This is probably a bit late.. but the treatment there varies from waiter to waiter and you do not have to be arabic speaking in order to get a different treatment.. i have been there several times and it is as if the waiters are PMSing (no offense ment) and are either rude or take forever to get what you order and so on.. Whether it is the head waiters (who are arabic speaking) or the foreign waiters that serve the meals.. I find them all rude and obnoxious..

The reason for difference in treatment between up and down is the fact that it is more crowded up usually but I have never faced a problem of having to order something to eat.. on many occasions it is just sheesha and a drink (coffee, tea, juice, whatever)

and Darude i tried being rude back.. honestly.. it doesnt even make you feel better it gets you even more pissed off because the waiters have the gall to get even ruder.

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