Layla By Meir Adoni - Berlin

@layla_berlin, the Mediterranean restaurant of the near east of israeli @chef_meir_adoni. meir adoni, who was born in israel and has Moroccan roots, chooses to reinvent and modify traditional Middle Eastern cuisine by adding aromen, ingredients and techniques from all over the world. all the dishes were a joy! I almost ordered the whole menu. I had a great start with kibbeh nayyeh: Arabic style steak

Great restaurant, we will definitely come back. We loved the interior and the open kitchen. Food was A+ , we enjoyed everything we ordered, especially the Jerusalem bagel, it’s a MUST for starter with delicious Harissa cream on the side, it really kicked off the meal properly. We also had the eggplant carpaccio and katayef with meat, both excellent. The beef fillet for main course was like a work of art, the plate was just beautiful and the meat was perfect. They really use fresh products and you can taste that, everything was very flavorful. I had to remove one star because unfortunately our waitress wasn’t great, she kept clearing our plates way too quickly before we were done and we felt a bit rushed. Our main course was taken away in the middle of us eating, we barely noticed her taking the plate and then it was too late to get it back. Other than that we had a lovely time, highly recommended.

The food and ambiance were exceptional but it was let down by the really amateur table service. You can’t charge fine dining prices and throw in absolute amateur wait staff. They were nice but clearly untrained (read; typical Berlin cafe kinda service) and it took a lot of the enjoyment out of the evening. Sloppy rushed service is the only thing holding this place back from being one of the best spots in the city.

Amazing experience, food is A+, fresh and tasty, lots of textures, we ordered a few to share between two, the Brot is naughty cuz it’s so tasty I just want more but it’s so fat the services was top too! They recommended us everything was good For sure we will come back again

Starters: carpaccio was good 4/5, ceviche was terrible and if you enjoy ceviche you will be disappointed 1/5. Mains: goose 3/5 it was flavourless. Octopus 3/5. Scallops 3/5, I love the flavours but it was just so bland it lacked a wow moment. Fish 5/5 surprise star of the night and the ONLY dish we ordered that wasn’t recommended by the waiter. Service was not great. I am not prudish whatsoever but the attire of our waiter was distracting she didn’t actually wait on us. We had to remind her to bring the wine bottle we had ordered 20 mins earlier, we asked for sparkling water and she brought still. We didn’t get a second bottle because she didn’t come back until the desserts were ready some 45mins later. We had to ask for the bill twice. Train your staff. Overall: Expensive for an underwhelming evening. And strange annoying music that didn’t fit a dining experience. Hire a professional. It feels like a restaurant that belongs in 2001 in a b grade town. If the fish hadn’t been so good I would have given it 1 stars.