The Talisman

The Talisman is a rather strange restaurant, it is loved by some and hated by others. I'm not too sure why. Firstly where: It's in Karen, on the Ngong road, by the Karen Dukas, up towards Windy Ridge, on the right. They often seem to want you to park your car outside the gate, there is usually room inside.

If you want to eat in the restaurant, you will need to put up with the fact that the waitors will try to ignore you until you jump into their faces. It's probably a good idea to just go and look for a table that's free, it'll at least get their attention. Otherwise you could stand by the door for a long time.

The bar area is quite small but it's friendly enough. There are people that think there may be an odd clientele who have rather expensive habits in white powders. I've no idea if that's true. It could be said though that there are more glitzy handbags in the Talisman than in most places.

The food is, in general, good. Don't have falafel unless you like your food dry, as it only comes with tahini and no humus or anything soggy. As far as I can remember everything else was good. It does take a long time to come. They have new things on the menu regularly. Occasionally they have live music which is really good.

Why not try it if you have the time. This claims to be the phone number 88 32 13. It would probably be a good idea to book in advance, maybe that would get the waiters' attention when you get there.