It has been a while since my last post. I have had no inspiration to blog. BUT, I have been meaning to write a review of a new Lebanese restaurant that I visited recently.
Mandaloun is part of an International chain, which in this case is a good thing. I am not a fan of Arabic restaurants in Rome, mainly because they are just not that good. Mandaloun however is pretty authentic Lebanese cuisine. You have all sorts of typical mezze, hot and cold, the ones that I liked most : hummus, baba ganoush, warak enab (stuffed vine leaves), kebbe, fatayer. The mixed grill of minced lamb kofta, meat kebab, and chicken kebab were good too. The mixed mezze and grill menu costs 29 euro a person and is for minimum of 2.
Ambience - the interior is very bright and classic in style. No oriental decor, except for a few lamps here and there. There is no natural light since it is under street level. There are a few outdoor tables which is nice.
Service is good, although our waitress was a little slow, and waited far too long to come get our order.
All in all, pretty good experience, will definitely be going back soon.
Update: I have been back to Mandaloun several times and have to also recommend the felafel, and also the roast lamb which came with a nice sauce and some spiced riced.
Mandaloun
Via di Porta Pinciana, 16/B
Roma
thank you for posting this...my friend and i were tapped out on pizza and pasta by the end of the week and were dying for something different for dinner...i gave the address to the taxi driver and off we went. had a great dinner and it was a welcome change!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed Danie!
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