MB CO Initial Review

Driving through to Tahlia Street could get bothersome at times. For it seems all Riyadh cars want to be on that street at the same time. Hence the popularity of many of the side streets such as Abdullah bin Sulaiman al Hamdan (AKA Dish street).

On one of my occasional travels along this street, My friend and I decided to park our car before reaching the Tahlia intersection and took a walk looking for interesting restaurants and shops around the intersection. This is when we stumbled on MB Co, a fancy looking cafe with a small patio right across Anthurium and cafe Roma). The interior design was intriguing for us to step in and try it out.
Walking up a few steps we passed a small terrace that was uninhabited in the unusual cold winter of 2011.

Upon entering the cafe, we glance ahead and see a display counter with wrapped sandwiches and entries, nicely design yet the food in it was obviously only for display and not to serve since it looked somewhat orphaned, even though appetizing. A brick wall kitchen and oven laid behind it along with a good looking professional espresso machine.
We took a seat along side the window, on some lounge leather couches that felt comfy as well as moderately cozy. The waiter approached us in a very professional manner, both in his action and his outfit, and wanted to hand us some menus. We decided to order straight off and see what surprises would be delivered. Hence we went for the usual, a Turkish coffee for my friend, and a cappuccino for myself. As the waiter left with our order to the Kitchen, we were scanning the design and organization of the section of the restaurant we were in. A curve was the foundation of the design, the space was curved, the couches were square yet with a slight curviness, the place flowed nicely. The guest of the cafe were of a business casual type of people. we noticed couple of business meetings taking place, along side couple of relaxed friends just having some coffee. I must say the section is relatively small; perhaps a total of 10-15 tables, with two couches or seats at each table.
After 10-15 minutes our order of two drinks finally arrived - a bit long for an order of two drinks-, the Turkish coffee was decent according to my very critical Turkish coffee drinking friend, my cappuccino was decent to good according to myself. It was a very foamy cappuccino, the foam was of the old style big bubble foam, not that of a micro foam, which is somewhat acceptable for a cappuccino . the espresso itself wasn't extracted at the right point, I believe it was slightly under extracted.

An overall great experience in the men's section of MB CO, which means this place has to be reviewed again to determine the consistency and how well their family section compares to the men's section.

Summery:
Atmosphere	10
Service Speed	4
Service Attention	8
Service Professional	9
Drinks	7
Food	unreviewed

Layth