Agora

So the Boyfriend and I were debating where to go to for lunch, he suggested Cafe Wrapture. He always suggests Cafe Wrapture, its like his MacDonald's or something, its all he ever wants to eat. Breakfast? Cafe Wrapture. Lunch? Cafe Wrapture? Dinner? Wait, its not open for dinner, so we better go before 2pm Cafe Wrapture. He argues that it is super tasty, cheap and filling, apparently they recognise him by sight now. As of this writing, I estimate he has eaten here at least 8-12 times since we met.

I, as a food blogger, vehemently disagreed and suggested we go somewhere new. So wandering West End it was, after much arguing about cuisines and prices, we ended up outside Agora. He wanted a kebab, I liked the look of the menu. It was in a cute part of West End, I guess along busy Boundary Street. I should have known something was wrong however, when there was no one there at lunch time.

DUN DUN DUN

We sat down to dinner inside the restaurant, we were asked where we wanted to sit and we went inside since we thought it would be cooler. It was quite dusky inside. I don't think I took a photo cause there was nothing particularly fantastic about the decor, nor particularly disgusting either.

We got given a carafe of cool water and the Boyfriend ordered a Sprite but had to settle with a Solo because they ran out. I took a picture of the bottle because of the weird shape, why would the bottle have that weird thimble like blob there?

What is this even for?

I got a lamb shish kebab. Unlike the description, it was actually missing a whole of things listened and I wasn't informed of the changes which was a bit annoying. The description actually reads that it comes with a side salad, mashed potato, rice, toasted turkish bread and some yoghurt and cucumber sauce. I think there was something else, but I can't find the menu that I got for the life of me and the picture I took is blurry as hell. It came out minus the mashed potato.

Lamb shish kebab.

Generally it was okay, it was at least edible. Nothing special, nothing completely disgusting either. The lamb was cooked to a slightly chewy well done, I didn't spot anything particularly fantastic about the seasoning, if anything it could've done with some at all really. The turkish bread was crisp but not the best I've ever had, Banneton's in Woolloongabba does a better one. The salad didn't have any gross bits, no dressing or anything interesting. The rice was fluffy but hey, rice is rice. The yoghurt sauce was tasty, but quite plain I think.

He ordered a chicken kebab with BBQ sauce, which came with a side of chips. Neither of us were particularly impressed with the presentation, we were eating at the restaurant and the kebab came in a white paper/foil packet and the chips were in that very fairground red and yellow chips box. They were very crunchy but seemed like they came straight out of a frozen packet and were not seasoned at all. The kebab was average, he felt like he could've gotten better at the ISPA kebab place up the road, in half the time and with half the price too!

Best presentation ever.

Fancy

General thoughts from me, nothing interesting, I'd not eat here again. Every time I mentioned writing this post or asking for details, my Boyfriend was very vocal about how much he disliked this place. At least it has belly dancing on Fridays?

Atmosphere: 4/10. Clean, not particularly interesting, cool and quite dim.
Service: 3/10. Can't think of anything positive or negative to say really.
Food: 4/10, ehhh, I could eat it. My Boyfriend heartily replies 0/10, and a comment of never again, its unedible and possibly the worst I've ever had.