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Abu Zaad
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A landmark on the Shepherd’s Bush strip known as ‘Little Syria’, Abu Zaad is one of London’s few Levantine restaurants not to pose as Lebanese. It is usually packed with locals who come to enjoy the reasonably priced Damascene food. Inside, harsh lighting and tiled floors don’t make for an intimate atmosphere, but a back room with painted panels on the walls and inlaid marble tables has more charm. Smiling waiters will guide you through the long menu and ensure food is brought out from the kitchen quickly. Most dishes are meat-heavy: lamb kebabs with mounds of spiced rice or various mince-stuffed vegetables baked in yoghurt. However, vegetarians needn’t despair. The meze outshone the mains on our visit, and it’s tempting to make a meal just of these alone. Highlights include little baby aubergines stuffed with chilli-flecked walnuts, and tamarind lentils with cubes of silky pasta and crisp shards of fried bread. We’ll certainly be back again for this slice of the Middle East in W12.
Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide 2009
See also
- London’s best kebabs
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- 29 Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, W12 8LH
- Area: Shepherd's Bush
- Tel: 020 8749 5107
- www.abuzaad.co.uk
- Category: Syrian
- Travel: Shepherd's Bush tube
- Times: Meals served 11am-11pm daily
- Price: Main courses £5-£11
- Credit cards: MC, V
- Services:
- Available for hire: Separate room for parties, seats 30
- Child facilities: Babies and children welcome: high chairs
- Function room: Separate room for parties, seats 30
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Im not sure how the food tastes at this one.
The First and only experience that I have with ABU ZAAD Edgware road was one of its kind and in one word awful (terrible, pathetic, sad, shocking etc etc) I have been a regular to most of these restaurants in Edgware road and other restaurants in London, the best ones and the not so good ones too. But the STRANGEST thing I came across was here.... Me and 2 friends of mine entered Abu Zaad on Edgware Road and were given a table. We ordered our snack (or meal) which was enough of a bite for 3 of us. The bill would have totalled to around 10 pounds. ( I cant help it if what we ordered only cost us that much). As one of our orders was served we started our dinner but before anything else could be served and much before we could finish half of our first dish, we were rudely and surprisingly asked by one of the staff to order some more dish (to a minimum of 8 pounds per head) if we wished to sit there, that is.....THIS IS BLOODY SHOCKING.....then he asked us to leave if we were not ordering further..... We did not even know how to react to this unreasonable, unexpected inappropriate and inhospitable behaviour of the staff....We just paid our bill and left..... THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF THE MOST PATHETIC EXPERIENCE IVE EVER HAD IN ANY FOOD OUTLET IN THE WORLD....may it be a small time cafe or a 5 star hotel restaurant... SAD!!!!
THese guys need to go to SCHOOL BADLY....
OR Atleast get a board affixed expressly mentioning such a rule in the restaurant....
Most minus points come from the oppressive atmosphere, and the unfriendly service. However, the food was decent, and reasonably priced. The meze in particular were very good, mains not quite so good, but this I have found to be the general trend in a lot of Levantine restaurants.
Very nice (great value) food - definitively a must go in Shepherd's Bush.
Service: I dropped a fog and the waiter came straight away with a new one. WITHOUT BEING ASKED. What more do you have to say.
All in all very friendly staff - been there twice now and very, very satisfied every time.