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Tips 1 - 10 of 14 Beirut Restaurants
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Al-Sakhra: Delicious Food and a Beautiful View
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Restaurant Name: Al-Sakhra
Al-Sakhra or 'The Rock' is a lebanese restaurant that will tantilize your senses. Taste the delicious Lebanese Cuisine, while you watch the sun go down on the Pigeon Rock, and melt into the sea !
Favorite Dish: Everything :-) From the delicious Mezza to the wide selection of fish! Go to this place you won't regret it ;-)
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Theme: Middle Eastern
Comparison: more expensive than average
Prices: US$31-40
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Phone: 961-1-812892
Address: Raouché
Directions: Overlooking the pigeon rock, next to KFC Raouché and Palm Spring Village
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Al-Balad Restaurant: A Hip Lebanese Restaurant
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Restaurant Name: Al-Balad Restaurant
This is one of my favorite casual lebanese restaurants in Beirut. This particular place attracts crowds of all ages, and is known for its tasty food, friendly ambiance and not-so-expensive lebanese food! I have rarely passed by this place, at any time or any season and seen it not busy! Actually, a lot of times, they ask you to wait around for them to find you a table to seat you...but its definitely worth it :) The restaurant is designed like an old lebanese house..they have wooden panels in the walls, old photographs on the walls, rustique ceramic tiles on the ground..even the bathrooms are nice to check out!! All in all, this place has it all! Delicious inexpensive lebanese food, friendly waiters and good shisha :)
Favorite Dish: Favorite dish? Ooohh! That's a hard question..but make sure you don't miss out on: 1- Fattoush: the traditional lebanese salad with summak. 2- Fatteh: there are two types of fatteh served: one has chickpeas and yoghurt in it..and the other has eggplant and yoghurt and pine seeds.(It tastes SO much better than it sounds) 3- Batata Harrah: which is fried cubes of potato with garlic, coriander, salt and some hot pepper (YUMMY!) 4- Motabbal batenjan: This is minced eggplant with Tahina and lemon juice and garlic and salt. For those that like hummus..this is something that is similar but with eggplants instead of chick peas. And soooo much more ;-) DONT forget the shisha!!!!
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Theme: Middle Eastern
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$11-20
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Phone: +961-1-985375
Address: Downtown Beirut
Directions: Next to Salmontini Restaurant, Sports Town and the Italian Embassy.
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Al-Andalus Café: The Friendliest Place in Beirut
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Restaurant Name: Al-Andalus Café
I have been to this place SOOO much with my friends, that one day we realized that we spent more time hangin' around that place, then we did at home...and so, we called it 'The Living Room' ;-) After work, we'd head out for an late lunch or an early dinner, then a great shisha! The place is casual and friendly..and on the menu you can find everything from the Lebanese mezza and barbecue: meat, chich taouk, ... to the italian pasta, a great club sandwhich or Phily steak sub...The food is good, the waiters and managers are extremely friendly (well, to us now they're kinda like family :-P)..and the prices are very reasonable. And DON'T Forget the shishaaaaa ;-)
Favorite Dish: Hmmmm...let me think... They have excellent salads: Cobb Salad, their Tabbouleh and Fattoush are also great... Lebanese: - warak Inab - the rice filled grape-vine leaves! Yummy! - Mtabbal batinjan - The minced aubergine with tahina is also excellent. - The barbecue dishes are very tasty as well. Other: (generous quantities) - Club sandwich is very tasty (ask RouFs on VT :-P ) - HUGE burger...it kinda has a different taste than those at the fast food places...more spices in the meat i think. I'm SURE you will find something to your liking...
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Theme: Coffeehouse
Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: US$11-20
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Directions: Palm Springs Village Across the street from the pavement over-looking the Pigeon Rock(Raouché) Raouché - Beirut
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Rawdah Cafe: A Beautiful View ...
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Restaurant Name: Rawdah Cafe
A shisha here is good, with something to drink...but the view will take your breath away! Come here for an afternoon of meditation, listening to the waves beat against each other, or watch the sun go down...It's just a beautiful place to set your mind free...
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Theme: Local
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$11-20
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Address: Raouche
Directions: Next to Beirut Luna Park Sporting Club Long Beach
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Roadster's: Beirut's Classical American Diner
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Restaurant Name: Roadster's
This is your classical American-style diner...It has a very comfy and friendly ambiance, and the food is tasty! You can enjoy anything from yummy appetizers, good salads, to burgers and steaks and fries with milk shakes or have a tuna melt sandwich, or you can even select from 1 of four types of pasta dishes... you can even go there and indulge on a good breakfast or delicious..and i mean DELICIOUS desserts..yummmmmmmmmmmy!
Favorite Dish: My favorite dishes...hmmmm... Appetizers - Loaded nachos (i've had better, but these are fine), mozzarella sticks Salads - Yummy crab salad with oranges and balsamic vinegar!! (I just love the combination, and yes! I never would've thought of it myself) Main Dish - hmmm...its really depends on what i feel like..but the tuna melt is really good, the club sandwich.. Desserts - the yummy, heart-melting Mud Slide!!! Its icecream with pieces of brownie chunks inside of it, covered with caramel and chocolate sauce...yes, it is toooo good!
