Our family of 5 (2 adults and 3 children) ate at Sanaa for lunch this past Friday. We arrived almost an hour early for our 2:25 ADR but were told the wait would not be too long if we wanted to stay and wait for a table. We probably waited at least another 40 minutes, but with so much to see, the wait wasn’t too painful – even with 3 kids. We enjoyed watching the animals on the savanna outside and appreciated the comfortable benches inside in the waiting area which also overlooks the savanna when we had had enough of the heat. (more…)

Our family of 5 ate at Spoodles for breakfast this past Saturday (June 27th, 2009). We chose to have it as a late breakfast to serve as a sort-of brunch, since we would be traveling later and didn’t want to stop for lunch along the way. We had eaten at Spoodles before for dinner a couple of times and loved it but had never experienced their breakfast before.

We arrived early and were seated within 5 minutes. Our server was an older gentle man and although nice enough, he was a bit gruff and managed to give everyone the wrong drinks and wrong food when it came. The hostesses were very nice, well informed, and willing to tell what they knew about the upcoming closing and change over to Kouzzina. They were also happy to give us a souvenir menu and SPoodles stickers for the kids when we left.

We ordered a kids Mickey waffle, a kids Mickey pancake, the French toast with sausage, the vegetable fritatta, and the Italian breakfast. It was a very good value for the money. The food was fresh and plentiful and very tasty.

We will certainly miss Spoodles when it closes and hope Kouzzina is a fitting replacement for what has become a family favorite of ours.