New restaurants at the Avenues food court

I noticed a ton of new places opened up at the Avenues food court, most of which I hadn’t heard of before, here are their names:

IZ Juice
Shanghai Express
Dondurma
Dippin’ Dots
Santoor
Rice
Sawah
Nolita Pizza
Meias

I think thats pretty cool, finally we have some new fast food places…

Aug 31, 2008

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29 Comments, add your own...

1. Abdullah | August 31st, 2008 at 10:53 pm

I tried Nolita Pizza , its OK for a New york style Pizza
2. kwt23 | August 31st, 2008 at 11:29 pm

wow sounds cool…at last new rests. in Kuwait
3. Realist | September 1st, 2008 at 2:20 am

More choice more confusion.
4. Delicately Realitsic | September 1st, 2008 at 5:54 am

I second Realist.

So many places havent tried already.
5. TanGo | September 1st, 2008 at 7:47 am

santoor sounds indian, dondurama sounds turkish,, meias sounds syrian,,, and shanghai express is of course chinese: here is a comment on the original shanghai express:

yea this food can be good if youre drunk and nowhere else is open but the sauces are like oil and ketchup… seriously there will be a half an inch of oil in the bottom of your eggplant. the eggroll is pretty inedible and the general tsos chicken is kinda soggy *one star*

sorry to disrupt your appetite this first day of Ramadan, but Kuwait has only very very few decent restaurants, let alone junk food joints..
6. Randy | September 1st, 2008 at 8:24 am

Dondurma is similar to the infamous Syrian ice cream place that basically pounds the ice cream with a huge stick. Sounds weird but I am genuinely excited to try it out.

Dippin Dots is from the States and is an ice cream made into tiny little dots or beads if you will. Again, sounds weird but not bad. Really is just a novelty product though. Much better ice cream to be had elsewhere.

I am a little curious about Rice. Just seems a little strange to have a restaurant based around rice. Guess we’ll see when it opens up.
7. cl1m83r | September 1st, 2008 at 8:27 am

Dont forget about The Crepe Cafe! We ate there the other day. Awesome food, light and good portion control. I had the Mexican Crepe and would order it again. Don’t go there thinking your going to pack yourself with food. It’s great for a light lunch or dinner.
8. mm hmm | September 1st, 2008 at 9:11 am

TACO BELL! TACO BELL! TACO BELL!
9. buda | September 1st, 2008 at 9:53 am

yeah I second that
Taco bell Taco bell Taco bell
since i lost my contact in the army base No more Tacos for buda :(
10. Aliman | September 1st, 2008 at 10:48 am

The slices at Nolita are quite good ( oh and for all of you asking, its a spot in New York called North of Little Italy (get it Nolita ;) )! Really Tasty slice of Pepperoni and the juice at IZ is really refreshing, the combination of fruits they have is excellent because they use really fresh fruit which gives the taste an edge over the other juice bars (the fresher the fruit, the higher the concentration of vitamins and flavors)
@ TanGo:
this is not the same shanghai express you are writting about, its a whole new, different joint and isnt related to that ketchup oil place!

I was hungry at the beginng of this reply but after re-reading Tango’s am not so hungry!! (maybe should use his post as the anti-hunger remedy!)
11. Talal | September 1st, 2008 at 11:16 am

Awww, I used to have the font used in the Santoor logo, waaaaay back when. Good times, good times.
12. Majid | September 1st, 2008 at 11:57 am

Dondurma (which means ice cream in Turkey) not officailly open yet but I managed to get a sample taste a couple of days ago…its good but not the same as what you’ll have in Turkey.
13. Mark | September 1st, 2008 at 11:58 am

i heard the guy puts on a show, something like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tNxdP0Ngxk
14. ilsul6ana | September 1st, 2008 at 12:12 pm

Sounds interesting ! Allah Yaster!
15. Les | September 1st, 2008 at 12:30 pm

Nolita (NY Pizza), IZ (Juice) and Dondurma (Turkish ice cream) are open.
Santoor (Indian fast food), Shanghai Express (Chinese – duh) and Meias (Arabic place) are opening soon.

The above are all Alshaya developed brands so they are the first stores (no other branches yet).

Now give them a chance before you start the usual Alshaya bashing :)
16. OG | September 1st, 2008 at 1:54 pm

dont forget that pretzel place
17. Oz | September 2nd, 2008 at 4:56 am

I gotta chant with ‘mm hmm’ and ‘buda’ here..
TACO BELL! TACO BELL! TACO BELL!
LOL or more like copy n paste.

man i wish they’d open a decent taco place here. I’m salivating now :|
18. Junk foodie | September 2nd, 2008 at 5:31 am

While it’s a good thing newer eateries open from time to time it’s a little sad none of them ever makes the cut for fine dining.
Surely, Kuwait doesn’t have a Michelin star restaurant, right? With the dry state of affairs in the country I doubt it will happen anytime soon.
19. holla | September 2nd, 2008 at 9:44 am

Dondurma sounds disgusting like a medical term Duodenum or some shit.
20. Fabio | September 2nd, 2008 at 10:23 am

Maybe u should also try CRUMBS it is super deli…. :)
21. Mark | September 2nd, 2008 at 10:25 am

I did, i tried their cookies, i think it was 750fils for a tiny cookie that tasted bad.
22. Fabio | September 2nd, 2008 at 10:28 am

Soon Kaizen will open in phase 2 just between Casper & Gam, and Cafe Blanc.
23. Fabio | September 2nd, 2008 at 10:31 am

Kaizen will b by the musical water fountain out side
24. J | September 2nd, 2008 at 4:24 pm

Wait a minute, there’s a musical water fountain at the avenues and casper? Where are they located ?
25. Sara Al-R | September 2nd, 2008 at 5:13 pm

I tries Le Crepe…It was good.I tries their Breakfast….I would like to try Dandourma….BTW wat does Dandourma means??
26. Sara Al-R | September 2nd, 2008 at 5:14 pm

I asked my dad he says that Dandourma means Ice-cream.
27. Fabio | September 3rd, 2008 at 12:43 pm

They are out side Caribo Cafe & Hagin Daz (sp?). they removed the plastic stickers on the windows , if u go now u could find them on the same side as Carico Cafe.

Dondurma mean ice cream in Turkish. The 1 @ the Avenues serves 1 kind only wonder how that would make much dosh $$
28. Nancy | January 26th, 2009 at 3:51 pm

I had the butter chicken combo (butter chicken,tandoori chicken & biryani rice served with dal makhni,raita and naan) from santoor which was delicious..
29. maria | June 28th, 2009 at 1:55 pm

I agree Santoor and Shanghai has really good qulaity foor for an express / fast food joint. I think the portion size and the taste is amazing.

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