Semsom - Lebanese Cuisine with a twist?

We finally went to Semsom at City Mall. Ever since it opened, we wanted to go, and it happened this Sunday.

The concept is quite original. It's strange to see the colored hommos, and the other varieties, and since our first thought is that it is a Lebanese Restaurant in the end, we have the impulse to make our orders in the old fashioned way. This is what should be avoided. The Semsom restaurant concept according to me is a kind of occidental way of presenting Lebanese cuisine, with the option to go the old way.

Each plate order comes with an option of 3 small mezzas, which come in the same plate, and make the table less chaotic than other Lebanese restaurant tables, and lets each person eat the mezza he or she likes the most without over eating. This is why I said above ordering the traditional way would be a mistake.

The food we ordered was good, except the cheese rolls (r'a'at el jibneh). The service was very good also, and each 10 minutes by the end of our lunch, we had someone of the uniform persons in the restaurant come and ask us if we were satisfied with everything. Usually this happens only once (if ever) in other places, and the manager does it, so we wondered if there were many managers?

The only thing we missed were the dessert, because we were so full we couldn't eat anymore. Even the kids enjoyed the meal, and stayed long part of the meal on their chairs, which is rare.

Overall, it was a good experience, and the restaurant location inside Citymall is a location of choice, overlooking the sea.