Tonight, I joined Q in another escapade to review one of the restaurants in Kuwait. I decided to take my brother with me to get more people involved in the eating experience. Q first wanted to postpone the dinner from 20.30 to 21.00 because he wanted to watch the match. We wanted to do it earlier, and we decided to go at 20.00. In retrospect, that was a good decision for two reasons. First, if we had waited for the game to finish, it would have been late to get there, and two, they had a section with a big screen TV and sheesha, go figure in a Greek place!!Zorba is located on the sea, just under el-dana restaurant. It is the only Greek place in Kuwait as far as I know. The last time I went there was five years ago, and it was more quiet, but it was a weekday. At the entrance, you get some Greek feelings from the paintings and you also see a board indicating that they have plate breaking night on Tuesday. For those familiar with Greek tradition, they usually dance and break plates when they are happy, hence, if you are stressed and want to join the action, go on a Tuesday night.
We sat in the section for sheesha, which was surprising as I said, because Q wanted to watch the match, and we of course would want to too. Its a mixed sheesha place too, for those interested in knowing that.
We decided to select from the menu instead of the buffet. The menu contained traditional Greek dishes, and also sambosa (yes Maryam warned me about that). We choose to start with doluma, grilled 7aloom, chicken liver wrapped in filo pastry and some eggplant parmasean. The guy said they did not have doluma because it was out of season, but they had waraq 3enab! Ok, I know they are not the same, but what can be out of season in Kuwait! lamb or the leaves!!
While waiting for the order, we saw this small Santa character, walking around with a bag and bell. I have not seen a skinny Santa before, but maybe this is the Greek version. Odd sight :). The appetizers were good, especially the 7aloom and the eggplant dish.
For main course, each ordered a different dish, so I will review my dish, which was two pieces of steak done medium well, with some vegetables. I asked for a medium dish, but in Kuwait, medium does not exist. The steak was done correctly as I asked, spiced nicely. The vegetables were normal potato, carrot, squash, and cauliflower, so nothing unique.
I did not have dessert, had sheesha instead with mint tea.
The price for everything was cheap I have to say, and would be reasonable for the food we ordered.
So, if you remember from last time, I have a special rating system, so:
Restaurant design: 7
Parking: 7
Staff: 7
Seating arrangement: 6
Ambiance: 6
Bathroom: NA (meaning did not go, ask Q he went)
Appetizers: 7
Food (steak): 7
Dessert: NA (did not have any, Q did)
Price: 9
Total: 7/10, which means it gets a Me likey rating (7-7.9), but just borderline on average . Note that this is out of 80 not a 100 for the missing parts.
Q will be posting soon, so let's see what he has to say.
6 Responses to “Zorba- The Greek place”
i still dont like you for not going to Hard rock lol hehee but oh well at least you had fun 
> I warned you about the sambosaa. I just cannot understand how can sambosaa be Greek?!!
> I went there last May, and I hated it. I give it 3/10 for these reasons:
1) The place didn't feel totally Greek. There were mixed decoration of Arabic and Greek. For examples, the seats are wrapped with "Sado" with camels figures on them --> Do they have camels in Greece? Hmm I guess they exist in zoo
2) Horrible view of the beach (kharaba) I hope they fixed it by now
3) Horrible music played on horrible mics --> non of the songs were Greek
4)The stuff were talking loudly in the kitchen--> very annoying
5)The food was ok except for the sambosaa that bothers me alot.
6) In the end, I didn't like the atmosphere and I will never go there again.
> I went there last May, and I hated it. I give it 3/10 for these reasons:
1) The place didn't feel totally Greek. There were mixed decoration of Arabic and Greek. For examples, the seats are wrapped with "Sado" with camels figures on them --> Do they have camels in Greece? Hmm I guess they exist in zoo
2) Horrible view of the beach (kharaba) I hope they fixed it by now
3) Horrible music played on horrible mics --> non of the songs were Greek
4)The stuff were talking loudly in the kitchen--> very annoying
5)The food was ok except for the sambosaa that bothers me alot.
6) In the end, I didn't like the atmosphere and I will never go there again.
Jackie, yeah i know I know 
maybe some other time
Maryam, go and see if its the same as you claimed. It was normal, not as bad as you described.
maybe some other timeMaryam, go and see if its the same as you claimed. It was normal, not as bad as you described.
I like the restaurant review idea...keep it up
bas I got the sense from both your post and Qs that this restaurant lacks everything Greek.
sheesha! in a Greek restaurant?
so it's more of a sheesha place, Right?
bas I got the sense from both your post and Qs that this restaurant lacks everything Greek.
sheesha! in a Greek restaurant?
so it's more of a sheesha place, Right?
shakhbaree Zorba qadeem !
it is a good resturant,I like it
it is a good resturant,I like it
JB, that is why it gets a low rating, so the food and price was fine if you want to fill your stomach with something, but nothing worth going to all the time.