My Beef with Somali Restaurants!

[IRONm@N]

two people do all the cooking, taking orders, and cleaning (so be prepared to wait)
Most of them don't have menus and if they do, not all of the things on the menu are avialable.
It takes too long to wait for food and the waiter ignores you (but you don't have to tip them)
Tableware is available at some restaurants but not all of them offer
the drinks(orange, mango, watermelon) are cheap chemical mix that are bitter or sour (not real fruit juices)
They don't have appetizers before the meal (except soup) or deserts after the meal
Most restaurants staff can't speak good english and aren't open to non-Somalis
most of them have dirty bathrooms
Most of them don't carter to upper-class customers, so if you think about bringing your manager or holding a bussiness meeting you will be disappointed
Most of them are located in ghetto parts of the city
Most staff/waiters aren't wearing uniform or name tag (so you can't tell a waiter from a customer).
Most of them are suited for single men but if you have a family party and bring children, wife etc, will have difficult to find a table.

Aside from this the food is great.
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The irony is that, most Somalis like this kind of home-like, informal atmosphere. they don't like to be served with a menu by a professional uniformed staff with a name tag that smiles at them and gives them a check and expects a tip at the end of the meal and be charged with $50, that will make us uncomfortable.
they like to walk in any time and call the guy out to serve him a mix of pasto and bariis with moos. and then leave all the left over and trash at his table and pay $6-$8.

[Navy9]

a mix of pasto and bariis

Somalis eat Koshari!!!!

[dawwa9]

My mother cooks better than them, so no need to visit Somali Restaurants

[Enemy_Of_Mad_Mullah]

a mix of pasto and bariis

Somalis eat Koshari!!!!

wtf i remember eating that in masr a long time ago, great food

[IRONm@N]

a mix of pasto and bariis

Somalis eat Koshari!!!!

Nah, it's called Firdhis, federation, combo, it's just a combo of the two main dishes of rice and pasto with chicken and goat meat.

[Somalian_Boqor]

The Restaurant business is no joke wallhi and this is from experience.

IRONm@N you hit the nail right on the head.

I don't know about other places but in my city non Somalis eat at Somali restaurantes a lot but I believe they have learned our ways. They don't even ask for a menu now a days.

[Firewall]

The Restaurant business is no joke wallhi and this is from experience.

IRONm@N you hit the nail right on the head.

I don't know about other places but in my city non Somalis eat at Somali restaurantes a lot but I believe they have learned our ways. They don't even ask for a menu now a days.

where do you live?

[Somalian_Boqor]

Seattle Washington.

[Murax]

Haven't ate Somali food in a long time

[Somalian_Boqor]

Haven't ate Somali food in a long time

Same here, but once I go back to Seattle, I am going straight to Marwa Somali Restaurant in Sea tec.

[nomadicwarlord]

I get the hook up everyday. Bariiis iyo Chiiickin suqaaar Muufo

[grandpakhalif]

hamdi restaurant don't operate like that(well maybe a little)

[Murax]

Haven't ate Somali food in a long time

Same here, but once I go back to Seattle, I am going straight to Marwa Somali Restaurant in Sea tec.

Bariis and hilib ari

[Somalian_Boqor]

We got the same taste inadeer.

Bariis iyo Hilib Ari

[Murax]

We got the same taste inadeer.

Bariis iyo Hilib Ari

With a little bit of basbas on the side and mos