edpaffjr.comWe spent a considerable amount of time dining out over the weekend. Saturday evening was no exception, when we decided to try the nearby Mecca Grill. This Lebanese restaurant appeared to get mostly favorable reviews, minus one or two that mentioned very slow service. After dining here I can agree with the service being extra slow, but the food was so good that I nearly forgot about the service. We arrived around eight in the evening to find one server outside on the patio chatting with a couple of customers, along with one or two tables of people inside. We walked in and didn’t know if we should seat ourselves or not, but a man who appeared to be the owner came out soon enough and asked us to sit where we liked.
The owner was not only serving as the cook and dishwasher for the evening, but also as baby sitter for what appeared to be his grade school aged son. Needless to say, he had his hands full, so the slow service from him was understandable. However, the whole experience could have been much better had the server who was sitting on the patio actually was doing his job. Eventually he did help out, but at that point it was already too late. Anyway, back to the food. We started with some humus, which was served with plenty of warm pita bread. Kim ordered the vegetarian plate, while I went with the falafel plate. Both of these were excellent selections! Their falafel were perfect, as was the baba ganoush and tabouleh. We were given even more pita bread with our meals that we filled with various ingredients before eating.
If you do decide to try this restaurant, be sure to allot plenty of time for the experience. Though it was slow, the service was friendly, and the food was definitely worth the wait.
