Nuba

More than just falafels

Food

Service

Atmosphere

Nuba is a delight as one of the few good-quality, inexpensive eateries in the Yaletown area (one of Nuba's two locations).  This spare but stylish take-out restaurant serves up interesting and delicious Lebanese fare.  Vegan, vegetarian and meat dishes are all available and the menu clearly distinguishes between them.  

Most dishes are served either wrapped in pitas, or as platters with sides of tabbouleh, salad, hummus and rice or potatoes.  If you can pronounce it, order the mjadra (organic lentils with avocado and crispy onion -$6.50 pita, $9.25 plate), which elevated my appreciation of Lebanese food beyond mediocre falafel and donairs.  On one visit, neighbouring diners were digging into "The Feast" (a vegetarian sampler platter for two -$24), and I could barely keep my hands to myself.  Many of the veggies used are organic and (for meat-eaters) the lamb is grain-fed.

This is high-quality, rich and wholesome take-out (and eat-in!) that won't break the bank.  Hastings Street location is open Mon-Fri 11:30-7, Yaletown Mon-Fri 11:30-9 and Sat noon-9.