La mezza — Restaurant in Groningen

I noticed that this restaurant was empty most of the time, even though it looked nice on the outside(remember this), so I decided to give it a chance. It was horrible!!! The waitress made us sit right at the front on the window, even though the restaurant was empty(to make it look more attractive and full on the outside). It's one of those places where you get presented with an "outdated menu" (nothing on that menu has the actual prices), waitress makes you order as many things as possible (by any means, even making you look cheap), you get lied to the face about prices and you get a nice surprise when you receive the bill. The waitress was drunk or under some sort of influence. Food was okay, but nothing special. We paid the average tourist trap price, or 90 euros for a 2 person combo meal and one portion of fries, nothing else. I won't dive into each item coming with this option, however serving sizes were really small. When we asked the waitress about the situation she just down plaid her mistake, blamed it on her bad English and then made the situation seem awkward by asking us if we can pay..(If this is not prejudice I don't know what is) Anyways, don't come here, it is not worth it, there are way better choices...

Its not the place but the owner who made our experience horrible! it actually started upon arrival, I ordered a special tapas deal through laatstetafeltje and waited more then 1,5 hours, there is a lack of communication here since they didn't know of our tapas deal.. the owner was complaining about our deal which kinda feels intimidating towards us, when he was talking in the back with customers (which were his friends i guess) about our tapas deal. When approaching us he was faking his kindness and offered us 3 times the same bread with baba ganoush which was also in the main menu of our deal.... , excusing himself for the third time that it takes so long and that it will be ready soon... It felt offensive as if almost if he wanted this to happen in someway. In the end he gave use a baklava presented as for free but after getting the bill he charged us around 30 euros extra for everything we had including the baklava, completely ridiculous. Also, the waitress had no tray experience just walking with a sack of bread around, nothing professional for a restaurant if you ask me.. Just don't go here, its really is a...

Unfortunately, our experience at this restaurant took a negative turn after an initially warm welcome. The atmosphere is cozy, and the staff seems friendly initially, but they quickly become overbearing and intrusive. Our waitress answered questions about pricing in English before we ordered, yet when the final bill was almost double the expected amount, she suddenly seemed to have difficulty with English and claimed communication issues. Rather than calmly addressing a potential error, she made us uncomfortable by questioning whether we could afford the bill. Ultimately, we paid the total amount, but it left a bad impression. On a positive note, the food was generally delicious and well-presented. Given that it’s a Lebanese restaurant known for fresh, vibrant flavors, it was a shame the falafel tasted like it had been sitting in the fridge for days. This missed the mark on what we hoped would be an...