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User Reviews on Le Kilimanjaro
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Food 7 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 2 |
Value 2 |
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Despite the food being pleasant, the service was not. Particularly annoying was their refusal to provide tap water, despite it being a 33degree day. I will not be visiting this place again.
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accook -
See my reviews 1 , 03 October 2008
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Food 7 |
Ambience 8 |
Service 6 |
Value 8 |
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I came here a few weeks ago and was pleasantly surprised. Having never eaten African food out before, I was a bit sceptical but had a thoroughly enjoyable meal. After reading previous reviews, I don't know whether I just have a small appetite but I thought the portions were just right (similar size to what I would eat at home) as I hate going to restaurants that serve indecently large portions which end up going back to the kitchen and leave me feeling overfull.
Admittedly, our meals did take a while to come out but the waiter was apologetic and in my opinion, the food was worth the wait. We were offered complimentary rice because of the wait.
The menu in itself was amusing, we ordered "romantically spiced" spinach as a side dish which paired nicely with the African bread but was more like a crepe in consistency. For the main dish, we shared a vegetarian stew-like dish with kidney beans, lentils and vegetables and we probably could have ordered another main but were still satisfied with our meal. The total bill for rice, bread for 2, main meal and side dish and a bottle of water came to a little over $23. Really good value for the money and I will be returning again.
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ACharlotte -
See my reviews 9, 02 September 2008
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Food 8 |
Ambience 4 |
Service 1 |
Value 3 |
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It took 15 minutes for our order to be taken, even though the restaurant was empty when we walked in. Some time later, one part of one person's meal arrived. The other meal arrived over the course of the next 40 minutes. One of our items was accidentally served to the table behind us, which we had to point out to our server so that they could go make another.
The last item to arrive was the rice, so after 40 minutes of looking at the food on our table we could finally start eating, and as well begin worrying about whether there would be enough rice to go around (there wasn't). They were inattentive, disorganized, and unapologetic. The experience left us feeling as if they had a grudge against us.
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kem2002 -
See my reviews 1, 23 August 2008
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Food 9 |
Ambience 8 |
Service 7 |
Value 7 |
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The food here was delicious and unique. It is a perfect mix between Indian and Ethiopian food. I'm aware a lot of people complain about portion sizes being small, but so long as you order one main per person and a couple of entrees for the table, you'll be fine. Figure about $20 per person.
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lgray -
See my reviews 2, 17 August 2008
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Food 9 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 7 |
Value 8 |
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After deciding to take a group to Kilimanjaro, I then read the reviews and was a little concerned about what I had got us in for. But our expectations were surpassed. Between the 6 of us we shared double serves of 3 the sides and some flat bread. We then shared double serves of 4 of the mains - Yassa, Lamb Tagine, Cous Cous and Vegetable NDamje. The meals were very tasty and spicy. Complemented well by 2 bottles of Red we brought with us and a bottle of the Mount Franklin. At $140 for the 6 of us, we were impressed with the value too!
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ieatout -
See my reviews 1, 16 August 2008
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Below Average |
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Food 4 |
Ambience 4 |
Service 3 |
Value 3 |
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My friends and I gathered at Le Kilimanjaro for a birthday celebration on a Friday night. We tried not to disturb fellow diners as we shuffled closer to scour the tiny-scripted menu board from the other side of the restaurant to figure out what we wanted to eat, as we were informed that there'd be no menus to look at once we moved upstairs to our table.
In the end we decided to go with a "banquet" at $27 a head. I was hesitant about this, having read some reports of the "banquets" this place dishes up, but went with the flow anyway. At the conclusion of the meal I have to agree with fellow posters who were disgruntled about portion sizes and cost - what we received was the antithesis of a "banquet".
For starters we got two bowls of what was essentially "grass" - now I know zebras like to graze on grass in Africa, but does the food really need to be quite *that* authentic? We also received a bowl of broccoli which was covered in lentils (bland) and a plate of eggplant which, I admit, tasted simply divine. The problem however, is that we got one "double serve" of each entree to share between six people - meaning I got one slice of eggplant as my starter (as I didn't like the other stuff).
For mains we had a "double serve" of: some prawn dish, some fish dish, some chicken dish, some lamb dish and some beef dish, couscous and rice. Between the six of us it pretty much worked out to be one prawn each, one piece each of chicken/beef/lamb and a few spoonfuls of rice and couscous (admittedly, the rice was pretty yum, but that's pretty hard to stuff up).
I would have been better ordering two mains and a side dish for myself - would have come in one dollar cheaper, I would have gotten to eat food that I like and would have actually filled the hole in my stomach.
Service was very slow between courses, and everytime I've been to this place it's been the same. I also don't like the way they don't have standard soft drinks available on the menu - just those icky, room temperature, flower and ginger drinks. If this is how they eat in Africa, no wonder half the continent is starving.
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squiggleyak -
See my reviews 6, 05 July 2008
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Food 2 |
Ambience 4 |
Service 4 |
Value 2 |
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This place is a ripoff. After ordering, I was encouraged to try what I thought was one bowl of spinach and watercress greens. After agreeing, it turned out to be two dishes, and they were $6 each! (Highly over-priced). I ordered one serving of rice and one serving of bread as a sidedish, and was served two rice and two bread, and charged for two of each. (Not that the two servings of rice looked like two servings. It looked like one).
They also refused to serve tap water. This is unusual and annoying. Unless you're curious about African food, don't go here. There is no value for money. Serving sizes are too small for the money that you pay. Even if people argue that the mains are cheaper, therefore it is acceptable to have smaller portions, in my opinion, it is misrepresentation to call these "main" servings.
Most people would expect to be relatively full after eating a main. The word "main" implies a quantity of food, which Le Kilimanjaro fails to provide. It is an exercise in money-making without provision of a fair service/meal.
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Very annoyed -
See my reviews 3, 01 July 2008
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Food 8 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 7 |
Value 6 |
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Went for a late dinner on a Wednesday night. Never had African before and did not know what to expect. The menu on the board provided some description of the dish ie very tasty and very yummy and were very hard to read. We ended up picking the 'homosexual' tuna (number 4) and something lamb (number 8), spinach salad and one of each of the flower drink and ginger drink plus rice for 2.
The food came quite quickly in wooden plates (?). Foods were alright however it tasted like Thai red curry or Chinese dishes. Portion sizes were erring on the small side. Was a interesting experience, but being in Newtown, would probably go back for Thai next time.
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britepinkstar -
See my reviews 1, 12 June 2008
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Food 7 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 6 |
Value 6 |
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Good authentic African food, portions a little small.
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Alaena -
See my reviews 243, 23 May 2008
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Below Average |
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Food 4 |
Ambience 4 |
Service 2 |
Value 5 |
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The food was very bland compared with other African places I have eaten at. The servings are small (I recommend 2 per person), but reasonably priced. The waiters are keen to sell you entrees and bread and rice. The clincher for me though was that they were "not allowed" to provide tap water. You had to buy their bottled water instead, which I found disgraceful. They will not be seeing me again.
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katiefred -
See my reviews 5, 21 May 2008
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