Al-Dhiyafa — Restaurant in London

Where to start with this restaurant… Edgware road is plagued with overpriced Middle Eastern food places that offer the same bland variety of dishes with cold service at best. Al-Dhiyafa remains a gem amongst the overhyped and overpriced rocks which offers incredibly humble service and prices for food that is delicious and generous portions-wise.

Service is incredibly quick and considering the amount of food ordered I believe a 5-10 minute wait is somewhere you will rarely, if not, never find in London. The chicken shawarma is a staple that was enjoyed thoroughly. Whilst waiting you are also provided with a complimentary dip made up of greens, chili and olive oil which I assumed to be tabbouleh with pickled vegetables. A sweet chili sauce is already provided on the table and our fries were accompanied by a whole bottle of ketchup and mayonnaise each.

I ordered the gouzi which is a lamb shank and this came with a large portion of white rice on one side of the plate and vermicelli rice on the other. You also had the choice of choosing a bean, vegetable or potato based stew to accompany the gouzi dish and I chose the potato choice. The meal did not become as heavy as I’d experienced in other restaurants and I was able to happily finish most of it. It was full of flavour and just the right amount of spices which made the meal a delight throughout the dining experience.

The meal was finished off with two diet cokes with which we were also given straws.

I will definitely return to try more varieties of their dishes and desserts, Al-Dhiyafa truly impressed me and I wish them a successful business. Thank you for the great food...

My friends and I were feeling hungry and wanted to eat some good Lebanese food. We saw the reviews online and thought this place is exactly what we're looking for!.. Not long after setting our foot in the door did we realize we made a mistake. The food was disgusting and that's me being polite. The lamb was undercooked, the hummus watery, the garlic mayonnaise was plain mayonnaise squeezed from a helmans jar, the bread was dry and they didn't even have the decency to give us real Heinz ketchup. We had to make use of the smart asda price ketchup! The manager himself was also rude and arrogant. We politely explained that we didn't enjoy the good nor did we eat it. All he had to say was you ordered, you pay! The chicken tasted like it was a week old, the toilets were soiled. Never again will I come back. Unless it's to get my money back as the manager didnt even have the care to discount our bill. Oh but there was one nice waiter! Felt bad for him, at least he said sorry to us! WARNING: DON'T GO TO...

DISGUSTING - DISGRACEFUL - APPALLING - STAY AWAY

The most disgusting food experience of my life by far. Food was appalling, food was served with no sauces , when asked the owner was dismissive and came across as Drama King . Table next to us had exactly the ISSUE and were treated even worse. When i went to pay despite the experience the ill mannered staff started yelling at us to leave the shop , that was Infront of my 3 years old daughter and wife, daughter ended up being horrified.

An absolute disgrace to food business and Arab culture.

SHAME ON YOU lot to even call this...