Lebanese restaurants in Europe
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Shafran
While ethnic restaurants in Moscow tend to be overdone, Shafran is understated and sophisticated. Strewn with colourful pillows, it is otherwise simply decorated. Arabic music wafts through the air, but does not obstruct conversation. The menu includes a wide range of hot and cold meze (small plates), as well as a selection of kebabs, all expertly prepared and perfect for sharing.
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Karavanseráj
Serving as the home base of a travellers’ club, this restaurant and tearoom cultivates a ramshackle, relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, with its batik tablecloths, wicker chairs, oriental knick-knacks and library of travel guidebooks. The menu is mostly Lebanese – baba ganoush, falafel, hummus and lamb kebabs – with a couple of Indian dishes thrown in, and there’s a huge range of speciality teas to choose from. It’s child-friendly too, with highchairs, kids’ portions and a collection of toys to play with.
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Al Wady
It’s not so much the decor as the incredibly warm welcome complemented by a cuisine well above average that has made this Lebanese restaurant much-loved over the years. Around for a couple of decades, Parisians flock here to gorge on meal-sized platters of mixed hot and cold mezzes, grilled meats and unbeatable-value lunchtime menus. Among the handful of Al Wady specialities is moutabal, a typical Lebanese aubergine dip spiced with walnut and pomegranate.
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Levantine
Levantine is an atmospheric Thousand and One Nights-themed restaurant (lots of red velvet cushions and brassy stuff) where the set menus (including a vegetarian one) are the best value. The fare is well prepared and delicious, including wonderful renditions of Lebanese staples such as tahini, hummus and muhammarah (mixed nuts crushed with red pepper) as well as more complex grills. The inevitable belly dancer makes an appearance at weekends.
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Al Barmaki
Hidden on a quiet backstreet, Al Barmarki has long been considered one of Brussels' best Middle Eastern eateries. And now, after more than three decades of faithful service to uncompromisingly authentic Lebanese food, it's made the Michelin guide. Expect cool Moorish décor, brusque service and succulent skewered lamb kebabs. Great for vegetarians too.
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Restaurant U Cedru
‘At the Cedar’ is a welcoming Lebanese restaurant with tasty mezze (appetisers) such as baba ganoush (smoky aubergine/eggplant and garlic puree), tabbouleh and stuffed vine leaves. Rather than agonise over the menu, you can order a spread of 10 mezze, which the chef will select for you – a great start to dinner, or a lunch in itself.
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Samarkanda
While everyone else is satisfying their Arabic aspirations in the Moorish teterías, only a savvy few seek out this fine family-run Lebanese restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating. The aubergine dips, avocado salad, felalefs and cinnamon-dusted chicken pie could well have you planning your next holiday around a trip to Beruit.
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Tabbouli
This Middle Eastern maverick ditches stock-standard neon lights and greasy kebabs for decadent wine-red drapes, hanging silks and lavish Lebanese creations like spicy marinated peppers and walnuts and perfectly fried chickpea cakes. If you’re in company, opt for the brilliant banquets for that full-on harem feeling.
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Lyr
Like Milan, Beirut knows a thing or two about OTT style, and the chandeliers and Louis chairs make this a rather special place to feast on an authentic meze of fattoush (parsley and toasted bread salad), fish kibbeh (dumplings), foul moudammes (fava beans) and grilled beef skewers.
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Cedar Tree
An old stalwart of Dublin’s restaurant scene, this marvellously low-key Lebanese eatery is still a top spot to while away an evening in the company of friends, delicious meze (falafel, spicy sausage, dips), meatballs, kofta and several bottles of red wine. The service here is warm and personable.
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Al Dar
This is a popular, award-winning Lebanese restaurant with a terrace open in the warmer months. For those pressed for time, an excellent delicatessen selling meze, mini pizzas, sandwiches and other cheap eats to munch on the move is attached.
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Maroush
The original restaurant of the Maroush empire, this quaintly formal Lebanese restaurant serves meze dishes, pitta wraps, kebabs, felafel and salads, and, yes, there are belly dancers.
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Paradis
Come for a brilliant-value buffet lunch at this Lebanese joint, with spicy aubergine stew, spinach over rice, spinach stews, meatballs in tomato sauce and mounds of flat bread.
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Byblos
This popular, inexpensive joint near the ratusha (town hall) serves up tasty Lebanese meat dishes and a soul-warming spinach-lentil soup.
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Byblos
The only Lebanese place in town, this Vasilevsky Island hideaway attracts a large crowd for its excellent-value lunch, as well as a more relaxed evening clientele. Here you’ll find delicious mezze, hummus, kibbeh (minced meat with bulgur wheat), tabbouleh, kofta (spicy meatballs of lamb or beef) and of course hookahs and Lebanese wine.
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Abu Faysal
Lebanese cuisine is a gourmet's heaven, and if you want to sample or simply indulge in some fantastic Lebanese dishes, this is Lefkosia's best place. Three blocks south of the Constanza Bastion, the restaurant is an old house in a quiet backstreet with a leafy courtyard. The mezedes are recommended, as is a bottle of Lebanese Ksara Riesling.
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