Arabesk — Restaurant in Munich

As a Lebanese, I cannot recommend this restaurant. While it is well-branded and has a polished aesthetic, the food is unfortunately below average, especially given the high prices. The flavors are bland and fail to capture the essence of Lebanon’s rich culinary heritage. The price-to-taste ratio simply doesn’t add up.

Here are some specific issues I encountered:

Batata Harra: The dish was overly oily, too soggy, and the extreme spiciness overwhelmed the flavors entirely. It needs to be crispier and more balanced. Hummus: It lacked creaminess and was disappointingly bland. This foundational dish should set the tone for authenticity, but it fell flat. Kebbe: The kebbe was too dry and tasted far from fresh. Grilled Meats: Both the texture and flavor were off—the meats were too dry, making them unenjoyable. Warak enab was too sour and not so fresh.

Service could also be improved. The waitstaff were not as friendly or attentive as expected. My arak order was missed entirely, and despite checking the “birthday” option when booking, there was no acknowledgment of the occasion.

Overall, while the restaurant may look appealing, the experience left much to be desired. There’s significant room for improvement in both food quality...

I will start with the positives, the food is good and the staff is friendly and maybe on a different day this would be a 4 star review.

The negatives: Service: the food took forever while the restaurant was at 50-60% capacity at best by the time we ordered. I mean, cold mezze should NOT take 40+ minutes to be served. Other reviews mentioned slow service and it is real. Again, I feel bad for the staff (the young lady who served us) and they are indeed understaffed or simply inefficient. Food portion: we ordered the mezze "Royal" for 2 and instead we got 'taster' platter (in my books at least, see picture). Similarly for the mixed grill, the kefta shish is either too small which would be horrendous or half of it fell on the grill and the chef never bothered to make another one, again see the picture. Price: I mean 9€ for a 0.75L bottle of water is theft, simple as that. If the service was efficient and the mezze platter was slightly bigger, I wouldn't have bothered much about the price, but unfortunately this was hard to swallow.

All in all, I wouldn't bother with this place if I'm ever back in...

One of if not the absolute worst restaurant I’ve ever been to. They are quite literally scamming people by purposely taking forever to bring your food so you order more drinks, appetizers, etc. The restaurant was dead on a Saturday night with maybe 3 tables total and it took them nearly one and a half hours to bring 2 plates of food. While we were there we also witnessed 2 people walk out just as their food came. I should’ve done the same. 40 mins into the wait we politely asked when the food would come and they said 5-10 minutes. Thirty minutes later they finally brought out the food when we threatened to cancel the order and leave. The food seemed to be sitting in the kitchen the whole time. On top of that you’re paying top dollar for by far the worst service I’ve ever received and some of the worst food. Bread was clearly days old, even the cola didn’t have gas. I can go on and on, save your money AVOID THIS PLACE. Money better spent at any...