Beirut City Lebanese — Restaurant in London

What a lovely place. Don't be fooled by the entrance, you'd think it's just a grill house like any other but inside it's beautiful. I've been recommended it many times and I'm so glad I finally went there. We had the cold and hot mixed starters as well as the Beirut city platter for 4. All of them were cooked to perfection! The staff were lovely and we left feeling the right amount of full. We ordered hummus but didn't realise it came anyway (so probably didn't need to). While everything else ticked all the boxes, the decor inside was what surprised me the most. It's truly a beautiful place to be and the music is truly authentically Lebanese! We were a party of five who turned up at around 3:30pm on a Saturday so it was completely empty, ideal for those who want a quiet visit.

I will say that it wasn't perfect because that doesn't exist. I prefer the chicken wings to have some more spice or flavour to the marinade, even though they were cooked to perfection. The glass of drink that me came for me was sticky and didn't look clean (it happened to nobody else and they happily replaced it with a clean one). I asked for five cups of tea and they brought 2 initially. Ideally the tables would be cleared before the next items come over.

These, for me, are not issues but I needed to be transparent. I'll certainly be returning multiple times over and would...

Walked past this restaurant for the first time on Wednesday and looked at the menu and was pleasantly surprised by the amount of veggie options.

We decided to go on Friday evening and we ordered the hot sharing option which was mostly veggie and they very kindly swap the lamb for another veggie option.

Before the starter arrived they served us humus and breads which was delicious as expected.

When the starter arrived I didn't know where to start, there was 6 different veggie starters but double for the 2 of us, there was halloumi, falafel, a spinach parcel, a cheese parcel and a green bean parcet and small potatoes. This starter was amazing and definitely worth the money.

We both opted for grilled halloumi and grilled vegetables with rice andd when the first plate came over we thought they'd put it on one plate but no..... the 2nd plate came and the salad and wow.... it was delicious, we had grilled onion, mushroom, courgette, tomato, halloumi.

I managed to finish mine (just) and Emma couldn't finish as there was so much.

The restaurant was not too busy inside but the deliveries seemed very busy. The restaurant was very clean and the staff were very friendly.

We will definitely be back.

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Absolutely shame to leave a review like this… Firstly, the food is good here. Had it a couple times. Not as good as some of the places on Edgware Road, but for a local place it’s ok.

Now the reason for the one star… I went online to view their take away menu. saw that they did a “Beirut special” mix grill for £27.95 (similar to what we have when we’ve sat in and ate.

Waited, watched them cook it…then when it came to paying the lady said it was £32.95… A bit surprised 🫤I then told her it was £27.95 online. She asked me to prove it, which I happily did…to which she responded, “well it’s £32.95” 🤔

She also mentioned to the chef and another member of staff that it was £27.95 online, and then she responded with “well that’s old and it’s £32.95”…

Now out of principle, I’m not a tight a$$, but the level of attitude and rudeness from her I wasn’t in any position to put in the extra amount and left the restaurant without the food. As I said it’s a shame as the food is pretty good here. I just hope that with taking this review on board, it doesn’t happen to anyone else and they fix up their customer service standards. I won’t be going here again and hope the next person has a more...