This is the restaurant that moved into Nagina's old location on Rideau. I was downtown with some friends on Sunday who wanted to go for dinner, and I used to enjoy Nagina, so I figured we'd hit up this place and see if maybe it was just a name change and the food was as good as I remember.
Unfortunately, I was wrong, and horribly disappointed. The onion bahjia was good, but it was the only part of the meal that was tasty. The service was unbearably slow, the flavours were unbalanced and unexciting, and the dishes were presented at room temperature and looked unappealing. Furthermore, the cuts of beef and lamb that they used were obviously extremely cheap: fatty and chewy and unpleasant.
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Unfortunately, I was wrong, and horribly disappointed. The onion bahjia was good, but it was the only part of the meal that was tasty. The service was unbearably slow, the flavours were unbalanced and unexciting, and the dishes were presented at room temperature and looked unappealing. Furthermore, the cuts of beef and lamb that they used were obviously extremely cheap: fatty and chewy and unpleasant.
There's no way I'd ever go back.