text: I have to fall somewhere in the middle on this place Elies gets high marks for being a familyrun establishment and for having superfriendly and likeable service but it falls a little short in the food department nnI can walk to this place from my work so I decided to do just that one day last week Alicia B was definitely right when she said that this place is dinky the flooring is old the tables are dingy the bathroom is passable and the decor consists of a few potted plants and some framed stock pictures of Greece I might forgive the extreme lack of atmosphere if I felt that the prices were reasonable since that would mean that the owners were skimping on style in order to provide a highquality product nnUnfortunately the food does not quite deliver especially given the high prices I really wanted to order one of the vegetarian combo plates but the cheapest one with falafel plus hummus was That is really steep in my opinion If I had wanted to add baba and tabouli it would have run me Because this felt high I ended up getting the falafel sandwich for It only came with lettuce tomatoes and tahini sauce so I ended up adding green peppers for a bargain compared to the they charge to add tomatoes nnI waited minutes for my food which I understand given that there was a steady flow of eatin and takeout customers When the sandwich did arrive with a smile from the again very friendly owner I enjoyed it because I was starving but again was not all too impressed The pita was very large but very dry and it definitely could have stood to be more moist Similarly I found the falafel overly dry and crumbly The tahini sauce was decent but not as subtle as some I have had in the past nnFor or so I got a filling falafel sandwich and a large Diet Coke I definitely prefer the falafel sandwich at AlHana although the uberconvenient location of Elies may mean that I return a few more times I will definitely update if I go back and try something more onpoint