I love / adore/crave the mezzes (spreads, dips etc) they are 5 star. Complex and varied flavors with great texture. Memorable! The skewers however are 3.9star. Quality meat but not as good as the mezzes and apps. Cocktails are ok and very small. They are...less than half the size of a normal cocktail (many ballard and freemont neighborhoods seem to serve $10 tiny cocktails. Charge me $15 and give me a full size) Wines limited but adequate. Polite service. Modest decor but very clean! Worthy of the drive and money. Go heavy on the mezzes and try SEVERAL. A group.of 6 ppl.could order all.of the mezzes on the menu and a few hot apps and be full.and happy. YumMore

We were randomly looking for a reasonably priced place to eat and stumbled on this neighborhood gem. It's small but mighty, with wonderful, fresh food with unique mediterranean treatments. You've never had tahini this good, believe me. So many great choices for vegetarians and also...wonderful food for carnivores. We were lucky to get in without reservations and without a wait, but reservations recommended. I had 2 small plates and we split a salad and that was plenty.More

Love the food here. It remains largely unique build around many meze/tapas style starters. So many dishes are not offered elsewhere. And they are usually quite good. We come regularly. The waitstaff are really good. It is the owner who makes this place challenging. They...so often don’t pick up the phone, won’t return messages, and won’t offer an online booking option. This visit was case in point - we called ahead but never heard back. We showed up and there were multiple open tables so we got in this time. But most times we don’t when this happens. Please consider modifying your system. We would come more often yet if we could plan dependably.More

Lots of good dishes here for Vegetarians here. Love the lentils with the caramelized onions, house labneh and sweet pears with a delicious tasting savory Tahini. Excellent service from the staff here.

I always look for Lebanese or Mediterranean restaurants in every city I visit. In Seattle, this is where you need to go. I went on a Saturday, the food was great but some of the staples of the Lebanese cuisine that I saw on the...online menu were only available as part of the Sunday family special. I hope this helps.More

Tried to go here twice previously and could not get in. Finally got a reservation- day before July 4th. All I can say is the worst food I’ve had in ages. First of all, menu on line showed beef and chicken and lamb dishes. When...we got there, the only entree was lamb. Asked why - waitress said well our supplies are low going into a holiday — but we do have one chicken skewer left we can give you (should have said no). Got hommous Balika to start - with fried chick peas on top. Good. Also baba ghanoush - which was ice cold. As was the pita. Usually pita is/should be room temp or even warmed. Nope. Chicken skewer - tasteless. Two pieces were not even cooked, but our waitress was nowhere to be found for ages. Lamb was dry. I got the rice dish that was described as rice, lentils, caramelized onions and spicy tomato sauce ($10). A bowl of not cooked rice with a few lentils sprinkled on the top. “Carmelized onions” - no - fried onion strings. Some tomato glob in a small metal side tin - not tomato sauce. And let’s talk ambiance- LOUD. Terrible acoustics, then add canned music they periodically played. Add in fruit flies everywhere/bites. Could not wait to leave. Best part of this is it’s location right across from Larsen’s bakery - which is the only thing that saved this experience afterwards. If they were having let’s just coast into the July 4th weekend problems, they should have just closed. One and done.More

Unprepossessing exterior and sparse inside We are totally impressed with the food - delicious mezzo plates all complementing each other and delicious . Well done team