Tawlet — Restaurant in Medawar

An expensive place for the beautiful people. We arrived with no reservation, and we could see that there were some free places. Hoewever, the manager told us there was no place. Since it was pelting down, we waited in front of the door the rain to stop. Suddenly, the manager told us there were some people paying the bill and that we were lucky to have a place. We didn't see anyone coming out, and he gave us a place which was already free, but close to a watter leak, really unconfortable for lunch. The atmosphere wasn't homy at all, the place is very beautiful and chic, well decorated, fresh and young, but the people weren't very nice. The owner was wandering around greeting his friends and controlling each movement, some customers were invisible comparing to others, even though we paid the same bill. The waiters didn't look very happy and friendly, and the rest of the customers were more Parislike bohemians than Lebanese friendly people. As far as the food, I don't get the point of such a fuss!! The salad was fresh, the kibbeh naye good, but not stunning. The rest of the food was overcooked due to the time it had spent on the buffet. Today, there were different options to try, salads, tabboule, kibbe, moolookhiye, fried cauliflower, foul, lentils, rice with chicken, meat with mushrooms, hommos, labhne, lahm baji... The desserts were plenty as well, but a bit dry. In my opinion, Beirut offers better options to taste Lebanese food and to mingle with real Lebanese people who are friendly and willing to talk. I found the place expensive, cold...

The best food and meal of our entire Middle East trip! Everything was just so fresh and flavorful, each mezze and dish stood out on its own. I loved the purslane salad with the roasted cauliflower as well as the other salads, they also offer this special thin flat bread as well as the regular pita bread which is not as thin nor as chewy. Bread was great with the stews. The roast beef was so delicious cooked in this pomegranate sauce. Yum! Desserts were outstanding too with so many traditional Lebanese treats to choose from. All home made. The executive chef explained everything to us and helped to serve us so we would know how to eat certain things properly together. Such amazing service and pride in this bright varied cuisine. I would come back to Beirut for this place alone and eat here everyday since some of the food items change daily. If you love food and want to get a taste of everything at it's best then you must eat here! Nothing will ever come close in America or any...

TAWLET BEIRUT 2/5

Today, I felt the craving for Fatteh Hummus with pine nuts. The best one I’ve had recently was at Kaaking (Medina Centrale), but they don’t tend to serve it in the evening as they run out of pine nuts. A good opportunity to try another place offering a 30% discount on Talabat.

I decided to chance a place on Talabat called TAWLET BEIRUT. The fatteh hummus doesn’t come with pine nuts, whereas the fatteh classic did - so I ordered both, to satisfy my hummus and pine nut fix.

The fatteh classic didn’t have any pine nuts, and only had 7 pomegranate seeds. They must be low on stock. Unlike at kaaking, the texture came solely from the “fatteh” (broken bread) and little to distract from...