Zenobia Middle Eastern Cuisine

I was really expecting a 4.5 star restaurant, but all we got was the mediocre food, service, and atmosphere of a 2 star hole in the wall. I swear restaurants make up the reviews with their employees...either that or people just don't know good food. First off, made a reservation online for 6:30 on a Friday, come in that day to find out nobody has my reservation, and also come to find out their online registrations have been broken for months. Maybe remove the reservations online? We got seated at very small table that didn't fit anything around you that also blinded you in sunlight. The army of waiters they had pacing the floor back and forth back and forth and not one minded the sun just in my eyes. At this point I was obviously contemplating shutting the blinds but thankfully a waiter ended up seating a more serious couple and one of them closed the blind for the disgruntled man. We were asked for our drinks very promptly, but when the water cups came out, there was lipstick all over the mouth of the glass. Absolutely disgusting. When our appetizers started arriving we quickly saw an issue with the table we were sitting at.....it's not big enough for their humungous plates. Seriously this appetizer plate took up about 50% of the table, and mind you about 30% of the table was already taken up by the random salts, peppers and basket of pita bread (what the heck is the pita for if you don't order appetizers? What if I just want a sandwich? This really made the ordering process stressful for me, since I wanted to utilize the nice pita on the table... I really should have just ended up getting a sandwich.... We asked for ranch with our appetizer plate. Got none. Asked for no sauce on the veggies, still got sauce....Wow okay...off to a bad start. Their menu photos don't look like anything they actually served us. Their potato appetizer platter with veggies online looked like a nice fried potato pancake of sorts with zucc and asparagus....it was literally underdone oily chewy potato chips with a little oil and lemon thrown on top of them. The asparagus roots were left on the final product, really amateur. I don't want to have to tackle my asparagus and hope I got the veggie part and not the root. Zucc was fine. My lamb on the rod was the worst lamb I've ever had the displeasure of tasting... no marinade, the pieces were cooked medium well, the pink was nice so I was excited...just how I ordered...yes!!....but these lamb pieces were like chewy jawbreaker gumballs. Not to mention the flavor was off and tasted like a burned grill. This is not how it's supposed to be. It's really sad. I've eaten at many middle eastern and Mediterranean food joints in Ohio and Michigan so I know what good lamb is supposed to be. This lamb would probably be great if it was actually seasoned correctly. My girlfriend's family come from a Arabic/Yemeni family so I've been shown the ropes and this really isn't acceptable lamb. Your rice tastes like it came from a rice-a-roni package. Upgrade your quality of rice. The side salad was a bunch of wilted romaine lettuce with tomato. Pretty normal affair but I've had better execution at other places for sure. Your sauce cups look the exact same...which one is garlic...which one is lemon? A slight annoyance after all our table has been through. I wanted to love this place, but I don't think we will ever be back.

Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Lamb over Rice Parking space Plenty of parking Parking options Free parking lot

Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: $20–30 Food: 4 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Tabouli Salad

Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $30–50 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Lamb over Rice, Grape Leaves Parking space Plenty of parking Parking options Free parking lot

Absolutely enjoy every time I come! Delicious food and kind servers Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Tabouli Salad, Lamb over Rice, Sauce, Full Rack of Lamb with Rice, Chicken Shawarma Sandwich, Falafel Sandwich with a Side of Fries Parking space Plenty of parking Parking options Free parking lot