Abu Ali - The Energy Corridor, Houston

Food is excellent, but waiters ?.. it feels like they are not happy to see you. Instead of checking on customers they are on their phones. The first waitress came to me no smile, no hello, nothing) started taking the order and wasn?t sure if the item I ordered they had it or not, she said she will check and will let me know, guess what? She never came back. She is beautiful but no personality whatsoever. A little later another waiter came to take the order, he wasn?t bad I could even say he was friendly. But it was a hassle to order , English problems, I totally understand that, I?m an immigrant myself and started in USA AS a waitress with no English. So it?s ok. But you don?t need to speak the language to SMILE, right? When he brought the check out it was 18% service charge. I didn?t even ask why he put 18% service charge, as the matter of fact I Left extra 20% for tips, cause I used to work as a waitress, so always leave extra. The waiter didn?t even say thank you. A person giving you a 38% tip, I think you can say thank you or by by or smile , something. It wasn?t my first time coming to this place. I liked the food. But before it was another waiter taking care of me, I don?t know his name. Tall guy and smiley and very pleasant, he made me feel welcome. But last 2 times terrible experience ?. Never going back , I?ll take my money elsewhere, there are plenty restaurants around and I don?t want to come to a place where waters make you feel they don?t want you here.

My husband and I went here for the first time a few days ago and we absolutely enjoyed our experience here. Their service here is amazing and so is the food. If you are looking to try out a new restaurant this is definitely the place to go.

Highly unreliable cafe. They are open until 5am but they can't serve any menu items- their kitchen is closed all the time. Not one but numerous instances happened via uber eats and walk-ins.

We were told they have some amazing knafeh so we ordered and went there. They freshly made knafeh at 12am, just for us!!! I mean thats great service! They are usually open till 3am and knowing that I can get knafeh whenever im craving is huge!!!! (Ps-knafeh addicts here) Knafeh was pretty good size. The syrup and pistachios came separately. Which is nice. So one xan adjust their sweet level. The cheese in the middle was thick!!!! The dough on the top was a bit crispy.. but its all good. Havent tried the other food or dine in. But the place looks absolutely amazing and ready for sit down dine in options. Cant wait to go there when the world turns normal.

Great food and hookah with reasonable prices. Mango habanero wings are a must try here. Service a bit spotty so they need to work on that but first time and pandemic staffing so cut them some slack for now .