Damascus Restaurants

  1. Bab Sharqi

    It's hard to get a table out the front of this excellent pizzeria-cum-takeaway place, especially on a summer evening, when students linger over cheap cold beers, bottles of Syrian wine, Italian-style pizzas and delicious toshka (Armenian toasted meat and cheese sandwiches).

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  2. Old Town

    Expensive cars are often parked outside this long-established restaurant in an elegant covered courtyard. Italian is served up alongside Arabic and French. Unfortunately service can be dreadful. Alcohol is served but it doesn't take credit cards.

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