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Theme: Diner
Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: US$11-20
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Phone: 01-325777,01-502506,01-996622
Address: Various Locations
Directions: Hamra, Downtown, Achrafieh, Jal El-Dib, Kaslik
Other Contact: 09-933955, 04-722721
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Leon De Bruxelles 1893: Mussels from Brussels
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Restaurant Name: Leon De Bruxelles 1893
Leon De Bruxelles opened up recently in Beirut. For all those mussels lovers, this is the restaurant to visit. This Belgian restaurant offers mussels in all its forms: out of casserole, with gratin, with pastes or even cooked in po?lon. This is a cosy restaurant...but only for mussels lovers..
Favorite Dish: mussels...need i say more?
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Theme: Seafood
Comparison: more expensive than average
Prices: US$31-40
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Phone: 961 1 206206 961 1 207207
Address: Monot Area - Beirut
Directions: Damascus Road, Achrafieh, Beirut
Website: www.leonbeirut.com/
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Socrates: 'Home' food
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Restaurant Name: Socrates
Located right next to AUB, this restaurant is an old well-known casual restaurant that serves a variety of traditional dishes and desserts, and has daily dishes that taste like they've just come out of 'mama's' kitchen ;-) The atmosphere is really casual, and you can choose to select your food and 'take-away', or sit down and enjoy your lunch there, while watching the bustling Bliss Street.
Favorite Dish: So many delicious dishes, and I have listed a lot of items with their corresponding prices below...one thing I highly recommend, and I have found no place in Beirut offers a tastier version of this cake, is the Cortina (Chocolate cake with eclair-like balls covering it on top). So, if you have a birthday to go to ... this cake is GREAT! Note that 1 USD = 1500 LBP Pasties (by the dozen): Fatayers 5000 LBP Mini Pizza 5000 LBP Cheese Rissole 8000 LBP Lahm Bi Aajin 8000 LBP Kebbeh Balls 8000 LBP Salads: Tabbouleh 3000 LBP Garden Salad 3000 LBP Exotic Salad 5000 LBP Niçoice Salad 5000 LBP Greek Salad 5000 LBP Plat du Jour (Daily Dish) Chicken Gratins 6000 LBP Spinach Crepes 6000 LBP Kafta & Mashed Potatoes 8000 LBP Moghrabieh 8000 LBP Mexican Chicken 8000 LBP Chich Taouk 8000 LBP Kebbeh Labnieh 8000 LBP Sweet & Sour (Chinese) 8000 LBP Kebbeh Sanieh 8000 LBP Stuffed Lamb 8000 LBP Mouloukhieh 8000 LBP Roast Beef & Vegetables 8000 LBP Strogonoff 8000 LBP Show Ming (Chinese) 8000 LBP Turkey 8000 LBP Chawarma 8000 LBP Stuffed Chicken 8000 LBP Stuffed Vines 10000 LBP Kebbeh Arnabieh 10000 LBP Sayadieh 12000 LBP Shrimps & Curry 12000 LBP
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Theme: Local
Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: less than US$10
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Phone: 01-363011 / 01-364150 / 01-36415
Address: Bliss Street
Directions: If you plan to visit the American University of Beirut, Bliss St. would be the main street right in front of it . It is located at the end of this street, next to the peripheral gate of AUB, right next to Hardees.
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Gruen Eatery: Urban & Modern 'Eatery'
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Restaurant Name: Gruen Eatery
This restaurant gets its name from the architect Victor Gruen of the center in which its located. Although the owner of this restaurant initially started off by opening this place in order to sell her ice-cream and pastries, she realised that she'd rather be spending her time in a fancy restaurant, rather that sitting in a little pastry or ice cream shop...and so, this urban and modern eatery came to be. It offers delicious salads, and good burgers, in addition to its tasty pastries and ice-cream..this place is worth a try :)
Favorite Dish: I had a very good carrot soup with the chinese salad! All were exquisite... I didn't go for a dessert, but my friends and colleagues said everything was just superb...and from the look of it, I dont doubt a word they say!
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Theme: Other
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$11-20
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Phone: 01-737344; 01-755322
Address: Gefinor Center
Directions: Close to Clemenceau St. in Hamra. Just ask about the Gefinor Center and you can't miss it ;)
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azizada Fri May 30, 2008 00:17 UTC this place was amazing too... it was like our second home too.....we used to ditch classes in the university and just go hang out there.... too bad it closed and the whole biulding was demolished now | waffs Mon Jul 9, 2007 10:42 UTC nice pages on ur home county. I liked the way u described it. Very Passionate and expressive. | pakistanibrain Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:02 UTC Very nice page about Beirut and excellent pics. I really hope I can visit your home city one day. | alamo07109 Mon May 28, 2007 14:26 UTC Miso - I've never seen anyone so committed to promoting their city - I'm a jordanian visiting Beirut on business - and you are right, its a great place - I don't know if you'll ever read this, but in case you do - Thanks for the tips! |
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