3205 Prospect St, NW
Back in March we learned that Georgetown Falafel and Koshary was moving into the former Prince Cafe space at 3205 Prospect St, NW. I hadn’t heard of Koshary [an Egyptian dish of rice, lentils, chickpeas and macaroni topped with tomato sauce and fried onion] but folks were pretty excited about the potential. Unfortunately the potential was not met as they got thrashed on yelp and closed last week.
Has anyone tried the koshary at Astor Mediterranean in Adams Morgan?
I came to love koshary when in Cairo, but I would have never paid more than $5 for the stuff. It’s cheap for a reason.
Was tempted to head here to relive eating koshary from time in Cairo. Good to know that I did not and would have paid well more than the 1 dinar it should be priced at!
I think it’s very similar or identical to mujaddara. Astor’s is absolutely delicious and the best comfort food ever. The one at Old Jerusalem is also good.
Ze googles says it’s different dishes, but seems very similar to me.
Wow! The reviews on Yelp are awful! I’ve never seen so many negative reviews. I guess they deserve what they got.
There is another place that serves Koshary and has much better reviews: http://www.yelp.com/biz/water-park-cafe-arlington-2 (In Crystal City)
There is another place that serves Koshary and has much better Yelp reviews- the Water Park Cafe in Crystal City
It was the wrong neighborhood for this type of venture. I suspect it would have done better in AdMo or H Street NE.
why the wrong neighborhood? With the abundance of foot traffic and most importantly students in the area, that place should have done well.
Gotta wonder whether it was still owned/managed by the folks at Prince Cafe which has the reputation of being one of the very worst restaurants in DC (that’s saying something). Not sure how their Tenleytown location is still in business!
Probably from the AU students going to get their hookah fix.
The koshary was not bad, but it was not even close to being worth the price they were charging. The place was very dingy and dark when I went. And let it be said that the bathroom was really horrible. That part was authentic.
Yeah they were charging 10 bucks for only a moderate serving, the place was super gross, and it didn’t even taste very good. I’m not remotely surprised.