BalBek Petit Cafe Lebanese Restaurant and Shisha ZA — Restaurant in Gauteng

If you're looking for a place to relax and smoke hookah this is it. They have pipes available with new mouth pieces for every customer so hygiene is first class. The menu is middle eastern as should be expected. Tasty but under spiced. They do offer a host of sauces with the meal so that made up for it. The menu is well rounded has all your proteins. Do not expect to find Mexican and pasta dishes however. A bit pricey. A selection of wines, spirits, beers, ciders, soft drinks, juices, and hot drinks. The vibe is pretty laid back but they play good music (not Lebanese but local and popular music). Layout consist of tables as well as couches so you can have a meal and relax thereafter. It looks deceiving small from outside but has tons of space inside. Not wheelchair accessible. Ideal for groups, couples, families and even business meetings before 16:00. The toilets are clean but they are out back so it feels a bit dodge. The layout is oriental which makes it feel like you're not in...

The restaurant has a weird taste of interior design, very chaotic set-up. We went there only for shisha. I expect that a Lebanese should know how to prepare good shisha, but here it is totally disappointing. There is absolutely no taste. U could put literally anything inside and it would all taste the same. I smoke and prepare shisha everyday at home so I know very well. Probably there is almost no tobacco inside. The coal they are using is a awful. These round self-igniting coals have a distinct taste which is overtaking any tobacco u put inside, even if it would be from social smoke. I saw the owners using cubic coco coals for themselves. We also got them after requesting but the shisha experience didn't get better. Old and dry tobacco I guess. I would not recommend this place for shisha. The waiters were all friendly and willing to help at any time. So no...

Last week Sunday , my friend and I (female) were violently pushed & verbally abused by a male right in front of the bouncer for a reason unknown to us. They appeared to be friends or know each other. The same male was also lurking inside the girl’s bathrooms while I was inside one of the stalls. It’s a common thing at Balbek for men to enter women’s bathrooms & nothing is done about it because they are friends with the light skinned bouncer . I have been coming there for years and have noticed a spike in violent altercations this year. Such a shame cos the vibe is nice . Be careful ladies . Will be approaching the owner about this incident too & will not hesitate to open a case with the police if nothing is done about that problematic bouncer that allows women to get attacked in...