Fakra Restaurant Libanais — Restaurant in Paris

The only Lebanese restaurant I've heard of in Paris that proposes all-you-can-eat formulas. Having tried it 3 times in total, here is what I can say about it : +It's rather cheap ; considering there aren't other restaurants that propose this. +They aren't skimping on the quality of their banquet food, as other all-you-can-eat restaurants would tend to do, to cut the costs. +Various dishes are proposed : about 5 kinds of salty baked goods (Falafels, Sfeeha, Fatayir stuffed with cheese or spinach and some whose names I forgot) and Sweets (Sfouf, Basbousa, M'halbi, Namoura), without forgetting the wide variety of hors d'oeuvre they have available (Hummus, Taboleh, legumes, mushrooms and eggplant purée). +The interior and ambiance are well though out, with lebanese music playing. +The staff is very accommodating, English is spoken in addition to Arabic and French, even though we had a hard time understanding each other speaking Maghrebi and Levant dialects of arabic.

+My mother was thrilled to eat there when I invited her (yes, it's just an extra reason to give this restaurant more credit)

-The formula is only available at lunch time, so if you intend to have a night feast, it's not going to happen. -The hot dishes are available at random (rice and fish 2 times out of 3) it was only Kibbeh once, wish is too bad, because I personally prefer it to fish.

L'un des seuls restaurants à Paris proposant de la nourriture Libanaise à volonté. Ayant déjeuné 3 fois dans cet établissement, je peux témoigner de ce qui suit :

+Peux coûteux pour ce que c'est, en considérant que la nourriture à volonté Libanaise est pratiquement inexistante à Paris. +On ne lésine pas sur la qualité des mets proposés au buffet à volonté, comme il est pratique courante dans la plupart des restaurants à volonté. +Très grande variété d'hors-d'oeuvres, de petits fours et de sucreries. [Voir plus haut pour avoir quelques noms] +La décoration et l'ambiance sont bien pensées, avec de la musique libanaise qui est diffusée en permanence. +Le personnel parle 3 langues, dont le Français, l'Anglais et l'Arabe (si vous êtes Maghrebin, il est préférable de parler un dialecte arabe standard avec de vous faire comprendre)

-La formule buffet à volonté n'est uniquement disponible à l'heure du déjeuner, et non pas le soir. -Les plats chauds sont aléatoires (2 fois sur 3, j'ai trouvé du riz et du poisson au lieu de Kibbeh comme durant ma...

If u wish to experience not only Lebanese cuisine but Lebanese hospitality, this is a very good family-run place to do just that. We had the open buffet that has main mezze dishes (delicious hummus, mutabbal, kebbe kras, falafel, salty pastries (muajjanat), raw kebbe (fresh minced raw meat tartar) plus more as well as tabbule and fattoush salads. There was also an oriental chicken and rice dish that was excellent. To top it off, we had a choice of more than 7 sweets varieties, of which the Nammura, Dates are a must try. Very friendly staff and wonderful atmosphere. Don't forget to order the lebanese beer or Arak...

I would give a 4.5 for food. Ordered a mezze for 2 people. The hot and cold dishes were great. The houmous and the aubergine paste were good too. The salads could've been better. One of them was a bit bitter from some leaf they put in it. The falafel was okay. They also had a gravy of chickpeas and aubergine which was okay. Again, could've been better. Around 50eur for 2 people. That's what I generally pay at Lebanese restaurants so it was expected. The vibe of the restaurant is good. The service was good too. Would go again though, to try...