i happened to be in GK2 for a client meeting a few days back and there this was - Al Zaitoon. For some vague reason I was instantly drawn to it. And that happened because it said - Arab cuisine. And this is where I got trapped.
Interestingly, Zaitoon (means Olive in Arabic) is the sign of peace and friendship in this world as its description in Holy Qur’an. It is believed that the Prophet sahib himself said “Eat the olive oil and massage it over your bodies since it is a holy (mubarak) tree."
So as one might consider this place to be Mubarak, as the name suggests, but sadly it aint remotely. Only the entrance is inviting and the place is divided into 3 areas. The open kitchen and billing area, the a.c area and the outdoor seating area. They have 3-4 table seating outdoors, open air, but it was way too humid during the day to even imagine sitting outside. I am simply not exaggerating the air-conditioned area had 2 tables. and it was the size of the pooja room in my house. So we entered the area that seemed air-conditioned only to realize that they are a self service establishment. So we went to the billing area and ordered a chicken shawarma, chicken pita's and an Al zaitoon mixed chicken platter.
The food arrived after a while; while we sat in the claustrophobic area. The pita pocket was only half a pocket per portion served with some pickle and hummus. It was so distressing to see how one can be robbed in the name of middle eastern cuisine in broad day light. The shawarma was decent, but for 200 bucks, not worth it. The mixed platter was the height of robbing a foodie. it has 2 small chunks of a chicken basrawi which tasted like chicken tikka; chicken Baghdadi which was more of a seekh kebab; arayes - which was like a quesadilla topped with minced chicken served with 3-4 dips, some very badly made lettuce salad and some French fries and miniature pita bread. All this in a platter costed around 400 bucks. Funny enough the number of sauces on the platter was more than the pieces of meat in it. Not worth the money spent at all.
Taste wise, I would rate them average, but all this is really heavy on ones pocket, especially when there isn't place enough to sit and the quantity is as though they used the test tubes in a chemistry lab to measure and lay on the plates. If you aint visiting - trust me you aint missing anything
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