Frida – Ashrafieh

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  by Aziz   25 reviews, 129 helpful votes.
  Mar 3, 2012 at 00:41
  I called and made reservations, I arrived and I was greeted by a big smile. I was lead to a nice side corner table. I sat... and the trip began.

  Frida is one of the nicest places I've visited this year. The decor is fresh, warm, and inviting. The music is very relaxing and appropriate to the general mexican/arabic ambience of the place. Haneen singing to you and the menu between your hands makes you tingle even before you taste the food.

  The menu offers plenty of choices, yet sadly not much latino flavors were added. The dishes were too "Lebanese" for the place to stand out. I insisted on trying every plate which was the restaurant's speciality. The fish came creatively wrapped and cooked in vine leaves, very succulant with flavors bursting festively in your mouth. Yet what was supposed to be a mexican dish tasted a lot like the traditional "samke harra" dish with a different presentation. Maro'o Frida chicken wraps where just a new presentation of the traditional chicken and potato fries sandwiches with garlic. Frida's potatos were simply grilled potatoes with chedder cheese on top with a scoop of sour cream on the side. The BBQed chicken, a typical Lebanese dish, was very well done and tasted heavenly.

  Although the experience at Frida was a very very nice one and the food tasted GREAT.. I walked out feeling a little disappointed. I went there expecting a more fusion mexican experience, I was presented a traditional Lebanese flavor fiesta, with a dash of jalapenios for garnish.

  Frida is worth the visit, but don't expect something out of the norm or something latin... except the music and water juggs.
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  by Naourez   38 reviews, 74 helpful votes.
  Mar 19, 2012 at 10:09
  I liked Frida as the atmosphere was warm and the service was professional.

  Regarding the food, it wasn't transcendent : some dishes were good (Frida hommos, kibbe in cherries, lawziyeh bil ashta) and some others were average (mixed grill, makanek in jalapenos, ras asfour in pomegranate molasses).

  I didn't feel that it was too expensive.
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