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Café Orlin

Came here for a late Sunday brunch. The food has a Mediterranean flair to it. The food was decent.

 


Entrees:
1) Malawach - the Yemenite fried bread was pretty good; reminded me of Native American fry bread
2) Middle Eastern Breakfast - small portions but the eggs were cooked well and the cheese was good
3) Goat Cheese Tomato and Spinach Omelet - the omelet was okay; the potato salad was pretty good as well

The service was a little slow, but they let us sit there for a while as we ate our meal & just chatted. I liked how they had several different kinds of brunch drinks that you can add to your entree (if the entree is listed on their brunch special) for $6. The mimosa tasted like fresh OJ which was a nice touch.

$20 for an entree and a drink - not bad, but I would rather pay a little more & go to an AYCD restaurant. Usually when you go to an AYCD brunch spot, you go for the drinks and will accept an "okay" entree. The level of the food here was about the same as an AYCD restaurant (actually, I've had some really good brunch food at some of the AYCD restaurants in NYC), but without the fun of bottomless mimosas.

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