orderd desi tea which was fresh not packet so we was glad about that, a little strong on the cardamon though. We purchased a ticket for our food via groupon and we didn't know how to access the code online at first to show we had baught the groupon ticket, the receptionist said i had to find it on my emails but the man who I presume was the owner or manager came out and he seemed quite impatient and said I have to find it on groupon (I was only looking at emails because thats what the receptionist told me to do), I just needed to have a couple of minutes to figure out to access the code from groupon but he seemed impatient and slightly stern. Earlier on in our meal he did seem quite nice though and blessed us with an Eid mubarak. The receptionist/waiter girl was realy nice and polite, she wasn't too familiar with the menu or the deal offer though but she did say she was a new worker, she also came to clear our plates when I hadn't quite finished eating, she was very nice though and I think just eager to do her new job right. Probably wouldn't re visit this place but perhaps a good place to go on a Sunday for the buffet for people who like very simple food, and somewhere casual to eat.