Short version: the food was okay, the service so-so, but it's not a place that we would make the drive to again (not from Laveen -- and yes, we will drive a long distance for great food!)

Longer version: It's not a very large restaurant, and with the other shops around them, parking may be a bit tricky. We popped in Saturday for an early dinner. We were seated right away, and the young guy took our drink orders & delivered them quickly. The first thing to slightly irritate me was the glass was so full of the darn ice I couldn't get a good swallow of the guava juice. Maybe it was shape of the ice, but I finally had to ask for an extra glass so I could scoop out all the ice and actually take a drink!

We ordered the hummus appetizer, which came out with hot pita, but both the hummus and pita had a "store bought" atmosphere to it. The pita was the pocket type, so for me it was a bit thin and dry (I like my pita thick & fluffy). The hummus was creamy, but compared with other Mediterranean places we have frequented, their hummus tasted slightly bland. The presentation was nice though.

The second thing to slightly put me off revisiting Phoenicia was when the meal came out. Don't get me wrong, the meat was very flavorful, but it's irritating when EVERYTHING is piled onto one semi-small plate so when you start digging into your food, the food starts falling off the edges.

It felt as if, once the food was delivered, we were forgotten. My sister did ask for another glass of water, but it was never delivered. I will say I saw only two servers, so maybe it was a short-staffed issue, but as many times as our guy walked past our table, you would have thought there would have been an "oh yeah, she asked for water" moment.

You pay up at the counter. The final thing to set me off was when our guy was ringing us up, then took a phone call, and stayed on the phone, leaving us hanging, waiting to finish our transaction. Again, maybe it's a staffing issue, but hey, finish with the customer that is in front of you, PAYING, before moving on to the person on the phone.