Aladino’s Restaurant

For me there are three things that make a good restaurant
1. Yam yam food
2. Awwwwwwwwesome wine
3. Cool atmosphere
TO be honest thinking of Egyptian food i could never imagine that you could enjoy it in a white tablecloth restaurant under the sounds of cool jazz music. In my mind and my experience has been loud music with Shishas smoking and people drinking team while laughing sooooo loud you cannot hear yourself.
Aladin was a different yet pleasant experience. SO for my scale:
1. Food: Yam yam and again yam. They have a mix of traditional and modern dishes all inspired from Egyptian cousine and all of them cooked to perfection and presented in a very captivating way.
2. Wine: The wine list for quite informed but i would have expected a bit more variety in the wine selected. But to be honest all the wines offered could easily be matched to what you were eating and there was a quite large variety of wine makers and price range you can select from.
3. On the atmosphere i have nothing more to say than awesomeness in all its glory. Nice music quiet environment few table amazing service and a lot of attention in details
All in all i would definitely suggest this restaurant for either a nice dinner out on the city or even for a formal Saturday dinner with friends.

How is it that this is the first review for this place?! No matter, as I am not shy to steal the virginity of a Unilocal newbie! (Yes I realize my own creepiness)
First of all, I will preface this by saying I went to this place for three reasons!
1. Bamia
2. Fatta
3. Oma Ali
I’ve been to a couple of Egyptian restaurants that while good, they didn’t have some really traditional Egyptian menu items. So when I saw these three Egyptian favourites, I had to come check this place out!!!
Given the location, it’s almost given that this is a white table top, high service type of place. It’s a cute and cosy space that while it doesn’t scream «Egyptian place», it does subtlety send messages to your stomach saying «you want to eat here». Although the prices are not comparable to actually being in Egypt, I thought it wasn’t that bad. For four people eating like schwein and drinking wine (hey that rhymed!), the end bill was pretty reasonable!
Now, before I get your hopes up, the majority of the fairly small but complete menu is what I would call typical white people food (can I say that?) Like fillet of steaks, chicken, pasta, etc. But if I were you (and we did the same) I would definitely try for some of the more Egyptian dishes like Okra with Lamb and Fatta. Don’t know Fatta? Imagine frying up slices of thin pita, putting it with some rice, then pouring a garlicky vinegar finish over it. I’ll just tell you now, it’s nummy and MUST be a side dish if you come here!
The service as well was excellent! We got complimentary hummus and baba ganoush and at the end, a nice sweet wine to help settle our 110% full stomachs! All in all, had a great experience and the owner Aladin came after our meal to say hi and shake our hands. Shokran for the nice meal!