Red Tarboosh — Restaurant in Melbourne

Really wanted to love this place and was confident it would be good from the multiple 5 star reviews …

The food was extremely disappointing and overcooked/burnt.

I ordered the kafta, chicken mashow, kibbeh, vine leaves, hummus and knafeh.

-kafta was literally burnt and inedible had to throw it into the bin. -kibbeh was burnt and over fried. -vine leaves were so dry could not eat it also thrown into the bin. -knafeh was hard dry and didn’t have enough syrup on it also thrown away.

The only good thing was the chicken mashow which was not overcooked and was well seasoned.

Definitely will not be returning unfortunately even though I was super excited to have a Lebanese restaurant so close by. Spent over $100 on food that I had to throw over half of away which is extremely disappointing and dissatisfying.

A message to the owner will have to be to improve quality of cooking and put in care to each dish. As people who order food with their hard earned money to have a nice dinner isn’t a great feeling when left with...

Food portions were a generous size, and my partner and I had one entree and shared a main (we ordered 2 mains but they got the order mixed up and only brought out 1). However, due tot he size, one main was enough to satisfy. The meat came out a little lukewarm, as if it had been sitting out for too long, but otherwise everything tasted fine. Because of the mix up, the cook gave us another free entre on the house which was nice. I gave a lower rating for the atmosphere, because althought it was a winter's night, the place was freezing, no heating provided. Also, for some strange reason, we had videos playing showing anti America and anti Israel propaganda. Truly bizarre! Show some Lebanese music and leave the...

Delicious food!! The serving sizes are big - we ordered lamb skewers, chicken skewers, hummus and tabouleh and it fed a family of four (teenage kids) with a small amount of leftovers. The kids (and us!) couldn’t get over the lamb and chicken - soft and tender and full of flavour. Super tasty and we all agreed - this will become our regular as there is nothing close to this cuisine and quality nearby. No photos unfortunately bc we ate it all so...