Bab el Hara Cafe

3 Reviews on “Bab el Hara Cafe”

• Aniko

  Food is fantastic, great help on food advise. Great shisha. Fun place to go to and hang out with awesome food. Their shared plate is amazing. Good atmosphere if you want to try something new.

  April 8, 2017, 5:52 am

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• Maria Carcalita

  It was my very first time on Saturday: menus were covered in layers of previous food/grease, and the vibes I was getting were off – usually I abide by the vibes, gut feeling (foreshadowing), warnings I get, but a friend had insisted she’d enjoyed it there her previous time.When our food arrived, way too long after ordered, our waiter had his thumb in one of the plates’ garlic sauce – too polite to say anything, my friend ate around it. After our food was dropped off, he never came back to pick up our plates, let alone to find out if we were enjoying our meal.3 out of 4 of us had food poisoning. The food poisoning I suffered was so severe I was bed ridden for two days, and had to go to a clinic to have my breast checked out – the lymph nodes in my breast had swollen due to the staph bacteria found in the food poisoning, causing my breast to be so swollen it was hot, heavy, and unbearable to the touch.I’m feeling much better now, as this happened on Saturday night, but I have to take the antibiotic Keflex every 6hrs for 7 days to reduce the swelling+bruising and have my lymph nodes functioning normally again.I don’t wish this upon my worst enemy. I often forget how delicate the human body is, and vomiting bile repeatedly while crying and clutching my breast definitely reminded me how lucky I am to be in good health.I hope this post sheds some light on public hygiene, and that no more contaminated food will be served at Bab El Hara. This is my first time leaving a review online, had it not been for the 3 cases of food poisoning (and who knows how many more), I’d have simply deemed this place not my cup of tea and never returned.Being in the service industry, I find I am much more accommodating and understanding – as people who worked in service commonly are. I want to stress that lack of hygiene in a restaurant is directly correlated with the restaurant itself, and poor knowledge of hygiene and improper practices.It’s 2016, foodborne illnesses are avoidable… Especially when they can be life-threatening.I gave Bab El Hara 1 star, but truly my rating is worth much less.Thank you for reading.

  September 8, 2016, 10:00 pm

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• Tonamie

  Great place to relax and eat delicious food!. Love this place. Gets very busy on weekend evenings but it’s large enough to accomodate many. Great for some tea and lounging, and/or a wonderful feast of Middle Eastern delights. Will be returning again and again. The service is fantastic, and very quick (although sometimes they forget that you ordered, so may need a little reminder).

  July 25, 2014, 7:57 pm

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