Sababa - Washington, D.C.

What an amazing experience we had in this restaurant. We stayed in the lounge drinks area and the staff was very nice, the place has a very comfortable atmosphere and the food is excellent! We had the hummus with the pita bread, grilled broccoli, egg shug butter and also the dessert it was the konafi cake, everything was Great! For sure, I ordered a cappuccino and also it was very good, besides that vegan food makes all the difference for me and they have plenty! We certainly want to back soon!

Such a great place! Don't let the outside fool you! Food was delicious and service wonderful! We ordered the Broccoli small plate, Chicken thighs and the Jerusalem mixed grill. Portion sizes are good, not huge. We usually bring extra food home, we didn't at this place but felt full after dinner. We will come back!

I would like to address this review to Ashok as I had worked for him at 701 in the 90’s. Congratulations on adding another wonderful, delicious, innovative restaurant to the city. We were truly impressed and enjoyed our food immensely!!! We came as a party of 5 at 7:30 to celebrate a birthday. I informed the hostess who it was too. After being escorted to the table I realized that we were not going to be comfortable as we were planning to order plenty food to share. We were shown another table that was smaller despite the fact that there were 2 empty tables beside us that could have been combined. (FYI 1 remained empty all night) We were not happy but we wanted to enjoy the evening. The waiter KC or KZ was so impressive that I was like wow!! Good job Ashok. Standards have not gone down but his 10 went down the drain very fast. He barely came to check how our food was. We had to serve our own wine but that was ok too because when they were pouring it felt like let’s finish this bottle so they’ll order another one. Plate after plate was brought to our table that was filled with 5 glasses of wine and water and even the bottle itself at some point till they figured there is a standing wine bucket beside us. The busboy also brought out a plate and when we asked what it was he had no idea. I also whispered to our waiter you know we have a birthday right? He said no but now he knows. How could that be when I informed the hostess and the lady Jess who opened the wine for us greeted our birthday celebrant? I kept on waiting for what’s next till a dessert came with 1 spoon for the birthday song. I asked our waiter dessert menu? He said kitchen is closed. I said why did u not offer us dessert before it closed? Because you were eating. (He had also informed us before we ordered our main courses that kitchen was closing) Ok. Just bring us some spoons so we can share this single dessert. He brought tablespoons ?????? Now I am truly upset. Then he comes back and says oh, there is still someone to make you dessert. But we no longer want it. Also when our table was being cleaned, I asked to pack the pita. There were 6pcs and the guy just dropped the bowl back to the table, just like that. With a bang!!! Jess asked how we were and I said I’ll just write a review and she wanted to know what’s wrong. I told her and she offered drinks. Is that enough to compensate for the experience? Not really. We can afford to buy our own drinks. But thank you for offering.

Beet Falafel, Hummus planter, drinks, the ambiance of the place everything was perfect to celebrate our 24th wedding anniversary. Their spicy sauce is not for the faint heart..

Delicious food! It was about $80 all in for 2 people. Loved eating here, very interesting