Levantine - East Mediterranean Cuisine — Restaurant in Choeng Thale

The menu reflects the owner’s home culinary heritage, food cooked in the purest way – made from history, in a kitchen and bar built from scratch.. and of course, 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆.. Hands down, the best and tops my list of restaurants recommendations. Very authentic taste of East Mediterranean cuisine. I was completely blown away by how the owner Amr has elevated everything, especially the food presentation and taste. Unbelievable.

𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗠𝗘𝗭𝗭𝗔 ⭐️ 𝑻𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒉 210𝒃 ⭐️ 𝑴𝒐𝒖𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒂 270𝒃 ⭐️ 𝑳𝒂𝒃𝒏𝒆 210𝒃 ⭐️ 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒔 + 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒇 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒕 310𝒃 ⭐️ 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒔 210𝒃 ⭐️ 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒌 𝑬𝒏𝒂𝒃 220

“Appetizers” were served and instantly I was experiencing a loss of control, the table was quickly disappearing under the ceramic bowls and hot plates of beautiful dishes. The soulful Hommus dishes blended lavishly with tahini was insanely smooth and fluffy, a ring of silky perfection. Labne is deceptively described as “just strained yogurt, olive oil, fresh mint and zaatar” but at first taste, my head spun wild from the heavy romance of texture and fragrance. Easily mistaken for hommus at first glance the savory Mouhamara is your quintessential Middle Eastern starter that pairs nicely with hommus. Warak Enab means ‘leaves of grapes’ in Lebanese, otherwise known as vine leaves, here it is stuffed with rice and herbs cooked until it is tender and juicy, served straight from the pot while it is still hot.

And we’ve only just started. ​ 𝗛𝗢𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗭𝗭𝗔 ❤️‍🔥 𝑭𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒍 190𝒃 ❤️‍🔥 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒌 290𝒃 ❤️‍🔥 𝑽𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒂 290𝒃

These dishes - life changing. A few bites into the chickpeas croquettes served with tahini, and you will be taken to Falafel heaven. Unlike any you have eaten. The homemade Lebanese sausages Makanek uses the best lamb – grilled than sautéed with Lebanese pomegranate molasses. Particularly good mopped up with freshly baked pita bread straight from oven to table. The Veal Liver Alexandria came - and omg, the food chemistry that was going on here?! You could taste the passion and the attention given to this dish. Exceptionally good ingredients, perfect cooking, mousse-like texture that was so light yet exploding with flavor – it was SO tasty!

𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 🔥 𝑴𝒊𝒙𝒆𝒅 𝑮𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 690𝒃 🔥 𝑨𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝑳𝒂𝒉𝒎 350𝒃 🔥 𝑺𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒂 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊 490𝒃

It was like each dish was better than the previous. The garnish happy, flavor-bomb Mixed Grill Platter is next level delicious, a loaded combination of warm spices and variety of meat that was moist and cooked to perfection. You can’t go wrong ordering this! The gorgeous looking Arayes Lahm dish of spiced lamb mince stuffed between two Saj bread chargrilled. And as the finale to the main courses, the Samaka Harra Tripoli is one spiced secret discovered that I am happy to share with all! Delicate white fish topped with delicious hot tangy tahini sauce, served with Lebanese rice .. this is my ultimate comfort food. Fish and rice, the best!

𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗦 🍬 𝑩𝒂𝒌𝒍𝒂𝒘𝒂 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒔 160𝒃 🍬 𝑩𝒂𝒌𝒍𝒂𝒘𝒂 𝑷𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒐 160𝒃 🍬 𝑶𝒎 𝑨𝒍𝒊 250𝒃

The sweetest ending to this amazing dinner spread – you will need numerous napkins to blot up the syrup glistening from your smiling face. Baklawa Pistachio and Walnut were on point here - the dozens of delicate layers melt into a single tender bite soaked in sweet syrup, such a decadent treat. Also had Om Ali which means ‘Mother of Ali’ which is a very famous Egyptian desert, eaten simply at home, weddings or any special occasions! The Middle Eastern version of bread pudding. This dish apparently is named after the wife of the Sultan of Egypt who asked her cooks to come up with the most delicious dessert they could make. Most delicious, indeed!

Levantine is also a 100% Halal, Kosher friendly and do...

The place serves one of the best Arabic food in town and we would highly recommend for your middle eastern cravings! It's halal in case you are curious.

We ordered batata hara and humus for starters. They were good but we found the potatoes a little too oiley for our liking. The bread was Authentic, fresh and soft.

For main courses we ordered Kabab keshkash and a mix grill plate. The meat and chicken were tender, delicious and full of flavours. I loved the French fries with the Arabic twist of flavours. Generous serving size.

We ended our meal with Karak tea (Milk tea). I have had many but this had a very rich flavor to it. One order comes in a teapot and is good to share. We ordered two thinking it's two cups of tea.

The service was abit slow but the owner did acknowledge and said that some of his staff was off and normally it's much better service.

Our verdict is that the food is awesome here so do...

Wow what an experience to come here you feel like you are sitting in a beautiful Oceanside restaurant in the Mediterranean!!

We ordered so many dishes. I can’t even remember, but all of them especially the cauliflower have left a lasting impression!

Hummus - classic and delicious Tabbouleh - crispy and citrusy The cauliflower- my all time fav Mixed Grill - excellent with the side fried meat filled bread Sea Bass fish 🐟 and rice 🍚 .. outstanding Om Ali - dessert- yummy cause it wasn’t too sweet Yoghurt and chickpeas dish was really different The dip with the pomegranate molasses was spectacular

The ambiance and service was pleasant and filled with warmth! The hospitality was awesome!

Thank you so much my friends and I really enjoyed this place!!

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