9 Ways To Know You’re At A Good Lebanese Restaurant

In life you have to take chances, and this isn’t just for work, marriage or opportunities. It applies to food as well.

You can walk into a place that looks brilliant, but the food will be average. Or you can enjoy fantastic food but the service will be just the opposite.

Since we’re big on Lebanese food, let’s help you eliminate those ‘risks’ and show you how to differentiate a good Lebanese restaurant from a bad one.

(Special thanks to the guys at JLT fav Mezza Lebanese Kitchen for helping us with this one.)

1. Waiters generally tend to be dressed appropriately and well groomed

2. What’s a meal without mezze? Incomplete of course.

Mezza Lebanese Kitchen is popular for its classic mezze such as hummus, kebbe, warak enab, moutable as well as salads, sandwiches, grills and the list goes on.

3. The garlic paste is made only from garlic.  Not mayonnaise.

4. Expect all plates to have sides…Arabic Salad, Hummus, Fries or Rice.

5. Very enthusiastic servers

They smile, they make recommendations and they won’t leave you alone for 5 minutes, and in this part of the world we love that attention, don’t we?

6. A yummy hummus and moutabal will make an appearance on your table

This is the stuff everyone, including vegetarians and vegans, love. At Mezza Lebanese Kitchen, other options for non-meat eaters include, lentil soup, fatouch, batata harra, baba ghanouj, falafel and plenty more.

7. Great restaurants pride themselves on stuff made ‘in house’

And it is no different at Mezza Lebanese Kitchen. Fresh ingredients are used and what you get on your plate is just as fresh. A little helpful note: You won’t think twice before using #cleaneating to describe the food here to your peeps on Instagram.

8. You will spot enough greens 

You know we’re talking about dishes like tabouleh and fattoush. At Mezza Lebanese Kitchen the staples are served using the freshest produce. In fact ingredients are sourced from local farms.

9. What’s a Lebanese restaurant if it doesn’t have Chicken Shawarma

Shut your eyes and picture sinking your teeth into tender pieces of chicken that’s rich in flavour. Ask us, we’d safely say it’s one of the best in Dubai.