Mandaloun
Glendale, CA 91205
Phone: (818) 507-1900
- Price:
- $$$$
- Cross Street:
- East Broadway
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 11:30am-3pm, 5:30pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 11:30am-11:30pm
Editorial Review for Mandaloun – by Suzanne Koudsi
In Short
One floor above street level, an elevator opens onto this large high-ceilinged dining room, elegantly appointed with marble-like light fixtures. Tables covered in white linens face the stage and dance floor, where the weekend house band plays Middle Eastern music for a well-heeled crowd. Open doors lead to a spacious fountain-anchored patio for outdoor dining. The extensive menu offers more than 40 appetizers, as well as entrees like grilled lamb chops and chicken kabobs.
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Insider Tips
When to GoWeekend nights, diners pay a set price for live music, belly dancing and a meal that includes 12 appetizers, main course, coffee and dessert.
ParkingThere are meters on Harvard, but the restaurant validates for two hours in the mall lot across Maryland Street.
The ExtrasFor those who really want to delve into the experience, the restaurant offers nargilehs--water pipes filled with flavored tobacco--on the terrace.
User Reviews for Mandaloun
04/20/2008 Posted by Taaahna
Awful! On a Saturday night, we had no choice but to order the $50 prix fixe. When we called to ask about reservations, no one told us that there was no menu on Saturdays and that we had no choice but to receive this $50 "entertainment package." No one asked if we had any dietary restrictions. There was no wine list -- not even if you were willing to order a bottle -- only a choice between a glass of chardonnay or merlot (pronounced "mer-LOTT" by our hostess). First there was the stale, cold, grocery store-bought pita bread, followed by a plate of greasy appetizers with ham and cheese slices. Then we got courses consisting of a three salty chicken wings with plain white rice, something that tasted like the inside of a chicken potpie (i.e., cream of mushroom soup with cheese and chicken bits), and some beef and pork kebab. (The beef kebab were salty but reasonably tasty.) Then, for dessert, a fruit plate consisting of mostly underripe melon and grapes that tasted like they hadn't been washed. It was like bad buffet food from some tacky Lebanese wedding. The waitress didn't even ask if we eat pork (we don't, but we didn't think to let her know, given that most of the Middle East doesn't eat pork either). Even though the restaurant was nearly empty, the service was so slow that it took over two hours before the check finally came, at last liberating us from an experience so awful that we burst into laughter once we got outside. I only wish it hadn't been such a costly lesson. I guess it might be a reasonably fun time for the local Armenian-American crowd that seems to be its staple clientele, but hugely disappointing for anyone interested in good Lebanese food. Rarely have I been so disappointed in a dining experience. We could have had much better food for 1/2 to 1/3 of the price at any hole-in-the-wall Middle Eastern joint.
Pros: Parking
Cons: Food, service
09/23/2007 Posted by eyounes
My wife and I visited Mandaloun and our first trip was a good experience. Food: portion was generous, flavor on the mark, nothing spectacular but better than one would generally expect. Decor: beautiful patio, light airy comfortable warm. Service: good, with a little bit of "coaching". The second visit was with a VERY large party (40) and it sucked. We went back for a third visit with some friends, and it was the same experience as our first time. So good for couples or small groups, TERRIBLE for large parties.
Pros: Food, Hooka
Cons: AV was a little too loud
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