West Columbia
Ariana's

Ariana's

1720 Sunset Blvd, West Columbia, South Carolina, USA, 29169, United States

Greek • Vegetarian • Mediterranean • Delivery Services


"Buonessimo! My wife and I enjoyed a somewhat novel and delicious dinner at Ariana 's a few days ago. We were seated promptly, and given a rather nicely bound menu. Our server was a pleasant young man in a baseball cap. We went thinking Greek Cuisine, and my wife did stick to that plan. But after checking out the menu, I ventured into new territory. We tried a dish called mantu for our appetizer. Our mantu consisted of 4 5 delicate dumplings filled with ground beef and finished with what I believe were three sauces: tzatziki, pumpkin, and tomato. We both loved it. For my entree, I choose lamb Sabzi Chalaw, a flavorful but mildly spiced stew with spinach. It reminded me of the Indian dish, saag paneer. It had a rich cooked all day depth of flavor. We later learned that both dishes were cuisine from Afghanistan. My wife stayed traditional with chicken souvlaki. The chicken was cooked and seasoned perfectly. Both meals were served with a small Greek salad and Basmati rice. We recommend asking the server to bring the dressing on the side. We regretted not having done so, because our salad was overpowered by too much of the strong but tasty dressing. We capped our meal by splitting the toasted almond cake, which reminded me a bit like tiramisu, but without the espresso undertones and with a cold ice cream like layer between the sponge. As we finished this delightful meal, the owner/chef wisited our table and we chatted with him for a while about his background and cooking philosophy. The ambiance at Ariana 's is pleasant, but the bathrooms are in need of a facelift. If you want to try sone unique dishes that are passionately prepared, we highly recommend Ariana 's."

IHOP

IHOP

813 Saint Andrews Road, West Columbia, 29210, United States Of America

Salads • Burgers • American • North American


"My family and I went out to eat at IHOP after church. Normally this IHOP in st andrews road is really good with great customer service. That was not the case yesterday. We sat down to be waited on for like 10 minutes. My husband had to call for someone to come take our order. It was a bunch of employees sitting down playing and laughing with each other at a booth beside us. The guy that was working in that section acted as if he didn't want to service us. So they sent someone else to be our server. Her name was Skylar she was great. While eating we witnessed a lot of horse playing going on, the employees was arguing with each other and they was playing in each other hair (gross) I didn't witness anymore wearing gloves or washing their hands after messing around in each other hair. We were so tempted to leave but our server was really good and professional. There was two occasions where the staff was playing and running in the restaurant. (Well that's not safe). There was a gut sitting across from us he also witnessed this and he just shooked his head in disbelief. It was super cold in there. When we was getting g ready to leave there was no on there to check us out. We child have easily skipped out on the check but were not like that. finally a young man came to check us out we was nice. That experience was unpleasant and we have always eating at this location and never had a bad experience until now since it's under new management. I believe they are all family and it's too much arguing and playing round going on especially in front of paying customers. Not cool at all very unprofessional they have to do better."