Yara Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Thank you for amazing food and lovely ambiance."
• "The genuine and warm greeting was top class and the food and service just sealed the deal."
• "Wonderful food and great service."
• "Delicious food, and friendly staff!"
• "Very high quality and very delicious food."
• "The food was incredibly delicious."
• "The food was tasty and very fresh."

Cons:

• "We were charged almost 30-40% higher than what was in the menu price."
• "Ordered take out for me and my partner. Charged over $50 for some dry chicken and pita."
• "We ordered 3 different dishes none were good, Kefta came cold."
• "I ordered the beef sharama and it was too salty and dry."
• "The food we were served did not taste fresh and flavorful but rather as if the ingredients were out of a can."
• "The Shish Tawok was dry and the okra was more of an Indian style rather than Arabic okra."
• "The food was partly cold."

Service

Pros:

• "The service as usual was excellent!"
• "The employees are all great to have a conversation with."
• "Yara has excellent friendly service."
• "The service was very accommodating and Norman, the owner, was extremely friendly with wonderful hospitality."
• "Service is professional, prompt, and exceptional."
• "The staff and the ambiance are very pleasant and accommodating."
• "The staff is very friendly and the service is impeccable."

Cons:

• "You’re not allowed to tell the waiters that you don’t like a dish because they will give you a terrible attitude."
• "Service was slow at first but got better."
• "The service is absolutely terrible."
• "The waiter made no effort and took no initiative."
• "Service was really poor and slow you have to call someone every time."
• "We sat, then went unacknowledged for a full 15 mins."
• "Once our food arrived, no one followed up with us and we waited another 20min to get our check."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Amazing, beautiful atmosphere."
• "A beautiful restaurant throughout! The decoration is wonderfully chosen."
• "Ambiance is great for dinner with your girlfriends or a romantic date."
• "The restaurant itself is quite beautiful and ambient."
• "Beautiful space."
• "Really nice vibes."
• "Ambiance was lovely- clean, warm, nice soft lighting."

Cons:

• "It's loud and they occasionally turn the music up super loud to sing happy birthday (3 times in a 90 minutes were were there)."
• "In the corner where we were sitting, it pulled when the ventilation was on."
• "They didn't play music so the restaurant was uncomfortably quiet with only a few parties present."
• "Wish they put some noise absorbing cushioning on the ceiling."
• "REALLY loud even at 7 PM on a Thursday night."
• "The only complaint I have is that it became hard when they turned cold."
• "unnecessarily expensive. how are you charging $30 for 3 pieces of small zucchini?"

Value

Pros:

• "Whatever you like Yara has it!"
• "Prices are just right."
• "And prices are reasonable."
• "A huge variety to choose from and fair prices."
• "The prices were quite reasonable for the wonderful service and ambience."
• "The bill was pretty reasonable."
• "Great food! The prices were quite reasonable for the wonderful service and ambience."

Cons:

• "We were charged almost 30-40% higher than what was in the menu price."
• "Ordered take out for me and my partner. Charged over $50 for some dry chicken and pita."
• "The cost of the dishes in the check did not match the price in the menu."
• "24 dollars for a subpar shawarma and a few pickles with 4 French fries?? Crazy."
• "Very expenssive for what was served."
• "It's little pricey though."
• "20% Tip are definitely too much."